The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-08
YALE WILL LOSE
STAR HAlFBACk
MARRIAGE of "LEFTYr FLYNN
PLACES HIM BEYOND PALE
OF UNIVERSITY.
WIFE A SHOW GIRL
YOUNG BENEDICT SAYS HE WILL
ENTER UPON BUSINESS LIFE
UNDER DIRECTION OF
HIS FATHER.

NEW YORK, Jan. 7.--When Maurice
Bennett Flynn, the big left footed
kicker of the Yale football team, known
as Lefty" and his wife, Irene Claire,
a winter garden show girl. received
the news today that by clipping Lefty
automatically severed himself from
Yale, they united in long and healthy
laugh and made remarks to the effect
that such messages would not have
the effect OF driving them TO drink.
When Lefty" put his extraordinary
length Of arm around his brides am
pie shoulders, big as he is. his bride
did not have to elevate her eyes very
rnuch to look into his face. Any
declaration of love by either of them
would have been superfiuous.
They are comfortably quartered at
No. West Eighty sixth street. Ac-
cording to young Flynn, his father.
Joseph A. Flynn, received him at his
office IN Rector street. and parental
blessing was forthcoming
viii Enter Business.
81 am not returning to college, said
Lefty, 1T is not against the law
at Sheffield Scientific school to marry
while one is student, but l UNDER
stand that Director Chittenden said
that our marriage was not one that
Yale can accept as regular ! had no
Flynn and I shall leave in a DAY or so
for a honeymoon of three or four
weeks, and then / shall enter bust
ness. Perhaps shall enter my faith
crs employ
Mrs. Flynn would say but little, She
was married she answered because she
was in love Was there anything odd
about that? Her future plans9 Her
plans were those adopted oy Lefty.
She had no intention of ever return
ing to the stage. and was rever hap
pier in her twenty three years OF LIFE,
Former Show Girl.
Mrs. Lefty IL one Of the most
statuesque OF brunettes. She was one
of the most popular units Of the
''Broadway-to-P Paris show, and had
two-iiue speaking part in the "Whirl
of Society" at the Winter Garden.
Where. when and under what circum-
stances the two met they declined 10
say, but from the Winter Garden comes
the tale that once Lefty sat in
box and MISC Claire trailed across the
stage with a red rose in her hair.
That was all. Lefty bucked the
line of Miss C9aires multitude Of ad-
mirers and won the game right then
and there,
Irene Claire's real name is Leary-
tShe is the daughter OF Coruelius
Her mother died three years ago after
an accident. in which she was ter
ribly burned shortly afterward the
girl came 70 New York. She Is a
graduate Of Smith college, and OBJ
tanned a place IN Our Miss Gibbs :
She has been with the Winter Garden
ever since II opened.
Previous to her taking up her abode
at No. Q West Eighty-sixth street. sne
Aived at the Hotel Frederick.
Professor Russell III, Chittenden,
director IT the Sheffield school at
| Yale declared fatty today that al
though there were more than dozen
married men ON the rolls at the Shelf
field school, including s. f. Guggen-
helm, son OF one Of the Colorado
mine owners, and smelters, Flynn
would be haired.
Attitude of Director.
We do not prohibit marriage under
certain conditions said Professor
C'hittenden. III n mans parents are
heard from there IS nothing to prevent
his being married and remaining IN
the school, but marriage under
such conditions If Flynn purported
10 have made Is not the same Men
have married during their college
course. Mir. Guxgenheirn, TOR In
stance. WAS married 1T the beginning
OF his senior year and took Il house
I'm whitney avenue. That was quite
regular but we cannot condone
FIynn's methods"
mrs, III course Il tt4-s ana
football and baseball prospects for
the coming season. but young Flynn
when this was mentioned said that
Yale had enjoyed the prowess or
Flynns Hogans and Raftertys before
and that no doubt another good irish
name would be added 10 the team De-
fore fall practice was called.