The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-28
MAY DROP OUT
Washburn likely to Secede
From Topeka Conference.
Result of Methods Used to Dis.
qualify McVey.
LOOK TO DRAKE GAME
Fast little Half Back Il Elk.
pected to Play.
Will Be Hardest Game Blue Has
Had This Season.
LOOK TO DRAKE GAME

Out of the Topeka conference and
into the Missouri valley conference.
This is the probable STATUS of the
Washburn team, the outgrowth of the
high handed methods of the Topeka
conference in disqualifying McVey.
the star backheld man of the Wash
burn college football team.
The proceedings which barred Nc
Vey were decidedly irregular Ac-
cording to the rules OF the Topeka
conference there is an executive COM
mfttee composed of four men who are
elected annually These four men
pass on every question of eligibility
and IL they are unable to arrive at any
decision, then and not until then an
arbiter is selected who is not con-
nected with any school in the con-
ference.
These provisions were utterly dis
regarded in the case of McVey. Coach
Ernest Quigley of st. Marys protested
McVey a few days before the recent
st. Marys-Washburn game. The pro-
Normal, who is secretary of the To-
peka conference. Then without
notifying the members of the Topeka
conference executive committee, Sec
rotary Samson, referred the case to
DIR. Heatherington of the University of
Missouri Heatherington had acted in
the capacity of arbiter in a case which
went up four years ago, involving the
eligibility of Fannie" Mehl at that
time a member of the Washburn
baseball team. Heatherington was ap-
pointed arbiter for this special case,
and was not in any sense of the word
an official arbiter for any other than
this case.
Heatherington passed on McVeyAs
eligibility and ruled him out. He was
ruled out just previous to the st.
Marys game.
Not only in this one way were the
proceedings irregular. But at no
stage of the game were the Washburn
authorities notified of the charges.
That McVey was protested was
learned only in an indirect way and
Washburn was never notified. Nor
were the local authorities given a
chance to submit any evidence re-
garding McVey. He is undoubtedly
as near eligible as many of the
rules distinctly provide that plenty Of
opportunity be given to the school
authorities of any institution to offer
evidence in refutation of the charges.
To this day. the Washburn authorities
know nothing regarding the charges
preferred by Quigley against McVey.
Thus II can be seen that high
handed methods were INDUCED in by
all those in charge of the protest, in
order to deprive Washburn of the SER
local school hasn't yet been notified
that McVey was ruled out, although
Quigley had kilograms to show his
disbarment And the rules provide
that the school should have been
notified before any of its players
should be ruled out.
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Topeka conference commit
tee viii be held In Topeka Friday
night of this week. when the official
selection of some outside athletic au-
thority to act in the capacity of arbiter
will be made, and this selection to
prevail for the season.
AS It stands now, owing to the ir-
regular proceedings, McVey is eligible
and viii play against Drake Saturday.
He is not out of the game until some
regular proceedings will be instituted
and he is disbarred in the regular
way. 1t looked like put up job on
the deal.
w. c. Landson. manager of ath-
letics at Kansas university, was in To-
peka last night and in conversation
with local authorities, gave his dis
approval to removal Of McVey done
in the way that 1t was. Mr.. Landson
was at the St Mary's game last week
and at that time said that McVey
should have been allowed to play
Mr.. Landson is a member of the
executive committee of the Topeka
conference and will be IN Topeka Fri
day night for the meeting of this COM
mittee. The other members are Prof.
II. I. Woods of Washburn, e. G. Quig-
ley of st. Marys and d. c. Shaffner of
the State Normal.
Outside of the election of an arbiter,
nothing of importance will be liable
TO come up at the meeting The Nc
Vey case will probably not be touched.
There are no protests against him at
the present time. Coach Quigley is the
only one who has protested McVey
and as this protest accomplished its
purpose, although irregularly carried
out, no further damage can be done
and 1t is unlikely that Quigley will re-
new his protest.
Should the case come UP, It will
probably not be settled at this meet
ing. Quigley would be hostile to
Washburn's interests in the matter as
would Shaffner of the Normal. Lans-
don and Woods would probably stand
by Washburn, which would make
tie vote in the committee.
The Topeka conference rules have
long been a bugbear to the local
school. Freshmen are not allowed to
play on the team of any school whose
enrolment is over 400. This keeps
Washburn. K. u. and the Aggies from
playing freshmen while all the other
schools have this privilege. Then the
standard in scholarship of the smaller
schools is much below that of Wash
burn. No one at ST. Mary's is ever
ruled out on account Of delinquency
in studies, while the same holds true
in Paramount. On the other hand, ST.