New-York tribune., 1919-05-12

Inc remarkable boy player may be
restored to good amateur standing, but
only after he has satisfied the u. S. N
L. 7. A. that he has entirely severed
his connection with the sporting goods
house in question, and it is probable
even then, if no extenuating circum-
stances are shown, that Richards will
have to submit to a long term of pro-
baton before being again admitted to
the fold
The decision to expel the New York
boy from the ranks of the amateurs was
reached at meeting of the Amateur
April %. This committee, which is u
subcommittee of the executive COM
mitteo of the U. s. N. L. r. A., is com
posed of the following men: George
Townsend Adee, chairman; Julian S.
Myrck, Edwin C. Sheafe, DR.. Sumner
Hardy, Joseph M. Jennings, Robert D.
| Wrenn, Edwin Fuller Torrey and George
w. Wightman.
The expulsion went into effect yester.
day, when Mr.. Adee, who is president
Of the U. S. N. l.. T. A., sent formal
the action taken, and then made public
announcement Of all the facts in the
case.
Adee's Letter to Richards
Mr.. Adee's letter to Richards was as
follows:
"In the advertisement of Alex Tay-
lor & Co., Inc, appearing on the sec
ond page of the April Is issue (1919)
of American Lawn Tennis the fol-
lowing sentence is printed in italics:
Vincent Richards will select your
Taylor racket for you
II beg to call your attention to sec
tion 4 Of article 2 of the bylaws of
the U. S. N. L. r. A., which reads as
follows: "A person shall c .ase to be
an amateur by committing any of the
following acts: By permitting or
| sanctioning the use of his name to
advertise or promote the sale Of ten
mis- goods for pecuniary profit, or by
or published as the autho.. Of books
or articles on tennis Of which he is
not actually the :.uthor,' and to sec
ton of article of the bylaws,
which reads as follows:
"'By being connected with the sale
of tennis goods, except when such
connection shall be Of general ma
ture in firm manufacturing or
selling general athletic goods, and
with tennis goods to no greater ex-
tent than with any other line Of
goods and to a resolution passed
by the executive committee Of the
U. S. N. l.. 7. A. on March 10. 1917
(not enforced during 1917 and 1913
on account of the war;, and on March
21, 1919, reading as follows:
"'Be it further resolved that a
subcommittee be appointed to take
final action on the information thus
assembled, and where it appears that
player has broken the rules to
suspend him from further tourna-
mcnt play unless he can show that at
the present time he has corrected
his infringement Of the rule
"At a meeting of this amateur
rule committee, held on April %,
1919. at which all Of the members of
the committee except DR.. Sumner
Hardy were present, 1t was unani-
mously voted that the use of your
name by Alex Taylor G. Co., Inc,
in the above referred to advertise
msnt is direct violation of section
q, OF article z, Of the amateur rule Of
the U. S. N. l.. 7. A., and that this
advertisement admits no other con-
clusion but that you are employed
by Alex Taylor g. Co., primarily for
the sale Of tennis goods, and are
therefore violating section T. of ar
ticle 2, of the rule.
The committee unanimously voted
to bar you from further tournament
| play until you can show to the salts
faction of the committee that YOU
have corrected your infringement of
the rules"
Even tbs stanchest Of Richards ad-