East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-02-14
BOARD Of CONTROL IS
SATISFIED THAT LOCAL
BOYS MEANT NO WRONG
Lads Who Accepted Tokens Of
Rotary Club Suspended for
80 Days and Opinions Are
Given on Residence Qualifi-
cation.
TnE nOAIID.s llrLIYGs.

Pendleton high school guilty 4
= Of unntentional violation Of :
+ rules due to loose construction. 4
Men who accepted gold foot +
: balls ineligible until March -. :
Bakers request that Pendie- +
+ ton be suspended from gh :
+ school athletic league denied i
i Guardianship over players. ta- +
+ ken by athletic coach. disap- +
= proved. +
Stricter Interpretation Of rules +
i throughout Oregon to result. +
= : = = = = = > =
Complete oxOneration Of Pendleton
hizh school On the charge Of fraud
Jlert evasion OF the association rules
.Vas gwen by the board OF control Of
the oregon High School Athletic As
soclaroI meeting in Portland on Sat
irdsy to hear the protest filed by Ea-
Kcr high school The board took
stand iavoring a strict construction Of
I lie rdles governing participation ia
nigh school athletics throughout ore
gon. however, and found that through
eehnica. Ut unintentional violation
Of the rules, several Pendleton lads
plasine on the basket ball team, are
Ineligible.
Misinterpretation OF the rules, rath-
er than any implication Of fraud, was
Tic oasis Of the findings against Pen
dleton high school and no penalty,
othcl Than a 30 day suspension from
ic.pat.ou, was meted out against +
he men named in Bakers charges.
The board ruled that the little gold I
footballs recently presented members /
OF the winning football team BY the 1
Pendleton Rotary club possess an in
trinsic value as contemplated by the
rules. The board declar
ed that All protested players who had
~cceived these emblems shall be inelig-
Bile untll March -. No games IN
Shich these boys participated shall be
forfeited, however the board ruled.
This rHlhig affects alf-six members Of
he first basketball squad, il istsaid
here.
The board expressed its opinion I
hat there had been a technical vio- I
alton during the first semester of the
'hles relative to the residence quali-
'ications OF Myron Hanley and Ken
ieth Stendal II expressed a. disap-
,roral generally Of the assumption of ]
ever players by an ath-
etic coach. There was no question
'aised over their eligibility on thisf
round for participation in basketball.
However. and no penalty or forfeiture
Holding that all of these violations
,.,,.., e,.,,,, ,.,istpternrpfn fion or loose
Of the rules and were
lot accompanied by evidence Of bad n
aith or fraudulent intent on the part s
4 pendle,on high school the board s.
ecIiued to order the forfeiture Of any il
ames or to suspend Pendieton hisf +
chool from the league as petit!oned 9
or by Baker. r
Pendleton was represented at the {
earring on Saturday by II. f. Inflow, y
itv superin' endent of schools, and G
Justin Iandreth. principal of the high e
ohaol. Faker was represented by G. n
/. Mcintyre, principal of the high G
chool there. a
Mr.. Inflow stated this morning that II
,e decision Of the beard indicates a IF
6l.cy of rigid adherence to the letter w
nd spirit of the association rules IT OF
IN 60 far toward clearing up a NUM- HI
er of points of Interpretation con-
), asrp which there has been more or n
SIS doubt"
6, Gar as Pendleton high school is
,nccrned Mr.. Inflow stated today, the
30 sion of the beard is final and the
icident closed =.