The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-05
DELEGATES Of THE
COLLEGES TO MEET
Session Will Be Hell din Min.
neapolis on December q
For Action

neapolis on December q
For Action
That the Dakota Minnesota confer.
ence will probably take on a definite
form OF organization at the meeting
which will be held at the Hotel Rad.
isson in Minneapolis on December 90
is believed due by a number Of the
athletic board managers in the va.
rtous schools that comprise the as.
ISOLATION. There are altogether
about sixteen schools included in the
conference, the majority being col.
leges with -four year courses. The
four year colleges will probably or.
ganize a conference with the shor,
course institutions as associate mem.
bers.
The schools represented in the con.
ference are: Manchester college, Ham.
line college. Carleton college, St
Thomas college, University Of North
Dakota. University Of South Dakota,
North Dakota agricultural college,
Fargo college, South Dakota agricul.
tural college. South Dakota Wesleyan
college, Wahpeton science school, HUI.
ron and Yankton colleges.
There have been two meetings held
IN the past two years at which ath.
letic rules were talked over although
none Of a binding nature were adopt.
ed. At the coming meeting It is prob.
able that a number Of rules will be
Instituted.
There are many subjects which are
on the program for discussion. The
-FOUR year" rule. This will be TAX
en- up and discussed as to the ad-
Visibility Of cutting down the play.
Ing period to actual students of a col.
lege. At the present time 1t is an
understood fact that several of the
colleges Of the Dakota Minnesota
conference are playing preparatory
school athletes on their various teams.
1t Is planned to cut this practice.
The zone year residence rule
which demands that a participant In
conference athletics he for one year
a member Of the school he represents
before he is eligible, will be taken up
although It ia not thought probable
that 1t will be adopted. This rule
together with the so-called "migra-
tfon" rule and the late registration
u Will be talked over by the weld
ers OF the athletics of the conference.
All three. have the same purpose
which Is to cut down the chance of
professionals getting into college
sports.
Professional Baseball,
Summer baseball which was one of
the big subjects taken up at the Big
Eight conference meeting, will also
some before the Dakota Minnesota
conference. Secretary Chandler of
the University Of North Dakota stated
this morning that he did not believe
the Dakota Minnesota conference
would make any radical rules against
the semi professional player. He
stated that while the conference
Wouid not standN.for a man who might
sign up a contract with any of the
leagues under the national agreement.
the conference would not object to
college men playing baseball with the
bush leagues as long as he did it
above board and did not use an as
sumed name.
Professor Chandler stated that he
believed that a ball player who could
get U and earn money at a national
game during the summer time. was
as much entitled to the money as one
OF his fellow students that might get
out and run a threshing machine.
Conference Track Meet.
Plans will probably be made at the
conference meeting for a track meet
IN which track teams from all of the
colleges in the three states, Minne-
sofa, North and South Dakota, would
entered. The meet will undoubt.
ediy be held in the twin cities near
the n Of the present school year.
1t Is probable that cups will be
placed on competition.
Other Matters.
Football schedules. contracts and
q number OF other matters will be
aiken up for discussion. 1t is prob
able that a system will be established
whereby the football championship
may be determined in the conferences.
Coach Dunlap Of the University of
North Dakota has expressed himself
as being In favor Of a more rigid sys-
Of eligibility rules and coaches
at the other colleges are of the same
opinion.
In speaking Of the matter Coach
=. Watkins Of Fargo college has said:
We want to know just where We are
81. IN the matter Of eligibility Of play.
ers Tor teams. Heretofore. the rules
and regulations regarding these mat
ters have been rather loose and al.
lowed Of Interpretation in whatever
way the school involved in the ques.
Ion wished to interpret them.
Now the representatives in the
conference are going to tighten up on
things. are going to make rules more
and get affairs into such shape
that disputes will be the exception
Of the rule.
1T is also possible that some pro-
vision will be made regarding sum-
ner baseball; some provision so that
our men can go out and play ball
n the summer. II they can earn more
money that way than by working in
factory or on a farm"