The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-20
A. A. u. APPROVES
OF YALE'S ACTION
Chairman Kirby Says 1t Shows
Proof Of Growing Honesty
in All Sports.
GRADUATES ARE SORRY

Yale men in this city yesterday ap
proved the curse Of the i've under
graduate players who have withdraw
from athletics because they accepted
board while playing baseball at Quogu'
last summer Graduates called the anal
unfortunate and a ''mistake." and wer'
SORRY that II occurred al New Haven
Gustavus p. Kirby. chairman Of tn,
advisory committee of the intercollegiate
Association Of Amateur Athletes o
America and former president OF tn
Amateur Athletic Union, viewed thi
latest upheaval in college athletics a!
refreshing from one standpoint-tha'
Of a growing feeling Of honesty In sport
He sent the following letter 70 Prot
Robert N. Corwin. chairman Of the Yal,
University Athletic Association
MY DEAR PRoF. CoRwfN: Sincere
and hearty congratulations to Yale
upon her brave and honorable stand
taken In the matter Of professionalism
among her athletes who are taking
part In amateur sport. Many OF us
who have been In the athletic field for
years nave been waging this battle,
not 50 much for amateurism as for
honesty. The action Of your commit
tee will do much to accomplish the
desired result.
The summer baseball situation has
been a stencil In the ~nostrils not only
of those athletes who hold their
amateur standing above reproach, but
also of the honest professional who
Ia not ashamed to make his living
by the use Of his exceptional prof.
cheney in SPORT.
After he had sent this letter to New
Haven Mr.. Kirby told . reporter:
This example OF Leeore, Milburn
PuiDpelly. Rhett Easton shows tina
the old conditions stu exist. but no
as they did twenty years ago. wher
every college star played Summer base
bail. and many were paid for II. I'm
doubtedly there Is a growing feeling foI
honesty in sport throughout the coun
try. The dishonesty OF his condition
Is Its worst feature. II has been know
that college undergraduates played sum
mer baseball on the Jersey coast an,
although they got no pay this is wha'
happened
Every night. or every Saturday
night. the coach would call his men to
gether and say to one of them: Jones
I'll bet you s25 you can't jump ovel
that suitcase Jones would take him up
jump over the suitcase. win the bet an
get the money. Then IL would b.
smiths turn. and the coach would say
Smith. I'll bet you $50 you can't juml
over those two suitcases.' Smith woulC
win that bet.
Pitcher Employed ~ Bellboy.
Then I knew Of a case up in tn,
mountains. A we'll known colleg,
pitcher was employed as n bellboy In 8
hotel during the summer and received
the usual compensation Of about $40 q
week. but every Saturday night, beini
Of a religious bent. he would go to hi.
room and pick up HIS Bible. Upor
opening II he would find n $50 bill
tucked In 1t. presumably to be place.
In the church's collection the next day
you might think. The substance of 4
was that he was playing summer base
ball and was being paid for IL.
The trouble with bringing such casc.
to light In the tremendous difficulty Of
proving them. h hotel proprietor vii
deny II and the player will too, usually
for "A man who plays dishonesty In thai
fashion will lie about It In addition"
Mr.. Kirby. declaring that in spor
Il IL the one rotten apple that makes tn.
whole barrel rotten. went no far as e
say that the professionalism of Legors
and the other Yale men taints his team,
mates who played with him. ever
though they accepted no board Al
Quogue last summer and even though
they were that Ave Of theil
number were accepting such free board
Yale graduates denied such a genera
inf ton. and pointed out. moreover
that the barring OF the FIVE player
from Yale sport came because OF tn.
violation Of a Yale rule.
George Il. Case Of IA Wall street. who
is the baseball representative on Yale s
athletic committee, said hat the rule
which had been broken was one peculiar
TO Yale and that the violation of II did
not make for professionalism. He called
the incident "~inadvertent and unInten.
%tional.' n said that all Yale men fee
that the Ave players took the only
course possible,
Clutch" Carter Won't Talk.
Waiter F. Carter. famous Yale
pitcher. better known as Dutch" Carter
regretted the incident. but didn't fee
equal to talking about 1t for publication
Julian w. Curtiss. second vice-presi.
dent of A. G.. Spalding a Bros, q
former ale oarsman. who used 70
handle the tickets for the big games and
long acted In an advisory capacity
toward the university's athletics, said
that he was at the game on Saturday
n knew nothing OF the professional
occurrence until he read the paper
yesterday. Mr.. Curtiss sat and talked
with Walter Camp and other prominent
Yale men. but not a won was heard
of the ineligiblity Of the five men. Mr.
C,,rtipe tho,i0ht tho nyaafiCafiOp md