The New York herald., 1922-04-09
SECRET PROBE HITS
NASSAUS ATHLETES,
CAPTAINS INVOLVED
Resignation of Tiger Base
ball Leader First Result
of Investigation.
FOOTBALL HERO LISTED
Violation Of Big Three
Agreement Leads to
Drastic Action.
OTHERS ARE INVOLVED
Those Affected Not Accused of
Taking Money, but Three
Received Loans.
FOOTBALL HERO LISTED
OTHERS ARE INVOLVED

Received Loans.
Special Disputch TO THE New YoRK HERALD.
PRINCETON, N. j., April Sit be
came known to-day that the resigna-
ton OF Thomas III. Mcnamara, cap
tain of the Princeton baseball nine. on
account of ineligibility. was through
joint action of the Harvard, Yale and
Princeton athletic representatives.
Mcnamara was declared Ineligible to
represent Princeton in athletics be-
cause of violation OF the present
Harvard Yale Princeton agreement.
Four otker men are included in the
casualty list at old Nassau throug:,
the action OF Dean Howard McClena-
han Of Princeton, Dean Briggs Of
Harvard and Prof. Clarence w. Mendal
Of Yale. Two. of these men are Ralph
Gilroy, captain-elect Of the Princeton
football eleven, and Herbert Treat. a
transferee from Boston College but
who has never been on a Princeton
team because Of the one year resi-
dence rule. The other two are un-
known thus far since no announce
ment has been made regarding the
strictly secret proceedings Of the big
three board.
The declaration of ineligibility of Nc
Namara and his resignation from the
captaincy OF the Tiger nine and the ac-
tion which probably will take place in
the cases of Gilroy and Treat are the
results of the strictest athletic investi-
cation ever held at Princeton and
which has been In progress In secrecy
for some time. II Is said that every
athlete at old Nassau who was in doubt
ful financial circumstances appeared
before the committee aud testified as
to his means Of support.
No ProfessfonaIissn Charged.
The charge against the men declared
ineligible Is not that OF professionalism
This said n man well versed in
the situation to-day. cannot be stated
too strongly These men have not been
accused OF taking money for their ath-
ietic ability. The reason for their de-
harment Is that they have violated thar
section of the big three agreement
which demands that every athlete In
the three universities who Is dependent
upon outside aid for his education shall
Tile complete statement with the COM
mittee stating from whom he receives
such assistance and on what basis"
1t Is said that the three athletes had
been given loans to aid I'm defraying
their expenses at Princeton and that
these loans were unknown % the com
mittee
The house cleaning at Princeton has
beer so strict and thorough and the
action so drastic in the cases which
were finally considered that athletics
hero viii from now on be on the high
est plane possible to attain. Under
graduates here agree with the faculty
that there must be no shadow OF sus-
picton upon any representative of the
Orange and Black. and that the big
three agreement must be carried out
both in letter and spirit. No sother
cases were found besides the three
now known and after the thorough in
vestigation which has now taken place
II is known positively that sport here
Is clean.
sympathy for victims.
Sympathy is felt at Princeton for the
men who suffered the penalty of in
eligibility for their actions which can
not be construed as professionalism
and might have been due TO neglect
only. but the sentiment Is strong for
thorough cleanup and is back OF
the efforts which have been made to
make the athletics of Old Nassau
purely amateur.
Dean Howard McClenahan was out
Of town to-day and no statement could
be secured from any one else here as
TO the action which representatives OF
the big three took In their recent meet
ing at New York. No information has
been given out here on the matter In
any aspect, and not until Mcnamara
resigned as captain of the baseball
team was anything known on the
campus.
There has been much agitation at
Princeton in the past two months for
q change In the present system OF ath-
letics. On washington's Birthday in
u speech TO the alumni here for their
annual gathering President John Grier
Hibben declared himself in favor OF
a house cleaning in all college sports.
There can be little doubt but that the
developments I'm the sweeping investi-
cation which is now known TO have
taken place followed shortly on this
public statement OF Princeton's deter
minatlon to make sure that athletics
here are on the highest possible p,sn-.
The Daily PrincetoHidr has been con-
Quoting campaign of It's own for the
last month. In conjunction with the
Harvard Crimson and the Yale Netcs ,of
such changes in the big three ngree-
ment as to make It practically impossi-
lie for any suspicion TO be attached to
any man representing any OF the three
universities. This. however. had no
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