“At one time, in the midst of his college career, my brother was forced to leave Yale on account of poverty.”
“Really?”
“Really. He might have gone into professional baseball then and made money.”
“Because of his prejudice against professionalism in that sport; because he hoped some day to return to Yale and finish his course, and he wished to play upon his college team.”
“Oh, that rule about professionalism is all rot.”
“It is useless to enter into a discussion over it. It may seem to work unfairly toward certain clean young college men who might make money playing summer baseball; but on the whole, it’s an absolute necessity to keep college baseball from deteriorating into something rotten and disgraceful.”
“It’s pretty rotten now in some cases. Lots of college men play for money on the quiet.”
“Some may, but not so many as is generally supposed. Those who do so are dishonest.”
“That rule makes them dishonest.”