Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-21
Missouri Meet
Fails to Decide
Mooted Matter.
Summer Base Ball Problem Put Over
Until June-Ball Club to
Diskand.

LINCOLN, April G.-tSpco al)-The rep
resentatfvcs OF the Missouri Nalay conter-
ence schools, VINO assemoied IN Kansas
city yestefoay 10 discuss foot bail and tns
reasons Tor Us continuation as a college
port, tsi,ed 20 take aclon on the summer
base BAN proposition and the status quo
or the situauoA remains the same so far as
NeUiasKa Uase bali tur ms spting Is cons
cerned. NeDraska's athletic bvRrd Will NO.
certify to the amateur standlng o. ~ Dai,
players and the games for the remainder o.
the season will have tO be cancelled. rms
action win practically mean that the Corn
husKer nine wili be disbapded Tor 1910.
When the Nebraska representatives went
to the Kansas City meeting they were un-
DIR Instructions to bring up tn summer
ball question and have the Conference rep
resentatives decide whether college men
who participate In base ball during the
summer months with seml-professionRl
teams should be allowed to represent uni
versity and college teams IN the spring.
The Nebraska delegates presented this
proposition for consideration. but the meet
ing had taken up so much time In dis
GUESSING foot bali reform that it did not
get to a place where 1t could give final
and definite attention to the ball question.
which was permitted to go over to the
june meeting Of the regular conference for
a final vote. According TO DR.. Clapp. who
represented the Cornhuskers, the sentiment
Of the men at Kansas City favored re-
s~cinding the present anti-summer base ball
rule, and either drafting a new one or per-
hitting men to play summer ball"
DIR. Clapp announced today that q meet
ing the Nebraska athletic board will be
held tomorrow to decide whether the Corn
husker ball team shall disband or try to
arrange a schedule OF games with western
teams. The sentiment among some Of the
faculty members. shows that those men will
try to have the Cornhusker team arrange
a new schedule. Offers have been received
from several western teams saying they
would be willing to play Nebraska.
The press dispatches from Kansas City
did not carry all the news that was given
out by the conference delegates yesterday.
The gathering took action on several i'm
portant matters that were not given, out
for publication. The hammer throw in the
track meets Of the Missouri Valley con-
ference. was abolished. The argument
against the hammer throw wna that many
people are killed each year over the country
by the careless handling of this weight.
The conference appointed a committee to
draw up new foot bali rules and report on
their work next January. This committed
will be composed OF a representative from
each of the seven schools composing the
Missouri Valley conference. This commit
tee was appointed after a motion to abolish
foot ball in this section had failed. The
men who are opposed to foot ball are set
on having 1t regulated so there win be no
chance of severe injury Through this COM
mittee they will be ina position to make
rules for the local schools In case the new
rules Of the national foot ball committee
do not reform. the game next fall,
The representatives yesterday talked of
limiting the number Of games in all the
branches Of sports t9lA very low number,
even lower han thu, minimum.now in force.