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Fourthly, an allegation that the officers of the Princeton Association have in their possession "evidence that a number of the Harvard Eleven were offered pecuniary inducements to enter College to play football, and are at present beneficiaries of the college funds." A "portion" of this evidence was enclose to us, but was not published by the officers of the Princeton Association with the statement...
...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...
...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...
...Inducements of the character mentioned, a scholarship and pecuniary compensation, a ticket to Boston, etc., were extended to me by a Harvard man early in November to enter the Law School at Harvard and become a member of the Harvard Nine and Football Eleven...
...Ames at Princeton. The only part of this letter-which is printed in full herewith-which can possibly be adduced as evidence in support of the charge against the officers of the Harvard Association, is the following extract: "I am tutoring now at Cambridge with the idea of entering Harvard, and Cumnock thinks I am going to enter sure next year, but they don't seem to want to do much...