The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-01
RULE COMMITTEE
OPENS SESSION
Minnesota Representatives Block
Plan to Do Away with the
Three Year Rule. -.

Chicago, Dec. IA reform in the
football reform of January is on today
at the meeting of the big nine confer
ence. Some of the proposed reforms
will get thru. Some will fail.
This morning indications are that the
seven or eight, but Minnesota is said
to be blocking the plan to do away
with the "3-year rule The dele
gates are in session at the Auditorium,
having gone to work at 10 o'clock this
morning. Minnesota is represented by
Professor James Paige and Manager
Frank A. Reed.
Members of the conference express
varied opinions on the reforms. ,Di-
rector Stage of Chicago will stand for
many, while Manager Baird Of Mich
lgan is for the abolition of all the re-
forms. Wisconsin will probably stand
pat for no changes, while the other six
will take various attitudes.
The question of summer baseball will
again be thrashed out. f. D. Engell,
one OF the faculty representatives from
Wisconsin, last night stated the time
IS coming when professionalism will no
longer bar man from college ath-
letics.
The Michigan Chicago game is still
IN the air, and Manager Charles Baird
OF Michigan yesterday afternoon de-
clared that it was now question for
to settle. He said Michigan was per-
fectly willing to play Chicago, and
seemed inclined to favor Chicago as the
| meeting place, inasmuch as MICHIGAN
plays Pennsylvania at Ann Arbor and
Chicago has it's Minnesota game at Min
neapolis
AS far as Wisconsin is concerned, Mr..
Angel gave it as his opinion that the
badgers would not meet either Michi-
gan or Minnesota, but considered pros
poets for a Chicago Wisconsin game
more likely. =,
DIRECTOR Stage last night made known
the official attitude Of the University
OF Chicago on the proposed change in
the reforms. At recent meeting the
board Of physical culture and athletics
unanimously favored the following
changes:
First-The extension Of the season
from five to seven games.
Second-The revision of the three
year rule, so as to make it non-ap-
pllcable to men who were already en-
gagged in university athletics at the
time Of it's adoption.
Third-The establishment of a uni
form date for the opening Of the train
ing season. -;
! Fourth-The removal of the re-
| c!tSCAOu Ou liSSuuluu LcdIuS which pro-
hibits them from playing with Sec
ondary schools or freshman teams of
other institutions. --'z =" -
Director Stage will advocate these
reforms in today's conference, and in
addition will vote for the admission of
Nebraska, should it make application.
a Me5raska, tho H:,,;t today decided not to
cratic" he said. "And if the confer
eence is good for nine schools it is good
for. ten. In regard to the reforms,
believe that all are only Just and fair,
and hope they will be adopted If the
question of summer baseball comes up,
shall take the same position 1 have
always held, and that is against it. I
letes to compete in summer baseball
and be consistent Wisconsin will
probably. stand for the retention Of the
reforms in their present FORM altho it
is said to favor the three-yea rule
modification. ~.
Marc Catlin, captain of the cham
1905, Who is now in charge Of Iowa
athletics as director, and who. will
have direct charge of the football
team, is representing the Hawkeye in
stitution. He is looking forward to a
big season next year, as he has fresh
man team which was better than the
varsity inns year: Catl1n favors
changes IN the reforms. Jimmy
Sheldon, from Indiana, is attending the
conference, and he also believes bene-
fetal changes can be made, especially
in regard to the extension of the sea-
son. ,a8yE 80
:. The representatives from Purdue. n
linois and N Northwestern were not pres
ent at the informal meetings held at
the Victoria hotel yesterday afternoon.
Representatives from the other univer-
sites who will attend today's confer
ence are:
Director A. A. Stage, Chicago; Judge
Lane, and Manager Baird, Michigan;
DR.. G. P. Hutchins and E. D. ANGEL.
Wisconsin; Professor U. G. Weatherly
and Coach Sheldon, Indiana; Professor
James Paige and Manager Reed, Min
nesota; Professor A. G.. Smith and
Director Catlin, Iowa.