The sun., 1900-11-23
DE IA SAFE SUSPENDED.
New York I. A. A. Says Institute Had an lneii-
gible student on Its Team.

Delegates to the New York /. A. A. sus-
tanned the protest against tie De la Sale
Institute at the adjourned meeting yes
tcrday afternoon by vote Of 10 TO 4. Robert
Corbctt, who was protested by Cutler
school for PLAYING on the De La Sale football
team on the ground that he was not regular
student and Of being over age, was not present.
but was well represented by George Corbett
and Nicholas Adam.
After the meeting was called 20 order by
President Wylie. George torbett handed the
President a letter. stating that Robert Emmet
Corhett. the prote e-ted player, had two brothers
tl,rn was born ia ls1s. The speaker was asked
II n" had tha statement from the bookkeeper
and headmasteT Of ne ,n,Ht4e .,st tnai y ,b r.
-iolt age George C0rh"tt answered that W"
haadmos,sr had already. signed such q state;
Tch Y2' rHer y He hsia' sad tfat tAH II roV'1 conn
rutt,r would e. t. De la sale Institute, they
would nud ont fort nlse!y mat i r. ,orD' u
i in good Standing on the hooks lln> answer
c..d not please flammer Of the Football COM
n..',or who said, .,-,
I'VE have gwen De La sale ln.htut" all the
op,, ,ortsl9ty to- prove Corbeu eligible and II
h.s fniled 20 do 20. Corbett himself said he
would nave written statement from his two
sisters from the boOtkccpcr and tho head
master Of tho i.l-tituto. I'hls he has failed to
do and ] therefore move that the case De
summed W.
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thority the association had 10 try the caSe; inas-
much A. the con- sti'v'lun of 1900 -hid all pro-
fcet- mu-t ba decided by an Arbitration COM
inittar consisting oi the teachers or principals
Of the. e. III l-iutcrc-t"d schools. In answering
thl4 Hammer said that the delegates at the
meeting on Tuesday voted 70 go hy the 1893
con. titutipn This cause a wrangle between
,nrh,tt and Hammer and eventually al TIE
drle.ates became involved. \ Vote was nnally
'akru 3uh II was decided 10 go by the Consti-
tuition Of 1909. which In part said.
Al protest, must nc handed 10 the President Of
The association IN whiting, Who Will az once forward
II ,n The Arbitration Committee, said COMMITTEE to
Cnuslt 4 tGe Athletic Committee OF tho nv efs.Iy
4. C., i1T nsi decision.
The dlIe> ION now arose whether the association
had tho POWER 20 act when II was said there
were two con etitutious, on" an old one ana tho
other an amended one. tho lniter not IN print,
hut marked George torpett insisted upon
rhr o..Sr be!ug tried hy the constitution of l9p,
b'r pre.idcrt NVlin ruled in favor Of the dole
gatcs Corhett then ret rcd and left AdHu 10
defend " J. Corb"tt. 4 vote was taken which
wg-aga,n-' ~ La sale Institute. Awotion WIS
made 10 notify tho athletic association of the
iuSf .luta that IL ~,HEd~ Suspended Tor one eat
from date oi Sling protest
Adlu aid that as a delegate from De La
Salla Institute. h. received the right to remain
i'm the meeting room. This caused Oh wran.
Cling but on n vote being taken h' was allowed
10 remain. Then Ia" protested against tolunl-
bia Gr1mr'ar School on the ground that II
played on the foot ball team "A boy by tie name
of Drostic. who was not eligible. His right
10 make this protest was GUes' ioned. When
Adau saw that his protest would not be suo-
tanned he withdrew ii.