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place between me and the Amateur Ath-
letic Union. and if any recognition of the
Amateur Athletic Union to their sus-
persion or their control of the George
Washington basket ball team is found
present they are welcome to it"
The correspondence requested to be pub
lishcd Is as follows:
Asks for Information.
January 2. 1905.
DIR. D. z. wiber. 1920 F street northwest,
Washington d. c.:
Dear Sir: According to recent reports
IN the local newspapers. you, as repre-
sentative of the A. A. L., are credited
with having Suspended" the George Wash
ington University basket ball team. be-
cause of alleged professionalism of one
OF its members.
As there is no official relation between
this university and the A. A. L. that gives
the latter organization any authority over
basket ball athletics in the university. and
as feel sure that the A. A. U. does not
wish to intrude its offices upon the uni
versity unless asked. 1 am writing to you
to inquire upon what foundation. il any.
as far as the A. A. T. is concerned, the
newspaper reports above referred to rest
As far as concerns amateurtsm in
sport the athletic authorities of this uni
versity are in general harmony with the
principles and ethics of the A. A. u, and
would regret the currency of any report
that would indicate the contrary. Feeling,
therefore. that as the matter now stands
Washington University athletic au-
thorities and the A. A. u. are appear
ing In a false light, / beg that you will
favor me with any information you may
have relative to the above mentioned re-
wv F. r. PHILLIPS,
Dean of the Department of Medicine and
Chairman ATHLETIC Council"
Chairman Wiber's Reply.
January 3, 1908
Dr. W. F. r. Phillips. Chairman Athletic
Council, George Washington Univer-
sity.
Dear SIR: In reply to your inquiry of
yesterday. and in order to place the South
Atlantic registration committees action
before you properly. would say that the
8. A. A. of the A. A. u. authorities do not
claim that as A. A. L. officials they can
or Yale College from competing further in
strictly intercollegiate contests. Tut they
do claim that they can Certainly prevent
any man on either team from taking part
In open A. A. g. games, including basket
ball, In this jurisdiction. and to place the
men who were registered-all the men,
bers of the Yale team were registered and
the team played open games under A. A.
L. sanctiOn-upon the list OF suspended
players in this section. Furthermore, sane
toned A. a. L. teams will not be permit
ted to play the George Washington basket
ball team. while professionals are al
| am pleased to note that the athletic
authorities of the university are In general
harmony with the principles and ethics Of
the A. A. u. AS an aiumnus Of George
Washington. personally 1 would like to
see this athletic condition cleaned up, as
evidenced by my gratuitous act on De-
D. E. wIBER.
Chairman Registration Committee.
Suspension Notice.
January g. 1908
DR.. ". F. r. Phillips. Chairman Athletic
Council. City.
Dear Sir: On December 30. 1907, in Con-
vention Hall, Washington D. c. the
George Washington basket ball team. un-
der the MANAGEMENT of Mr.. Biddle, after
having been notified of suspended player
OF the A. A. L. in its lineup. did then and
there play this man-Mr. Reges-also a
Mr.. Cramer. who likewise had been sus-
pended. both for playing -asket ball on
the Yale University team.
therefore disdualify the George Wash
ington basket ball team from all open
a. A. u. basket ball contests until such
time as the George Washington basket
ball team free itself of all professional
ism.
Mr.. Rutherford is suspended from the
\. A. T. for playing with professionals in
the George Washington basket ball game
OF December 30. 1907.
Messrs. Marsh and Johnson are disqual-
ined from entering any open A. A. u.
games D. E. WIBER.
Chairman Registration Committee.
No Recognition Here.
January 10. 1908
DR.. d. E. wiber, 1929 F street Washing
ton. d. c.
Dear Sir: 1 beg to acknowledge receipt
of Your two communications of January
. and g. respectively. / did not ac-
knowledge receipt of these communica-
tons earlier. as a meeting OF the athletic
council had been called for yesterday
evening. i placed your letters before the
council. and they noted with satisfaction
that your action was entirely with refer
ence to control of A. A. l.. members and
A. A. L. teams as SUCH and was not in
tended in any way to interfere with
George Washington University students
and George Washington teams as such
AFTER thorough consideration of the re-
ports made the council directed the un-
dersigned TO issue a statement setting
forth its position. l take pleasure in In
closing you herewith a copy of that state
ment. AS you will see the two men
that your association held as profession
ais should never have been played on the
q. w T. team. because thcJ were not
registered in the university. The coun-
Gil regretted very much that they were
not reKistered. because 1t would then
have pushed the question of profession
alism. and II established would have ad-
ministered such discipline as its athletic
rules prescribe.
DR. w. r. r. PHILLIPS
Chairman Athletic Council
Il hope" said DIR. Phillips that those
interested in this matter will be clear as
10 our position. We have never by word
or otherwise. recognized the A. A. u in
the settlemen. OF this question. and one
of my letters to DIR. Wiber was merely an
inquiry. while the other was courtesy.
The unsupported statement of the A. A
L. as to professionalism of any student In
this university will never be recognized
by US. nor will We ever recognize any
control by them in closed intercollegiate
events"
NcW Y0PK MAHNATC