Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-22

C asst end of the mixup. He tells the
story in this wise:
Leland Stanford Scott of Stanford
university, champion pole vaulter of
the world, was entered in the western
conference meet. On June /, at a
meeting of the managing committee in
Chicago, he was barred from COM
petition as it was alleged that he had
spent three years in athletics and so
according to the rules of the confer
ence was not entitled to compete.
Scott went OH to Champagne and per-
formed in the meet as an exhibition
Vaulter, the points not being counted
At this time the Stanford pole vaulter
made the assertion that he believed
some of the Notre Dame men were in
eligible from the same rule. Follow
ing his statement the University of
California protested Dimmick and
Philbrook, Notre Dame men, who ac-
cording to the protest and data filed,
had competed as far back as 1908 in
Whitman college. A football program
was produced with Philbrooks pic
ture taken in 1903.
Meanwhile Conibar, coach of the
University of Missouri, formerly of
Washington, had wired the managing
committee that Notre Dame was at
tempting to get around the established
rule. This telegram failed to reach
the committee. Conibar was in at
tendance at the meet and much to his
surprise saw these two men compete
It had been denied that they were in
eligible and they had been allowed to
compete under protest.
On Saturday, June II, the managing
committee met at the University club
Chicago, to settle the finances of the
meet and take under consideration the
protests which had been filed. At
this time a secret resolution was
passed (Which has never before been
made public, setting aside the sum
of $1,000 to ascertain the eligibility OF
the Notre Dame competitors, Phil
| brook, Dlmmick and Martin. Detec-
tives were employed at once to collect
data.
Manager Ingoid, j. A. Flanders,
! University of Illinois, '09, and John
Martin, holder of the coast quarter
mile record, collected material on the
coast and this, together with the find
ings of the sleuths sent on to Wash
ington, resulted in the decision of the
committee throwing out the points of
the Notre Dame men and giving the
meet to Stanford. 1t is a peculiar
| coincidence that a Stanford man was
barred from the meet and as a direct
result the meet has been awarded to
Stanford.
Notre Dame now claims that Mel
son of Washington state is inelig-
ible. 1t is true that Nelson competed
in small school, but this school has
never been recognized by the confer
| ence, so his two years there would
not be held against him. If Nelson's
points were thrown out the meet would
| be tie.
1t is matter of general talk that
the members of the conference want
the meet to go to Stanford, as she
Is considered an outsider, and there
is a keen rivalry between the mid
western institutions. For two years
Stanford has been nosed out, and that
she takes the trophy this year is a
matter of general congratulation.
The meet in which the discussion
has arisen is known as the western
| intercollegiate conference meet, held
! this year at Champagne, Illinois. Chi
cago has been the home of the meet
until this year The meeting of 1910
was the largest ever held, sixty-three
schools and 364 athletes competing. 1t
was held June of this year and
marked the dedication of the new
Illinois athletic field
| AS a result of the findings IF the
committee Stanford will receive be-
side the bronze relay shield which
now adorns her walls a permanent
trophy in the shape of a bronze statue
of the "Discus Thrower' and a leg
| on the Spalding perpetual trophy.