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farm contract are Buster Mills, Jack Baer, the Sooner*s freshman coach,
and “Herb” Scheffler, a Sooner star in both basketball and baseball.
The practice of college baseball coaches figuratively signing their
athletes up to unwritten clandestine agreements in cooperation with
major league baseball scouts is not an uncommon thing. This wmilewful
practice insures the athlete expense money to go through college and
also provides the coach with additional income as the coach is paid
handsomely for each recruit accepted by the major league.

As Judge Landis pointed out, this is an illegal act breaking
both the law in organized baseball and being a clear violation of the
eligibility rules of the college concerning subsidization by a pro-
fessional baseball club.

The administration of professional baseball merits the confidence
of the nation because of the fair and fearless control of the sport by
this great jurist and basebell czar, vutep lant.

Intercollegiate athletics are tn sore need of such a peerless
person.