The Washington herald., 1922-01-31
NOTRE DAME men
CONFESS PLAYING
FOR CARLINVILLE
Johnny Mohardt and Gus
Desch Successful in Es.
tablishing Alibis.

CHICAGO. Jan. 39.-BiG Ten con-
Terence football coaches have their
tnger nails snawed down to the
first knuckle.
They have discovered that while
some of their halfbsckinS and line
piunGing young men are perfectly
willing to smack the enemy on the
chest for nothing more than the
glory Of the old alma mater on Sat-
urdays during Indian summer, they
arc not at all loathe to accept busi-
ness engagements on other days.
So far investigations have result
eded in the suspension of nine star
athletes The cream of the Univer-
sity Of Illinois football team, and
elSht widely-known and highly
praised members of the Notre Dame
University team. The suspended
athletes include members of wal
Ter Camps all-American team this
year. and several who are all-west-
ern heroes
1t was found that they met each
other one bright November after
noon at Taylorville. ILL.,. and did
cited villagers. TaylorviIle bettors
a~e said to have won $4,000 from
the carlinville bettors who support
ed the Notre Dame boys. while the
Iaylorville citizens bet their shirts
on the home team"-the Illinois
niversity speedsters in disguise.
Notre Dame Men Confess.
The Notrc Dame athletes. includ-
end: Chester wynne, all-western
half; Roger Kiley. star end. basket
ball captain and track streak:
Lawrence Shaw. star tackle and
champion shotputter. went to
Father William Carey. Notre Dame
thletic director, today and con-
fessed that they played for Carlin.
ville and got a good lickins-16 to
?. to be exact.
With this confession. following
the earlier admissions of the Illi-
nois stars. the Big Ten coaches got
BUSY. Coach a. A. StagE Of the
University of Chicago. said that a
meeting of the conference direc-
tors would be held at Iowa City to
discuss the menace of the profess
~ional game upon college football.
Heretofore the various coaches
hsvc-been trying in their own way
TO fight this evil" he said. Time
for concerted action is at hand i
have noted the danger to the coll
leSe sport because of the profess
sional games for years. and it is
time IL was stopped"
That the coaches mean business
was emphasized by StaSg. 1t was
tntimatcd from other sources that
the Notre Dame Illinois scandal is
only the start of the probe
College stars are being paid
from 800 to $500 a game. 1t is
charged and several athletes may
be placed on the grill.
Fro Clubs Not Involved.
The association OF professional
football teams dencs~ that it's be-
smirchinS the purity of college
football. The association has
banned the Green Bay Packers, one
ing college men while they are
playing college football.
The biggest menace to the pur-
ity of college football. it is stated,
is intercity rivalry. In the case
of TayIorsville and Carlinville these
towns are hardly more than viii
la=cs. But il is charged the men
were paid $500 each. According to
persons who saw the game. Joey
Stcrnaman. pec-wee Illinois half
hack. kicked three field goals. and
another player ran around the ia
nous Eddie Anderson. All-Ameri-
cen end. for a touchdown.
So what is happening in the
games between bigger cities, the
coaches are almost afraid to con-
template.
The only ray Of light for Notre
Dame in the scandal, is the fact
that Johnny Mohardt. All-American
half. and Gus Desch. member of
the American Olympic team. have
proved that they were In school on
that fatal November day. studying
as upright students should be. II
was earlier reported that they also
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