The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-09
MEET HERE TODAY
Kansas Conference in Annual
Session at the Y. M. G.. A.
The Largest Attendance on
Record at the Meeting.
COACHES SPEND BUSY DAY
Eligibility and Awarding Foot
ball Title Important Matters.
Election of Officers on the Pro-
gram This Afternoon.
COACHES SPEND BUSY DAY

With a larger attendance than was
ev~r before known since its organ1za-
ton, the Kansas intercollegiate Ath-
letic association held its annual De-
cember meeting in the directors room
of the Y. M. c. A. today, converting at
$50 this morning and remaining in
session turnout the day.
Thirty-four Representatives of the
fifteen colleges and universities in the
association were in attendance and
Immediately after the roll call by Sec
rotary Par enter of Baker university.
President Phillips got down for bust
ness by calling for reports.
To 'Bilr Hargiss, athletic director
of the Emporia State Normal school.
the awarding of the 1916 football
championship was. the principal bust
ness of the day and the championship
committee was called upon to report
but stated that it was not ready and
asked to be allowed to wait until aft
ernoon before giving the title to the
State Teachers.
Discuss Eligibility.
A discussion of the eligibility of
players took up several hours and
practically every representative had
something to say along this line. The
eligibility committee reported that it
had found Cassidy of Ottawa and Dali
ton of Southwestern ineligible. but
that there were extenuating circum-
stances that warranted re-instating
them and that this action had been
taken. Also, it was reported that the
Vanderbilt man Friends university
used during the early part of the sea-
son and Reedy of Midland were in
eligible but that the authorities of
their schools took action preventing
them from playing in games of their
own accord The other men reported
ineligible, the committee stated, were
not found guilty because there was no
evidence against them.
Secretary Parmenter read and dis
tributed among the faculty members
the complete track records of the con-
ference since its organization, and
plans for making track a more i'm
portant sport were made, it being the
opinion of the majority members that
all schools should be limited to teams
Of fifteen members so that the small
er schools could have a better show
in the future than they have had.
Also, a motion was introduced to have
all the schools pool their expenses to
the state meets so that the less
wealthy might be able to compete
with the richer.
Busy Day for Coaches.
Turnout the lay the coaches were
arranging tentative basketball dates
for the season that will open after the
Christmas holidays and football
schedules for next fall. Also, a num-
Der of officials, including E. c. Quig-
ley anu Lefty SHTOul were present.
Among the visitors not affiliated
with the conference who were in at
tendance were DR.. Naismith, of Kan
sas university, the originator of basket
ball, and DR. "Phog' Allen, the ia
nous Warrensburg coach and charley
horse fiXer, who has made a national
reputation for himself by turning out
star football players and making
sound men out of cripples.
The election of officers and fixing of
dates for the state track meet and ten
mis- tournament were on the afternoon
program, Baker university having in
vited the conference to hold it's track
meet at Baldwin next spring.
Among those in attendance were:
Trueblood, of Friends university; Neff,
of Paramount; Schrader, of Bethel; ].
C. Russell, of Mcpherson; G. Lund of
Bethany; DIR. Garfield Weed of Coop
err; w. G. Speer of Hays Normal;
King of Kansas Wesleyan; Owen and
DR.. Schaffer of the College of EN-
poria; "Bill' Hsrgiss of the Emporia
Normal school; w. B. Wilson and
Coach Schabinger of Ottawa; Prof.
Fuhrr and Coach COPYRIGHT of Pitts
burg Normal; H. C. Parmenter and
Coach Schlademan of Baker; Prof.
Phillips and Coach Bates of South
western: Coach Hoover of Paramount;
Coach Weidline of Midland; Coach
Edwards of Kansas Wesleyan; Prof.
Riser and DR.. Kennedy of Washburn;
Athletic Director Walsh of st. Marys;
poria; DR. Naismith of K. u; DR.. AL
len of Warrensburg; Officials Ed
monds, Quigley and Sproul.