Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-01-10 | Page 2 | Syracuse Men Are Ineligible

SYRAlSEIN AREINELIGIBLE Syracuse, N. Y. Jan 0. Eight members mem-bers of the Syracuse university football foot-ball squad, including Joseph Du Moe, captain-elect, were declared ineligible to represent the university In any athletic ath-letic competition by the athletic governing gov-erning board toniqht. The board also ordered the election of a new cap tain. The men. besides Du Moe. are Matt : Brown, halfback Austin S. Boutin, center; Roderick Dunn, halfback, rhrlstopher Schlachter. all-American guard; Ra Witter, end; Captain Har- ry Robertson, center of the fresh-: fresh-: man eleven, and R V. Finsterwald, freshman haltback. Robertson and Finsterwald were regarded as the , most promising candidates for next ' year. The action of the board followed i in vest i pa t ion of a report that the eight men played in a fottball game at ; Providi-nce. R I., December 9, in violation vio-lation f the eligibility rules of the university. By its action the board sweeps aside tho nucleus for the 1917 j team.