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Show HUN PUNISH I NINE ATHLETES 1 Took Part in Semi pro Game Against Notre Dame Men, Is Charge I'RHANA. 111., Jan 2s. Mno star alhb tes at the University of Illinois were declared ineligible for further athletic competition Friday because they played In a semlprofcsslonal football foot-ball game after the close of the Wcsc-ern Wcsc-ern conference season. l b' nine men are Larry WaTqnlSt, Jm k Crangle, Joe Slernaman. "Dutch" Kaiser, V. T. Green, "Dope" Simpson, John Teuseher. D. A. Mllligan and F. J. Gammage. POOTRAIiL STARS INVOLVED Crangle, Walqulfit and Slernaman were stars on the football team and nil tnree were selected by some writers for the mythical All-Western conference confer-ence team. Walqulst also was looked 1 at the bcrt basketball player in Ho- university and his loss has ma- I terially lessened tho mini's chances fir the championship this year. Crangle, Cran-gle, besides playing fullback for four years, was among the leading base- I ball players cf the middle west Green also was a regular on the football eleven, while the rest were substi- I 1 Mtes The game which has resulted In disqualification of the men was plaj ed ut Taylorvllle III.. November 2" L9ll. The opposing team Included several Notre Dame players. Tiie team on which the Illinois play, n performed won by a score of 9 to ft. The fact that a number of colleg-j players took part in the contest soon became rather generally known and ' Suited In reports that Illinois had 1 defeated Notre Dane In a postseason game. INVESTIGATION CONDU TED When the matter tame to tho at- tontlon of George A. Huff, director of athletics at the university, an In : mediate Investigation was start- d I Whether the men received any money 1 for playing has not boon made known, he disqualification being ordered under un-der a Western conference rule which Jays that no college player may take part in any outside athletic contest j while competing on his college team. Kaiser was ono of Illinois' be I trackmen. , Bternaman is the -iuarterltaf k whe ran through th Ohio State, team last fall for a touchdown that was declared I illegal because of holding. I "It Is a go.d thing," paid Boo j Zuppke. football each, "and I hope it will start a cleanup in the confer- j 1 enc tlinf will l. . v. i- 1 - - "V 111 nil. 'Walqulst was a hero in the Ohio Stat,, game vvhi. h Illinois won 7 tu 0. thus preventing the Buckeyes from u tic wiUi ohm ior the Big Ten championship. cham-pionship. St, rim man was expected to prove the nucleus around which t'oacn Cuppko planned to build the 1022 lootball team. VOIRE DAME loi IRY. SOUTH BEND, 1ml.. J.,,, "7 Coach Rockne of Notre I ame, when informed that Notre Dame football players were Implicated in the game at Taylorvllle. Ills.. November 27 for participation In wl,hh nine Illinois players were suspended, gave out the following statement: "Tho report Is news to me. The three Notre Dame men. Hartlev Anderson, An-derson, "red Larson and Arthur Gar-vey, Gar-vey, who were suspended In December, Decem-ber, had piav.-d at Milwaukee with the Green Bay Packer I km.vv nothing of tho game at Tayfbrvllle but will begin be-gin an investigation Immediately." 00 |