The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1927-11-05
Phillips Must Forfeit Games Won,
Because OF z Ineligible Players
BY AL MONROE

athletics made ruling yesterday. The
ruling does not seem altogether fair
but it was made nevertheless and must
stand. All rulings made by this Board
must stand even though the evidence
upon which the action Is founded may
appear ridiculously weak. The latest
ruling hits Wendell Phillips and claims
that all games won by Phillips must be
forfeited as a result of two players,
Rainey and Cobb being over the age
limit.
The Chicago Whip made an investi-
-ation of the claims based upon infor-
nation gained from one of the officials
and our scribe admits the likelihood
of there being something slightly wrong
in Denmark. We made the same inveS-
tigation credited to the Board and
whereas we found legal proof Of at
least ore Of the boys being under age
" were shocked to determine just how
the board reached its conclusion that
the boy YVES too Old to ploy;
Our first VISIT was to Wendell Phil
lips. We found the officials, especially
the principal and the teachers whose
duty it is to handle the records a bit
reluctant to talk of the matter. 20 us
this action appeared bit atrange in
view of the attitude of Coach Mosby
and his assistant, Mr.. Hariss. So our
first conclusion was that there must be
something wrong in the school Ger
tainly finding the heads Of the school
not at all interested in the problem
which threatens to wreck thf morale
of its football team showed proof of
that. So from this point we visited
the Raymond School where one Of the
boys, Rainey, had spent his prep days.
Has Remarkable Memory
Seeking the principal of Raymond,
hoping Of course to find moH &Of a
cordial greeting than we had .encSun-
tered from the principal at Phi]1ins we
burst into the room bearing the sign,
ONCE. we were to1o tnaC TIE pre1y
was in but perhaps we had best see
Mrs ---, an elderly teacher az orle
time Rainey's instructor. Yes, rha rar
membered Rainey well. Even tie suis
he wore, the seat he occupied, and the
manner Of his approach when IL NO !
asked his age. We thought for |, ,,1i,1-
u.3 chat this was bit StranR ;noc-
! much a. the lady must have nd1ad
soiie tllouoailo " 1nore Stuue since
that time.
She admitted that the offid -or,
Englewood and another sehoo IL
ed upon her for infoNae tioI j
ing Rainey md that -
at length on the sui ject. A 81
majestic appearing woman she was ~
brilliant speech an da determination 10
10 Ha1; IanV eRO
But finally at our suggestion we were
permitted TO see the records bearing
Rainey'S date of birth. Now for the
first time we found the kind lady be-
coming indignant. We had asked her
to explain the bit of erasing- neatly
dore-that had changed 1908 to 1905.
why there are two of them" suggested
the lady. First at the request Of Rainey
himself at the time of his entrance
an dagain in 1920 wher proof was SUBJ
mitted that mis- age had been erron-
eouSly stated" Is there any chance Of
that erasing being related to the visit
of the officials of the other school, Yas
our next query. She did not Thinks.
The ruling looks bit like a DELHI
crate attempt to remove the dangerous
Phillips team from the sectional run
ming. The school has won all Of it's
games and is practically assured OF the
title and a chance to enter the semi
finals. But with two forfeits there is
little or no chance for the team now.
Both Were Subs a
The regrettable feature about the
whole thing is the fact that neither
Of the men in question, Cobb or RMney,
wer, regulars on the team. bib is
one of the weakest men anSwq ng the
call and has only been used<aS sort
of good wilt move on the part of Coach
Mosby. Rainey is better but his loss
will not hurt Phillips chances
In ruling against Phillips, the school
board is breaking one Of its own legis-
lations made during the past season.
1t was decided at the regular off-season
meeting that the question of ages must
be taken up at the start Of the season
and that failure to challenge the age
of any PLAYER at that time would bar