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HIGH SCHOOL MEN
Football Committee Takes Action
ON Chester and Rock Hill =
Players.


smet at Anderson Wednesday after
noon to decide on the eligibility of
certain players on the Rock Hill and
Chester High School teams. J. D.
Fulp, superintendent of the Able
vile school, chairman; L. L. Wright,
superintendent Of the Honea Path
schools, and L., L. Hanna, principal
of the Anderson High School, the
members of this committee were all
present. .a,
r The first case taken up was that
of Douglas Minis, player of the
Rock Hill High School, whose eligi-'
bility to play on football team in
the State league was questioned, it
being alleged he received money for
playing summer baseball. The mass
Of evidence submitted, pro and con,
did show that Minis had from time
to time received small amounts of
money for playing with the Fort
Mill cotton mill team during 1921
and 1922, but not sufficient amounts
to prove to the committee beyond a I
reasonable doubt that more than ex-
penses was received by Minis. There
was produced an order from the
manager of the Fort Mill team irr
1920 on the treasurer OF the team
ordering the treasurer TO pay Doug
las Minis $50 for three games and
Minis acknowledged both. the order
and cancelled check voucher full
filing the payment Of the amount,
but in view Of the fact that this
transaction took place in 1920, prior
to the, adoption of the high school
league constitution, the committee
ruled that the constitution was not
retroactive and this evidence could
not be admitted. The committee,
therefore declared Douglas Minis eli
gible to play with Rock Hill until
December %, 1922, when he becomes
Itwenty-one years of age. J.. D. Fulp
asked to be excused from acting on
the Minis case as both are natives of I;
iFort Mill and dehave been more or less !
closely associated for a number Of
years. 50
!, The, next case taken up was that
of William Steele, of the Rock Hill
school, formerly captain Of the Win
throp Training School team. Steele
attended the training school for five
days, the first week of school was
made captain Of the football team,
registered on the morning Of the
fifth day of school with. Rock Hill
High School yet attended the train-7
ing school the same day. It was a
clear case of double registration and
as Steele did not enroll in the Rock
Hill High School the first. week Of !
school the committee declared him
an ineligible player prior to Octo-
Der rs, so the games played by Rock
Hill before this date in which Steele
participated were thrown out by the
committee. The games thrown out
were with Fort Mill and Kershaw.
In the case of Glenn o. Schultz,
of the Rock Hill School, alleged to
be more than twenty-one years Of |
age, the committee accepted without
question the affidavit submitted by
the boys mother, stating that
Schultz was twenty years of age on
November 5, 1922. -.
The Winthrop Training Schools
Iprotest of the game with York last
Friday was turned down by the COM
mittee. This was protest of a de-
cision of the referee relative to an +
off side kick and the committee as
usual decided that if team assents
to certain officials before the game
starts they must take their medi-
cine so far as the decisions are con-
cerned.. ," ".. ...
The case of Herman Tollison, Of
Chester High School, who was re-
ported to the committee as being |
ineligible, it being alleged he was
receiving board or similar compen-
sation in Chester. The committee ap- !
preciated Supt. Brockman's removal
Of Tollison from the Chester team
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