The San Francisco call., 1910-03-24
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CRISIS REACHED IN
COLLEGE ATHLETICS
u. G. Student Body Demands S
Year Rule or Immediate Sev-
erance of Relations

BERKELEY, March 23.-"If the
Stanford members of the intercolleg-
late agreement committee do not
agree to a compromise that will allow
them to interpret the four year eligi-
bility rule UP to August 1, 1910, and
after that consent to California's de-
mands for a five year limit, which
shall prevent any man competing five
years after his matriculation, athletic
relations between the University of
California and the University of Stan
ford shall be severed at once; such
meeting of the joint committee to be
held before further athletic contests
are held
On this radical motion, passed by
the unanimous assent of more than
1900 men of the University of Cali
fornia, assembled in mass meeting this
afternoon, the two committees, dead
locked for the last six meetings, will
meet once more before Saturday, and
failing to reach an agreement, all the
spring athletics of the two colleges
will be called off. The motion is prac
ticalIy an Endorsement of the stand
the California members have taken at
all the meetings of the intercollegiate
committee, the only compromise being
that they will be instructed to accept
Stanford's Interpretation of the four
wear rule until au6 uoL i, lHStSdu VI
January /, 1911, as the cardinal men,
bers have urged. The baseball series,
spring track meet, tennis tournaments,
and the fall football games are all af-
fected by the ruling of the students.
CALLS MEETING TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by
S. w. Cunningham, president of the
associated students, who outlined the
situation by stating that Stanford in
sisted on rule that would allow men
to compete for more than five years
after matriculation. while the blue
and gold representatives held that the
limit must be five years. Stuart OMel-
yeny. chairman of the California COM
mittee. declared that the committee
had avoided all personal cases in TAX
ing their stand, but that they felt thu
principle of amateur athletics would
be preserved il a man were limited to
competing four times within five years
after matriculation.
j. A. D. Brookman, senior president,
proposed a motion that Californias 8
committee be instructed to hold out for
a five year Limitation, with California's 8
Interpretation of the four year eligi-
bilitv clause to rule till August 1,
when the five year rule should go into
effect.
In an instant O'Melveny was on his
feet.
You're simply postponing the ag-
ony," he shouted, we've thrashed out
the question from all sides and now
you want us to go back demanding
more than they refused for the last
three months Just imagine that that
meeting has been held, that they have
turned us down, and that we are back
here again asking you for instructions.
Now tell us what to do. You've got to
act
ALL STAND PAT
other speakers indorsed O'Melveny's
stand. "Chic" Griffin. baseball player,
said: The five year rule is inherently
right and Stanford's rule is wrong. If
we can't compete with Stanford under
rules that are right, let's cut out the
competition Arnold Weber, vice
president of the associated students,
called on the men to stand pat on the
issue" Brookmans motion was voted
down as being impractical and of too
mild a tone, and J. n. Bowden immedi-
ately moved that Stanford be wired to
accept the California Interpretation
without a further meeting within 48
eight hours, falling in this. intercol-
legiate athletics to be called off. His
motion was ruled out of order and
A. J. Evers, a varsity track man, arose
and proposed the motion which was
finally passed.
According to this Saturdays base
ball game between the two universities
must be Cancelled unless the cardinal
accept the compromise proposed by
California No further compromise and
no yielding is to be accepted by the
California committee, which will go
to the meeting instructed by the entire
student body on the course it must
pursue.
WIRES FOR MEETING
Chairman O'Melveny of the Califor-