The Washington times., 1908-01-12


to him. He said other mans gers had |
had trouble the same way with men |
who got a registration certificate. but |
had not paid their tuition fees, and still |
imagined they were entitled to play on |
varsity teams. Had the game not been |
played in the holiday season. said this
advocate, the sad mixup would never
have occurred.
He also argued that Mr.. Biddle was
quite young. and had already suffered
great mental anguish because Of the
condemnation OF his deed by the athletic
council and the roasts in the news
papers, wherefore it was thought he
had been punished sufficiently. and
should be restored to his old Job,
chastened in spirit and wi by expert
ence.
Statements Not Consistent.
This altruistic view OF the Ienieney
due tender years does not conlport at
all with the admission by Captain
Johnson, of the George washington
basketball team. that he and the mis-
taken manager had debated for a week
whether they ha6 a right 70 play Reyes
and Cramer ana had kept the names
of those able athletes I'm the background
( for the very good reason they were
doubtful whether they would be permit
| ted to use them against Yale. 1t has
! been suggested that had they sub
/ mitted their doubts and fears TO DR..
/ Phillips, president Of the council, or to
/ TT Wilson. graduate manager, some
! time in the course OF that week ard
] asked them what TO do under the CIR
/ cumstances, those authorities might
/ have seen the light that would have
! avoided any necessity for apologizing
/ to the Ysle management at this late
/ dey FOR an extremely unClUbby incident
/ The advocate Of the councils action
| also tried to argue that because the
management Of the basketball team was
| an elective Office the athletic council
! had no right 20 depose him. When
! asked what the council would do if
| other elected managers elected to try
to win glCry for the university by the
! use of ringers, and what good end a
| council could serve whose activities in
disciplining undergraduate managers ex-
tended no further than scolding, the
subject of conversation was changed.
Another New Angle
Another twist given the Yale affair
was that Captain Johnson. ne Of the
many doubts; Marsh and Rutherford,
the three men who played on the
. George Washington team against Yale,
| and were put under the ban Of the
Amateur Athletic Union, were specific
/ ally restored to good athletic standing
al the university. and al three played
for George Washington against the
Midshipmen at Annapolis yesterday
The A. A. L. could reach directly only
Rutherford, as he is a member Of that
/ body, and was suspended. Johnson and
| Marsh are not registered, and there
/ fore could not be suspended, but Dr.
| D. z. Wiber, chairman Of the South
! Atlantic Association Of the A A. L. de-
| cHared they were under the ban, and
would not be allowed to register, hence
| they would be barred from competing
| against a. A. Z. teams in basketball or
from competing in open field and track
meets.
The university claimed the right to
play whatever men it chose, subject TO
its own rules and those Of the Inter
collegiate Athletic Association of the
| United States, of which body it is a
member, without reference to the A. A
] L, and thereby created an interesting
1 situation, should these men try to rep
resent George Washington in open
/ events.
The Navy basketball team will not be
suspended by the A A. L. for playing
against Rutherford. Marsh and Johnson
yesterday. DR.. Wiber said last night:
Nays Peculiar Position.
The athletes q. / athletic authorities
Of the Naval Academy are stanch ad-
! nlirers Of the A. A. L., and have an
absolutely perfect system OF amateur
athletics at the institution, but the Ma
( val Academy is not n me4n5e- Of the
! A A. L.. and We take no cCguizaDCe
/ OF any games or meets held en- its
grounds. The reason fOr this is that
! the Government, working on the 'oren
| shor' principle. will not Gllow the ~ id
dies to belong TO any Organization whose
/ rulings Of procedure night be in onUo-
sition to those Of the Government, for
the United States will concede that no
/ organization in this country is on a
plane with itself.
Therefore, the Naval Academy never
takes out sanctions from the A. A. u.
for meets OF games on its grounds. for,
IN order TO get a sanction It would have
to agree to abide by the A A Z. laws.
which is not permitted. But, when the
| Naval Academy athletes 20 from there
| TO take part as individuals in sopen
meets they register like anybody else"