The New York herald., 1922-06-17
BOARD TO DISCUSS
COACHES SALARIES
.Volunteer Committee Sends
Criticism of Old Ellis Ath-
letic Policies.
Continued from First Page.

never had any athletic experience. His
recent report on the present Yale ath-
letic situation is somewhat misleading.
Prof Mendell has summed up his years
work as follows:
" On the whole we can look back on
a reasonably good year.
THE committee cannot agree with
Prof Mendell, because In its present
athletic year so far Harvard varsity
teams have defeated ours in football,
hockey. basketball, track. tennis and
golf Even If we beat Harvard in base
ball and on the water we could hardly
call it reasonably good year
And as far as "a reasonably good
Year is concerned in our contests with
Princeton We defeated Princeton in
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 submit
that we are not out of luck-we are
merely out of athletic brains!
After careful review of the whole
unsatisfactory situation" continues the
report, I'VE believe that Yale athletics
cannot be established on a sound and
happy basis until these reforms are
made
"A consistent athletic policy and
system.
More athletics for rfbre students.
"A known athletic specialist and
organizer as head of Yale athletics.
wlfo shall be a member OF the fac
ulty.
"A director of freshmen athletics.
Competent coaches and more of
them.
An efficient business manager.
srff1f hIIf
committee direction.
Responsible and open publicity.
Invest coaches with more au-
thority
LESS aiibis for defeats. more SYM
pathy with graduate cooperation,
eliminate 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
its purpose. good may come of it. Yale
graduates should get together and de-
mand a change. Yale has the best ath-
letic material of any university in the
country, but it's records for the last ten
years are deplorable.
Majority Not Getting square Deal
There is another side to the matter.
Athletics at Yale have become of finan-
cial Importance. Larger sums of money
are taken in and spent and yet only
few in the university. those fortunate
enough to get on the relatively small
number of teams, have the opportunity
to take part in organized 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 thai they have the right TO
eXpec. as a part of every undergrad
uate'5 life.
"In 1929 Yale football receipts were
s360,000. and IN 1921 $4,000. Yet last
Sl00, 900. There should be better man
agement than that. Nearly s650,000
spent for string of defeats! !"
Some of those who have been active
ly interested in Yale athletics have also
been inclined to resent the attitude of
the university toward the athlete with
small financial resources. The athlete
who is hard put TO it to find the means
to go through college seems to be viewed
with suspicion by those in control of the
athletic regime and by the Bureau of
Appointments. Athletes are discrimi-
mated against and forced to seek assist
ancc from their friends. There has been
objection to outside assistance for ath-
letes-whg force them to seek it?
-'The football program last season
vas given to two students on n per-
ccntage basis. One of them had gradu-
ated the previous year. and the other
needed~o work for only part of his ex-
Denses These two students cleaned up
$9,000-S4, 500 each At that time two
of the best athletes in the university
were without funds to pay their tuition
and were worried as to how they were
going to eat. These men were compelled
to borrow money from friends on the
outside with the sanction of the Yale
authorities.
They were not out for football and
could easily have served on the football
program committee. But how much
fairer il would have been II, instead of
giving the program to two men, 1t had
been TO ten men. some Of whom might
have been athletes working their way
through college? 1t would have put
them through for a year, and this ccm-
mittee fails 10 see how ii would have
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