The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-28
COLLEGE ATHLETES
MAKE NEW RULES
utah intercollegiate Athletic
Conference" Is New Or
ganizatiOn.

College athletics in this State were put on
hrmcr and more permanent foundation yes-
terday. For five hours tho representatives OF
tho fvc big schools struggled with perpiexing
questions before completing their task The
very FIRST thing they did was to bring all
branches of college athletics under one uni
form system of rules. The organization
Ia to be known as The Utah intercollegiate
Athletic Conference"
Those present at the meeting, which
held in the parlors OF the Kenyon hotel. were
Coach Hyrum Schneider and Manager j. Fl.
Kemp OF the Brigham Young college; Couch
Maddox and Manager John Jensen OF the
University OF Utah; Coach Campbell md Prof.
Joseph Jensen OF tho Agricultural college OF
university. and Coach e. T. Teetzel OF the
Brigham Young university Prof. Joseph JcD-
son Of the Agricultural college was elected
chairman OF the meeting. and John Jensen,
secretary. At the outset II agreed TINT
the rules agreed be only preliminary and
that another meeting be held next September
when they Will be finally passed upon This
Will Glvo opportunity for the athletic boards
OF the various schools To consider tho more
important md disputed regulations before
nnally binding themselves TO any facd agree
ment. The officers of tho Organization
VIII include president, seeretary and gov
erning board. composed OF two representatives
from each of tho nvc schools. 1t was also
ogreod that all questions OF dispute under
these rules that fail of decision between the
arbitrator. Tho expense of the investigation
shall oe paid by the losing party.
Hitch on El1gl blllty.
Many OF the regulations Of the new const-
Ing the a. a. U, and the big Nine" Minor
features quickly disposed Of. but when
the matter OF eligibility was reached II looked
for Il short time as though tho meeting would
come 20 termination without completing Its
business. The two Loenn schools and Provo
advocated a onc-yenr rule for athletes leaving
ono institution and entering another Tho
University representatives opposed tho rule.
on the ground that in tho natural course of
events men finishing their work Mt tho l. u.
tho Agricultural college. would como to tho
University TO continue their advanced work.
To bar these men, Coach MaddocN and Man
oGer Jensen insisted, would be injurious to
University athletics and would handicap Utah
In her Colorado contests. The Universitys
representatives insisted thnt It looked as
though the other schools were attempting TO
get rule by which they could hold their men
md prevent them from coming 10 the Univer-
slt!
After long and wordy contests tho following
Important rules eligibility adopted
Section No one shall participate In any
intercollegiate sport unless he DO a bona fide
student doing two-thirds work I'm regular
special course as defined in the curriculum Of
his college.
Sec 2 No person who has participated
game as member OF any college team shall
be permitted 20 participate In any gnmc as a
member Of any other college tenn Until he has
tho above conditions. for the period OF one
ycnr. provided fret. that this rulo shall not
apply 10 studentg who hive completed the
course in which they were enrolled when they
Inst competed; second. that this rule shall not
npply TO football
Residence Rule Strong.
Sec 3. No student shou participate In
any intercollegiate contest who shall not have
been In residence O semester, and shall not
have full credit for scmester's work preyi-
Gus to tho term I'm which this sport Ia held.
This section does not apply to football
Sec. 4. No student shall be permitted
10 participate in college athletics for more
than four ycors In the aggregate and any
member OF any college team who competes in
my intcrcolleg gate contest for over so short
time does horeby participate in that sport
for the year. Provided That four years OF
prep work ehnll only count three years
participation. and further, that ths rule does
not take effect until juno I. 1907; provided
further. that the first three games OF football
do not count as participation.
Sec. o. No person having been q MEM
Der of any college athletic team during any
year and having dropped out before the close
the athletic SEASON shall be permitted 10 play
In any othor intercollegiate contest thereafter
until he shall havo been in attendance one
full semester.
Wero all OF these eligibility rules to he
adopted and put into effect next year. the
best athletes In tho State would bs barred
from competition Fer that reason II was
thought wise 10 mako some reservation in
order that tho break would not bo too sudden
Some OF tho eligibility rules are most COM
mendable The four-ycar rule will prevent
men from hanging year after year until
they become 30 expert that youngsters will
not try to compete against them Tho resi-
dence rules VIII prevent from playing
football dropping out at tho close OF tho sea-
son and returning next fall only to play tho
gafno again. 1t Will also prevent track ath-
lotes from registering at tho middle OF the
year and competing In spring events On tho
whole tho regulations Will do great good.