New Britain herald., 1915-10-19
FIVE YALE STARS
 ARE DISQUALIFIED
Eli Athletes 0ff Teams For Play. ing For Eats

New Haven, Oct 19.-Five of the most efficient members of the Yale baseball and football teams were laE night declared ineligible to competA in athletes at the university in the future because they received theii board and room free during part 'Jl the time they were members of the baseball nine at Quogue, L. l., las' summer. Their cases were inyesti. gated by the new Yale Eligibi4ftJ committee during the past month The committee found that the playeri had violated clearly expressed Yala eligibility rule.
 The players are Harry Legore, foot hall fullback and baseball shortstopi Billy Easton. football halfback and 1 baseball left fielder: Robert Rhett outfielder; Spencer Pumpelly, pitcher and Arthur Milburn, second basemar 1 and captain of the baseball n4ne Legore's withdrawal from the Yale eleven has struck a heavy blow to the 1 chances of the team this fall. The statement made officially ai Yale follows: The following letter vas made public by the officers of the Yale University Athletic associa. ton, in order that it may receive the honorable recognition to which it,it entitled:
 Oct. IS. 1915. Professor Robert N. Corwin, Chair.
 man Yale Athletic Association:
 Dear Sir: We, the undersigned members of the Yale University base ball team of 1915, during the past summer played with the Quogue Field club nine. the club furnishing. tho board and room to the players. From the time we discovered the provision in the Yale rules that no man whc has received board for playing sum.H mer baseball shall represent Yale or it's teams, each of us paid in full for board and lodging. subsequently, furnished him by the club. In view, however. of the fact that we didt although unintentionaliy and ill-ad-I visedly, violate the rule. we hereby withdraw from competition fin inter ] collegiate athletics.
 ARTHUR MILBURNs-h
 WILLIAM EAsToN,
 HARRY W. LEGORF,
 SPENCER PUMPELLY,
 ROBERT c. RHETT, Jr. Tt is. perhaps. superfiuous for| the officers of the Yale UniveEsity1 Athletic association to comment ord .he foregoing letter. It seems bull fair. however. to the players signinal it for the association to express pubs 1 llcly its regrets that because of thas carelessness of it's officers and com mittees these men have inadvertent. ly violated the rule mentioned. Tha officers of the association rely upou5 tho continued interest and co-opera ton Of these players in every way and especially in making certain tha none of their successors is throuef ignorance, ever placed in such difn i cult position. For the Yale Athletic Associationl
 ROBERT N. coRwIN,
 ''ChairniAnN
 GEORGE PARMLY DAY,
 "Treasurer r Although no official confirmation q the report can be obtained at Yale. was stated last night that the players side of the case was that they went i'd i Quogue believing themselves the per sonal guests of a prominent residen of that town, and accepted his hos p!tality. including board and lodging l with that understanding. They pal their own board and lodging aftel they left the quarters which were pro vided for them by the person whl had invited them to Quogue.
 1t was reported last night that communication from Princeton on thl subject had led to tho investigated which disqualified the athletes. a 1 though the Yale athletic committe l would not confirm the rumor. '