The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-18
Says Sons of Old Eli Are De- manding, To Hell With Won derful Defeats; Give Us Won derful Victories Predicts Change Is Coming.

by Boston College several rabid Eli sup pOrters began to ClamOr immediately for the scalp of Tad Jones. And when
 Princeton and Harvard both took fall out of old Eli the clamOr became louder
 Some old Yale grads took it upon themselves to investigate matters. 9th CTS shook . their heads sadly and ex- claimed: Tt was not like this in the good old days"
 From out of the turmoil comes a let ter, written by a Yale man whose name IS known, but who prefers to sign him self "A Yale Man." He asks to be allowed to have his little say, and the following are his words, phrases and facts:
 Beginning with 1890 at Springfield l have seen every big Yale football game. In the last 30 years I ahve played little Yale football coached it lot and seen more than a lot. 1 am now breaking a silence of 30 years be- cause the stupid football publicity which is being sent from New Haven compe1s me to do so. And 1 have right to speak because 1 am Yale graduate, even though not of the elect.
 The latest publicity from Yale sets forth that the three reasons Yale lost i'll football this year were: Lack of material constant injuries and because most of the eleven were unable to play together. It is just this sort of juve- nile bunk which eXasperates one beyond measure. Why not tell the truth and provide a cure?
 What is causing all the trouble ill Yale football is the fact that dry rot has set i'll. Yale has not been willing to accept what all the rest of the foot ball world has accepted-to wit, the open game. Yale lost this year because Tad Jones OverWOrked the men, be- cause he did not have, or did not use, backs and ends who had enough speed, because of poor tackling, because he did not develop forward passing game and because he put i'll, or was forced to put license to ever get above the third eleven. But Tad Jones is a real leader and should be retained. He is young and his mistakes were human. He will do better things next year.
 Yale Publicity All Wrong
 ''So the publicity which has been sent from New Haven to the effect that in the Harvard game Yale won great moral victory is piffle. Yale is sore, sore to her marrow, and she should be sore at losing when she ought not to lose. The powers that be in New Ha- ven may continue to keep on their binders and exclaim with collegiate and lack of vision that The Yale spirit was never more in domitable in defeat and that Yale sand was never more in evidence,' but Yale men ill general are demanding To hell with wonderful defeats-give us won derfu1 victoriesn ? They are right! And as one Yale man who has personally watched the trend of things i'll Yale 1 want to say that what Yale needs in football is less guts and more brains.
 This idea that what was good enough for the old Yale is good enough for the new is all wrong. It has been officially given out at New Haven that next year the price of football tickets to the gen eral public in the big games is to be raised to $5 or more, but that to Yale the price would be $3 or less. Since when does Yale football belong to Yale alone? Since when does Yale Univer- sity belong to New Haven alone?
 Cant they realize that Yale belongs to every one who wants her? Just what sort of a university would Yale be if only sons of Yale men went to Yale ? It's preposterous! The opportunity and the glory of our country Is reflected i'll a university Yale can never be a close corporation-Yale can never say Yale first and the public afterward! No, Is great because she be- longs to great nation.
 Sees Signs of a Change
 "However this deplorable attitude by +1,oca 1+r r11ara1I- the reign of a few i'll passing. It can't last because 1t isn't right. Some day, and before long, l hope, proper publicity will emanate from New Haven. Then will Yale begin to put her best foot forward and then will the right hand of press and public again be offered to Yale.
 "On every side I hear grow1ings against the things that are. It is an ominous note and quite soon 1t must penetrate even Yale density at New Haven. How many times in the last week have I heard Yale graduates say: It's time we got together? Yes, it surely is We are not together. Pin heads have been i'll control and pin heads have been pulling bones. Please that 1 say bones literally have no double meaning III using the word bones!
 Should Call on Walter Camp
 "A year ago when Walter Camps name was mentioned to one of the Yale football coaches the latter said that Camp was a fine coach, and then the smart Aeck held his nose. Not so long ago in the Yale Club some one sug gested that Foster Sanford ought to 20 up and help coach the line. Where 1pon several of the graduates went to New Haven they would never go there again And there you are!
 Tt is time that the feeling against Camp and against Sanford and all the other little petty squabbles were ironed put It IS time for a mental house cleaning in Yale athletics, and those who use the disinfectant must sprinkle t literally on themselves. That is the only way to kill dry rot.
 AS I said in the beginning, l have l right to criticise because I am a Yale man, even though not of the elect, and l have a further right to ,riticise, because 1 am giving three sons to Yale, and they will not be of the elect !"-New York Tribune. WHY BOSTON COLLEGE
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