9. Letter of Mr. Linn.

CAMBRIDGE, NOV. 17, 1889.

MR. WILLIAM HOOPER:

DEAR SIR.- In the New York Herald of the date of November the 15th there was a despatch from Philadelphia to the effect that Mr. Ammerman, a student at the University of Pennsylvania, had been approached by a prominent member of the Harvard nine and had been offered inducements to come to Harvard. In reply to your question concerning the article I wish to say that I have not made and no one has been authorized by me to make any offer whatsoever to Mr. Ammerman or to anybody else, Yours very truly, PHILIP B, LINN, Capt. H. U. B. B. C.

10. Letter of Mr. Dean.

CAMBRIDGE, Dec. 10, 1889.

PROFESSOR JOHN W. WHITE:

DEAR SIR.- Last summer I went with a nine to England. There were two other Harvard men, three Yale men and one Princeton man. Our expenses were paid, including an allowance for incidentals. With this exception I have never received money or other emolument for engaging in athletics. Yours, etc., D. S. DEAN.

11. Letter of Mr. J. W. Spalding.

NEW YORK, NOV. 13, 1889.

MR. DUDLEY S. DEANE,

Harvard College, Cambridge Mass.

MY DEAR FRIEND DEANE:- I am in receipt of your letter of the 12. I shall be only too happy to make a statement in regard to the conditins under which you and the rest of the College boys went to England. I had an interview with Mr. A. G. Hodges last evening and gave him a letter to the effect that you went purely for pleasure, and that no money except for your absolute expenses, was allowed. I can go still further and say that no money was paid to any of the gentlemen except upon their presentation of vouchers covering the amount of the preceeding week's expenses, all of which vouchers I have in my desk and can produce if necessary. The amount we limited you to per week for board and lodging cannot in any way be regarded as payment for your services, as in limiting you to a certain amount it was not intended that it should be looked upon as an allowance for your services, but we merely wanted to have a limit on the amount of the expenses of the players so that they would not lead us into extravagant expenses. For them to consider that you and your friends who went to England at the expense of our firm are Professionals, is just about the same as to consider that every College Club player who travels at the expense of his club is a Professional, and that every rowing man whose expenses for training are paid by his college is a Professional also.

I shall certainly regret if this trip causes you and your friends any trouble, but you can rest assured that I shall put myself to any amount of trouble, and go before any Examining Board that requests it, and testify to the facts in the matter. I shall be very glad to see you if you come to New York.

With kind regards, I remain, Yours very truly, J. W. SPALDING.