The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-04

of the faculty committee on athletics,
and Harold E. Crawford of the junior
class, left last night over the .. K.
& NJ where they will attend as dele
gates from Whitman the meeting of
the Northwest conference in Portland.
The meeting will be held today and
tomorrow and will be one of the most
important college gatherings of the
year Several matters of much i'm
portance to the athletic welfare of
the different colleges will be brought
up and discussed at this meeting.
Crawford was elected as the dele
gate of the student body yesterday
morning when a special meeting OF
the Associated Students was called
after chapel Crawford was assistant
manager of football last season and
will direct the football work of the
student body this fall. He has been
prominent in glee club and literary
work since his entrance to college, and
his election as Whitman's delegate at
the conference is considered one of
the highest honors that come to
student during his under graduate
work Prof. Brown was selected by
the faculty as their delegate.
Things to Be Considered.
There are four main topics to be
discussed at Portland.
Whether or not Whitworth college
of Tacoma shall be admitted to the
conference. Last year Whitworth was
, invited to join, but the Tacoma col
lege turned down the offer. This
year they are applying for admission,
but it seems to be the general con-
census of opinion among the colleges
of the Northwest that WhitwOrth will
have hard shedding before it will be
able to secure enough support to in
sure its admission.
The arranging of a football schedule
for the season of 1910. During the
past year the basket ball and baseball
schedules Of the conference colleges
have been arranged by calling a meet
ing of the different managers and ar
ranging the schedules of inter- colleg-
late contests to every schools salts
faction. This has proved such sue
cess with the baseball and basket ball
that the conference has now determ-
ined to adopt the same policy for foot
ball.
The paying of a uniform salary for
all football officials who handle the
college games. The officiating of
some of the inter- collegiate football
games last year was not of the best
because the teams interested could
not afford to bring expert officials
from distance, pay their travelling
expenses and a big salary in addition.
Some of the officials, for the big
games especially, charged exhOrbtant
prices, and it is to do away with this
evil that the stand for uniform sal
airy is being taken by the schools.
The matter of the division of the
gate receipts. 1t is customary for the
home team to take all the money re-
ceived, bear all the expenses and pay
to the visiting team a sum which is
sufficient to cover their travelling ex-
penses. Under the new plan which |
has been suggested the visiting team |
will have an option of a straight guar
antee or 80 per cent of the gate re-
ceipts. |
May Allow Professionalism.
The proposition of summer baseball
for college athletes is a matter that |
is sure to come up. The University
of Idaho is making a strong fight to
permit college athletes to participate
in summer baseball without forfeit
ing their right to again enter amateur
athletics until the A. A. U. or their
college faculty reinstate them as am
ateurs.
The University of Oregon is going
to make a strong fight to rule out the
counting of the years in which an
athlete has competed in college ath-
letics especially when he has par
ticipated in college athletics during
his preparatory course. The case of
Huston the great Oregon Splinter is
in the limelight. Counting the years
in which Huston participated as a