New Britain herald., 1922-06-17
PROF. WENDELL OUT
 0F YALE ATHLETICS
Resigns When Graduates Attack System in Vogue

Of Yale athletes by a committee Of
 graduates which charged that money
 Is wasted, that coaches salaries are
 too high, and coaches inefficient, and
 that Jews are discriminated against
 in sports, was followed last night by
 the announcement in New Haven that
 Prof. Clarence W. Wendell, chairman
 of the board of control, had resigned.
 The report of the graduates coupled
 with Professor Mendel's registration
 was taken as an indication that a complete reorganization of Yale ath-
 letics is about 10 take place. There have been many criticisms of salaries and some other features Of the ath- letie situation at Yale, even by those in the university and it is known that Dr. James R. Angel, president of the university, and an old baseball play CT himself has taken an interest in recent developments. It is reported that he will attend a meeting Of the general athletic committee on Mon day. when Professor Mendell's resig- nation will be presented.
 The report Of the committee of graduates of which George s. Ire vor of the class of 1915 is secretary, charges that Yale's recent defeats are due to d lack of experience on the part of those in control "The athletic situation is so befuddled and mishandled that it seems nothing short of a complete remoulding of the system of control finance and coaching will serve to remedy it." says the report, adding that many graduates feel that those in control at Yale have fumbled the ball"
 Wendell Criticized.
 The report criticises Professor Wendell and disagrees with his state ment that Yale has had a reason ably good year"
 The active and responsible head of Yale athletics is Clarence W. Men dell. but his real job is professor of classics" said the report. Professor Wendell has never had any athletic experience. The committee cannot agree with Professor Wendell that Yale can look back upon a reason ably good year. because in it's pres ent athletic year so far Harvard var slty teams have defeated ours in foot ball, hockey, basketball, track, tennis and golf
 Charges Lack of Athletic Brains.
 "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"
 The report. which has been sent to Professor Wendell as well as to every | Yale alumni association in the coun- try. eriticises Tad Jones ability as a | football coach and his S15,000 salary l and also the salary and ability of | Bernard Tommers, coach of the base ball team
 No Yale man. proud of the athe- tic tradition which Yale built up through so many years. when the | bulldog spirit that never acknouledg- 1 ed defeat was the backbone of every Yale team. can help but hope that something may be done to bring back that ascendancy," says the report. "Yale has the best athletic material of any university in the country. but its records for the last ten years are deplorable."
 Commercialism Charged.
 ''Athletics at Yale have become Of financial importance. Large sums of money are taken in and spent, and vet only q 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. They are miss ing something that they have the right to expect as a part of every undergraduate life.
 Tn 1920 Yale football receipts were s3oo,ooo and in 1921 they were S54o, n0o Yet last year there was an athletic deficit of s10o,o0o. Nearly s65o. 900 spent for a string of de- feats"
 Athletes with small financial re- sources have been looked upon with -,,Snicion by Yale authorities, says the report. They are given little as s4slance in working their way through and as result are forced to seek as . sistance from friends outside the uni versty, which incidentally is a vio- lation of the intercollegiate agree ment between the Big Three, the thing for which Princeton athletes ( were declared ineligible this spring" (
 Just why things should be made doubly hard for an athlete because he ' is trying to do something for his uni versity on the field is incomprehensi- S ble to this committee" says the re- I port, Football is instanced as the sport N which shows best the changed condi- s lions at Yale and the committee I points out that Yale has no monopoly ( ,f fighting spirit and that unless it's \ ora wn is backed up by brains it can a aot expect to win ( Tn the years before 1908 Yale had [ on Harvard, " the report says. The \ --.rimson's material had to be at least s 30 per cent superior to give Harvard Y m even chance Today the shoe IS C on the other foot, Though Yale has |, recently had some of the greatest ootbal players in her history, Harv- is lrd wins the games and Yale has to F ,e content with the moral victories T Ind glorious defeats
 Says Tad Jones Has No Strategy. F Tad Jones does not possess strate- r .ic mind, the report says, N The charge that Jews are discrim- nj mated against occurs in the commit st