The New York herald., 1922-04-10
EIGHTEEN ATHLETES
/ BARRED AT nassau;
LOAN FUND BLAMED
Princeton's Players Will
Not Suffer Stigma Of
Professionalism.
GOOD RESULTS SEEN
College Athletics in General
to Benefit From n. J.
housekeeping.
DEAN MAKES STATEMENT
DEAN MAKES STATEMENT
Harvard Yale Princeton
Agreement Violated by
Accepting Financial Aid.


4 Special Dispatch to TIE NEW YoRK HERALD.
PRINCETON, N. j., April 9.-Eighteen
men are ineligible for sports at Prince
ton University, it was learned to-day
after announcement yesterday of the
disqualification of Thomas H. Nc
Namara, captain of the baseball team
RALPH. Gilroy, captain of the football
eleven, and two others.
Dean Howard McClenahan OF
Princeton issued statement tonight
in which he emphasized that no
stigma Of professionalism was at
tached to tie men because Of their
disqualification. He said the commit
tee on outdoor sports frequently de-
clares men ineligible and never pub
! fishes reasons for so doing.
An editorial for to-morrow's issue
Of the Daily Princetonian explains
that the men declared ineligible have
been "victimized by system Of loan
/ funding operated under the super
vision OF jealous alumni unbeknown
| to the authorities and against their
wishes" TIE editorial supports Dean
McClenahan's statement that the
mems ineligibility should not reflect
upon their personal characters. 1t
states that they may be subject to
censure for. having broken the Har
| ward Yale Princeton agreement of
1916. but are "guiltless Of any pro-
fessionaIism."
Men Can Borrow rron Alumni.
The loan funding system. 1t was cx-
planned by students, enables men in
straitened financial circumstances to
borrow from alumni 70 put them
! through college. In accordance. how
receipt of all such moneys by any. one
| engaging In sports mus. be approved
in advance by the universi'ys commit
tee on eligibility.
The following statement was issued
! by Dean McClenahan:
"The whole question or the neli-
giblity of the Princeton athletes has
been under thorough investigation for
| some months Dy the EfIuCetcH idCulty
| committee on outdoor sports This
committee considered all doubtful
! cases and submitted such with all
| facts Involved for hnal decision to the
! committee OF the three chairman OF
| the Harvard Y ale Princeton athleric
| associations in accordance with the
| terms of the vard-Yale-Princeton
| agreement Of 1915.
This committee OF the three chair
| men decided that present Princeton
| athletes should be regarded as ineligi-
| BILE to represent Princeton. II is no
! uncommon thing for men to be de-
| ciared ineligible for various reasons.
The committee on outdoor sports
| never publishes a list of the ineli-
| gible men and never issues any state
ment OF causes OF their inelisibiity.
| "In this case, however, wish to
state with the utmost possible en-
phasis that the men who have been
declared ineligible have not been de-
! clarcd ineligible because OF profess
sionalism. The decision OF the COM
| mittce OF the three chairmen does not
reflect upon the personal character or
| integrity OF any of the men involved
"DaiIy Princetonian" Editorial.
The editorial In the Daily Princctonid,'
| follows: I'm connection with the recent
declaration OF incligibility made by the
Committee OF the Three Chairman. we
would make clear a few facts not suf-
sciently emphasized by the account pub
| lislied in the metropolitan papers. The
1 situation was an exceedingly delicate
one by the nature of the cases, but was
handled admirably by those in authority.
n was very difficult indeed to reach a
! decision on every man involved, and thus
! obviously impossible to make any an
4 nouncement before all cases were de-
cided. This the papers realize and they
presented the situation fairly with what
Information they could gain.
"But Il was not sufficiently stressed
that the agitation came entirely from
within Princeton's walls in the first in
! stance. The committee on outdoor
4 snort, began Investigations as soon as II
\ had those charges IN OF what went on
and ali individuals In question were
| barred from further athletic competi-
I ton pending investigation. So soon as
4 ALI the evidence was In the Princeton
| committee referred It's findings to the
| committee OF three. Furthermore. when
/ 80 doing the Princeton committee did
not urge similar and reciprocal invcs-
| LEGATIONS at Yale ana Harvard, as the
New York papers have hinted. Prince
| ton has cleaned her own house. volun-
tarily and i'm strict accordance with the
1916 agreement
NO stigma Put ON Men.
"Tt was also not made clear that the
men involved In this matter bear no
stigma Of professionalism nor any un-
pleasant reflection upon their character
| and integrity Dean McClenahan's state
rnent this morning should dispel any
I such thought. UnwittingIy they violated
1 an intercollegiate agreement, and the
| universtys action Is simply in accord
! with the agreement IN may be argued
1 chat they knew OF the agreement. 1f
/ they did they are subject to censure for