Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-02-22
KENTUCKY'S MOST
FAMOUS RINGERS CASE

ngton newspaper, and knewS
that these are about the facts
The following story is told by
Ed Danforth, of the Atlanta
Georgian, and is precisely cor
roborated by former teacher OF
ours who is designated by the
prefix Rev" who was formerly
on the staff OF the Lexington
Herald, SO its must be true. Any
how, here's the tale:
There is nothing new under
the sun This remark is at
credited to Admiral Noah, cap
tain of the L. s. A. Ark, but ii
is just as true in A. ID. 1922 as it
was in the days of that abnormal
precipitation which is said t,
nave broken all existing records
for South Georgia.
Take this Taylorville-Ca
vile case. You know-the one
that is alleged to have shocked
The whole gridironized world.
All those most seriously as
founded by the charge OF pro
icssionalism could be cared fOr
in a telephone booth. q. .,t.
No general collapse has bee
noted among the body polite
Many prominent business MS
actually were found at then
desks late Saturday tranSactins
the usual routine business.
Mainly, gentlemen, because !.
is "old stuff"
Years ago they did this very
Taylorville thing. Only year,
years ago it was worse" i'll that
TWO representative institutions
| were involved i'll hiring college
, players.
In the case in mind, my Alma
Mater was concerned very much
indeed. In fact Alma was tn
chief offender and the sole sui
icrcr in a grand attempt to "
a Thanksgiving game from her
rival with hired athletes. Aim;
lost.
1t was like this:
Kentucky State College was
scheduled TO play her dearest ri
va. Pennsylvania (then called
Kentucky University on Thanks
giving Day, 1908.
Pennsylvania had a whale OF a
team that year. The lanccy
boys were in their respective
primes. II was a grand team.
and one that had lost but ON
'amc that season.
Kentucky wanted to be;
Pennsylvania So they hired ni'
members of the Columbia Uni
5crsity football team to CO.
down to Lexington and play.
The day of the game these
Columbia players were entered
in the lineup under assumed
names. 1t was in those glorio.
days when there was no Sucl
thing as an S. |. A. A. or similar
unit and you could buy it for q
cents per half pint. uand womc
folks wore 'rsl0rt back sailors
aud all that, - poo r.pu,I
Word OF the wholesale imp0r-.
tati0u of footballr talent leaked
into Transylvinia CIRCLES Tran
sylvania also hired an array OF
talent. But only the regular
Pennsylvania lineup was used.
Even with only two regulars
from Kentucky starting the game
il was evident from the FIRST
whistle that Pennsylvania had a |
broad edge over the imported
and expensive talent. The game |
rocked along and Pennsylvania
won II TO O.
The Pennsylvania ringers
were ready on the sidelincs. but
were not used" Hogan Yancey,
now prominent lawyer OF Lex
ingtun. survivor OF the famous
pair OF grid stars, once said to
me. Kentucky probably would
have played It's a closer game il
the ringers had not hceu use"
Something like $1,000 was
lost by Kentucky bettors, it is,
said.
At any rate, that night at the
Southern Station there was
freefor-all fight in which the
Columbia University ringers
were severely mishandled by
Pennsylvania students.
rs said. gentlemen. this Tay-
orvilic-Carlinville affair is old
fluff. The boys were caught.
hats all.
Similar stories could be dug
,ut of the files of athletics with
II the lower South. Even from
he Tech or Georgia archives,
...Ss.tly.