The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-31

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SOUTH BEND Ind" Jan.
30.-Eight athlo cs of Notro
Dame university among them
two all American football
players, a championship track
man and captains of the bas-
ket ball and track teams to-
day confessed 90 school au-
thorities that they had played
in the somiprofc.sjonal foot
ball game at Toyloryillc, Ill.,
last November which pro-
duced the biggest collegiate
athletic scandal in the annuls
of American colleges. I'm
mediate disqualification Of
each man was announced by
the university officials.
The eight men were; Eddie
Anderson. mason City, Iowa, ALL
American end; Chester Nynnc,Or
noquc, Kan, nli-Ncstern confer
tHCc fulIbhck selection Uf scy-
crnl Of the football writer's.
track team captain and star
hurdlcr, Roger kllcy, Chicago.
varsity end, cnptnin of the has
kctbali team. ana star trnckmnni
Lawrence Shaw. stewart. Iowa,
varsity thckic and western chnm-
pion shotputtcr; Harry Mchrc,
Huntington. Ind, sub-ccntcr In
football and regular basketball
player; Robert phclnn. Fort Mad
son, Iown, sub-'Nnrsity fullback,
Earl Walsh, Adrian, Iowa, sub
varsity back; Dick scyfrlt, Cnrlin-
Vile. H.. nib-cnd.
Boys out for n lark.
Tho players made their state
mcnts voluntarily. They Insisted
that they received no pay and said
they agreed to take part In the con
test simply as a Thanksgiving holt
day lark ard without knowledge
that the affair was the outgrowth
OF town rivalry which became 80
acute that about 100000 was said
to have been bet on the game.
In agreeing to play with Carlin-
vile. Ill. eleven agcinst Taylorville,
the Notre Dame men were unaware
that the nine University OF Illinois
stars recently disqualified for their
part In tho matter were to play with
Taylorville, they said. Satisfied that
tho men who confessed were the
only Notre Dame students to be I'm
plicated In tho scandal, the schoo
authorities tonight had launched NJ
intensive investigation to find wh'
was tho "fixer" OF the affair ant
what means were used TO tempt th'
lade into professionalism
This man. II a student. Will be ex
PEELED from school II was an
nounced.
A Big Biow to Notrc Dame.
This disqualification OF the clgh
men. together with graduations an'
disqualification of three other mel
recently for playing In IA professional
looked upon as wreckinR Notrc
Danes chances In football, baseball
and track during the coming sea
sons. Conch Knute Rockne WI
not have single regular arounC
whom To build his 1922 eleven
while little hope was held forth fo
successfully replacing the track an'
basketball men. Wynne and shaw
were sure first place men In tn
hurdles and weights, respectively,
Confession by the men produced |
sensation on the campus and LET
Mr. RoCknc In what another uni
versity official rescrlbed as "a heart
broken condition
Tho eight men early today wen
before Father William Carey
chairman OF the athletic hoard AM
told him the story of the nffail
Several OF them then went TO Mi
Rockne to tell him. Eddie Ander
son. all American end, was the iirr
to reach the coach.
Az Anderson walked out Nj
Rockne said to the Associated Pres
correspondent:
Coach NOCknc ilcartbrokcn.
NO one but the hoys thcmsclve