Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-15
ANS WERS FOR
THE INDIANS
COACH WARNER DENIES CHARGE
OF PROFESSIONALISM
ATTACKS PROBABLY INSPIRED
BY JEALOUSY
No Man Has Played Eight Years on
Team, and Only Two Over Two
Seasons Is His AS
sertion
snenl. n Tha Herald.

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CARLISLE, Pa, Dec. H.-Head Coach
Glen S. Warner makes the following
answer 10 the charges of Chicago and
other pikers who were badly smeared by
the Indians this year concerning pro-
fessionalism and playing of ringers on the
conquerlng Carlisle team: There have
been great many stories published in
the papers this fall casting reflections
upon the Indian football team, nearly all
of which have been untrue and unfound-
ed upon facts. No one seems to under
stand how Carlisle could turn out such
a good football team without recourse to
professionalism and unfair methods. Nc
one at the school has paid any attention
thus far to these absurd stories, and the
public generally are wise enough to un-
derstand that these knocks against the
Carlisle team came from soreheads and
hard losers, tut as there seems to be nc
general understanding of the conditions
here at Carlisle, and as SO many faults
or misleading stories have been published
I think it advisable to nail some of the
lies that have been flying around, and al
the same time explain the situation in
athletics here al Carlisle.
1T has been said that there are play
ers on the team who have played for
eight years at Carlisle. There are no
have played eight years. and there are
only two who have played three years
prior to the season. Furthermore, the
average years of experience on the Car
Isle team viii not figure UP as much as
the average of the Pennsylvania team l
40 not wish to pass any reflections upon
the Pennsylvania team. 1 am assuming
tnat the team is perfectly on the square
and a representative one, and am using
the Pennsylvania team for comparison
on that account.
Neither the coaches nor anyone else
tried to get Metoxen or any other old
star back to Carlisle this fall, as has been
charged ard the records show that
uouser, who is accused of being 81 years
old, married and having children. is really
% years old unmarried and a bona fide
student There are two or more men on
the Pen Sylvania team who are older
than any man on the Carlisle team, and
the average age of the Carlisle players
is less than the average age of the
Quakers.
"In regard TO the number of Carisles
10 pick from, / will say that there are
less than 20 boys in school who are old
enough to engage in intercollegiate atm
letics, and it may be of interest to those
who have not thought of the matter be-
Indian population of the United States is
only about 100000 which is less than one
fifth of tn population of the city of
Philadelphia, and the total number of
Indian boys over II years of age enrolled
in the schools of the United States is less
than one-hal. tn" number of students at
the University of Pennsylvania.
Neither ! nor anyone else connected
with the school has ever travelled over
the country recruiting athletic material
as has been charged, and every student
who comes Carlisle does so voluntarily,
1t being necessary TO sign an application
blank, and, If unoer age, to have the
written consent of the parents.
1T has been said that Carlisle has no
eligibility rules, and to a certain extent
This is trle. The only requirements nee
essary for eligibility has been that an
athlete representing Carlisle shall be a
regularly enrolled student who has been
admitted to Carlisle under the rules and
requirements laid down by the United
States Indian department at Washington.
Conditions at Carlisle are so radically
different from those surrounding colleges
and universities that there has never been
and need of eligibility rules governing
athletics here. AS / understand it. the
college eligibility rules are made to dis
courage professionalism and competition
among colleges in securing preparatory
school stars and star athletes from minor
colleges. Under the conditions here no
such evils lave ever existed. Only In
dams can come to Carlisle, and as there
is no other school in Carlisle's class.
there is no competition in securing pre-
paratory school stars; in fact, there are
no Indian p-s -sparatory schools, unless we
consider every reservation school and the
minor preservation Indian schools in
thu event as such, and as Carlisle has the
highest standing of any Indian school
both in educational advantages and in
athletics it is only natural that the In
dian youth who has gone as far as tbe
Indian school in his neighborhood "a =
take him. and especially if he is inter-
ested In athletics, should desire to avail
himself of the advantages of Carlisle.
And this being a government school ana
the expenses OF every student being paid
by the govern ient, it can easily be seen
how nonsensicaI it is to accuse Carlisle
OF professionalism and of making in
ducements tc athletes.
1T has be n said that some Of the mem
bers Of the Carlisle football team have