The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-20
lTHER JOKER
IN THOSE RULES
Isago May Lose Star Athletes
Thru the Conference
Legislation.

IT'D the final vote on the latest conference
I'll suggestions practically. determined. foot
managers in the various big nine colleges
5aelnn1ng to, find out how many of the blows
LANDED and where. Altho ut the last
ing of the committee it voted that
Auie limiting the. years of competition to
should not act retroactively, the managers
low learning that this backdown may not
the fourth year men for next year. One
very important rule overlooked when
shI was made against the suggestions that
tudents. TO be eligible for football 'conpeti-
must not only be up i'll their studies. hut
nave satisfied the faculty on all entrance
Fements. :. ....... ...,... 1
is this latter part of the rule that .threa tens
ay havoc with the chances of several of the
ng schools Several OF the truly great stars
lie west have never removed their entrance
ttfons, and perhaps cannot before the foot
season opens next fall. Captain Eckersall
-1e Chicago team is the first great athlete
the new rule threatens to disbar.
Eckersall Deficient.
Rersau entered the University of Chicago
EAhalf dozen deficiencies. He has removed
tfew of these entrance conditions. and
she rules Of the university require that
conditions must be removed before the
q the sophomore year, this rule is seldom
3D. As a matter of fact, there are as
seiftFance conditions remover Ill Tue Selllol
81 IN any other.
H32but the spring and summer quarters
If him, Eckersall finds himself confronted
Afe necessity of working off a lot of en-
#conditions. Eckersall had never as yet
the thought of graduating to bother his
8,uch, He had figured hardest to pass in
Eldies that he might play football. He
anaged to do this. but has failed to keep
l4ong enough at any other time to do much
!sehall and track athletics.
only hope he has of being able to lend
aaroons next fall is to attend the summer
err.
Parry Caught.
Parry, captain of the track team, is an
maroon athlete caught by the Joker in
Jules, it is, said. and he too will have
le "squaring' himself. At least three other
nent maroon football candidates are also
{ and may be unable to get in shape to
. The requirement for entrance is fifteen
at the University of Chicago. while stu
are, admitted -cenditionally If they have
VI This means that the freshmen who en-
list fall with heavy entrance conditions
So have not been working them off this
sill be practically out of the running for
3 year. Dir. Raycroft has not made a
discrimination of the situation at Chicago.
emitted today that there was a chance
Sc rule would eliminate at least six of
IS very best football players.
Ter application of this rule is worrying
aletic managers. Under the new rules
&c special students be eligible for COM
lat all? The new rules require that all
se conditions must be cleared up while,
latter of fact. the ,special' students are
who could not remove such conditions.
Ttll c. N1eigs. the big guard al the Uni
y8of Chicago, is an example of the special
1t who will be lost to football If the new
Is made to apply to all students, as II
seem the committee intended. Aeigs
d the university two years ago to DC
I work in the languages. He has giver
his time TO this work, and. while doing
work here, he has neglected all the other
that are required of the regulars.