Complex sentence: President J.L. Peacock of Shaw University informed McKenzie that Howard University provided tuition scholarships for its athletes and "hired" them from other universities, and that gambling at the annual Howard-Lincoln football game was notorious.
Split into simpler sentences: President J.L. Peacock of Shaw University informed McKenzie that Howard University provided tuition scholarships for its athletes and "hired" them from other universities. Peacock added that gambling at the annual Howard-Lincoln football game was notorious.