The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18

and the home fans begin to pat them
selves on the back and look for hole
in the outfeld in which to plant the
pennant. The team comes home and
the first game in which the discovery
works proves to be his last. He ex-
plodes like can of putrid sardines and
is forgotten. IT'S the same way with
whole teams and with leagues: es-.,.
1t is the same old game, worked year
after year, but as there is a new gem
Grafton of fans graduating sfrom the
knothole class every season, it goes.
The old-timers tho, never pin any faith
in training season stunts. When July
comes the star performers of the
leagues are generally the old chaps
whose release has been bulletined as
ossible during the training season.
Baseball is as hard to break into as
/ bank and many are there who fall
by the gateside. The dope Of today
cuts mighty little ice in the pop bottle
DAYS of June. Cross your fingers on
the news of baseball "fnds.'
K i. !.
A One Ring Show.
~ HIS big nine conference is GER
4 tainly a one-ring circus and
Dean f. S. Jones, as ringmaster
has about all Of the performers city
broke and trained to eat out of his
hand. 1t is tight corporation with
the dean sitting on the lid. He pro-
tests to me that he has no more inf1u-
| ence in the conference than a populist
in Wall street, but it is noticed that
when he "pats juba' the other eight
gos to "siftin' sand.'
Early last week when the interpreta'
ton Of the professional coach rule of
the conference was in free for all
situation I asked the following question
of the conference representatives, re,
questing their Interpretation of the
rule as it applied to the contract OF
the gopher coach:
| "Dr. Williams holds contract with the Min
nesota athletic board Of control signed in Janu
airy, 1906. to coach for three years. One of it.
paragraphs reads as follows: 1t is also par
OF this agreement that whenever any legisla
! ton by the state legislature or a board Of
regents Of faculty of the University of Mime
sofa beyond the control of the party of the frs
part (board Of contro) abolshes football o.
limits the action of the board SO encumbert
the playing Of the game as to make 1T financially
Improbable, this agreement becomes null ant
void
WAS there any official action taken at thu
regular big nine conference which puts Mime
sofa faculty under obligation to annul Williams
contract? Please give specific answer
Most Of the conference representa-
tives sidestepped. Most Of them de
clined to place an Interpretation upo1
the rule, referring it to Dean Jones fol
solution. The replies received were a.
follows:
Joseph e. Raycroft, University Of Chicago
Conference action does not necessarily oblg,
Minnesota to annul Williams contract
Professor T. @. Adams Wisconsin-Canno
answer your questions unless requested by Pro
fessor Jones.
Professor T. F. Moran, Purdue-Professo
Jones has all facts Of case and decide mat
ter definitely.
Professor O. F. Long, Northwestern-Kindl
excuse me from expressing an opinion on loca
situation. Professor Jones knows every actor
taken.
Professor II. J. Barton. secretary of con
ference-Regular conference adopted for itsel
recommends tons Of football conference an