Evening star., 1927-02-22
DUAL AGREEMENTS
RATIFIED BY YALE
Chief Features of Triple A.
lance With Princeton and
Harvard Retained.

By the Associated Press.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, February "a.
Ratification of Harvard-Yale ana
PrincetonYale dual agreements In
athletics was announced by the Yale
University Athletic Association today
and the text Of these was made known
to alumni gatherings during the day.
The new dual agreements maintain
the former triple" agreement al the
practice of Joint athletic relations and
contests. The only changes are q
simplification Of the present wording
Of the article forbidding post-season or
intersectional championship contests,
and the provision that individual Ques-
tions Of athletic eligibility shall be
determined by the university con-
cerned.
Agreements Explained.
Prof. George H. Nettleton, Yale
chairman, made the following COM
ment on the agreements:
The dual agreements with Harvard
and Princeton provide for the fullest
and most cordial continuance that
the essential spirit and code Of athletic
practice embodied in the triple agree
ment remain essentially unchanged.
one step forward in the new agree
ments is clear. The old machinery
for the settlement of cases Of doubt.
full athletic eligibility by final decision
Of the committee Of three chairmen
has been done away. Instead, there
is provision for personal conference,
II desired. but the real settlement of
all minor questions is left wholly to
the good faith and good will of the
university concerned. In this spirit
OF unquestioned mutual confidence
and understanding the new dual
agreements have been drawn. Yale
will certainly welcome and support
them fully"
The two agreements are dated Feb.
r'uary ~ and are drawn In identical
form. The Harvard. Yale agreement
is signed. for Harvard. by William J.
Bingham. director Of athletics. ana
for Yale by Prof. George II. Nettie.
ton. chairman Of the board Of control.
The Princeton-Yale agreement has
the signatures. for Princeton. Of Prof.
Charles w. Kennedy. chairman Of tbs
board of athletic control, and, for
Yale. Of Prof. Nettieton.
Text Of Agreement.
The full text OF the identical dual
agreements with Harvard and with
Princeton follows:
Harvard Princeton) Yale dual agree
ment.
With the intent of maintaining ex.
listing athletic relations between Har.
ward (Princeton) and Yale in their es-
| sential integrity and with mutual
confidence in the cordial spirit as well
as In the actual rules controlling such
relations. 1t is mutually agreed:
1. That the triple agreement tthe
Harvard -Yale-Princeton agreement of
1915. together with all revisions now
Incorporated in it) shall continue as
| the code governing the joint athletic
rela tions and contests between Har-
ward PTfnceton) and Yale. but sec.
tion 3 of article VI of the agreement
of January 1, 1923. shall read:
No post-season, contests or contests
for the purpose of settling sectional
or other championships shall be per-
mitted.
2. That the Harvard CPrinceton) and
Yale chairmen shall preferm Jointly
the general functions filed, under the
triple agreement. by the committee of
the three chairmen; but after such
consultation as may at any time be
desired by either chairman, final re-
sponsibility for the eligibility, scholas.
tic and otherwise of individual mem.
bers OF athletic teams shall rest with
the university concerned.
| y. That either party to the present
agreement between Harvard prince
toni and Yale may withdraw upon six
months notice, which shall be pre-
ceded by joint conference.