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Show BASKETBALL AND . HOCKEY AT YALE No.wf "Haven, Conn., Maich .10. Eiapktt)all and hockey are on proba-loi. proba-loi. at Vale and both sports may be abolished unless some way is found of curbing the tendency to rough tactics tac-tics which they have developed In the Ihst two or three seasons Dr. Wm. G. Anderson, head of thji Yalo gymnasium, and one of tbVtbrqc lbambors of tho minor sports committee commit-tee which has supervision of'hoth basketball bas-ketball and 'hockey, says in a statement state-ment given to the Alumni Weekly "The rough tactics of the basketball basket-ball "team this winter havo been in- vcstigaterl by two committcos. The r captain, manager, coach and the alleged alleg-ed 'guilty parlies' all have had an opportunity op-portunity to clear the atmosphere In addition to this, the writer has personally per-sonally sent to Columbia for their version. Tho chief offender was penalized pen-alized by not being permitted to play in the last two games. "The authorities at Yale have not tho slightest intention of passively accepting ac-cepting tho situation. The team will not remain in existence after 1912 if there is a repetition of this year's troubles. "In justice, however, I want .to say with emphasis that during the twenty years I have been associated with Yale athletes, I have become impressed im-pressed with their 'fair play' attitude, their manly vay of taking both victory vic-tory and defeat and an 'impelling desire de-sire to play the game honestly. Tho mass of students at Yale stand for clean sport and even if the authorities authori-ties overlooked such breaches the stilt dent body would quickly settle the matter." v |