The New York herald., 1922-04-18
S0veS FOrdham
Players From Suspension
Eight Members of Varsity Baseball Team Deny Paltici-
patton in Sunday Exhibition Game With
Waterbury Club as Reported.

A DomDSneH IN tHc nature VI icPoA -
in some Of yesterdays morning papers
OF an exhibition game between the
Waterbury club of the Eastern League
and a team playing under the name OF
Fordham University, was tossed into the
athletic situation at the local college
yesterday and for q time seriously
threatened to wreck the Maroon bail
team. An affidavit, however. sworn 10
by those Fordham players whose names
were used and witnessed by public
notary, stated that such reports were
entirely wrong and thus temporarily
relieved the situation.
OF the ten men who were listed as
playing for Fordham, eight are regu-
lars, deprived of the services OF whom
Coach Billy Keane would be lost.
These eight men are Captain Tim Me-
Namara. veteran pitcher of four years
standing; Ed Cousineau. who is play
ing his third year as first string catch
er: Harry Schermer1orn. Gus Shankey.
Ed Malley and Mike Dunn, the four
of whom compose the regular Maroon
infield and. Dick Donovan and Hal
Keough, veteran outfielders. The other
two men whom the reports had down as
playing for the Maroon are Halloran.
supposedly the same Hailoran who was
captain of and left fielder on the 1921
Fordham team, and another party
Black.
The first itimation that Frank Gar
gan had that such a game was sched-
uled or had been played came when
the Maroon graduate manager was COM
muting to this city from his out of town
home. He started to glance over his
morning paper when his eye caught
and never left the above mentioned re-
port. He put all downtown business
engagements aside and rushed UP to
the college.
Surprise to Everybody.
Arriving at Fordham he called the
Maroon ball players into conference and
was greatly relieved when those whose
baseball future at the local college would
have been Immediately tossed into the
scrap heap had the reports been true.
vehemently denied that there was a
grain OF truth to the stories Some Of
the men said they went home over SUM-
day or spent the day IN or around the
city. They were at loss to explain
the source OF the report. They, more
than any one else, received the worst
shock.
Despite his faith in the word of the
players, Gargan wisely chose the safest
course and called in a public notary to
witness an affidavit sworn to by the
players and which absolutely denied the
authenticity OF the newspaper accounts.
None of the players showed the least
bit Of hesitancy in singn.7g the affi-
davit.
The matter is far from ended, how
ever, for Frank Gargan is going to con-
duct thorough investigation into the
matter immediately
When things began to clear up at
Fordham and it became evident that the
men had been freed from the charges
Billy Keane rounded his players to start
on their Southern trip. which but
short while ago it had seemed would
either have to be abandoned or gone
through with by playing inexperienced
substitutes. This trip is to include three
games-with Catholic University at
Washington to-day. University OF Rich
mond at Richmond Wednesday ana
Georgetown at Washington on Thurs
day.
Fourteen men, exclusive of the man
ager and coach. were taken. They were
Mcnamara Waters. White and Wander
bach. pitchers: Cousineau and McPeak
catchers Schermerhorn, Shankey, Nal
ley, Dunn and Cavanaugh. infielders
and Boutot, Donovan and keough, out
fielders White will start against Cath
Ollie University. Waters against Rich
mond and Mcnamara against George
town.
The AHidavit.
The following is a copy of the affi-
davit sworn to by the F'ordham players
yesterday:
'We. the undersigned, members OF the
Fordham University baseball team, do
hereby swear and affirm that we took
no part In the baseball game reputed to
have been played by us on Sunday. April
16. 1922, against the Waterbury Eastern
League team"
1t is signed by Harrison ]. Schermer-
horn. Edward d. Malley, Michael It.
Dunn, Edward Cousineau. Timothy A..
Mcnamara, Richard A. Shankey. Harold
Keough and Richard Donovan and
sworn to before c. w. Waldrof. notary.
sFordhona.' Which Ployed