The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
SUSPEND IDLE MISS"
 FROM HE 5. l. A. A.
Refused to Play Mississippi
 A. < M. the Cause
ACTION NOT SURPRISE
Second Drastic Measure Taken Against $. I. A. A. Member, Howard College Having
 Been Suspended

New Orleans, December H.-Indefinite suspension of Mississippi university from the Southern intercollegiate Athletic as sociation was the subject of interest to- day at the annual meeting of the assoeia- ton, which concluded here today. This action on the part of the delegates from the leading educational institutions of the south was not unexpected. Suspension of "Ole Miss" came as the result of her refusal to play the annual Thanksgiving game with Mississippi A. and M, college because the University of Mississippi eleven included Fletcher, star quarter back and mainstay of the lineup, and ath lete barred early in the season by the s. 1. A. A. authorities, but who continued to play at the request of "Oe Miss" fac ulty.
 When Mississippi Agricultural and Me- chancal proved him to be ineligible un- der S. l. A. A. rules, and demanded that he be kept out of the prospective game for the state championship, Mississippi declined, and even the members of the team refused to play without Fletcher in the lineup.
 An investigation by the executive com mittee of S. I. A. A. showed that the chancellor of the University of Missis- sippi defended the actions of the offend- ing athletic authorities and threw the weight of his influence against the ef fort to purify athletics at the university"
 It also developed that Professor Bell of the university faculty, J. w. Me- Call and others signed notes for $2Ss in order to pay the fees for certain bene- of a1 aIaal of-cl1 the express understanding, as openly avowed to the executive committee of the $. I. A. A. by Professor Bell, that the amount was to be repaid from the gate receipts of the Thanksgiving football game"
 Resolutions were adopted by the asso- ciation upon recommendations of the eX- ecutive committee, with reference to the punishment for Mississippi. follows.
 Resolved, that the University of Mis-
 sissippi is hereby suspended from the s. l. A. A. @ That Coach DeFray is de- barred from coaching any team in the s. l. A. A. (3) That the captain of the Mississippi football team is debarred from further participation in intercollegiate sports in the S. l. A. A. (D That Man ager Schauber is disqualified from any connection with athletics of any institn-
 tions of the s. l. A. A. (5) That Player Fletcher is debarred from participation in intercollegiate contests in the s. I. A. A l This makes the second drastic measure taken against member of the $. !. A. A.
 at this session. Howard college Of Bir-
 mingham was supended for violation
 of s. I. A. A. rules governing eligibility l requirements.
 motion by Delegate McGoveney of | Tulane to reconsider the action Of the | convention Friday in awarding the hold ing of the 1913 s. I. A. A. track and field championship 10 Clemson college, was con l sidered and passed to the executive com mittee for final action Tulane held thls
 meet last year and is strong after il
 again this year.
 l Following a banquet the present officers 1 were reelected to serve the coming year.; I They are William l.. Dudley, Vanderbilt. president; William Riggs. Clemson. first | vice president: John Morris, University of | Georgia vice president second district; l B. M. Walker, Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical, vice president. third dis
 trct; Browne Ayres, Tennessee, vice pres ident, fourth district
 Edward T. Holmes of the Goodall insti- l ute was reelected secretary treasurer