The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-19
5 YALE ATHLETES
BARRED AS "PROS"
LegOre. Football Star, and Mil.
burn. Baseball Captain,
Out of College sports.
CNINTENTIONAL LAPSE
Paid Their Own Bills at
QuOguc. They Assert. When
They Learned of Ruling.

New iIAvEH. Conn. Oct, 1s.-Yale's
chances OF winning a football and base
ball championship this year received n
jolt Tonight when IL was announced By
the Yale University Athletic Association
that i've OF the best athletes In the uni
versity are ineligible TO compete in Yale
athletics because they are technically
professionals. The reason for their in
eligibility In that the men received board
for playing baseball during the last
sumter from the tluogu~ Field club OF
Quogue. l.. !.
The men who have become ineligibl.
by their own declaration are Harry
Legore. the star fullback and shortstop {:
Arthur Mllbufn. captain OF the baseball
team for next season and second base
man. Punpelly. dependable pitcher and
a brother OF Harold Pumpelly, the
former Yale football star. and Rhe,t
and Easton. both regular outhelders on
the base ball team
The following letter made public to-
night by the Yale Athletic Association,
Is selt-explanatory:
OctD0e. Il, 1915.
Proj Robert ". COiurin. chai,H,au Yale
tHircrsity Athletic Associdtioa
DEAR Sir We, the undersigned mem
bets OF the Yale University baseball
team OF 1918. during tn" past summer
played with the Quoguc Field club nine
the club furnishing board and room 10
the players. FIom the time we dis
covered the provision in the Yale rules
that no man who has received board for
playing summer baseball shall represent
Yale OH its teams, edca OF us paid in full
for board and lodging. subsequently fur
nshed him by the club.
In view. however OF the fact that We
did. although unintentional,y and Ill ad
visedly violate the rule, we hereby with
draw from competition IN intercolie- iate
athletlcs.
ARTHUR NJ MiLBuRN. WILLIAM EAs-
Ton, HARRY W. I.EGoRE. SPENCER a. Pun
PELLY ROBERT q. RHETr. Jr,
statement Of OfnciaIs.
IN making this letter public Robert
y. corwin. chairman. and George Parnly
Day. treasurer OF the Yale Athletic As
ISOLATION. said:
at is. perhaps. superfuous for the
officers of the Yale University Athletic
Association to comment ON the fore
ever. to the players signing 1t FOR the
associa lion to express publicly its re-
greet that because of the carelessness Of
Its officers and committee these men
have inadvertently violated the rule
mentioned.
THE officers Of the association rely
upon the continued interest and coopera-
ton of these players in every way. and
especially In making certain that none
of their successors are. through igno-
rance. ever placed in such "A difficult
position
That the disqualification o' Legore,
Milburn and the three other athletes by
the Yale authorities will have far
/ reaching effect is the opinion uf those
we'll vevsed In the situation IN college
sports. Now that Yale has taken such
drastic action there is little doubt that
she also will scrutinize carefully the
status OF the men whom the Yale
athletes must meet in college contests.
hat action preceded the writing OF
the letter signed by the five Yale ath-
| letes has not been announced, but II IL
understood that there has been a search
! ing inquiry.
There has been agitation FOR a long
time in the colleges throughout the
country to weed out the men wh) had
! placed valuation ON their athletic ability,
but In very few cases has one college
acted with another. II now seems that
| there is a possibility that Yale will ask
for the calling Of a conference with that
end in view.