Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-10 | Page 4 | Eli Grid Coach Blames 'Frats' for 1928 'Flop'

iii Eli Grid Coach Blames Frats TI ri For 1928 iO Flop MONTCLAIR N. N J. J Dec 10 AP Mat Mai Stevens Yale's football coach thinks that the Increase in fraternity activities was vas was one Important Import Import- ant factor in the Ells Ells' unsuccessful gridiron season Speaking at the tho annual Yale rally i in Nick Roberts Robert's barn at Montclair 1 Stevens said he wanted to offer no alibis but he did feel that the fraternity fraternity fraternity fra fra- question was one of the most serious handicaps to the football football football foot foot- ball squad MUST BE CURTAILED Fraternity activities cut heavily into our work worl during three weeks of ot the season which were devoted to frat rushing ho said fald For ForI years members of oC the faculty have been complaining of ot the encroachments encroachments encroachments encroach encroach- I ments of ot fraternity activities on collego collego collego col- col lego work but it seems to have taken a demonstration of ot their harmful effects on football to arouse Yale to a realization that they must bo be curtailed Next season season sea sea- son I am assured they wilt will be so that is one less worry on our oui our ders STEVENS STAYS HOME Stevens remarked that he ho had in intended intended intended in- in tended to go to the Georgia Georgia-Georgia T Tech ch game at Atlanta but that he did not want any anybody ody to get the idea that that-he has been dodging any of oC m my critics So he added Ducky Pond is in Georgia to see what hat should be seen in preparation for our Georgia game next season and I am nm here bere with my chin up and anda a chip on my shoulder