The Detroit times., 1914-11-10
nlngers ssFrameup' Letter As
ABSURD as It is Unfortunate
7 Campus Wrath Deserved
|FFAIR NO REFLECTION
ON OTHERS CONCERNED
Pntemptible Proposal Should
Result in Poolroom Owners
Departure
BY HAROLD y WILCOY.

BY HAROLD v. WILCOX.
1.-The proposal OF Joe Reinger. Ann
&Fbor pool room proprietor. to
rame" the Cornell-Michigan game,
Aturday, for gambling purposes is as
fortunate as IL Is absurd AS an
ounced In The Times final edition,
1ke yesterday afternoon, Reigner
Hrote n. p. Bailey, OF Somerville.
49,, declaring that he could
}rame" the Cornell game, through
that included Tommy
Hughitt and Johnnie Manlbetsch, and
lat the gamblers who took part in
) {te deal could clean up from 100000
4 ~ $4,000.
Bailey Is q sportsman. and the let
m soon found its way back TO Ann
fboF. where II fell into the hands of
Vlrector OF Athletics Bartelme. II
yAs decided 10 make the matter pub
NC and get Ii over with. This was
lone yesterday. and last night a stu
: 4tnt movement 10 wreck Reinger 8
8fate-st. pool room was undertaken,
Int was checked by cooler heads.
s einger will probably leave town. as
ne result OF his absurd letter, ana
NE campus will not be alone In agree
'|1lig that IL will be good radiance.
a lot OF sensational stun has been
5Drtnted about the affair, and more will
~ printed, with subsequent embar-
f nssment to every one concerned, and
Z - the game itself. As q matter or
net, the affair amounts to nothing,
Ifbough the anger OF the students
|Epos justified.
The facts are these: Reinger's let
y ~ was as foolish as II was contemp-
Ible He Is neither In position to
Dcure the inside information neces-
NY for frameup, nor Is he the sort
~ gambler that could gain the conf
nee even Of persons engaged in
1|nch an undertaking. His letter TO
)niley was not worth the paper on
which Il was written. Maulbetsch
hd Hughitt, the campus idols, whose
1nznes were mentioned In connection
Nth the affair, were not even ap-
oached, and II they had been. there
robably would have been a man
1nughter case on the Washtenaw
ticket this winter. Both are of the
|lghest integrity. and loyal TO their
chool
Bailey, who bet and won on the
Harvard team. refused TO have any
Elion. Mr.. Bartelme made the mat
- public because he thought Rein
~ had the contempt OF the campus
I'D town coming to him. There Is
tnolutely no criticism that can be
ERECTED against anybody mentioned
~ concerned In any phase of the con-
Dmptible proceeding but Reinger
{mseh, and he will undoubtedly quit
So 49, xat. nm
HAT would make the affair anything
mt q tin-horn gamblers pipe dream
hould be promptly and effectively
impressed
The affair Is as unfortunate for Cor
nell Is for Michigan. A little Incl
lent Ike this will turn the Wolver-
Ines Into a rage that BODIES i'll for any
'Dposition that may be encountered
)Als week. Cornell will probably get
No battering that the team would
Ike to have given Reinger. The stu
<Ients should he commended for not
1oDeatinR the Star theater riot. which
<vos caused by similar affair proceed.
1g Minnesota Michigan game.
4 The suggestion that big east and
5eet football game be played Thanks
diving day for the benefit OF the Bel
<11en relief fund Is meeting with hear.
nv approval Many suggestions have
|tten made since Illinois proposed a
6me with Harvard. The hest " that
1II-eter teams from the east and ives:
nay the contests, the elevens to be
|cked by Walter Camp.
IA game between Minnesota and
MEXICAN for the same purpose has
+ been proposed. As has a game between
HE former stars OF the two schools.
Neither game is yet assured. how