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Yale's protest against Evins on the grounds of professionalism is practically nullified. Before the track athletic games last Friday, Mr. Wade of the Yale A. A. protested Evins for professionalism. After the games, Mr. Wade asked Captain Cook to sign an affidavit stating that Evins is a bona fide amateur and that he has the regular number of hours in the Law School. Captain Cook said he would do this as soon as he arrived in Cambridge, but, pending the receipt of such an affidavit the two medals which Evins had won in the shot-putting and hammer-throwing...
Yesterday afternoon, Professor Ames was making out an affidavit attesting Evin's regularity of attendance at the Law School. Captain Cook and J. H. Hunt also made ont an affidavit stating that to the best of their knowledge Evins was an amateur, and Evins himself has drawn up a statement that he is an amateur. These several affidavits will be forwarded to Yale today...
Harvard's evidence is a dispatch from Ames to H. F. Billings, jr., manager of the Virginia Brights nine of Chicago, and an affidavit of a certain Paul Buckley, in which he swears to Ames being a professional ball player. The dispatch and the affidavit are overbatim as follows...
...Hotel, New York, Mr. Richards of Yale in the chair. The meeting was called by Harvard for an oral examination of Ames, Princeton's full-back, and Mr. Leeds, Harvard's delegate, proceeded at once to read evidence against Ames. Princeton objected on a point of order as the affidavit had been questioned before it had been received. The chair sustained Mr. Leeds, but was overruled by Princeton, University of Pennsylvania and Wesleyan, the delegate from the latter college taking two hours to cast the deciding vote. Harvard offered to waive all technicalities and to produce for oral examination...
...Athletic committee, or faculty of such college or university, or any individual whatsoever. And any player who is specially challenged under this section by any member of the association in writing, shall, within five days after the filing of such challenge, file with the secretary of the association, an affidavit, duly verified under oath, showing that he is in no way violating the provisions of this section, and upon his failure to make and file such affidavit he shall be barred from participating in any contest of this association. And in case the sufficiency of such affidavit be questioned...