The Washington times., 1914-01-26
AWAITING VIRGINLA'S
ACTION AFTER EXPOSE


quirements are more strict than the
ones that prevail at Charlottesville and
the Tennesseeans had won on the grid
iron, FIndlay was played al Virginia
Without. having TO comply with the
Cne y7eIrs probation required Of stu
dents migrating from one college to
another.
The incident was freely commented
upon at the time, and is now con-
sidered by such an authority as Mr..
Rice as an evidence of Inconsistency
in Nirginia's campaign for purifying
sport
Commenting upon the breach through
which Washington has lost its most
intensely interesting amateur athletic
feature, the ultra-conservative New
York Evening Post has the following
Since the statement Of the I-niyer-
sity Of Virginia athletic authorities an
nOuncinE the severance of relations with
Georgetown was issued some DAYS ago,
undergraduates and alumni of the Dis
trict of columbia institution have been
chatting inwardiy. as the following letter
received TODAY from prominent
alumni source will show:
The sevcring Of athletic connections
with Georgetown by the University Of
Virginia did not seem to occasion much
surprise among the faculty and stu
dents. For the past four years Viz
ginia has beer beaten in football, and
each year. after the defeat, the local
papers were filed with interviews with
the Virginia authorities in when the
latter threatened an athletic break.
- But this year. when their hitherto
victorious team went down to defeat
before a vastly inferior eleven. the
strain on the Orange and Blue was evl-
IDENTITY too much. and. uuetrthing
grievances of several years back-whi"h
were settled to their satisfaction, since
the two universities have met in base
bail. football. track, tennis, basketball,
and baseball. without a break for the
past. four IeaTs-they now formally
sever all future athletic relations.
The Georgetown athletic board did
not, as the Washington newspapers in
sisted they should, meet AL night in
executive session. but, about noon. held
d fifteen-minute meeting. .u Which,
Judging from results. II was decided t.
ignore Nirginias charges. non" OF
which had to do with q more recent
date than two years back.
-'Virginia has beer released ifnnI h-T
la SkctbaIl and baseball contracts
(Which Virginia Announced herself will
inc 20 keep. and the manager OF tennis
has been instructed 10 recall ANY neSo-
ffatiOus he MAJ have made with that
institution. From present indications. no
rctuJation .: any charge will be made,
nor will any cOunier-ChHrEcs - the
grounds for which are said To- bc in
G"orgetOwns : possess. .on-ue sent t. Viz
ginia.
IAN OF which may he regarded as a
very decided Georgetown Roland for
Eirginia's oliver. But seriously, If
Georgetowu's AUTHORITIES have eviGcmre
Of violation Of athletic ethics on the part
Of Virginia, the facts they possess
should be made public. II would not be
out Of place for the faculty Of the
Charlottesville institution to formally
demand that this be done, in fairness
not alone TO Virginia, but to institutions
| who yearly meet this university in vari-
Gus sports.
All of these fects seem much TO the
point and worthy Of serious delibera tion
! by those who have the higher interest :
! Of the University OF Virginia at heart.