New-York tribune., 1901-11-13
WHAT PRINCETON THINKS OF IT-PRo-
TEST FROM SYRACUSE

C-,e - -t,e hest Informed OF Princeton's alumni
OF the athletics Of that university writes 10 Inc
Tribune denying that Princeton football author!-
ties made efforts 10 get Glass, the Yale freshman
-rr5 ;, ro "a Princeton The Tribunes corre-
spondert says
NJ Class announced to his friends and school
-,ares on 2 number Of occasions last SpfILE Hio
fnSarfsf0u as - whether he would go 70 Yale or
T-1rcI-or 1-.esa statements were brought 70 the
attention e several Princeton alumni no "Ill-oa1
seeking hin especially held informal i coh "a
lions win M Glass wherever they happened 70
meet him and EXPRESSED the nope tnft Ie o1' -
enter Princeton Further tnan lLlS lue! 80 - -
GO and I sure Nj Glass would cofIlrih my
You siso say rhat Princeton would have played
hin had n gone there In This, too you ar IA n
error f7- in view OF the possibility of his entering
II Princeton last June by several represent nJatFs :
Be pursued if il were found ir September that
Mr. Glass had actually entered II was unanl-
well as those vf other individual universities ana
also Of the Intercollegiate Association MT tIlass a
should rot be allowed 10 represent the lnlFeTs!y
during his first year He would not tnereIoFe @ nan {
been allowed TO have played this fan had ne gone
The Tribune did not make any Of the statements
rssarding Princetous attitude attributed TO il by
this Correspondent II said that Princeton Is said
10 have Tried 20 get Glass 10 10 Princeton: ana
50 il The letter Of. The Tribunes CORE
sponeeut appears to bear this statement out NO
charge has been made by anybody that improper
Inducements were held cut TO Glass by Princeton
Ihe Princeton correspondent thus states the posi-
aoe ot the New-Jersey university:
Princeton prefers 10 protest Glass. because
SIC Eesis that Yale VIII do the right thing IL may
& nave been The intention OF the trainers OF t.is
-Ale Al Yale exclude eN-col!egian VINO h'td
spent year more a araJory school 9eIoI :
.-ering Yale but IL certainly was the intention OF
e trainers Of the rule of the intercollegiate Asso-
-auon 10 debsr any and every man from represent.
a. .g as second college in athletics until ne NAG
al the latter institution FOR one fuI year ana
writer knows ihai because he was one Of the
SIlsts of the original Intercollegiate Association
- ',szl azl mat point was considered Ihere Is, N
- judgment Of The vast ma jOrtty OF those who
eSSlg TIE complex problems attendant upon inter
SUi.eslate athletic legislation. only place for
- - spend MS probationary period. and iLat
- ! me second institution which ne may enter
12t = nas been found by sad experience that men
sos sittslec al one institution have been picked up
w. Dro1ght 70 another. even after the lapse OF
Yale faie men and Yale standards have hitherto
seo great influence in establishing intercolie-
Ssssss sport upon wholesome. dignihed- amateur
So .dnc princeton men have too sincere re-
- ior tier cid time rival and friend 10 believe
ia sIS VIII permit any departure from her posi-
IN her decision in respect Of Mr.. Glass involves
. mora tnan rrlcre st-engthening or weakening
football team Of 1901 1t Will carry with
n Il she ~fthdrazxs him from the team q ringing
rr - lIlista kale declaration that she stands for
Fcr-clpie above expediency.
psys ctner implication In the daily press IN re-
r. % ms case calls for brief comment. II has
go sn las1nuated that Yale would offer Mr. Glass
gs--sN rrlncetcn. but withdraw him from the
position would be intolerable to Princeton men but
-ohs OF them believe for one moment that Yale
SjS. ueus snront their university do aught TO
rnalossel Tor twenty-five years or ever since the
:stes era Of intercollegiate sport inaugu-
SYRACUSE on THE GLASS CASE
certain statements regarding the previous educa-
' OF this freshman, over whom all this discussion
gong on. have aroused the ire OF the faculty,