Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-24
Claims that University Football
Team Was Shown Proper
Attention.
HE BLAMES COACH HOLMES.
And Says That Logan Players We're
I aunted Publicly with lneficiency
- Feeling Was Not Bitter.

The following communication has
received by the News" from George
Il, Campbell, director of athletics of the
Agricultural College at Logan
In view of all the information which
has been furnished the readers of the
Salt Lake papers since the football con-
test last Saturday, It seems high time
for the Agricultural college to give an
official account of her conduct OH that
occasion. on one point at least there
Is no contention. The game was won
fairly and decisively, by as wholesome
an exhibition of clean, consistent foot
bah as Utah has ever witnessed, Even
the objections to the playing Of Capt.
Jardine have been silenced, since
substitute replaced him after the first
touchdown and the score continued TO
grow. The mass of adverse criticism
which has accumulated since the game
seems to center around two points.
First, that the management of the
Agricultural College team failed to
show the visitors proper attention and
courtesies second, that the a. Y, stu
dents, in the Joy of victory, carried
their jolliflcation beyond the bounds of
proprlety. Various reports and inter-
views have taken especial delight IN APP
plying the word "unsportsmanlike" to
the representatives of the Logan lnst-
tuition, and leaving the public to read
into IL as exaggerated meaning as
they will, 1t is the intention of this
article to give an accurate account Of
all the proceedings, from the prelimi-
nary arrangements to the conclusion OF
sla
have a bearing on the case.
For a number Of years the University
| of Utah and the Agricultural College
| have been recognized rivals In the game
| of football, and the annual contest be-
| tween these two teams has been the
| leading event In the amateur athletics
| of the state. II Is true that for several
| years the university has succeeded in
| winning these contests, though never
| BY such a score as TO remove the ele-
| inert of uncertainty from the season
| following. After each OF these VIC
| tories the University gave full vent to
| its enthusiasm and took no pains to
| protect the tender sensbilties OF its
! defeated opponents while the Agricul-
| tural College bore It's disapDointment
| stoically. and quietly went bock to pre-
| mare for another conflict. Early last
| June. Manager Swendsen of the a. G.
| r. team wrote to Mr. Riser OF the
| University. attempting 20 arrange the
| game for this fell He received no re-
| MY TO this letter. and did not learn un i
| III Santemher that the management or
| the University team he'd been vested In
the director of athletics, Mr.. Holmes.
| Mr.. Swerdsen then called unon Mr..
, Holmes and was informed that the only
| date not vet arranged for bv the Uni
| .,.,.l,., ,,sn, DOT Manufacturing doW
| for which we had particularly asked,
WAS said 10 he PLEDGED 10 LELAND stan
| ford. In this connection II is well to
| quote from n letter received here from
| the Agricultural College OF Colorado.
the date OF the letter being Oct. l5
.The University of Utah writes me
| offering $500 for game OF ball in Salt
Lake on Thanksgiving"
The Agricultural College manage
ment, though they recognized the ab-
surdity Of playing an important con-
test 80 early in the season, were forced
| 10 accept the date rather than lose the
! opportunlty of meeting their rivals.
Then arose the controversy over Capt.
| .Tardine. who Is n bona tlde student OF
| The Agricultural College, regular sem
| ior carving 10 hours week OF college
| work. In addition to his studies, MI.
Jerdine performs the duties Of student
assistant In agronomy, his compensa-
tIon arising largely from work done
during the summer In connection win
the experiment station.
In Insisting on playing Captain jar
| dine. the Agricultural college ATTEMPTED
no concealment or evasion, claihline
only the right of playing student III
good standing who Is doing students
quota of work There was no proies'
sIonalism back of the claim and No
| oxeuse for the lnsinuations contained II
the Rrst contract, which Mr.. Holmes
sent to Logan, but which was never
signed there, go, =.
compete.
~ No assistant or employe OF either
school receiving above 25 cents an houl
or more than $3.50 year shall play
a. IL evidence can be produced
proving a person professional TINS
person shan not play
a. All PLAYERS In contests must Do
doing work amounting TO 10 hours
credit per week. am
III evidence can be produced sure
~ A would indicate a very low stand
ard OF collegiate sport for one rival tt
be compelled to clean IN another
character before meeting him In
friendly contest. The contract as for
/ INFLATED by the n, =. Mhlldb'lh'ht' e'i'
finally signed by both parties, reads
thus.
II. only students who are under
graduates and who are regularly regis
tered and carrying at least 10 hours
week recitation work shall be permit
ted 20 participate In either contest,
~ ANY person who has received oi
ia receiving compensation for work II
athletics, OF for rendering persona
services of any kind to any athletic
organization, shall not be eligible t'
membership on either team"
This Jardne controversy soon founc
It's way into the newspapers, and I
| week before the game Mr. Holmes fel
called upon to publish signed state
ment. In this he refers to the 'firs