Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1921, Page 30

RO G ST WASHINGTON, 'AR, D. R 1921. ‘Charges Against Lafayette College Unfounded : Navy to Play Georgia Tech on October 21 - CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH FOR EASTON INSTITUTION N ases Thorough Investigation Proves Baseless Allegations That Great Foot Ball Team Was Due to Em- - ployment of Tramp Athletes. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. ASTON, Pa, December 2.—Lafayette College has the right to a place E among those educational institutions of the country which hold a brief for scholastic standards applied as rigidly—if not more so— to the athlete as to any other student. She is not in the business of! caterinig to, of condoning, tramp athletes, and she has none of that ilk The writer makes these assertions freely and as a matter of in college. justice. 1bcy are based upon convictions formed as a result of a day spent at % college where such men as Dean Heckel, Dr. F. A. March, chairman of the faculty athletic committee, and D. L. Reeves, graduatc manager of athletics, laid all their cards upon the table, asking merely that they be appraised at face value. Two weeks ago the writer formulat- certificate and stands high in his ed a questionnaire relating to five | college classes. members of the 1921 Lafayette eleven, | Bots Brunner—He prepped at Eas- whose proficiency on the gridiron has| ton High and Tome. He is an Easton entitled it to ranking among the lead- | boy. As a youngster he desired to inz outfits of the country. Answers|enter Lafayette, but was rebuffed ! to these questions were obtained to-iby the coach, Croll. He went to day. together with additional facts|Lehigh, where he played foot ball. undoubtedly will prove en-|He entered the Army in the war and nine j was admitted to Pennsylvania after st of all, it ‘will be interesting |the war under the S. A. T. C. rule. now that beginning September o(!llc states that in a Pennsylvania @te present ar a rule was put into | State-Pennsylvania game he made a effect quiring entrance examina- | fumble. which caused the coaches All students who upon grad- ) to score him and the students to jeer. : from high school have not|He left Pennsylvania and was mnot ¢ quarter of graduat- | dropped. Last year he went to Yale ning at least thirtyjon a v at the behest of lw':; \:”s e & Wk remaining two days. . This stipulation was made | friend n e of the fact that with an en- i not enter Yale and made no attempt ool of Nin Lafayette 1§ becom.|to do so. e came to his home in| E. R. Yar- is to be e~nstrued | Easton and went to work. as direct action to keep deficient stu- i nell.,president of the American Horse dents out.. The collese nas no wui-iShoe Company, who had employed e Seholarships. Dr. McCracken, | Brunner's father, met the boy on the Shirs | ms overcrowded: | ideat a few loan scholar- | street and insisted that he go to e s A T id back —and | Lafayette and be educated. The fac- n ulty took up the case. The registrar sma mber of outright scholar-| 2“,','1"_!,,";“, O e retcn pndsibot Penneylvania " certifled Brunner fpssors and like. Entrance terms|Was cligible to re-enter Pennsyl S A e vania, Prof. March moved that he volve two comprehensive examina- cither mathematics and Eng- and ! be admitted to Lafayette, but he be ! barred from intercollegiate sports. 3 ns M<h for engineering courses |2 inte ematica gy Tts.|So the faculty voted to admit him athematics and language for arts | Jyer” these ~terms. Bunner thus - Monthly Tests for All. !spent 1920 at college and stood All students at Lafayette are sub-1high, missing but four classes all , monthly scholastic tests. No|year. This fall he continued with cxempt. Students carry on an|his class, his understanding being » from seventeen to nineteen that he would never be eligible for Failing in nine credit hours |sports. As a result of his first vear's month, he is debarred from |work the faculty, after a week’s con- rricular pursuits. This means | sideration, voted to place him on a @at failure in more than two studies parity with other students. His g@uts him off the glee club, the eleven | standing as a scholar is above re- & whatever he may be doing out-|proach. \2... the classroom as a representative t Lafayette. 1f a man is dropped m college at the end of freshman 1r he cannot re-enter without ex- ation. No one dropped from an- itution may enter Lafayette. licants were declined under this fall. Brennan Stands High. 4 Brennan—He played at Villanova and was on the Fordham S. A. T. C. eleven. In 1920, his freshman year at Lafayette. he passed math, physics, | French, Bible history and physical training. He was conditioned in En- glish and biology. This meant he as foot ball is concerned.|fajled six hours—not enough to keep monthly delinquent report|him out of college. In the winter tber 26, and the second No-|term Brennan's father became ill and i A coach may play a fail- he returned to his home in Stamford. fhe foot bail man for seven days|Here he played amateur basket bail. $hereafter in order that he may have | Returning this fall. he is taking soph- that time in which to make read-|omore subjects in everything save his two delinquent studies. Technically he rates as a freshman. His standing ‘ls excellent. nt. In brief. in the past five everything that could be done ievate the mechanical processes The & s=cholarship has been done. ‘Williams—He entered in the fall of foculty will not graduate 8 man who|1919. He prepped at Fordham prep Focs not have an average “C" grade.|and Hamilton Institute. He never Dean Heckel, Dr. March|was in any college but Lafayette. fich _men a 3 . Reeves place themselves on that if there are iDuring the fall of that year he suf- fered from a head injury received in aviation. The day before the Cornell game of that year he was in serious physical and mental condition. be informed if there are. left coll;!g» fo'l; treatment, and cer- | tificates from physicians who attended cts Regarding Players. lhim are in hand at Lafayette. He re- \s to definite charges made against|¢urned in 1920, and, as a result of the [.: 5o the 1921 Lafavette eleven, Lehigh game, was so badly injured in foii “::;:'k;’ and Dr. March give thel he head that Dr. Updegobe, the col owing, 18 - lege physician and a m; ighly re- {iElliott—He had thifteen and & P{ul!ig;'f,.d,'d ol TR o FI"',“":';"“;"U'H before entering Kis-|cal circles, certified that the student ourteen. d \ny men in Lafayette for the mere fairpose of playing foot ball, they do E as saying know it. and would greatly de- School. Lafayette requires | should be sent home on a leave of He took four units at Kiski, |absence for treatment. The faculty as admitted 1 oted that if Williams were in condi- ation. and won out with flying colors. | tion to return by February he would iicia — Entered from Manfield be readmitted to the college, but oth- Btate Normal. A diploma from this|erwise he must take entrance exam- ‘hool entitles a graduate to sopho- | inations. He applied for admission in rating, but he- entered as R’Sep(ember, and Prof. Tupper gave shman because of engineering. He |him the required examination in En- Bas put himself on oath that he never |glish and_Prof. Hall the math exam- yed professional base ball, and in- ination. He passed fine tests and was of John Farrell of the Tri-|admitted. ~Since then he has done League has brought forth no ! fairly well. to Lafayette on pro-| to refute the affidavit. He ! 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ASHINGTON p:‘\tmns of foot ball will have opportunities to see W several first-class elevens in action next fall without having to travel far...In addition to the attractions of high order that may be offered on local gridirons, there will be two games at Annapolis that should provide exceptional entertainment. Navy, already assured of a home engagement with Penn State under the two-year agreement that went into effect this season, has scheduled a contest with Georgia Tech, generally regarded as the best among the larger southern institutions. The Yellow Jackets will invade the Maryland capital October 21. The date granted Georgla Tech is Georgetown wili be suspended for a relatively the same as that occnlpled':"h' days because ‘of ‘the ‘Aliness ot e | John O'Reilly, physical director and by Princeton on Navy's schedule this o ch of these sports at the Hilltop. year. It now seems as if Navy has|Too strenuous effort during the foot about abandoned hope of meeting the | ball =~ campaign has resalted in Tigers in 1922. Princeton really does|('Reilly being stricken with nervous not believe it can give the Midship-{progtration, but according to attend- men an engagement next fall. The|ingiphysicians the attack is light and trip west for the return match withthe coach will be up and about within Chicago and the annual struggles | few days. - with Harvard and Yale give Haverhill vs. Philadelphia. Jerseymen all they care to handle. | The game with Penn State probably! HAVERHILL, Mass. December 2.— This year's undefeated St. James High will be held at Annapolis November 4.| The colleges now are considering that | School eleven left here today for Philadelphia, where it will meet the date and in all likelihood soon will | arrive at a decision. Fach of these | { & = Catholic High School foot ball team ingtonians to the Naval Academy as| gk 3 T he Princeton. battle this year, | Of that city tomorrow. The local 4 3 2 i | team has won all its seventeen grid- Then Farragut Field was jammed | [®3m | s + 5 i ontests this year, including one with a record throng. but eéffective | 10 CQRIERts (s year including one policing under the direction of the g, academy authorities prevented any | discomfort, despite overcrowding D!l the stands. | Loeal college elevens are losing little | time in procuring their coaches for | next year. Three already have an- nounced the retention of mentors. Georgetown again will get its foot | ball lessons from Albert Exendine, | who has been in charge at the Hilltop for a number of seasons, while Bill: Quigley will resume the reins at| George Washington and Teddy Hughes at Gallaudet. Catholic University has will ‘remain with the Brooklanders Maryland Coach Byrd may be as sisted by new line and backfleld in- structors. | Louis La Fountain of Ohio, depend- able end and back with the Gallaudet | eleven for three years, will captain the Kendall Green team next season.| He was unanimously elected to that position yesterday. In 1919 La Foun- | tain’s play at right end was of such| order that he was the selection of | many critics for a flank position with | the all-South Atlantic squad. Robert Kannapell of Kentucky was elected manager for next year. Gallaudet play awarded letters | were Capt. Connor, La Fauntain,| Baynes, Lahn, Langenberg, Seipp.| Netusil, Cherry, Falk, Lucado, Marty | and Randall. “Lindholm was given a secondary insignia. | Among the first of the strictly local matches of the college basket ball season will be that between Catholic University and Gallaudet, to be played at Brookland two weeks from tomor- row. The Kendall Greeners also have | scheduled a return engagement for | March 1. Both squads, well filled with veteran material, have started prac- tice. Basket ball and track activities at 20 for I5¢ W. AND J. AND CALIFORNIA " MAY PLAY AT PASADENA P all mber 2. telegraphed thl | ? the Tournament of Roses | Association. | MARYLAND SCHEDULED BYN. C. STATE ELEVEN RALEIGH, N. C., December 2.—Uni- | versity of Maryland, for a game in Ral- ! eigh Thanksgiving day. is on the sched- |ule of the North Carolina State foot- { ball team for next season, as announced | here. The list is complete except for a hitch over the annual game with North Caro- lina University, waich has been played {as a feature of fair week here t | third Thursday in October. North Car- | olina, however, is insisting that the con- test be staged on Chapel Hill next fall, and there is a possibility that the old rivals may not meet in 1922, as Octo- is the only date vacant on the schedule. he Engineers' games are with South Atlantic teams, cxcept that with Georgia Tech, and five of the ten co | tests are with Virginia elevens. | schedule : September 30, Randolph- | ber 7, Washington and Lei iton, Va.; 14, Roanoke; 19 {lina_University (pending | Military Institute, probab | mond, Va.; November 4, D: The 25 s | (Phanksgiving Maryland. has \\npeJ out day) price distinction in cigarettes BEECH NUT CIGARETTES You canit help but like them! 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