The log cabin Democrat., 1920-11-16
TAINTED ATHLETES MOAN
 ILL-FATED II-7 100000
A. A. A. Ineligibles Sadly Ponder Mis- deeds and Vow to Protect Stu
 dents Still Untainted.

said that the Extraordinary Associa
 tion of Barred College Athletes of Ar
 kansas Athletic Association was form
 ed. The details of the meeting were
 withheld from the public and repre-
 sentatives of the press, but various {, features of the meeting have leaked
 out.
 The meeting was attended only by
 young college gentlemen who have haC
 the honor of being suspended from the
 high and mighty Arkansas Athletic Association. ruled for the most part by the heads of the grammar anc high schools of the state. The said young men were Hon. Jeff Farrls late of the Hendrix Bulldogs, all state quarterback and all-state college baseball catcher; Wiley "Dinty' Mont gomery of Hendrix, all-state second lascman in college base al. Captain Frarci "Gracv Car~ile, oue of the Ouachita Tigers, also an all-state football and baseball player; Robert Rowe, familiar figure OH Ou4chita teams, also an alI-state oucfie1d=r; Crawford Greene, all-state baseball and basket ali player, hai!ing from the co-educational school of Hendar son-Brown, and his fellow student, George Tay Tor, who has won berths al- so upon the mythical all-state base ball and basketball teams.
 The meeting was opened with Mr. Rowe presiding. After a short pray CT, the constitution of the Arkansas Amateur Athletic Association was read. Surges of emotion swept over the little band as article 26 was read, and it was with difficulty that the tears of the audience were held back.
 Following the reading of the consti- tuition adopted back in the ante -bellum days, the meeting was thrown open for the election of officers. It vas decided that the organization would have six officers and that each mem Der should hold an office The list of the official personnel has not yet been announced, but it is said to be as follows: Royal professional po- tentate, Captain Cargile; official keeper of records, Jeff Farris. vice royal potentate, Wiley Montgomery secretary and scribe, Robert Rowe lord chancellor of the association pocketbook, Crawford Green; most superficial goat, George Taylor.
 In explanation of the last office it l will be sufficient to say that Taylor was elected to it because he was made the goat of all the suspended play CTS by being suspended for playing one game of ball, purely for the love of the game.
 Considerable business was trans acted by the association following the election of the officers. A communi- cation to the eXcommunicated souls from the Arkansas Athletic Associa- tion stated the fact that the high moguls of the governing body of the innocent college and high school ath- letes of the state had sentenced sum- mer baseball to a term of 99 years and 364 days in the penitentiary. It stated that the measure to let the col lege youths play summer baseball had lost by that famous combination, II to '. These numbers, eleven and seven, suggest something other than base ball, but of course, nothing could be construed from this by the six out lawcd youths.
 It was voted to elect Jim Thorpe, the noble Indian athlete, the godfath- CT of the association. Jim once played a summer baseball game before he went over to Stockholm and brought back all the pewter cups in the Swedish kingdom. Jim was later dis covered to be a tainted professional and was forced to return the tinware.
 In view of the fact that their godfather had returned all the tarni h. rt utensils to the king, the members voted to return any memen5os receiv- ed from the association for services rendered under it's pure white tanner. After the collection was taken up, it was seen that each man had been be- slowed with some prize by the asso- citation. Some of the prizes were turn ed over with tears in the eyes of the recipient, but they were glad to follow m the foot.--,.eepo vf their godfather. Among the six returned prizes were the well known celluloid frying pan offered by the association for the best fish story told at the state track meet the silver-plated charley horse offer ed to the best six-toas athlete in the state; the diamood-studded chewing gum muffler, the most valuable prize ever offered by the association; the wooden nail file, offered in past years to the athlete having the least beard; the chaese-cloth bathing suit, donat- ed by the executive committee to the winner of the Hendrix pie-eating handicap, and last but not least the feather stuffed pigskin offered to the athlete making the most all-state teams in one year.
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