Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-19
Yale, Harvard and Princeton
Dissatisfied Before
the War.
DENY STUDENTS ATHLETICS
Army Out Of Patience With the
Stand Taken by, Big Three;
~ Sports Needed.
,Ry SOL METzGEu

RecAuse Princeton aud Yale viii he
represented In the intercollegiate pas
kcthall race In the east this winter
nnnr,O followers OF college sport are
bf the opinion that these, Two inNtltu
tionE. with Harvard ore preparing 4"
re- enter tho intercollegiate "thlctV
arena Likewise, these same men sec
in this yioNe the first logical ht'I
towards TcViving the annual Ih''ioo'
lsriate track meet with ali members
present. ...
But "A survey OF fact does not war
rant this view. True, one may pee,
together IpRny chance remarks ano
arguments leading up to these concIu
si0ns. hut there nre big and controllna
facts OF such n nature AS 10 f"s"
doubt thnt such gratifying results may
come about
did ask "A long time member OF the
IntercolIegIatc Basket Bnll hHsoo'u
tion WHY Yale and Princeton were
yoing in Tor this sport lie replied.
"Au know IN that when we called "a
ueeting TO decide the question thelf
delegates voted for A. My own view
is mat they want TO resume interco'-
Ier,ate athletics They feel they have
made a mistake and this is the enier-
Ing wedge
Situation Cleared.
nut the Yale Alumni Weekly
cleured the whole situation when II
recently published the following
item
"FaIlinE when they do and being
upon the simpler Scale'
which has continued to distinguish
them from major sports, the mlnoi
sports are apparently possible +.
an earnest ther~forseTs Am,v~. IL "
ton to contl0plc wpbt Yale's 'nlen'
upon .qs..n getne her athletic epP. y
thbest thnGrmnl a basl" as U.s. -
/ 90. With the exception "a
4, (Which the absence o, -
"r.s ,,Vt ,rpospbie), the uFuh' W." -
'''t,,o, .norts will go forw"ro ,s,c .
'n' aI The only essential hu'o' w.,
III ~ ho IN. freedom from proi'Sslo,r,''
WIZ IL training tables ana SiiIl'l,
coachinE' No one want
M anandon the salutary purSu,.S
a.,,u times By the same t"N'
wants 10 make the unN1
w ,od sacrifices which such a neI'
,nort as intercollegiate ioo'"""
A. last yale has come OUT VIZ "
abv she abandoned lnt'iV'
l,.v,,te snort when We eh's' ou
E p,tnceiop and harNatn w" 80.
.t g., hand with eale NJ tha' w
,nts r.asnr must apply To an VIZ
| ard likewise the othsr W
concluded that major hpo'
ttauv football. are not Ha'uthtS
n i,,a and that they demand l
,,,anted Nv, sacrifices dnrlng wa,
- +, short the big Ihf"e
Lt,s. ugr of the present unse"
,,nss to clean house 30 u "'
seen. ,a,,,.,
40 min lends to the in Hne"'
~ tbot these colleges
I ,,t,,rc To an active interc"l,'N
~, A., basis during the war
h,tr,,s ia light the faoi thht ',hl
,.,te,s have not been '"h"u'
a,n,g lines satisfactory 70 'n"rv
,noritv for some little uue
80 runors of this from N"w h'
TO-, rcyoral Years before Naf ""7
cl,rfd a struggle was fo',F w"
aer the surface between H'"''
b.eIleyrd In intercollegiate Hp'''
existed and those VINO '''h'' wv
form II or ubolish D.
=, Ia evident n the real ''"'"'
s.,plrp aui of irterr"lI't''
li,ripr The war is ih" one t'''
ia, vale Alumni W''t'F. 'h''
.ho demand reforms ai" ''.'
iugt,tutInus now haNr ih' 'PP'
and thnt they are ur'hR '
ana other reasons Tor NOV
,ors.N games TODAY t-
order 10 bring about 'n'S'
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