Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-12-10
N. ". CONFERENCE
TO REMAIN THE SAME
Pacific Coast Organization Formed,
However, With Four Schools
in Membership

Though the Northwest conference,
including w. S. c., the U. of W., U.
of Oregon, U. of Idaho, o. A. c.,
and Whitman college, will remain
unchanged, a new conference con-
sisting of the universities of Wash
| iugton, California and Oregon and
Oregon Agricultural college was
! formed at the conference m Getting in
| Portland last Friday. The action
came in a secret meeting held by
delegates from the four schools
after the entire day had been spent
| in attempts to solve the problem of
the relations of the schools already
in the Northwest organization. By
the formation of the new conference
three schools, the universities of
Washington and Oregon and o. A. c.
are included in both organizations.
These schools will play the regular
schedules in the Northwest confer
ence, but each will play the Uni
versity of California and the four in
situations will bar Freshmen from
the teams when playing among
themselves. The use of Freshmen
by the Northwest conference teams
will not be interfered with.
Throughout the deliberations the
Washington State College delegates
held the whip hand. The entire ar
gument conferred around the adop-
ton of the proposed anti-Freshman
ruling. During the day the w. S. c. |
delegates refused every proposition
to change to the nO-Freshman rule, !
though it was proposed that all of
the five schools but Whitman and
Idaho agree to the rule, leaving the
two small schools free to act as they
pleased The w. S. c. representa-
tives remained firm in their de-
cision to stand by the small schools
and the four institutions were re-
quired to form an organization of
their own.
Plan of U. of Washington
The proposal of the ant-Fresh-
man rule was made by the U. of w.
delegates, who went to the meeting
instructed to schedule games only
with the schools who would agree
to bar Freshmen. Their uncompro-
missing attitude was not shared by
the other delegates and as a conse-
quenCe Washington State will meet
every team in the conference next
year save the U. of w. The attempt
to dictate terms of agreement to the
other schools were turned down flat
when the U. of w. representatives
revealed their hands.
Washington and California uni
versities were both in favor of the
Freshman rule, but neither of the
Oregon schools sanctioned it volun-
tarily. The necessity of their join
ing the organization for prestige is
believed to have been the only factor
influencing their action.
That the Washington State dele
gates really held favored position |
in the deliberations is shown by the |
number and Importance of football |
games offered the w. S. c. team
Seven games have already been
agreed to and it will keep the team |
on the go to carry out the schedule |
as arranged. Week after week the
games follow one another through
out the season, every conference
team save that of the University of |
Washington being played in 1915. |
Though the Seattle delegates were
instructed to schedule no games with |
teams which would not bar Fresh
men, an effort was made to arrange
a U. of WV. S. c. game for next
season. The lack of open dates, how
ever, prevented the scheduling of the
contest.
1t is probable that the 1916 sea-
son will start with a game against
Gonzaga, though that game has been
scheduled for Novem Der %. Games
were arranged with the o. A. c.,
Michigan A. c., Montana, Oregon,
Idaho and Whitman.
Conference Meet at Pullman
The schedule makers again grant
ed Pullman the conference track
meet for June of next year. The
meet was held here two years ago
and for the first time in history the
contest did not result in financial
loss. The new Rogers field, prob
ably the finest in the Northwest,
was dedicated by the meet and as a
fitting result some $25 was added
to the treasury of each school, the