In this case again, no one questions the certificate of Professor Sloane; and no one could have doubted that, had such aid been given, it would have been deserved, since conferred by the authorities of Princeton College. But the question of beneficiary aid-which, it should be noted was first raised by the officers of the Princeton Association-is irrelevant. We are not aware that the receipt of beneficiary aid, earned by good scholarship and good conduct, has anywhere been held to render the recipient ineligible for membership of a crew, a nine, or an eleven. It would have been much more to the point to have presented evidence in the "official statement" in refutation of the wide-spread opinion that three of the players put on the field by Princeton at the beginning of the year, two of whom played against Yale and Harvard, are professionals, and ineligible, for any college team. One of these gentlemen, Mr. Ames, is currently reported to have received specific sums of money for his services on base-ball teams at different times last summer in Chicago. At a meeting of the Advisory Committee held in New York, on Nov. 14, 1889, the Harvard delegate endeavored to have the true facts made known The Princeton delegate objected on a point of order, and all investigation was stopped. We have been shown a letter from a professor in Princeton College in which he says: "Although we deplore Ames' receipt of money on this occasion, this fact does not constitute professionalism, which is a habit." A second member of the team, Mr. George, had been since the beginning of the present college year, and is now a salaried teacher of field sports and other subjects in a preparatory school. A third member, Mr. Wagenhurst, who played in the games in the earlier part of the season, including a championship game, had been a member of a professional baseball team. At a meeting of the Graduate Advisory Committee of the American Intercollegiate Football Association, held in New York, on Nov. 4, 1889, a rule was passed that no professional athlete should take part in any contest of the Association. This rule barred the member of the Princeton team referred to. The Princeton delegate alone voted against the passage of the rule. Most unfortunately for the best interests of college sports the statement sent us contains no reference to these three questionable cases.

In none of these cases do we consider the acceptance of money a reflection upon the character of these gentlemen; but we believe it a very serious detriment to amateur and to college sports that men who have voluntarily assumed the status of professionals should be received upon college teams. Since no protest against the reception of these men from within their own college has been made public, we feel that a different opinion prevails at Princeton.

3. The Question of Other Pecuniary Benefit to Princeton Players.

The statement sent us by the officials of the Princeton Association further says: "No member of the eleven has received either from us or from outside parties, to our knowledge directly or indirectly any pecuniary compensation, either as an inducement to enter Princeton or as assistance while here. Neither have we entered into any form of promise or engagement to pay present or past expenses or to make future compensation in any way. Neither has any member of the team benefited by any business arrangement while here." This, however, can hardly represent the invariable attitude of the Princeton Football Association. We have been shown a letter addressed to a member of the present Harvard team by a prominent member of the Princeton team, who was formerly its captain. From this letter we take the following extracts:-

"I told you when there that I thought we could get you a scholarship. I have since found out that we can get one for you and also for any particular friend that you may have. I can also get a club for you and a friend. In fact we can give you all that could be desired, I think."

And in another letter of Mr. Knowlton L. Ames, to Mr. Stickney, published at the end of section 4 of this letter, he says:

"I will tell you plainly, I will do all I can for you in every way. I can get your board, tuition, ete., free. The athletic men at Princeton get by all odds the best treatment in any of the colleges."

4. The Charges Against the Harvard Team.

The charges against the members of the Harvard team in the Princeton statement appear to be reducible to the following:

It is intimated that scholarships have been conferred by the Harvard Faculty in order to attract athletic men. In answer to this charge it is only necessary to state, if indeed any statement is necessary, that all scholarships in Harvard University are conferred by special votes of a Faculty or of the Academic Council, and confirmed by the Corporation; and that in both bodies the only grounds of bestowal are good scholarship and need. It should perhaps be added, in specific answer to the allegation that "a number of the Harvard Eleven are at present beneficiaries of the college funds," that only one member of the Harvard team is the recipient of beneficiary aid from the college. He holds one of the eighty-nine grants of the "Price Greenleaf Aid" for the current year, the only form of undergraduate scholarship which is granted in advance. The assignment was made by the President and Dean of the College upon the written recommendation of the teachers under whom the applicant was then studying in one of the largest New England academies, and was made on precisely the same basis as all other assignments to boys in the same and other schools, namely, indigence and good promise."

It is further asserted that a number of the Harvard Eleven were offered pecuniary inducements to enter college to play football. "Evidence" is presented in support of this assertion. This "evidence" consists of two letters, two extracts from letters, one of which was not addressed to the officers of the Princeton Association but appeared in the public press, a reference to a fifth letter which is not produced, and finally reference to the trip to England made last summer by a baseball team consisting of seven collegians under the charge of J. W. Spalding of New York.

It may here be said that the Secretary of this Committee wrote to the President of the Princeton Football Association on December 3, requesting that all the evidence in his possession be sent to us. Particular request was made that a copy of Mr. Upton's letter referred to in the "evidence," should be sent. Mr. Miller wrote on December 13, that the person holding this letter refused to surrender it on account of its private character. This gentleman was then authorized by Mr. Upton by telegraph to make its contents known. We have not received it. We send you a copy of all the evidence submitted to us.

It is specially charged in the "evidence" that officers of the Harvard Football Association made offers of money to members of last year's Andover team. The only support to this assertion is found in the following, which we repeat here verbatim:-

"ENGLEWOOD, N. J., NOV, 25, 1889. TO PRES. P. U. F. B. A.,"

"DEAR SIR: Messrs Sears and Cumnock speaking to the Andover Team last fall effered any man who would come to Harvard and get on their team their expenses paid through College. I myself was absent but was told by members of our Team, one of whom is now playing on Harvard's Team. SMITH MOWRY."