The Detroit times., 1909-12-24
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Ii to- MILLER
Detroit Boys 1910 Captaincy Also
Vetoed by Board Of Control q
Which Apologies to
Rivals.
And all the Fuss Il the Result Of His
Failing To Fill Out Routine
= Enrolment Card.
av PAUL a. eRuske.


Dispatches from Ann Arbor bring to
Detroiters the amazing information
that Joy Miller. end and quarterback
OF the 1909 Michigan eleven and cap
tain-elect OF the 1910 team. has been
Invested by the board OF control OF mis-
~M" and university athletic cap. and
deprived OF the position to which he
was chosen by his mates, as the result
OF an oversight by which he failed
20 turn In his enrolment card in the
engineering department. Appended
90 the announcement is the statement
that Michigan has also sent letters OF
apology to the colleges against whose
teams Miller competed, with the idea
OF making amends for the playing OF
q technically ineligible man.
Dean Cooley, OF the engineering de-
partment. takes full blame for the Sit
uation. he having certified to the board
Of control from time to time that Mil
Ter was eligible.
Miller arrived In Detroit Wednesday
night with the intention OF spending
the holidays at the home of his father,
James G. Miller. No. 100 Langley-ave.
On the receipt of the news he an
nounced his purpose of returning i'm
mediately TO Ann Arbor I'm an effort tn
explain the result of what he admits 90
have been a piece OF carelessness.
Result Of Oversight.
The whole thing is the result of an
oversight" said Joy to The Times
"wednesday. Il was two weeks late
IN my return to Ann Arbor in the fall
and was naturally quite busy making
up for the lost time. / registered reg
ularly and have the receipts for my
college bills which paid at that time.
l started In on my work as junior
engineer with a regular 12-hour SEIZED
ule of Rotations. / attended classes
regularly but, in my rush To get start
ed, forgot the formality of making out
an enrolment card. Had / been re-
minded of IL, would certainly have
done SO. I don't think I'm entirely to
blame at that. for never dreamed
that I wasn't going through exactly
the regular process OF getting my de-
gree. I'm certain that there weren't
many men In college who were tend
ing more strictly to their class work
than I was.
.Of course, II they're going TO take
my IN" away, don't suppose can
etop them. And the same thing goes
for the captaincy. But they've got to
fire me from college to keep me from
trying to do my part In bringing
what honor I can as a player 10
Michigan In next year, which VIII nave
to be my final one In college attn
letics. Ny card Is now on file AND
was put there as soon as l hearo
there was any difficulty"
The block Ms have not yet oeen
distributed at Michigan. this function
having been set for some time early
In the next term.
Boards statement Confirms This.
Miller's statement makes the action
of the Michigan board OF control seem
out of all proportion to the nature or
The offense. No statement has been
made by the board conflicting with
Miller's that he had attended regular
" in all his classes and had kept up
his college work throughout the foot
hall season. That the university was
ftself to blame for it's failure TO call
MiIler's attention to the absence OF an
enrolling card is admitted In the
boards announcement.
MiIler's friends in Detroit are in
dienant over the situation. This con-
1909 was the second year In which Joy
was deprived OF his letter. he having
played conspicuously in the Penn
xame OF two years ago without being
Included in the list Of M men, turn
ed In by Capt. Magoffin-
Won Minnesota Game.
II is pointed out that Miller was
The one man who; more than any
pther, made possible the Michigan VIC
tory over Minnesota. For this game
he was changed from end to quarter
hack. to take the place of the ineligi-
ble Wasmund, and ran the team with
astonishing effectiveness. 1t Is be
iieyed locally that the board OF con-
troll should have had some regard for
the mans service to the university.
before taking such summary an action
In which the letter not the spirit OF
the law. IL involved.