The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-14
THEY FORM A BIG FIVE.
College Athletic Men Hold Important
Meeting in Kansas CITY,

Kansas City. Jan. 14-The stMis-
sour Sc valley. Conference of Faculty
the organization that was formed at
the Midland hotel. yesterday at a
meeting of Representatives from the
athletic board of Kansas, Missouri.
iowa, washington and Nebraska uni
Versltles. DIR. James Naismith. Prof
Arthur Walker and w. G. Lansdon.
Kansas; DR.. Clark W. Hetherington
and Dr. Monilaw. Missouri; Marc
GatIin' iowa; Captain J. W. G. Work
Woodward. Washington, were the
delegates who attended the meeting.
The action of these men is to hold
good provided their work is sanction
ed by the athletic boards of the
Ieges approve, another meeting will be
held here in about a month, a consti-
tuition will be adopted and the big
Five" will be a reality
The delegates yesterday adopted the
Chicago conference rules with very
few changes. The training table will
be permitted. However, the univer-
sity conducting the table must not pay
more than half of the expenses-the
athletes to pay the rest-and the ex-
pense of the table to the athletic
board each eason shall not be more
than $500. No limit will be put on
the number. of games on a. schedule.
Freshman eleyens- will not be allowed
to. play games With teams represent
ing other schools. This leaves. inter
class games the only contests for the
Tyro elevens. With these few excep-
lions the big Nine rules were adopt
ed intact.
The big. Five" is to have the same
objects and power in the Missouri val
ley as. the big Nine A governing
body will be appointed to settle all
decide on officials and other dfsputable
questions. The Nebraska representa-
tive agreed to all the actions of the
other delegates, and although he had
no power to join any such a league,
it is understood that since Iowa is to
join the conference, Nebraska will
also come in.
A conference track meet of teams
from all five schools will be held. here
in the spring, provided a suitable field
can be secured. The schools in the
conference will continue to schedule
games the same as they have always
done, and the big Five rules will
apply only when two Missouri valley
conference teams meet.
This organization knocks out any
hope that the Kansas City Athletic
games with Kansas, Iowa or Missouri.
The rules, adopted prevent any of the
teams in the league from playing any
teams except those representing edu-
cationa1 institutions of a general char
acter. 5->.--
The members of the conference
were Unanimously in favor of the Or
ganizatioR, and meeting ran along
as smoothly as a bright summer day.
After the meeting all the men said
that they believed that they had at last
got together on a proposition that
would do wonderful good to Missouri
valley college athletics. Town will, OF
course, retain its membership in the
big Nine but in games with big
Five, colleges the Missouri valley
rules will be used.
There is a possibility that Drake and
Ames, the two Iowa colleges, may
come into the conference when it has
its next meeting. The representatives
will put the question before their ath-
letic boards as soon as possible, and it
is probable that all five colleges will
Immediately approve the action OF
their Representatives gs