The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-01
Big Nine Meet Today and
May Lift College Ath-
letic Lid.
WANT MORE FOOTBALL
It Is Proposed to Lengthen the Sea-
son and Permit Seven Foot
ball Games.

Professors Of the big nine" univer-
stiles will assemble at the Annex to-
day to make an attempt to straighten
out the snares and tangles in the
middle west athletic situation wrought
by reforms of the winter purity"
conferences. This is TO be the third
purity" conference.
Many of the reforms laid down by
the professors a year ago are slated
for repeal, and changes to the old
order Of affairs may be made in as
sensational a manner as the radical re-
forms Were laid down in the historic
conferences last winter. Football
seems assured Of a new birth Of life
and the majority of the repeats will
be for the purpose of nourishing the
sport.
The lid generally viii be lifted. 1t is
believed by a majority Of the profess
sors that most of the evils of the
western athletic world have been
stamped out. The reforms, it is de-
clared, have fulfilled their purposes
and now to uplift the status as well
as the standard Of the western ath-
letics the more radical of the reforms
must be repealed.
AiterHtkOnS suggested.
"A consensus Of opinion taken from
interviews with the representatives of
the conference colleges who arrived
yesterday, indicates that strong efforts
viii be made to substitute the follow
ing for the old
A uniformity in the time of starting
football practice.
Freshmen to be allowed to play in
tercoHegiate games.
The retroactive features of the three
years eligibility rule to be eliminated.
Summer baseball to be permitted or
intercollegiate baseball prohibited
Attemps also. Will be made to bring
about renewal of the training table
and training quarters. This, however,
is not expected to be considered SER
iously. as the majority of the profess
sors present for the conference ex-
pressed opinions yesterday that the
antitraining table rule had proved
a big success and in all probability
would be retained another season.
What Chicago Wants Done.
Chicago, the leader in the reform
movement last winter again is in the
van of the move to change some OF
/ the existing reforms Director Stagg
i yesterday explained what Chicago 5
! position was IN the matter of reforms
At a recent meeting Of the athletic
/ board it was decided TO make a stand
| for the following reforms:
a lengthening Of the season to
seven games.
The abolition of the retroactive fea-
lures of the three year rule
The permission of a few freshmen
i intercollegiate games
Indiana, through its representative
| DR.. Z. c. Weatherly. will urge a ser
ious consideration of the summer base
ball problem, in addition TO a sever
game schedule and the other sugges-
tions presented by Chicago
Speaking of the baseball situation
! Or. Weatherly said THE time ha,
come when We must solve the sum
mer baseball problem. We must
either make some radical changes OF
we must prohibit the game entirely
Personally, l believe college baseball
sooner or later Will be abolished. 1t /.
too difficult to live up to the profes
sional rule.
Baseball is a professional game
and a great many of our college meI
are professionals If the rule on pro
fessionansm We're regarded seriously
l cannot say now what Indiana vii
recommend. except that it will advis
a consideration of the situation. W
cannot so on longer as we have done.
Fight for Summer Baseball.
Illinois and Michigan are expecte,
to make a fight for summer baseball
and it is believed Iowa and Minnesot,
viii take a stand for the same pro
posal. Chicago viii fight the NOV
with the probable aid of Northwestern
Wisconsin and Purdue
Wisconsin will stick to the reform
Of the winter conferences and probab
! ~ will not vote for an extension Q
the playing season to seven games
DR.. c. p. Hutchins, the Badger repre-
sentative. was noncommittal abou
, Wisconsin's position bur intimate
J his university would stand pat" O
the work of the winter conference.
The abolition OF the retroactive fea
lures Of the three year rule he de
clared was just