The New York herald., 1921-12-02
LAFAYETTE REFUTES
PRO ALLEGATIONS
Evidence Is Produced to Dis
prove Charges Against Ger
tain Football Players.

cpccicl Dcspotch 70 THE Nrw YoRK Hiram.
EAsToN Pa. Dec. 1.-Aroused by at
tacks against several OF the Lafayette
College football team since the close Of
ne season the college authorities to-day
took measures to disprove the allega-
tions. In meeting attended by sew
eral newspaper men the college was
represented by DR.. F. A. March, chair
man of the faculty athletic committee /;
DR.. Albert H. Heckel. dean Of the col
iege. and d. Leroy Reeves. graduate
manager The college authorities pro-
d"ced records bearing upon the scholas-
tic and amateur standing OF every
player involved.
tackle on this years team, Dean Heckel
offered evidence to the effect that Will
iams was and had been bona fide
strdent at Lafayette College for the
last three years and had met every
scholastic standard req fred by the col
lcge. The evidence absolved him from
allega tions that he was at Lafayette
for the purpose only of playing football.
II also was rroved that Williams never
attended Fordharn or any other college
The case of Leonard A. Brunner, who
played one year of football at Lehigh
ard Pennsylvania and who was alleged
TO have flunlsed out of Pennsylvania and
then entered Lafayette. was refuted. In
reference to his havirg entered Lafay-
cite as dropped student. subsequent to
his attempts TO enter Yale. 1t was shown
that Drummer had resided at Lafayette
30. ,fu Lat,
ton in varsity athletics. When II was
shown that his scholastic standing was
90 high and his attendance on all col
lege duties so punctual and regular the
faculty voted to allow him to b come a
candidate for the varsity football team.
In the case OF IN ke" Gazella. against
whom the charge of playing professional
baseball was lodged, DR.. March produced
an affidavit signed and sworn to by
Gazella that he had never signed a
contract or played with a baseball club
O. Grating under the rules Of organized
baseball
1t had been alleged that Matt Bren-
nan had not only received money for
playing basketball but that he had also
flunked out at Villanova and Fordhan.
II Is true that he played one year on
the varsity football team at vlla- ova
and also that he was a student AT F~r1-
ham. but his tenure at the latter institu-
tion was confined to the fall OF 1918.
when the S. A. 4. c. organization was in
control of athletic activities.
The evidence subm tied by Dean
Heckel also showed that Brennan was in
good scholastic staining and a member
Of the sophomore class, although he had
failed to attend college the firal term OF
last year. However, he made up his
work for the period during which he was
out of college In the srring OF 1921.
The allegations against Arthur Deibel,
the other star tackle. consisted OF the
statement that Deibel was out OF
prev" school several years prior to his
entrance to Lafayette College. This In
sense was true, as he left "prep"
school to enter the war service, spending
two years there He then entered La
fayette. presenting more than sufficient
cre1its for his entrance.
The subject of professionalism was
not brought to the attent on of the COL
lege authorities at the meeting. but
Dean Heck6l stated that II any one en-
gagged in any branch of sport at La
fayette was commercialized he was not
acquainted with the facts. This state
ment was corroborated by DR.. March
and Mr.. Reeves