New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-11
GOOD FAITH IN FOOTBALL.
TIE PENNSYLVANIA SIDE OF TIE CoN-
TROyERSY.
cr,rcrs AND corNTERcHARSEs REVIEWED
nY A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNI


| To tho Editor of The Tribute.
| Ct, r,oo,hol the most popular OF American
outdoor sports, Is just now RECEIVING in'se "e'S
| ura of nublic attention, and speculation as 10
| tho nrobable result of the disinteRrhuoh vi 'e
| intercollegiate Football Association Is De'hs "'aue
| tho subject OF innrnerable newspaper aruceH'
| m. .r,,ore Of these articles content themselves,
| nc rosnects most of the leading colleges and uni
| versties with discussing questions Oh genera
| policy but as respects the University u rci'"-
| sylyana they give themselves over ~ u''p"'"7
| do,upciation and abuse, on the ground that her
s' 60 largely COMPOSED OF professional ath-
| - and Of mon who are. rot bona nde students.
| TO this Indictment there has been added lately
| another TO wit that the Pennsylvania men are
| sinners above all the Galieans III the "'a'''i Vi
rough and brutal pay. 1t U.s. OF course Pu',e po'
hle that the public has already been convinced OF
tho truth Of these charges, In consequence OF the
os,,,ve and even violent terms In which they nave
| been preferred If So them OF course 10 auuuoe
any consideration In reDut'ai ~ ID WHSLE I'M
] Dut II among .he public who read these chIrS"s
there are those who believe that a defendant shouu
| ha heard before he Is condemned. these AT ieast
! I'm 80 Willing IN listen to the Pennsylvania side
| -, tho case before giving full credit to all the
| charges as made. Perhaps, also, fehhsyi'"i'"''
| after answering the accusations maze aSa"S' "'i'
| NAV be pardoned for calling attention to what SET"
| TO the writer to be some very weak points III ''ie
| nosition of our friends of Yale ana Prihce'oh
| do not mean merely to contend that Yale anu
| princeton should not cast stones at us because
| they themselves tainted with pToiessioni.'S"'
| and lack of bona fdes in respect oil the hie"'o''
| Of their teams. That they are so talh'eu '',''e
| 10 as all know good reason to believe pu' '"'S
| have nevertheless an undoubed right to accuse
| pennsvvania provided the accusations are Uue'
| what 7 do contend. however, Is o. that the ac-
| cusations of professionalism and lack OIL oo''h
| fdes preferred against the Pennsylvania team are
,nfounded: C) that there is reasonable ground ioi
Irp1 0rs
| offenders in this respect, anu 90 thh' i"'',
| y raeuIt of entrusting her football policy 10 rep
| resentatives unworthy of her confidence, nd' 10
| tered a professionalism in the council cha'loe,
! which is even more inimical to the i"'e''
| ,rue snort than is professionalism on the h"'a'
| These points may now be examined III o'ue''
AS TO PROFESSIONALISM
| 80 ,,, ,o-cos of professionalism and lack OF
| ho,o ades directly affect not only the ihdlViuud'
nlavars at whom they levelled, Du' aiSo ''o'S
| Graduates who at the University OF Peh's!N"''
| constitute the majority of the Boatd "'ii'"
| trolls athletic affairs. II is well to nave II "'a
s,oo1 that by a published statement these gentle
men have mad. themselves personally respo''SiDi'
| Cor tho truth of the allegation that all the mem
| Ira % and candidates for the football team are
! bona 0de students in good stahdihs' anu ''"' "
| or then, has received, and none OF ,he'h u -
| ceivnr any pccuniary inducemen'' ulrect W III
! direct, to enter inc '"Nei'''' ~
or to play football. . o
,rh ,o,tiemen who make this statement are
| Mr. John c. Sims secretary OF the PehnSs Han'"
| Railroad Company; Messrs. thompson A"ue""
| ucCready Hunter Smith and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
! men well known in Philadelphia Messrs' ueyeli'
! Fell ana the writer-members of the Phiedelphia
| Par the las; being also professor IN the La"
| School Of the University. The members OF the
| hoard all take an active part In the worN u
supervision and direction They mngle daiiy WIN
the players and know them personally. ihey CON
| troll the expenditure Of money. anu they HFeS's"'e
| the matter of accounts The public may rest as
| sured that this board will stoop to no dishonor
| able methods TO promote temporary athetic sue
| cess II the board to evince the ieasN ulS-
postion to forget themselves In this respect theIe
are those who would instantly folio" the example
! of the well-known member of Princetons Hrauu-
ate Advisory Committee, who resigned the other
day at the time when the composition OF Prince
| TOMS team for this year became known
It is 70 b. observed further, that the charges in
! question are vague and indefinite in that 'hey
| do not designate particular individuals as peiag
the offenders. Possible exceptions to this state
! r6nt are the cases of Knipe and OSgood Inc
former il may be we'll to state. is the son of Mr..
Oscar Knipe 4 high official in the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. who Is naturally greatly III
| censed at the absurd insnuations as 10 MS son 5
! status AS 10 Osgood desire to say that IN al
dition to the general Information In regard to him
| which | have az a member of the board. have
| served with him during the winter Of '92-'S on
| q committee OF students and graduates which had
| charge Of the plans for students House a
house to represent the social and moral life OF the
| university with accommodations Tor the college
| Y NJ C. A. and other student organizations. lie is q
| student in good and regular standing and repre-
sentative university His recently published
affidavit denying the charges against him Was a
| superfiuous thing to all those who. like myself,
| know what manner Of man lie is.
In passing to the next point may observe that
the board have publicly invited specific charges
| By responsible newspapers by responsible in
| diviluals over their own signatures against in
| divdual players. These If preferred, Will be an
| swered categorically and in detail. Rumors and
| vague charges hard TO answer they are
easy to circulate New England seems not to have
| forgotten the skill which she acquired when accu-
| sations in respect of witchcraft were popular.
CHARGES AGAINST YALE AND PRINCETON.
| co The statement that there is reasonable
ground, in the absence Of evidence to the con-
| trary for believing that Yale and Princeton are
! rot free from the faint Of professionalism and
lack of bona 1dcs Is readily substantiatel. AS to
| Yale there Is "A witness who has written
contract. by which a skilful baseball player agreed
| with accredited representative of Yale to play
for Yale during the present year at a regular
! salary OF several hundred dollars. Under this con-
| tract the player subsequently, matriculated at
| Yale a form Yale football player contracted to
| coach the team Of another college for compensa-
| ten 1t being thought that his services would
be needed on this years team. he requested
| by Yale representatives to return to New Haven
and because the Indebtedness of his employer to
him had not been paid 1t was openly asserted that
the man was not professional.
| AS to Princeton the board OF which the writer
! Is member has placed at its disposal the written
receipt for salary for athletic services purporting
to be signed by prominent candidate for this
years team. As to one Of the prominent rush
ers' on that team. the board is In possession of
evidence which would unquestionably lead a Jury
to find that the player In question Is receiving pc
cuniary compensation for playing football. \ crcdi-
| BILE witness has stated to members Of this card