Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-09
new SCHOOLS ASK FOR BIDS
Grinnell and Creighton Would Join
Big Seven.
CoRNHUsKERs ARE OPPOSED
Iowa Schools, Nebraska Believes,
Already Hold Too Much Power
-AnnuaI Banquet for Foot Y
Ball Players.

LINCOLN, Dec. s-(Special.)EGrinnell
college OF Iowa and Creighton university
OF Omaha are seeking hndrnission to menu
bership In the Missouri Valley conference.
and are asking that the representatives
OF the big Seven take some action on
their petitions at the conference meeting
in January. Grinnen has been knocking
at the conference door for over a year, but
Creighton has Just made a request to get
into the league
The athletic board Of GrinnelI college
has been sounding the various schools in
the conference on the question of allowing
the Iowa school to get into the organiza-
ton, and has received uncertain replies
from practically all the members Of the
Big seven" Yet Grinnell would be given
preference over Creighton il the conference
should decide to expand
Nebraska, one OF the most influential
members Of the conference, is not decidedly
opposed to increasing the size Of the big
Seven" by the admission OF one or two
other schools, but It is set against any
policy that will take in anot' sr Iowa school
without giving membership to some col
lege of another state. Nebraska thinks
that too much power is now vested in the
Iowa schools of the conference, there be-
ing three schools Of that state in the
league
Iowa Has Much Power.
This trio of schools, Iowa, Drake and
Ames has been able to control considerable
Legislation Of the conference, and the ad-
dition OF another Hawkeye school would
nearly give the Iowa colleges complete
sway In the association. The combine by
-kHll 81 VA--. .A-.T1 $500 -
the training table was extremely d~lstaste-
full to the Cornhuskers. and they have
decided upon a policy that will tend TO
keep Grinnel college out OF the league un
less another school can be taken in at tn,
same time to balance up the power Of the
colleges outside OF Iowa.
The Nebraska athletic board. which de-
termines the vote Of It's representative TO
the big Seven would be willing TO per
mil Grinnell 10 join the conference il Wash
burn college OF Kansas could be taken
in at the same time. II the other members
Of the league would consent to thH double
admission the little Iowa school could
probably get into the organization.
But the other members Of the conference
are not as willing 10 allow the conference
10 expand as the Cornhusker are, and they
object to increasing the membership by
even one. GrinLell has found both Kan
sas and Missouri opposed to any increase
in the membership OF the league.
1t has been suggested, since Nebraska Is
willing TO vote for the joint admission OF
Grihaen and another school,. that Cre4gh.
ton be permitted TO go in as the second
member. The C~OTnhuskers have declared
that they would consider such a PROPOSE
ton Just long enough to vote it down
Missouri and Kansas have limited that the,
would stand b. Nebraska in this matter
The annual C-ornhusker banquet for IN,
foot ball eleven was held at the LincolI
hotel this evening. About 200 people wer,
present, ]. E. Miller presided as toast
master and short talks were made by Cap
tain Beltzer. DR.. Lees, Dean Richards anC
Prof Caldwell.