South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-01
N. D. AUTHORITIES
NOT TO IMPLICATE
OTHERS IN PROBE
DENY Rumor That School
viii Bring Charges Against
ANY Other Colleges.
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''Notre Dame has observed the same
rules as the western conference The
fact that a number OF our men dur
ing recent years have been disquaI-
fed for playing professional games
IS taken BY many 10 mean that we
have many profess onals at Notre
Dame, whereas IL really goes 20
show that we are untiring n our
efforts TO combat this evil and that
we act without leniency."
No action on the cases Of the eight
men who voluntarily confessed 70
participation in the Taylorville game
has been taken, and none viii be
taken until the athletic board con-
venes after the return OF Prof VIII
Ham Farrell. who has been sent on
a personal investigation tour TO Ur-
bana and Carlinville. Prof. Farrell
was in Carlinville yesterday, and IT
IS very likely that he will return to-
dag. in which case the fate If tho
eight men will be known by this
afternoon. That they will be dis
I qualified officially goes without say
I ing. Whether or not their mono
I grams will be revoked. however can
not be ascertained until after tho
meeting. 1t is understood that the
men will continue 10 attend school,
as the majority Of them are sched-
uled to receive their degrees in June.
Make Letter Public.
Notre Dame university officials
have made public copies Of letter
sent six weeks ago TO 10 middle
western colleges calling attention to
the threat of professionalism in col
| lege athletics and asking coopera-
ton in concerted movement TO
clean it out
The letter was mailed Dec. 16,
/ six weeks before there was any pub
/ lie hint Of the football scandal
which resulted in disqualification Of
nine Illinois and eight Notre Dame
men and the announcement OF
\ il followed ON the heels of an an
nouncement in Chicago Monday
I that the western conference planned
a wholesale investigation.
While the letter was sent to "a
schools. only nine replied, it was
announced. and two of these were
! western conference schools. The
letters said that while Notre Dame
chad almost conclusive evidence
/ that professionalism was making
| serious inroads into our great col
lege sport" IL might be difficult &C
prove the charges in court but that
an Investigation would separate the
wheat from the Chaff.
The letter explained that Notrt
Dame, of it's own accord, investi-
gated the reports that three of it'
men played professional football IN
Milwaukee. Wis. and that the mer
--Garvey. Anderson and Larsen
confessed and were disqualified. The
letter then said:
Merits Attention.
"In conducting this investigation
the members of the faculty boarC
/ have been confronted with a situs
ton that merits the serious atten
ton OF the faculty of every college
and university in the middle west
We have reason to believe that
number of other players from lead
ing colleges and universities Of tn,
| middle-west have particiT ated il
similar games. Indeed we have al
most conclusive evidence that pro
l fessionalism is making serious In
roads into our great college spor
and that il will require close su
pervision and very watchful care t,
prevent our college football play
ers from competing as members o
professional teams on Sundays dur
ing the football season.
From our experience i'm Milwau
kee con the Garvey. Larsen and Fl
Anderson Cases) we know that wit
nesses are unwilling TO give testi
mony that may be used to convic
a college player Of professionalism
ct wSuld therefore be Difficult
70 prove before a. court what W,
believe to be true. that the pro
meters Of professional football ar
rapidly and successfully inducing
our college players.
1T is hoped that this communi
cation will rouse the middle-westeri
colleges and universities 10 concert
ed action against the promoters o
professional football Our coopera
ton with any such effort may b
! relied unou