Evening star., 1914-01-19

| pointed out the serious view we took OF
the Georgetown athletic situation, made
| collegiate contests between Georgetown
and Virginia. and emphasized the abso-
| lutte necessity of more effective machinery
for CARRYING out the Georgetown rules e,s;. :,
of devising machinery for the enforce
ment of athletic laws In Georgetown :
large professional departments situated =
in the city OF Washington, but insisted
upon the necessity. Being reassured by
Father Emmett we granted our foot balI
manager conditional permission to ar
range game with Georgetown for isll
I'VE subsequently received an ella aborate
new code of eligibility rules. which as a
code was regarded by us to be in general
conformity VIII the code OF Virginia.
Again Declared Eligible.
Despite the assurances and the new
code. neyertheh g in the fall of 1912 Iar.
Rheinschild was again declared eligible
and was playing his second season ot
foot ball at Georgetown. A short time
before the annua! GeorgetownV Virginia
contest was to be played humber of
Mr. Rheinschilds own letters, OIL Tue
existence of which we natudally kne"
nothing were sent to US by the recipient
of these letters. The recipient Of these
letters had previously written george
town and proffered to Georgetown au-
thorities the information which was later
sent to US.
I'm these letters Mr.. Rheinschild re-
peatedly confesses that he is conscious
of his own ineligibility because he IS
receiving pay at Georgetown for ms
foot ball services. He convicts no.
only himself. but also his roommate OF
the previous session the same Mr..
Magner referred to above. He also i'm
plicates one other player. The state
ments were a clear revelation and con-
firmation of the facts long suspected
by us.
Acknowledgement of Proof.
Again three members of our faculty
committee went to Georgetown and
conferred with Father Kilroy and Mr..
Daley. Father Kilroy. as you know.
had been recently appointed faculty
athletic director at Georgetown. after
the retirement of Father Emmet. The
letters were presented and portions Of
them were read aloud at the confer
ence. By both of the Georgetown rep
resentatives the letters were acknowl-
edged as undeniably authentic. Here
was proof of the cardinal offense
against pure athletics. namely, the pay
ment of men for athletic services at
the very institution for which they
played
Once more the Virginia delegates in
sisted that they were not interested in
the disqualification of Mr.. Rheinschild or
any other Individual player. but were
vitality Interested i'll having Georgetown
discover and eradicate the sources Of cor
riuption which were undeniably defeat
ing her code of athletic purity. We en-
phasized that nothing less than this
could conceivably satisfy Virginia We
pointed out to Father Kilroy that now
was his golden opportunity. For the
purpose Of establishing confidence. we
requested that he invite Mr. Rheinschild
to be present at our interview and be
asked to state by what agency he and
others were paid the money which he
confessed to receiving.
Although Mr.. Rheinschld was at that
moment in the Georgetown gymnasium.
Father Kilroy. after a private consuita-
ton with Mr.. Daley. fatty refused to
permit the player to appear. Although
Father kilroy assured US that George
town would itself undertake the proper
Investigations, Virginia, as you may
readily understand. felt the keenest dis
appointment, after the doubts of four
years had now erystallized into certainty.
when she was denied the opportunity of
hearing from one beneficiary at least the
source of his professionalization at
Georgetown.
with patience well nigh exhausted, We
decided to permit Virginia to play the
coming game, and to await the radical
consequences, for which We hoped, as a
result OF the anticipated Investigations.
We trusted Georgetown wo-T make FUN
use of the exceptional opportunity. The
only result, of which we have ever heard,
was the disqualification Of Mr.. Rhein-
schild.
Sought to Avoid Haste.
LAS the foot ball season of 1912 was
nearing a close we believed that time
perhaps had not afforded opportunity for
the results of a sweeping investigation
to make themselves manifest. We de-
cided not to be hasty in our adjudgment.
and to look forward to the season Of 1919
To-. the establishment of our lost con-
f,dence.
During the past fall, however. it be-
came increasingly obvious that, whatever
may have been true of Georgetown's s
earlier games, the personnel of the 1918
team which would play Virginia would be
, largely the same as that of 1872 Our
hopes of any far-reaching results from
i the promised Investigations were blasted.
and even after the last game. November
| Is. 1913. there was sent to us a copy Of a
, letter, written by ]. f. Hegarty, captain
OF the Georgeton 1912 foot ball team, to
the graduate manager of athletics at the
! University of North Caralina The let
| ter was All application for the position Of
| foot ball coach at North Carolina.
In celebrating his qualifications for
the desired position, he Informs the man
ager that If North Carolina has any
| scholarships or Jobs he can easily bring
down a half dozen players, who will
give Virginia game that they will long
remember He writes that his home is
/, near Boston. Mass and that II you
give me my own way down there and let
me bring down half dozen good north.
ern men, l will guarantee you winning
! team. AS an evidence of hie ability to
| make good this offer. he states that nc
i was responsible for seven of the players
| on the eleven, OF which he was the
Georgetown captain 0912). He also says
that he played both on the Holy Cross
| eleven and on the Georgetown eleven the
same season. the fall Of 1910.
Employed as a Coach.
/ "The University of North Carolina did
not avail itself of Capt. Hegarty's ex-
ceptional services. but he was en-
! ployed as a coach at the A. and NJ OF
North Carolina. and there came to the
A. and NJ. of North Carolina Tenney OF
Brown tnear Boston,. Sullivan Of Holy
Cross Con which team Hegarty had
played before he played on George
town.. and Won Brocklin OF George
tanned, 1922. This was the direct
cause of the University of North Caro-
| lima canceling her scheduled game
with the A. and NJ. Of that state.
ITO those of US who have re-
sponsible charge OF the development OF
the educational values of inrercollegi-
ate athletics such viewpoint, as ex-
pressed by Mr.. Hegarty, seems utterly
Incompatible with any ideals of pure