New-York tribune., 1922-05-10
linn Men an1a,'a
Dropped From
Fordham Nine
Maroon Captain Finally Ad.
mits Participation in Mvs-
ter'o"s Waterbury Game

ma mysterious bail game at Water
ourN Conn on Easter SUNDAY between
'ne ioca Eastern League club and an
aggregation which the nome fans re-
gafdcd as the Fordnam vsrsl1v team
lhouEh announcements chilled them
fordham Coilsgians." claimed its first
N'ctlm yesterday. TIM Mcnamara. star
pitcher aud capita IN Of the Maroon nine.
i'nsi!y admitted that he had partici-
pa,ed IN tine game and offlcia action
followed. Mcnamara was dropped
from the squad After turning in his
uniform at the request o. Grsduat.
Manager FRANK Tnrgan
Whether other players VIII follow
McNamara out into the fold Of IN
eliglbIes at Fordnam WAS no, init
mated. 1t IS understood that Graduate
Manager Garean viii continue his IN.
vesugat All the TIME taking care
that no innocent PLAYER Will suffer n
any way. Efforts 20 Get line on any
OF the players in the game At Water
bury dehcd the invest! gators for
time, hut letter from PLACER who
vas asked to allow the use. Of his
name to cover up Mcnamara finally
resulted in the action taken yesterday.
The team which went TO Waterbury,
Clarence Halloran. former Fordham
athlete The battery was announced
to crowd Of 1000 nome fans "A Ne
\amara and Cousinsau. but the lineup
as gwen 20 the newspapers made 1t
Mct tue and Cassano. The PLAYERS
made the trip IN three automooj, cs.
went under the grand stand al Water
bury and turned tine uniform shirts in
side out 10 hide ne word Tordham and
then played inc game. losing in one
bad inning. he fans regarded the
team as the Fordham varsity nine. and
one report from Waterbury used the
regular names. though The lineup Wa
given with slight variations on the reg
ulal FordhAm names.
Immediately an investigation waS
started by Graduate Manager Cargan.
lie declared that ne would dismis. from
the team every player who could be
proved to have taken part IL the game
All signed an affidavit tnat they old
not play. but even ;nen there were sus-
pIclouS clrcum stances. GarGan made
trip to Waterbury to Investigate the
case and could learn nothing. Press
ure was brought to bear or Halloran
80 name the PLAYERS WHO took part in
the game. and finally an ot1icial state
ment was issued. Halioran was CEN
suled for his part IN the Attain. but
other Fordham players % past Years
VINO were named in the list given out,
did not draw mention for having
traded on the athletic reputation Of
i ordham.
The lineup of the team as given 20
Graduate Manager Gargan and an
nounced in the official statement follow
ing his investigation was not used By
The Tribune, on the ground that it WAS
no. correct. IT was known positively
that Al l.efevre. former Fordham star
and Giant who was named as shortstop
Of the team which played in Waterbury,
did not take part in the game, Re
ports were in circulation that certain
athletes had been asked to allow the
use Of their ames 80 as to protect GER
tain player. but the Fordham officials
were unable to prove any particular
case. The identity of the shortstop at
Waterbury has not been revealed.
The first break in the reported line
UP came when Gargan got possession
of letter written to a pitcher in an
upstate university, asking him to allow
the use Of his name to cover UP Nc
Namara. As the player desired to rep
resent his university in athletics next
year he put up an objection. The let
tor was passed along to Gargan and
Mcnamara admitted yes terday that he
took part in the Waterbury game.
With tuc flaws discovered in tho
announced lineup it is likely that
pressure wiil be brought to bear to
prove If any other Fordham regulars
wont to Waterbury for the Easter Sun
day game. The pitcher who made the
expose possible is orc Of two mem
hers Of Haloran's squad not listed a.
former Fordham PLAYER. The other
pitcher was vaguely named "Blach,
n scmi-pro player who could not be
identified by local scml-pro promoters.