Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-20
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NON FRAT QUINTET
CAPTAIN COMMENTS
ON WIN Of ALPHAS

In the Colby Echo. the weekly
student paper at Colby college,
there appeared a letter last night
which caused not little comment
on the college campus. This letter
was written by Myer Chafetz. "a. Of
Colchester. Conn.,, captain of the non
fraternity basketball team in the In
ternational League. The letter read:
ITO the Editor: On Friday af-
ternoen the string finish of the in
ter-fraternity basketball league
which eliminated in an A. T. 0. win
by the margin of two points. and
which was the cause of much Joy
to that fraternity. took place.
LAS a non fraternity man myself
and a member of the basketball
team it was a sad blow to me to
lose that game. I am deeply grateful
we are not in the winners position.
THE A. T. O's were determined
to win that game and they did it.
but their methods are very question
able indeed. From the way 1t ap-
peared. the Non Fraternity team had
not only the A. T. o. team to con-
tend with but with the scorer. timer
and some portion of the audience
who could not bear seeing their
team go down in defeat without
hurting vile epithets at some of the
non-fraternity men.
ION the floor during the game,
Moynahan, the A. L. .. captain call
ed his opponents names and taunted
them as yellow because they would
not play into his hands and help
him win. Throughout the game he
was bulldozing the referee in an ef-
fort to gain decisions i'll his favor.
'McAllister was scorer and vale
timer. Whether these two men did
their work faithfully or not Is not
for me to say but what / can say
is that they cheered whenever the
A. T. O.'s scored n basket. 1t did
make things look rather suspicious.
If I was a Judge or some official In
an athletic contest l would at least
keep my sympathies to myself.
THE game is over now and We
lost. We can take a beating as we'll
as the next one but we do want a
square deal and we do hate to have
sluring remarks cast as to our race
and religion just because we happen
to have a better team and are ahead.
1.-THE A. T. O's will have a shield
telling the future A. T. O.'s Of the
prowess of their 1924 basketball team
but to those who know, 1T will be
mere empty symbol of triumph.
Signed. MYER CHAFETZ, "a
In hot reply to the unsportsman-
like tone of the letter and the writer,
Charles w. Shoemaker '25, of West
Orange, N. j.. umpire of the game
spoken of; James II. Crowley '27, OF
Wytopitlock, a Central Board referee
and the head official for the game;
c. Harry Edwards, director of ath-
letics at Colby and Wilbur b. Nc
Allister. rs. Of Manchester. N. H..
scorer on that date. all make state
ments. Mr.. Edwards states:
THE matter of this letter in the
Echo is regrettable. 1t seems to me
that in a group of college men who
expect to b, leaders in the world
later, such spirit as shown by the
writer of this letter shows n lack of
something essential for true college
men. / have nothing whatever to
say about the game with the eXCep-
ton that Mr.. Chafetz could have re-
fused to play with tho officials that
were provided had he chosen. He
four men and should abide by their
decisions and taste defeat without
remorsc.'
Shoemaker stated that in his cpin-
ion there was absolutely no favor
itsm shown by any.of the officials in
the contest. The teams were rough
and fouled n number of times but
the decisions were fair and above
board. AS to bulldozing the referee
or other officials by any player.
Crowley denied that II, had been in
fuenced. Both men stated that in
their opinion the letter showed n
poor spirit in craftsmanship. Nc
Allister said:
Il have observed in the Colby
Echo for March 10 a letter written
by the captain of the -Frater-
nifty basketball team in regard TO
their defeat last week at the hands
of the Alpha Tau Omega aggregation
Mr.. Chafetz seems to have disagreed
upon all Of the decisions made by the
four officials in the game. Previous
to the championship game when ar
engagements wcrn loft to me. Mr.. Cha fctz
did plenty OF kicking and seems to still
have plenty left.
In his letter Mr.. Chafctz stated that
he could not saw whether or not Mr..
Vale and myself. as timer and scorer,
respectively, in that game. did our
work faithfully ard accused us of
cheering for their opponents. like
to watch basketball and ! get quite
Kick on: of the game. In the excite
to vocal action and undoubtedly did
on that day when players made some
pretty shots while their team was in
the rear But that does not mean nee
esFarily that | juggicd the score book.
AS to my calling any man on his team
any vile names or referring to his re-
ligion or race. Mr. Chafetz has passed
a deliberate lie.
Now, i do not claim to be n basket
ball official but / do believe that
can add two and two and keep n
straight account of the baskets made
by players without classifying the
score book | will leave the record of
the score to any person who might
have Kept n count that afternoon who
will bear out my figures.
WILBUR r. McALLISTER.
Chafetz led the Non Fraternity team
this season with a great deal Of sue
cess. He played left forward on the
team and was considered an excellent
player. Both Shoemaker. n Phi Delta
Theta. and Crowley. of the Delta Up
silon fraternity. refereed and umpired
n number or games without trouble
McAllister. lambda Chi Alpha.
scored and timed n number OF games
during the season.
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