The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
HOW AMATEURS JUMPED
OVER CASES FOR MONEY
In Order 10 Receive Re<ompense For
Their Playing In Athletics Would
Wager Large Sums.
LEGoRE NOT IN BASEBALL
Famous Football Man OF Yale Not
In Nine Money Handout-Gustavu s
p. Kirby Talks--Calls II Dishonesty
at Its Worst.

Cambridge. Mass, Oct. 1.-the
news from New Haven that the Yale
athletic authorities had disqualified
| five of the Blues best players for
accepting board and kdging at a
Long Island Hotel last summer came
as no surprise to the athletic conf
mittee here. Harvard had offered no
protest, but was in possession of the
facts and at least week ago was
prepared for the action which was
taken by the Yale committee yes
terday.
Dean Briggs, chairman OF the II. A.
A, would not discuss the matter. and
other members were unwilling to talk
about the situation at New Haven.
Unofficially. however. several mem
bers of the committee offered the
opinion that Yale had taken the step
in penalizing the five athletes for
not living up to their own athletic
rules. Harvard was not In a posi-
tion to offer protest against LeGore
playing football this fall, or in anti
cipating a protest next spring against
the other members of the Yale base
ball team. The matter was ono
| which the Harvard athletic commit
tee considered the Yale A. A. fully
capable OF handling.
Last spring Harvard and Yale In
dulged In little discussion over the
eligibility OF Roos, the New Haven
shot putter who. although he com
peted in the Harvard Yale dual
games later. was ruled out and the
points he won added to the Grim
sons score, decided the meeting in
favor OF the Harvard team.
The case OF LeGore, so far as Is
Harvard concerned, was not based on
ha cahal1 q all hlJt the aCraDta1
report that he played lawn tennis
for Lafayette prior to entering Yale
LeGore's eligibility to play football
or baseball would not have been ques-
toned for this year. but surely would
have been protested for the season OF
1916-1917.
! Wallace. who played center for
Harvard last year. played soccer on
the coast before coming to Cam
| bridge and the question of his eligi-
bility to play varsity football is still
before the athletic committee. His
position is likely to be defined any
time but the last four athletic com
! mttee conferences have been held
without any action being taken.
| Gustavus p. Kirby, chairman OF the
advisory committee of the Intercol-
tlegiate Association of Amateur Ath-
ileies Of America and former president
of the Amature Athletic Union. views
this latest npheayal in college ath-
3iotics rs refreshing from ons stand
irai-,r--that OF a growing feeling al
/ h. mostly In snort, and he sent the fol-
having letter to Professor Robert n
1 Corwin chairman az the Yale lrniye1
sitv Athletic Association. today.
! MY dear Professor Corwin.-S.n-
cere and hearty CONGRATULATIONS tc
Vale nnon her brave and horora BILE
Sand taken in the matter Of pro.
fesstonalism among her athletes whf
are taking mart i'm amate,,e snort
MANY of MS who have lecn in the
fath,ett, feld for wears have heen waa.
Ing this hattie not an much 10,
smateurism as for honesty The az.
Etion Of your committee vii, d. much
70 ACCOMPLISH the desired result.
stencil In the Nostrt,s.
THE summer baseball situation has
lheep a s,ench in the nostr,ls not onl,
of those athletes who hold their anna
itenr standing above reproach. but also
] Of the honest professional who Is not
ashamed to make his living hy ths