Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-17
YALE ATHLETICS 5EFUDDLED,
 MISHANDLED SAYS TREVOR

New York, June 16-The athletic | situation at Yale 'is so befuddled and | mishandled that it seems nothing short 1 of complete remoulding of the sys 1 tenn of control, finance, and coach 1 ing will serve to remedy it." says a report of the voluntary committee on Yale athletics made public tonight by George $. Trevor, of the class of 1915.
 The committee declares it represents the views of "a large number of Yale Anen, former d1ptains, members Of present teams, coaches and graduates interested in Yale sport"
 Many graduates feel that those in control at Yale have furnbled the ball, says the report, which particularly assails Professor Clarence W. Wendell chairman of the board Of control.
 Professor Mendell has never had any athletic experience" says the re- port. His recent report on the pres ent Yale athletic situation is some what misleading. Professor Wendell has summed up his years work as fol- lows:
 On the whole we can look back on a reasonably good year.
 This committee cannot agree with Professor Wendell, because in it's present athletic year so far Harvard varsity teams have defeated ours in football, hockey basketball. track, tennis and golf. Even if we beat liar yard in baseball and on the water we could hardly call it a reasonably good year.
 And as far as a reasonably good year is concerned in our contests with Princeton we defeated Princeton in 1 football, but Princeton has defeated US in track, basketball, crew, tennis and golf.
 The alibi for all this is that we are out of luck We respectfully sub 1 init that we are not out of luck-we | are merely out of athletic brains'
 Outline of Needed Reforms
 After careful review of the whole 1 the report, I've believe that Yale ath- letics cannot be established on a 1 sound and happy basis until these re- forms are made:
 "A consistent athletic policy and 1 system.
 More athletics for more students.
 "A known athletic specialist and organizer as head of Yale athletics, 1 who shall be member of the facul- l ty.
 "A director of freshmen athletics. "Competent coaches and more of them.
 An efficient business manager. l "Comm&ttee suparVision, but not committee direction.
 Responsible and open publicity. Invest coaches with more author ity.
 Less alibis for defeats. more sym 1 l>athy with graduate cooperation, 1 elimination of all snobbish intolerance and accept a broader vision of our athletic future.
 This is not all critical. If serious | thought is given to this report and to it's purpose good may come of it. Yale
 graduates sklould get togetheE' and l demand a change Yale has the best athletic material of any university in
 the country, but it's records for the last ten years are deplorable. Financial Importance of Athletics
 There is another side to the matter.
 Athletics at Yale have become of fi-
 nancial importance. Large sums of
 money are taken in and spent, and
 yet only a few in the university,
 those fortunate enough to get on the
 relatively small number of teams have
 the opportunity to take part in or
 ganized athletics, either for pleasure
 or to develop what ability they may
 have in the hope of making a varsity team. They are not getting a square deal. They are missing something tha they have the right to expect as
 part of every under graduates life. ! Tn 1920, Yale football receipts wer, ? $360,000 and in 1921, S540 900. Yet las ' year there was an athletic deficit 0 ., $1G0,000. There should be better man agement than that. Nearly s650 ,O0I
 spent for a string of defeats
 Some of those who have been ac , itively interested in Yale atheltics al so have been inclined to resent tn
 attitude of the univ ersity toward tn athlete with small financial resources I The athlete who is hard put to it t : find the means to go through colleg n seems to be viewe dwith 1uspicion D e those in control of the athletic regim : and by the bureau of appointment q Athletes are discriminated agains y and forced to seek assistance froI : their friends. There has been objectio T to outside assistance for athletes why force them to seek it , The football program last seaso was given to two students on a pel D lcentage basis One of them had grac :, Iuated the previous year, and the ott . CT neded to work for only part of h U .. up 5000 and $4, 500 each At that tin : two of the best athletes in the un 9 versity were without funds to pa : their tuition and were worried as ! how they were going to eat. The. Q men were compelled to borrow mone Q firm friends on the outside with u 4 sanetin of the Yale authorities. The
 were not out for football and cou
 program committee. But how muC
 fairer it would have been if, instes
 of giving the program to two me : it had been given to ten men. some : whom might have been athletes worl v ing their way through college |?
 would have put them through for
 year, and this committee fails to S = how it would have tainted them wi professionalism.
 ,d YALE CREWS IN HARD FIVE