Word: langer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crisis came to a head at the beginning of the Elk basketball season, when Yale insisted that it would let Langer ruled ineligible by the NCAA because of his participation in last summer's unsanctioned Maccabiah games-play for the Blue varsity. The NCAA took no overt action after Langer's participation in contests with both Fordham and Connecticut, but after he played in an Ivy game, the ECAC issued its ultimatum at its meeting Wednesday in New York...
...ECAC. which must enforce all NCAA edicts among its members, chastised Yale for using Jack Langer, whom the NCAA had declared ineligible, in a varsity basketball match with Brown. Wednesday night. It further ordered Yale to "cease and desist in such use of an ineligible player," under pain of possible further punishment, which could include suspension from both the ECAC and NCAA, forfeiture of all contests in which Langer has participated and exclusion from any NCAA or ECAC tournaments for which Yale might be eligible...
...Langer expressed interest in playing for the American basketball team, received Yale's permission, and performed despite NCAA warnings that the move would cost him his collegiate eligibility. That briefly is the history of the crisis...
...Langer is not really necessary to the success of Yale's squad this season, and it is unlikely that the Bulldogs will be invited to a post-season tournament. So Yale would lose little by dropping...
...appears to be a much improved player this year. As the backup center behind John Whiston. Langer scored 18 points in a 93-63 loss to Fordham. "He was our only decent ball player that night." said Michael Goodman of the Yale Daily News...