New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-27
ALL ARE ENTITLED TO PLAY.
NO PROFESSIONALS OR IRREGULAR STU.
DENTS ON PRINCEToN'S ELEVEN.
A STRONG STATEMENT WHICH DIsPRovEs CUR.
RENT CHARGES AGAINST THE NEW

A STRONG STATEMENT WHICH DIsPRovES CUR.
RENT CHARGES AGAINST THE NEW
JERSEY FOOTBALL PLAYERS.
Princeton, n. j., Nov. 26.-Thc following state
ment in regard 10 football matters is made public
to-day:
The Princeton University football management
desire to make public the following official statement
In regard to the members of the eleven which played
Harvard upon November 10 and will meet Yale on
November 2s. First, as TO their college standing
second their receiving pecuniaIy compensation:
First-Below Is the faculty certificate which pro
cured before the Harvard game according 10 the rules
1t signed by the dean the registrar Of the college and
the secretary OF the committee outdoor sports:
"The following gentlemen are bona fidc undergrad
uato students of Princeton College the rolls for the
present college year and pursuing courses which re-
Rotations week in the following manner For ne
g. Risrf 'ai; + G Jones' oi; f. a. Poe. 'oi
j. 5. Riggs. 90. For the B. S, degreca-R Furnssss
Special ga it 1r ne f. GhsnHing W s. caS S B.
Donnelly. The following are bOna-fde university or
graduate students IN the college seminary W. j.
george 80 regularly entered in postgraduate course
with The intention Of pp p three ycdp Co@aS
49, pursuing graduate course in Princeton SOIlcgs
and fun course in Princeton Theological seminary
Second-PrOfessOr Sloane, of the Committee on
Outdoor Sports desires TO state that after extensive
inquiry and the exercise Of due diligence he indorses
following statement which we herewith make IN re-
gard pecuniary academic compensation
Not a single member of the Princeton eleven Is I'D
W a OF ase eoEf of on any me aa
fcatlOn whatever that no member Of the eleven mas
received either fIOm us or from outside parties 10
our knowledge. directly or indirectly, any pecuniTy
compensation either induccment 10 enter Prince
ton or as assistance while here. Neither have we
entered into any form of promise or any ensagrneni
to pay present past expenses or 10 make fuilrc
commentator in any way. Neither has any member
Of the team benefited by any business arrangement
while here.
This year the football management have adopted
the principle of discouragng personal attacks upon
members of other college teams through the press.
But since the Harvard Football Association has pub
licly based It's withdrawal from the League upon the
charge that Princeton defeated Harvard with team
partly composed OF paid and irregular players, and
since the withdrawal these grounds has been under
misrepresentation and approved by members Of the
Harvard Faculty and Board Of OverscerS as stated in
the press, that have evidence in our
possession that number OF the Harvard eleven were
offered pecunary inducements 10 enter college to play
football and at present benefcares Of the college
funds.
This evidence has been forwarded 10 the Faculty
Committee on Athletics of Harvard College together
with the above statement 10 the Princeton team,
with the request that the Harvard Football Association
make public retraction of the general charges made
against the Princeton management.
FRANK s. MILLER, 90,
President Princeton University Football Association.
ALAN ID. WILSON. '01.
Treas. Princeton University Football Association