Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-08
BREAKS WITH IOWA STATE
Missouri Refuses to Schedule Foot
Ball Game for 1911.
HAwKEYEs SAID TO HAVE sPIED
Assistant Cosch Watched Practice
and Gave signals 20 school of
wines and offered Them
Ia Another Team.

Missouri university has severed athletic
relations with the University OF Iowa. This
ststement H. made as the result Of an in
Nestigauon into the cropping Of Iowa from
the Missouri foot ball schedule for next
fall Iowa issued statements to the effect
that Missouri was left off the Hawkeye
schedule because the Tigers would not
agree to permit Alexander. the negro
tackle OF the Iowa eleven, to play In the
proposed game next autumn. II develops
that Missouri. not Iowa, was responsible
for the failure Of the schools to arrange
game Missouri refused to schedule an
other contest because II had evidence that
Iowa sent . spy into tho camp OF the
Tigers last fall before the Hawkeye game
and stole the signals Of the Missouri play
srss
Iowa was at all times willing to play Mis-
SQUIRT again, but President A. Ross Hill OF
the Tiger Institution refused to permit his
board to schedule another contest after
the evidence regarding the spying on the
foot ball team was placed before him. The
evidence was so conclusive that the presi-
dent was theY first man to announce that
Missouri would not play Iowa.
MissoafI Takes pity
since Missouri tookf this position it has
never made the matter public choosing to
let Iowa suffer without the weight Of public
scorn. 1t was the opinion Of the Missouri
board Of control that Iowa should feel the
effect Of Mssourl's action only through the
severlng Of athletic relations.
On Sunday The Bee published an article
in which the statement was made that
Iowa dropped Missouri from its schedule
because Of the Alexander deal This article
a. he Alexander deal a
subterfuge? The woods murmur something.
DO you get it?
Certain people conversaht with the facts
about Iowa and Missouri objected to the
statement that Iowa cut Missouri out be-
cause Of Alexander and called attention to
the alleged spying OF last fall.
According to the story concerning Iowa
and its spying on Missouri an assistant
coach was sent to Columbia and watched
the Tigers while they held open practice,
This tutor who closely resembles some OF
the Missouri players, was on the side lines.
Plans Given 90 Minerst
1t 10 alleged that when Missouri played
the Missouri School Of Mines this assistant
coach at Iowa held a conference with the
miners and drew diagrams Of the Tiger
plays II is stated that some Of the Mis-
souri, players have since seen these dia-
grams and that these we're part of the
evidence which led to the decision to cut
Iowa off the Missouri schedule,
II Is also alleged that these signals were
offered to another school on the Missouri
schedule and that they were refused by
this institution.
Nebraska alumni are anxious to learn
whether Mlssouri will now come forth and
declare its positionerelative to Iowa. Thes,
former Nebraska, stddants believe it is the
duty OF the Missouri authorities to lay
bare the facts that Missouri valley athletics
may be expur6ated Iowa has forced dras-
tic rules upon the conference and now il
should be made to repent of it's sin, H.
indeed, II has sinned, SIS is alleged in break
ing a rule Of it's own drafting.