Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-08
CHARITY CONTEST
On DEC. |, IS OFF
Chicago Faculty Preiec; to Aid us.
War Funds in Post-Season
Battle.
MARooNs AND PURPLE 10 PLAY
"No Good Reason to Violate Our
/ Rules Says President Stage
Turned Down.

Chicago. Nov. S.-There will be M
post-season game between Michigan
and Chicago on Dec. 1 or any other dav
this season. The University Of Chi.
eago faculty yesterday voted not 10
permit the Maroons to engage in
contest with the Wolverines for the
soldiers recreation fund
According to President Harry Pratt
Judson of the university, the decision
is final Coach A. A. Stagg accepted
it as such and notified his players
that the season would end with the
Wisconsin battle Nov %
No official statement was given out
by university officials on the action
taken. President Judson himself was
not present at the meeting. but said
after the vote had been reported to
him that it met with his approval
President Judson explained that as
the college conference had originally
formulated rule that the season
should end before Thanksgiving day.
there seemed TO be no good reason why
Chicago should violate it.
| Dean Albion w Small, who presided
at the gathering of the faculty men,
bers, said that there was opposition
/ to the game on account Of dragging out
! the season to the scholastic disad-
vantage of the players
| In place Of the Chicago Michigan
contest the faculty voted 10 turn
Stage field over to the soldier football
players from Camp Grant and Camp
Custer on Dec. l. This contest was
originally scheduled as a curtain
raiser to the more pretentious struggle
between the Maroons and the Vol
Yerines. but now the soldier athletes
/ will be the whole show. Both Pres
ident Judson and Dean Small ex-
pressed the hope that the soldier game
would be a financial success, as the
receipts will go to some war charity
fund.
! That Coach Stage was disappointed
over the turn Of events was easy
to see. His coaching under the arc
lights of the football field lacked its
usual zip and Assistant Coach Pat
Page had to furnish the hard words
to tagging athletes.
Naturally / am disappointed that
the faculty did not see fit to grant US
permission TO play the game, as
think Chicago would have risen to
the occasion and contributed a hand
some sum to the soldier boys" said
Mr.. Stage. i might have had my own
misgivings as to scheduling the con
test purely from the viewpoint Of
football coach, but I could not afford
to permit such thing to interfere in
great cause. 1t undoubtedly would
have produced an interesting contest,
besides
I Coach Stage himself made the prin-
cipal argument in favor of the game
at the meeting. He was ably sup
ported by others, but when the vote
Vas taken there was a slight majority
against the plan-how big or how
small was not given out. Judging from
the number OF professors present it
could not be regarded as representa-
, tive gathering. The meeting was held
. IN the Haskell Assembly hall and vas
scheduled for $50 an inconvenient
> hour for many of the professors.
The game had been recommended by
: the athletic board Of control some
. members of which spoke in favor OF
: the proposed contest Other profess
: sors were fiat footed against IT, al
though. according to report, no rea-
L son other than scholastic was ad-
:, Vanced. The majority Of the younger
d set of teachers voted for it. while the
opposition came mainly from those Of
mature years
The fact that great sum might be
n collected for the soldiers did not seem
+. to have much weight in the arguments.
n precendents Overshad0wing this fea-
7 Fture It was feared by some that were
e the bars to be lowered a dangerous
precedent might be set and that #
! would he difficult TO return to the Old
: order Of things
= Before Coach Stage went to the
meeting he sounded the opinion Of the
: players. They were almost unanimous
n Tor the game So far as could be
= learned only one or two questioned the
= wisdom of the plan. The great major
ity wanted to get at the Wolverines.
= Tney thought they we're as good or
d better than YOst's team and, although
n none had ever played against the Mich
4 igan whirlwinds they were more than
willing to resume the argument which
a anne 10 q sudden stop in 1905
u There was no talk Of a champion
d ship tilt among the players. but they
4 did not seem blind to the fact that were
= they to go through the season unde-
i feated and then whip Michigan credit
for their prowess would probably not
~ be withheld
! 1t was with considerable degree OF
disappointment that the Maroons re-
e turned to their training quarters last
5, night after practice. certain in the
= I'm Wedge that they would not have
4 chance TO buck up against Michi-
gan for at least year. As several Of
the boys expect to be in the trenches
themselves in the near future, they
could net help but think Of the thou
sands of dollars which would have
/ been raised through the post-season
# game.