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...Voted: That the managers of the five major sport teams, together with the Graduate Treasurer of the Athletic Association, shall form a committee to pass upon the eligibility of experienced men entering a competition late...
Suppose a man of recognized ability fails to win a managership because he is surpassed by someone of exceptional ability. By the terms of the resolution he may then, by vote of the managers, enter late a competition in another sport which has already started. Having been discussed by the managers, he is a marked man. He enters the new contest under advantageous conditions. This is the first step in introducing partiality. When two or more capable men meet defeat in the first competition, further complications arise. For then, jockeying and bartering will occur among the managers for their further...
...later competition wins it. One such case might have no effect. A second is bound to. Eventually no one will start the later competition. The first competition whose defeated candidates are drafted into and win others will be the only managership to draw competitions. Instead of five major sport competitions, there will be but one. If it is desired to revolutionize the managership system, this might be done, but the advantages of five specialized competitions over one general competition need not be pointed out here. It is enough to show the abuses not only possible but probable in a hybrid...
Hockey rose during the year from the position of a parasite to a self-supporting sport. It showed a profit of $186 in 1914, after having given rise to a deficit of $683, the year before...
Also it was further voted: "That no assistant Freshman manager be awarded numerals except by the unanimous vote of the numeral men, the coach of the sport, the Executive Committee of the Student Council and the Athletic Committee...