New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
Backheld Star, with Fou,
Other Athletes, Declared
Ineligible to PLAY.
SUMMER BASEBALL
CAUSE OF 1T ALL
Captain Milburn, OF the Mn,
Among Those Who Violated
Rule Of Eligibility Code.
ny Telegraph 70 II. rnsa,.

New Haven, Oct. 18.-Yale atbl...,
in general and football and bss.A,a
in particular suffered the mos, .ev.,
blow in years tonight when me VA,
Athletic Association announced ,h.. A.,
Of the best athletes in college ar. Il.
eligible to compete further on aeccu,,
Of the summer baseball" DOGGY.
The list includes Harry LeGor.. n.
forward pass wonder and brilliar. -.
fensive back on the football team. VI.
has been talked Of for captain Of mar,
seasons eleven; Arthur u. Nilbun. n
Haverstraw. n. Y, captain Of tie Y.l,
baseball team for the coming s4assu,
William Easton. Spencer Pumpslly "a
Robert G. Rhett, IT,
Eas.on is an outAslteT % As ~
ball team and q hslfbaek 90 thS ~
ball squad; Pumpslly Is q nrst snns
pitcher. and Rhett m outfeldp.
LeGore Is considered the best shsrt
stop Yale has ever had. and'is rspu.4
20 have refused an offer Of q $500
salary rendered him By Connie Mack, q!
the Philadelphia Athletics. Mllbur
played second base on the Yale .<as
last season.
The news Of the ineligibility Of ss
FIVE athletes came as great sAocs
20 the undergraduates tonight r,t
news spread over the campus in s.u
moments, and everywhere Il was he
one topic of discussion.
The full meaning Of the declarstioa
was slow TO be realized, for Yale las
never suffered such a blow In Athletics.
Il means that the baseball team vii
be minus men who had been counted
on to fiji five places out OF nine on ihs
varsity team. The most immetlAis
concern, however, was FOR the footbiA
eleven, which will lose lie Gore, rssl
star, and Easton. who played inter.
mittently on the varsity last season.
but this year has been on the scrub.
The following statement, issued %.
night By the Yale Athletic Associaiio,.
covers the case:
"The following letter is made puol',
By the officers OF the Yale Unlyersli
Athletic Association in order TIA,
may receive the honorable recognize
10 which it is entitled;
"'Professor Robert \. Corwin, char
man. Yale University Athletic ASA
"sDear Sir:
owe. the undersigned, members .,
the Yale University baseball team o
1915. during the last summer plsJn
with the Quogue Field Club nine, ne
club furnishing board and room 70 tai
PLAYERS. From the time We discovers
The provision in the Yale rules ',H
no man who has received board loi
plaving summer baseball shall repre-,
sent Yale on its teams, each OF Us psN
in full for board and lodging suoss
quently furnished him by the cup.
"'In view. however, Of the fact 'nn
we did. although unlnteniionslly sa'
ill-advisedly, violate the rule, We neIe
bv withdraw from competition IN INIT
collegiate athletics. 1890 MIN
assigned, Arthur ". Milourn, WV
lam Easton. Harry ". LeGore' spsn's
A. Pumpelly, Robert G. RheIt u A..
at H.. perhaps, superfuous .or ".
officer, Of the Yale University A'hie"
Assc cation TO comment on me 10"
going letter. Il seems only fair, Gov
ever. TO the players signing i iof ~
association to express publicly iu " J,
greet that because of the careiesne" !.
It's officers and committee these ns.
Rave inadvertently violated the f'A
mentioned. 1t. ..h
1.-THE officers Of the Association "v
upon the continued interest ana eo-r
Grafton Of these players in eyey -. ~,
ard especislly in making certain ny
mono Of their successors are, tnrsf
ignorance, ever placed in such . az
cult position. .,,... A.
"(Signed) For the Yale Athlete -
ISOLATION: Robert y. Corwin, enr
man; George Psrmly Day, treasurer