Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-16
YALE GETS INTO The
LIST OF HAS-BEENS
Goes From Top to About the
Bottom Of Ladder in Col
legiate Athletics.
EXPLANATION OF CAUSE
BY FRANK G. MENKE.

ors Of Yale waved aloft from every
championship peak; once it was the
athletic standard by which all other
colleges were judged. Over a sweep
Of thirty years-and more-Yale ruled
almost undisturbed in the realm of
collegiate sports. And now
Poor, old Yale!
Never in the history Of the institu-
ton have its athletic teams, as a
whole, made such miserable showing
as during the 1915 season. It's royal
blue standard has been dragged
through the mire of defeat SO often
that the original hue is almost indis-
tinguishable; Yale was walloped SO
badly in the major portion Of its ath-
letic starts in the college season just
closed, that it's name has become a
synonym for "also-ran."
Cause Of Defeats.
And the cause Of it all seems to be
that some Of the so-called high brow
fraternities have been permitted TO
dictate the makeup Of the various
teams--to the utter rout of Yale. Up
New Haven way it apparently became
case Of ''if you don't belong to
such and such frat, you can't belong
10 the team; but If you are member
Of that frat, a place is yours for the
asking"
In the olden, golden days, when
Yale was great, a man won a place
only through sheer ability "Pulr
didn't count. He had to deliver the
goods, or beat it from the squad. He
had to be the best man in his particu-
lar position, or he didn't get onto the
varsity. And that was the era when
the Yale teams made up OF red-blood-
ed. strong-willed, fighting youths,
made Yale world famous; made it the
mightiest power in the kingdom OF
sports.
Controlled by Cliques.
But during the last few years a
/ certain clique gained control Of ath-
letic affairs at Yale and ran things to
suit itself; ran it in such a way that
Yale became bag for everyone to
punch. That coterie Of youths evil
IDENTIFY decided that so long as 1t had
power il would use it TO gain varsity
sweaters and questionably varsity
glory for its friends and society
brethren. II accomplished its selfish
purpose made Yale an athletic
laughing stock.
And here is the result--the cold,
naked facts that show what Yale's
teams have accomplished during the
last season under the "high-brow" re-
gifne; showing that must bring an
Euish to every loyal Yale graduate
who gave their all in other days TO
liff Yale to the heights from which il
has been tumbled by the youths Of the
present.
As to Foot Bali.
Foot Ball-The showing Of the 1915
Yale eleven was the worst of any blue
eleven in history. Yale played nine
games and won but four. One Of its
victories was 7 to fluke triumph
over Lehigh. The teams that beat
Yale were Virginia, Washington and
Jefferson, Brown, Colgate and Har-
YARD The crimson crew handed to
Yale the worst beating ever suffered
by an Eli outfit--a Al to 0 lamming
v Yale, in its nine games, scored a
total Of only eighty-three points. Its
foes scored ninety-eight.
Hockey-Yale played seventeen
games and won only ten, despite the
fact that many soft" combats were
picked out for 1t. Yale lost to Prince
ton, in the best two-out-of-three
championship series, and she lost also
70 Harvard, which beat her two out
81 three.
Soccer-Yale finished third in the
intercollegiate Soccer league.
Wrestling-Beaten by Princeton for
championship.
Swimming Championship won by
Yale. This was the only athletic title
,nncxed by Eli during loi5-l6.)
And Even Basket Ball.
Basket Ball-Yalc won fourteen
out OF twenty basket ball games, suf-
fering defeat at the hands OF Cornell
twice., Syracuse, Pittsburgh, the
Crescent Athletic association, Dart
mouth and Pennsylvania.
Base Ball Yale won only eight out
81 twenty-three games, and made one
Of the most miserable showings OF
any Yale diamond outfit. The fielding
4 Of the club, at times, was atrocious
il was a weak hitting combination
md its pitching staff was only fair.
Boat Racing-Yale did not win a
race in any Of the regattas. Her en-
try against Pennsylvania in the one
and one-half mile race was beaten
by length; her crew was a poor
third in the Cornell Princeton Yale
meet; she was beaten by Columbia
in the race in New Haven harbor
last fall, and her freshmen, junior
varsity and varsity crews were sec
ond to Harvard in the New London
rsuatta in lime time