Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-18
HARyARD's STAR TACKLE.
May be Protested by the Yale Foot
 ball Management.

May be Protested by the Yale Foot
 ball Management.
 New Haven, Nov 1S-There was statement made last night that the football officials of Yale had n sur prise party up their sleeves for the Harvard football authorities, and that Ill day or two the surprise would reach Cambridge. It was to the effect that Yale was about to formally pro- test, if she had not already done so the eligibility of Cutts, the star tackle on the Harvard eleven. It is alleged that Cutts is tainted with profession alism, and that he should not be al- lowed to play with Harvard in the game against Yale next Saturday. One of the men high in the councils of Yale athletics was asked this question last night:
 Has Yale protested against the playing of Cutts?' The gentleman positively declined to discuss the question ill any form whatever. It was Harvard that put in formal pro- test against Glass, the big right guard, and he was withdrawn. not only from playing in the Harvard game, but in time to stop him in the Princeton game, too. Yale took this step in an absolute spirit of fairness to rival col leges ill the big games. She did not desire to have any man on her team. no matter how much of q power of strength he might be, against whom the slightest question could be raised as to his eligibility. Even with Yale firmly believing that Glass was all right to play according to the Yale in- l depreciation of the eligibility rules. she pulled Glass out of the game only a couple of days before the Princeton contest.
 | Now comes up the issue whether I Cutts should be allowed to play and whether there isn't just as strong an | objection against him as there was in l the case of Glass The sentiment among the Yale men, graduates as well as undergraduates, was against playing Glass once it became known that Harvard and Princeton had call- ed attention to the eligibility of Yale's great right guard. And the result of | that sentiment soon after materialiZed into decision on the part of the Yale football authorities not to put Glass into either game. This action was | pronounced by every individual of prominence ill the college athletic world as eminently fair and especially | believes for a moment that Harvard desires to play Cutts if there is the remotest basis for the charge that he is tainted with professionalism. It isn't in accordance with the Harvard spirit of good, wholesome football, and there is the college, in the judg- ment of Yale officials, that will be 1 quicker than Harvard to make even ] such. radical change in the eleventh hour as the withdrawal of such q star as Cutts. Of course all that Yale can do under the circumstances would be to state her objections. and then leave it entirely to the spirit of fair-minded- ness on HarvarFs part to withdraw Cutts or to play him. This was al- most identically the plan followed by Harvard when she notified Yale that Glass was not in her judgment eligible l to play. And Yale sent Walter Camp l to Harvard to confer with the football officials there. When he returned to | New Haven there came soon after the l official declaration from Yale that l Glass would not play. ..s