Bauer Prevented From Playing In Old Timer Game

The Harvard Athletic Association ruled last week that Bobby Bauer '69 could not play in last night's Boston Bruins-Montreal Canadiens Old Timers Hockey Game.

Bauer had received an invitation to play from Milt Schmidt and Woody Dumart, two Bruin old timers who were linemates of Bauer's late father.

The HAA compelled Bauer to decline the invitation on the grounds that it might affect his eligibility for Harvard hockey.

Adolph W. Samborski '26, Director of Athletics, said that the HAA had discussed the question with officials of the Eastern College Athletic Conference and the Ivy League who "felt it would be unwise." Ivy League and ECAC rules prohibit undergraduates from playing on teams with professionals.

Bauer, a forward on the Harvard hockey team, approved of the decision. "I'd rather play two more years than play tonight," he said yesterday. "If there's any doubt at all then I don't think we should risk the chance."

In the old timers game, all proceeds of which will go to the Jimmy Fund, the Boston Bruins old timers defeated the Montreal Canadiens old timers by a score of 6-2.