The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-18
SHAkEUP DUE AT
CONFERENCE MEET
Surprise" Football Dates
Are Predicted For Big
Nine" Teams Next Year

Chicago. Nov. 1~s.-surprisc football
dates for 1914 are slated tn monopo-
li2c big nine attention when the
coaches II managers of the confer
ence teams meet i'll Chicago December
i to lis; their battles for the neXt srit-
iron year. New alignments among the
Western intercollegiate leaders. the
dropping Of oldtime friends from the
programs Ut some af the leading in
st%itutions, intersectional confess II
brand-new all-weStern scraps are due
For appearances. according 10 the col.
leSe authorities.
The meeting will nc III .nmu:alion
in at least one important respect. The
coaches II nlanasers decided N~ester-
day t. meet the day the Zig Nine fac
u!tN representatives sit on the prob
lens of conference policy. and the
TWO bodies Will cu-opc"aie. u. IS We
lievei. this scheme Will insarc better
working conditions between thu
Theoretical! II practical ends of cot
lese legislation and ;hat minor mrs
Meet on saturday.
The fact hat the nesting has been
called for a saturday indicates that
the business will he disposed uf in one
day, and those concerned are a1ready
w y SASii pSbA N"N '"S
gestions boiled down 10 tine point OF
intellisih.lity. l, is predicted tina; tne
professors will get Jus; as much done
in one day as i'll two. -.
The Big Nine authorities haze
thrown up their hands uE tas Mica
gan question. Despite the decision ~.
the Michigan regents nat + apply far
readMisSion the coaches Tea: tn. " oil
Nerines may change THEN minds be-
fore next Year
Considerable treuhlc was caused
this year ny the fact !;,n: certain in.
stitutions waited for Mirln:saM 10 c.
eide OIL some coulSr and found ;'3ri"-
selves forced to arrange their pro-
grams unsatisfactory as a result.
The coaches feel that several different
waves o. sentiment may stir Ann Ar
Dor before the opening of the 1915
season. and this is ore eaSon theA
want to meet on the same date as the
professors.
that waited for Michigan and lost out
The Gopher authorities claim that
this procedure gave their schedule the
extremely ragssd appearance i: as
sumed during the present series.
Playing only Wisconsin. Chicago and
Illinois nf tho conference teams. the
Gophers laid themselves opcn ~ the
charge of staging a second-rlass list
Of games. The Minnesota officials arc
not. however. guilty OF breaking -,
conference rule by playing less IMAM
four conference teams.
What may he the last purely stu.
dent opinion IN the subject ct M;chi.
gan appears in an editorial statement
in a copy of the Michigan Uaily re-
ceived Yesterday by tho Wolverine
alumni. The student boosters of
Michigan's return have tho following
to say regarding the Il IN which
their efforts to send the institution
back ID the conference were srorned:
No Alibi to- Ofcr.
The Michigan Daily has no alibi
TO offer. We took the pro-confcrence
side because We believed it was to
Michigan's best interests Il ally her
self with the min universities.
President Wilson. several years
ago. pointed to the mid-western uni
versities IF the future. 1t was on this
broad basis that We sought a re-cn-
trance into the conference.
w u confess that there are
some things about the present confer.
ence that ~aggravate US extremely. It
was our conviction that Michigan
could best make conditions Iva bic by
a re-entrance. But public opinion de-
crees otherwise.
We bow before this public opinion.
We will not now, nor did We ever. at
tempt to force our views upon YOU.
From the first We divided equally with
you.
Some of you have seen fit to break
away and throw the public into con-
fusion. We az Unable to tell how cf-
fective you were. Our opinion IS onl:
a~rgumentative everything depends