Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-11
ATHLETIC MIX.UP.
Western Colleges aud Clubs and Make
Charges Against Opponents.

dispatch from Chicago says Not IN
many years has there been am athletic
upheayal Of the magnitude ttat at pres
ent exists In the college and athletic
club circles OF the middle west Charges
and counter charges Of professional
ism, bribery and similar acts are rife
both I'm the universities and leadlng anna
teur athletic circles The collegiate foot
bah season and the rivalry developed IN
the struggle for Olympic hon0rs seems
responsible FOR the alleged breaches of
amateur status Following closely after
the olympic championship meet at the
worlds fair stadium In 81. Louis come
reports that the standug Of the Milwau-
kee A. G particularly the tug-of-
war C0mblnutlon-was under suspicion.
An Investigation led to the statement BY
prominent athletic authorities that the
Milwaukee a. e. tug.of-war team was
lifted bodily from the Chicago Columbian
Knights a. A. and that the team had no
connection with the Milwaukee A. &. I'M
III a few days before the olympic meet
~. r, Baker trainer Of the Milwaukee
a. c., Is quoted as saying that the tug
Of.war team was from the Columbian
Knights a. A, and that the facts were
known TO the officers OF the club, which
includes the president " the A. A. l..
Others charges Of favoritism were also
made and the Milwaukee A, G. the Chi
cago A. O., aud several eastern clubs
are all charged with wire pulling IN AN
attempt 10 secure special favors and
places In the competition a full inves-
tlgauon Of the charges are 10 be made
and should It develop that the same are
correct there will be q shift In the order
OF the standing Of the athletic club teams
o. they finished az 81 Louis
The situation among the colleges Is not
much better Yelled charges against the
University OF Michigan are made by Chit
cago university graduates and one mem
Der OF the Maroon track team openly
charges that inducements were made to
him To leave Chicago for Michigan. The
status OF Ralph Rose Is also the sub
ject OF controversy and II Is said that
he is authority for the statement that
he receives free board and tuition In adj
ditlon % an allowance Of s. per week as
spending money, The charges are denied
al Ann Arbor, but bad feeling has been
engendeTed during the summer by the
efforts Of the alumni Of the two big uni
versitles TO secure prominent scholastic
athletic stars for their respective coli
leges ana a break Is predicted In some
quarters between the two colleges. The
section is also up In arms over what ~
termed the eastern Invasion Several
colleges IN the east have had graduates
here during the past summer and their
efforts have been rewarded by a number
OF prominent schoolboy athletes deciding
at the last minute to take up their coli
legiate courses IN the east Princeton has
been particularly fortunate In this rQ-
spect, and at least Ave athletes Of cali
Der will wear the orange and Black
next spring in track meets But the
scholastic stars are not the only ones
sought One Of the latest defections is
that Of Robert Maxwell. the University
OF Chicago football player and shot put
ter. He announced yesterday that he
would leave Tor an eastern college In
few DAYS and finish his course there
Maxwell has been dissatisfied FOR some
time with certain conditions existing AZ
Chicago, and the present move has long
been under consideration Friday he had
"a long conference with the representa-
tive of an eastern college and yesterday
morning he made the decision which Will
probably take him from the western grid
iron Which college he will enter he re-
fused to say but Il is thought from the
recent exodus OF western athletes that
he will be numbered among the student
body OF Princeton or Yale. Though he
will be barred from competing this sea-
son owing 10 the eligibility rules, he stu
has two years Of football and track
work ahead Of him.