The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-23
TECHN|CAl|TY LOST
MICHIGAN M
To MILLER
Detroit Boys 1910 Captaincy Also
Vetoed by Board Of Control
Which Apologies TO
Rivals.
And all the Fuss Is the Result of His
Failing To Fill Out a Routine
Enrolment Card.
BY PAUL n. BRuskE.

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 MS
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
10 turn in his enrolment card in the
engineering department. Appende 4
TO the announcement is the statement
that Michigan has also sent letters OF
apology 10 the colleges against whose
teams Miller competed, with the idea
OF making amends for the playing OF
a technically ineligible man.
Dean Cooley. OF the engineering de-
partment, takes full blame for the sit
uation. ne 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
his purpose OF returning i'm
to Ann Arbor In an effort to
explain the result OF what he admits TO
have been a piece or carelessness.
Result Of Oversight.
The whole thing is the result OF an
oversight" said JOY 10 The Times
Wednesday. II 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.
started in on my work as junior
engineer with a regular l2-hour sched-
ule OF recitations. | attended classes
regularly but, in my rush TO get start
ed, forgot the Formally OF making out
an enrolment card. Had I been re-
minded OF IL. / would certainly have
done so. don't think I'm entirely 10
blame at that, for I 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.
L
my M" away. don't suppose | can
stop them. And the same thing goes
for the captaincy. But they've got TO
FIRE me from college To keep me from
trying 10 do my part In bringing
what honor can as a player TO
Michigan In next year, which VIII nave
TO be my final one In college attn
letics. My card Is now on nle and
was put there as soon as heard
here was any dificulty."
The block Ms have not yet oeen
at Michigan, this function
having been set for some time early
IN the next term.
Boards Statement Confirms This.
NilIers statement makes the action
II the Michigan board OF control seem
mt of all proportion 10 the nature or
he orense. No statement has been
made by the board conflicting with
.Iiller's that he had attended regular
v in all his classes and had kept up
lis college work throughout the ioot-
,alI season. That the university was
tself TO blame for its failure TO call
viller's attention TO the absence OF an
enrolling card is admitted In tne
,oard's announcement.
Miller's friends in Detroit are IN
,ignant over the situation. This con-
Iition is aggravated by the fact tnae
e09 was the second year In which JOY
vas deprived OF his letter. he having
played conspicuously In the penn
rame of two years ago without being
ncluded in the list OF M men" turn
ID in by Capt. Magoffin.
Won Minnesota Game.
II IL pointed out that Miller was
no one man who. more than any
,ther made possible the Michigan VIC
orv over Minnesota. For this game
10 was changed from end TO quarter
,ack. to take the place OF the inehgi-
10 Wasmund. and ran the team with
effectiveness. II Is pc
ieved locally that the board OF con-
rol should have had some regard Tor
he mans service TO the university
,efore taking such summary an action
n which the letter not the spirit or
he law. Is involved.
Rustnes.-like Printing. NO fuss and /
a feathers The plain. neat kind that \