New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-30
Only General Revision Of
Eligibility Rules Will
Affect Status.
REGULATIONS MAY
SOON BE CHANGED
Professor Corwln Inclined Ia
Doubt Fairness OF Ruling
SO Generally Broken.
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III Telegraph 70 r. rrsu-.l
New Haven, Oct. % Ysl. will al
change rs attitude toward the eliyi.
bili.y ~ Harry Legors and n. o,b.,
four Yale athletes who were disou.u.
fed FOR playing summer baseball ur,,i
there is general revision ., n,
rules governing eligibility A. Y,l..
Harvard and Princeton.
rev decision may b. reached a,
their cases, however. after such . r..
vision is made. 70 vas intimsted 70.
night in statement issued BIZ ne
Yale University Athletic Associates.
which contains the unpublished cors
spondence between Yale. Harvard sri
Princeton relative 20 t.e matter.
Professor Robert y. Coryln, chair
man Of the athletic association, 4, 4.
Cambridge tonight. He spent the dsy
with Dean Briggs, Of Harvard, snl
Dean McClenshan. Of Princeton, t,.
cus,ing III. general athletic situation,
Whether they took steps toward he
formulation % new set Of Uniform
rules OF eligibility, which will later
be submitted 10 their respective sth.
letic associations for ratification, will
not be known until the return 70 New
Haven Of Professor Corgin.
Yale's position in the matter !s. AZ
, will be seen, that as long as Ysle's
own rule stands in Us present form
the five players cannot represent the
university on us intercollegiate sth.
letic teams Whether or not the Yale
rule in regard to summer baseball 10
fair or reasonable one Is another
question. which i is hoped will be Dis.
cussed in the near future By Harvard.
Princeton and Yale Pending such dis.
cussion and pending possible future
action the Yale University Athlete
/ Association must live up 10 the spin,
and the letter Of It's present rules
Yale's attitude In the matter is 81.
/ pressed In letter from Professor Cor.
win TO Dean Briggs. OF Harvard. which
in part follows:
an not complying with Hsrvsrti
request, that the men who have with.
/ drawn rejoin their teams, trust that
we shall not appear 10 you ungracious
or unappreciative OF your letter and
the spirit which prompted 1t. ! visa
that Il were possible for us 10 aeeeds
! 70 Harvard's request, but do no. see
/ how this can be done without serious
! harm 70 the cause tor which bota
/ Harvard and Yale men are working
Professor Corwin. however, expressed
the hope that the question Of whether
or not the summer baseball rule Is
! fair or reasonable may be discussed
soon at a Joint meeting o. representa-
tiyes Of Harvard, Princeton and fsh.
The lettsr goes on TO say:
1--WE have felt that We could not 90
otherwise than accept the Withdrawn
Of these men after learning tina, they
had violated one OF our rules, even
+ though IL was our belief that the ruis
pertaining 20 summer baseball hss nos
been worded, construed or genelsny
enforced In such a manner as 70 enee'
| the purposes Of It's authors. -,
az assume that the expressed VIA
Of Harvard graduates and undergrso-
yates that Yale should not ALLOW 'ness
man 10 withdraw from athletics esa
only be based upon Q similar oensi,
and I am confident that Yale wouid "
/ glad 70 Join with Harvard ana ft'h''
"t am ronhdent also that 10 10 no!
] beyOnd nuUhU POS7AS', - LA
TuIes which, shall establish the oM
IDEAL, in intercollegiate sport snd ho'
work injustice 10 any man "n0 10. -
cerely desires TO hold 70 tho spif,I '.
,bese ideals, while at tbs same ZEE
.bev protect him from enforced eomps'
tition with athletes who have no, pc.
able 10 withstand temptation arc raw
forfeited their status as snla.eI in.,,..
"Baron Reading, Lord ch is, Sus
a, England. says that IN Great pr'. ~.
thsv strive 20 administer law 10 .a'
full understanding that i is real.y ri
ondary 70 justice | believe NAV ,.. w."
our intercollegiate athletic regu's'n :,
can without question BY gradus'es , =.
undergraduate., be administers 49,
th,s full understanding our in's ere.
Iegiste contests will not resch INV"
Harvard has in It's rules govern
summer baseball a clause wnien
nits YOUR committee 70 sxereiH =.
S fH.,s in the enforcement, OF ", y,
puls by Judging each ease that ~
ar;ss on its merits. Yale has hsc =,
sucS clause, and in this case we ~
.Ssretore had 70 suffer unde'eIT.ss
bardship or violate our unders'sn'.sss
witb Harvard and Princeton /" "
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