Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-06


ever. of the fact that we did. although
Internationally and illadvisedlK yIo-
late the rule. we hereby withdraw
I from competition In intercollegiats
/ athletics. Arthur M. Milburn. William
4 Easton, Harry w. Legore. Spencer A
Pumpelly, Robert g. Rhett. Jr."
From the Faculty.
Prof. corwin rave oot the following
1t 4 perhaps sdperauo6s Tor he
officers on the yale University Ath-
Ilefic Association to comment on the
4 foregoing letter. II seems but FAIR.
however, TO the players signing Il for
/ the association to express publicly Its
regret that because Of the careless
ness OF It's officers and committees.
these men have inadye rfenIly violated
THE rule MENTIONED, The biiice1 Of
THE ass6eiation rely NIon the ,contin.
Iued interest ana cooDeIAt IOn Of these
players m every way aud 6epoci1Ily
| in making certain that none 81 their
successors are, through ignorance.
ever placed in such difficult posi-.
ton.
..Hsd Nothing to DO with ~ says
| princeton Dean.
When the news OF the action Of the
authorities at Yale ia declaring ave
men ineligible for Yale athletics be-
cause Of summer baseball reached
Princeton considerable excitement
was caused, and at frsk Z was thought
| that Dean McClanahan had instIgated
1.-THE Investigation resulting IN today's
action. This, however, was found 70
be false when the matter was brought
| to the deans attention. and the follow
/ ing statement was issued By him:
"The matter OF declaring I've men
ineligible at Yale IL entirely Of their
own initiative, and | had nothing TO DO
with It.
EsA. 4; Y; y, slli tpae'd
| when asked how the Yale football
| and baseball men who were declared
] ineligible would figure with the ANA
lteur Athletic Union. Frederick w RI:
bien, observation-disclosures OF that body,
said last night .Fo6tball d not one
| OF the sports over which the A. a. y.
holds jurisdiction, but 4 Yale pniEe1-
Isity thinks the men are not eligible
for competition, don't see how w
could issue them q registrations card
were they to apply for registration.
sOf course It al depends On what
sort Of teams these Yale men played
against. The rules are explicit
enough about professionalism, for no
matter In what class Of sport man
might be contender he cannot COM
pete with or against q professional.
No Compensation.
"An athlete cannot receive compen-
sation Of any kind for athletic ser
vices. and II an athlete or baseball
player stayed month at Z hotel Of
boarding place free he would be ieaN
ing himself open to a charge OF pro
|fessionalism.
What would make favorable Inn
preston with the A. A. q. ofncian
would be the fact that the men made
an eh0H 70 pay their bills when they
found that the breach would sunse
quently initiate against them.
II an athlete unknoWingiy commits
wrong and makes an eif0rt 70 REM
edy the violation we would be strong
" tempted to issue q card which would
entitle him to amateur cornpe tiron
The Thorpe Case.
"The case OF Jim Thorpe, although
apparently similar, would not be re-
garded in the same light. Thorpe
played summer ball, and It was re-
ported that he got money for 1t, yet
he made no attempt to refund the
money or the other expenses.
There Is another angle from which
the Al. A. u. could regard this case,
and that is the expenses which we
would allow TO an athlete travelling
to or from a meeting, but the amount
Of time he should occupy would be II
4 the hands of the registration commit
tee to define. As the rule reads at
present, the expenses are IS per day.
The rules do not say that an athlete
shall even stay a single day at the
scene of the meeting or that he might
train in the location Of the meeting.
Some time ago an athlete who was
charged with an exorbitafit expense
account claimed that he trained for
days at the location Of meet, and we
could not contradict him, so we
thought that IN order to be sure about
the point we mad better not mention
anything about the stay he might
make at the scene. of the meet.
Il am sorry for the Yale men, but It
is about time some definite move was
made by the colleges. to handle the In
tricate question OF, Summer ball"