The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-11-17
CHARGES AGAINST CAROLINA
MEN.
Clemson Tiger Alleges That University
Is Playing Hired Players or Ring.
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orangeburg Times and Democrat.

The latest football row is between
Clemson College and Carolina, over
the question of the eligibility of GER
tain members OF the Carolina squad,
and the one year rule which Clemson
College has adopted. 1t requires that
all participants i'm an inter-collegiate
football game must have been a resi-
dent OF the college for at least one
year previous to the season OF his en-
trance into the game.
In addition to this rule Clemson
Is q member of the s. 1. A. A., the
constitution of which includes the
following rules OF eligibility for
student:
1. lie must matriculate within so
days OF the opening of the session.
2. He must not receive any induce
ments or compensation . participate
In athletics at the college he is at
tending.
3. He must not have engaged in
inter collegiate athletics at any other
college--else he is debarred for u
year.
The Clemson Tiger" a student
body publication. says that without
this one-year rule lit is possible for
excited alumni or unscrupulous gam
blers TO send expert players TO a col
lege without the knowledge OF the
faculty OF student body. and in that
way bring criticism upon the institu-
tion" The Tiger then gets down 10
tho meat OF its proposition, saying in
the fair game rumors were rife as to
tho makeup Of the Carolina team.
Every member OF the Clemson squad
was n native South Carolinian, a two
or three-year college man and one
who had attended no other college,
where he might have learned the
game.
The following is taken from The
Tiger:
''On the Carolina squad were the
following men at the university for
the first session:
Name and Legal Years
Residence Claimed. Residence.
c. Copeley. Columbia, S. c.. =. :. 2
j. Detling. Columbia, s. ...... :. 4
A. j. Riha, New Brookland, s. c.. 2
c. M. T. Ldudenslager, Allentown.
Pa.. -, ......... .21
A. A. Laurer. independence. Iowa 81
T. p. McCTorey. Riverside, ILL.,. Is
A. L. MacDonnell, South Boston.
Mass. >. -. ........ = .21
J. X. Morrison. statesvilIe. N. c.. .21
s. w. Newton rhoihasviIie, N. C.. 2I
M. A. Squier. Philadelphia, Pa. 10
+. F. surran. Philnpsburg. N: J.
=. =. :. >. =. ."All My Life"
"(J. c. Porter receives $50 per
month from the university as a night
watchman. and Squicr $50 per month
as agent for n local laundry.) All
OF the above facts are taken from the
eligibility certificates submitted to
Capt. Moore.
The statements OF Copeley, Det-
ling and Riha as to their residence
are not correct.
The pictures Of Copeley and Laud-
enslager appear in Spaldings official
football guide for 1912 on the foot
ball squad OF Muhlenberg college
ALLENTOWN. Pa). and yet both de-
clared 'on honor in their certificates
to Capt. Moore that they had never
even attended any college before
coming to the university. When am-
davits were presented by the Colum-
bia alumni IL was practically admit
ted that he had incorrectly stated his
place OF residence.
Can any one In Columbia be
found who ever heard of Riha I'm
New Brookland. Lexington county,
south Carolina. during his two years
residence there And where did
Laurer. McClorey. MacDonnell. Nor
rison. Newton. Squier and Surran be-
come finished football players since
they assert on honor that they never
before played intercollegiate foot
ball? And how does it happen that
all OF these players turn up at the
university at the opening OF the foot
ball season. some a month after i,s
opening. and yet no one 10 stand for
even their travelling expenses?
These are the unfortunate qucs-
tions the public is asking A ono
year rule would make such questions
unnecessary.
1T should he remarked In passing
that Detling and Laudenslager were
put of the team after protest by
Newberry college. and it is undcr-