The sun., 1889-12-07
4Hhr FoornALL 4RounLE
a lIenber OF the Advisory Conuittee Gives
Some Fnotn.

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Frank ID. Beattys, a member of the Ad-
ylsory Committee OF the intercollegiate Foot
| ball Association. said yesterday: II have puF-
posely refrsined from taking any active part in
the long and heated controversy on Profess
sionalism which has been carried on during
the past few weeks in the daily papers and diff
ferent college periodicals. It is therefore with
| no little reluctance that / allow myself to be
drawn into 1t at this late date but, after read
ing the letter signed "A Harvard Graduate" +"
from the Yale Netns l feel It TO be duty which
] owe to the college / represent as we'll as
to myself personally to mako some reply to
the letter and to define the attitude OF Wesleyan
on this question at issue as we'll as to defend
her position in the Ames protest matter
The specific clauses in this letter to which
l take exception are those which refer to the
so-oaled uselsssness Of the smaller colleges in
Now; II the smaller colleges bad not been i9
the Association. Ames would have been forced
sent after ,Wagenhurst 80 the presence of
19SsS %Srss gseoss m W
ward Is blocked In any OF her. pet schemes BIZ
the smaller colleEes she calls, them useless:
history repestinG Itself. After her, football
team was 50 soundly thrashed BY the Wesleyan
points to .. She thought Wesleyan worse than
useless; and now. because Wesleyan votes
ogainst her, she again thinks her presence in
It is at times like these, when large col
leRe assumes the attitude OF the proud Phari-
we are not like other colleges that the pres
ence Of tho smaller colleges is not only not use
posed to professionalsm first, last, and always.
nd no e9ege kp9ws that fact better than
does Harvard in this case, without the slight
est foundation to .St6, Spstain her charges: She
qualify Wagenhurst because It was proved that
he was professional. But how was 1t in re-
d no at ESat meetsr
of the, Advisory Committee nor has she ever
that Amos was Il profess
aos cops ne S6s stsf plnsd WtGn %
daily papers. and which reads as follow Dear
In near future. The manager bf tho West Ends
WhitippE{ See him Yours BE- T. l. ATss
any money for pitching that game. but, on the |
ether hand only proves that up t9 the date OF
pected remuneration for his services. Nor is
that letter eyidense e prove that he hSd play
bS ahS SSs
been bogus affidavit for all knew from
ty, III. Furthermore, Ames claims that he did |
not receive money ,for, pitching that game.
examination as readily as Harvard had the
aSSn Sn9 6ssR tba Se9
amendments to our constitution. be orally ex-
amnsd on that SSqg e. ths tms limit Ind not
was summoned for an oral examination. The
allows challenged man Ave days
ID the fourth day. we were informed and dit It was
shown that before his affidavit actually
left Prnfeton Junction he reeeyed
ni,tee for an oral examination. To say the
very least, It would have been courteous i9
word that the AFFIDAVIT had ut least arrived.
out therein came the rub She knew that one
ham pionship game. and all she cared for was
dsGTaiiy Amss before her game With
acts were known and sifted. Wesleyan refused
o vote with Harvard to cripple Princeton's
hamponship When iS BY So d dons sit wosd H5SE
ion" ~o'''O' '''
hSers Of tho Princeton University Football AssociS
on beg TO say that ne statements in issue Of
h the the fasts m and 80 unnsS to the berkeley Athletic
rnt Views a. matter OF justice to ali Concerned
sRS gene u. n II. H
1ansSement OF the largest crowd ever gathered to
SesoTSE0 nd s.sEssiion ~ has ever been made to
the Oval i IaI SFeats@ f
d advantage for witnessing great game than any
ther grounds In the country |
Third-lnsteRd ok any 'lethArRy" the part of the
RnaKerA belioNe that they did the best possible
Onsiderng the short lime gave them and the con.
nual rains
FourthAs TO the financial management. the largest
mount of money We have before received from
game was 25s at the Polo grounds last year at
10 Yale Princeton game) while from the Berkeley oval
tme we have Already received 5000 making Sll,2oo
II the two colleges
receipts show that nearly 1900 persons
at thoy carried a little oyer 1900
Sxth-We consider that the trouble charged to the Z
erkeley oval management was caused by the morning
lamPionahip game which ought never to have been
aged.
We desire to express thanks and appreciation to
White, DR. Savage. and the Berk eey Athletic Club
r their untirng efforts to make the game what
the greatest athletic that place
Amerca-F s. Miller. Pres p. U. +. b. A.; Alex u |
ilson, Treasurer; L. A. Poe Captain.