Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-01-16
FOOTBALL STATUS
WITH i. EXPLAINED
Seattle Bear Stories Untrue
university Solons Themselves
Cancelled Game


derstood among the students here
and the people over the entire state
is the opinion of Physical Director
Boiler, who, together with Graduate
Manager Chambers has spent con-
siderable time in trying to keep up
the football relations between the
two institutions.
Boiler returned last Friday from
the east, where he attended several
large athletic conference meetings,
notably one in New York, in which
every football conference of the
United States was represented. After
learning of the basis on which all
the eastern and middle western con-
ferences play their football games
he has concluded that the North
western and Coast conferences were
years behind the times in establish
ing the rule of $3.50 basis for their
games.
Washington would not abide by
the conference ruling, establishing
the $3.50 split of net gate receipts.
/ Washington State did not feel in
clined to break the ruling by accept
ing the guarantee offered by Seattle,
for it was felt that il conference
ruling was to be broken in this case,
it would lead to further violations,
and in time the whole of the con-
ference laws would become but d
farce
The situation Is not 10 be regarded
as squabble between the two insti-
buttons, but simply something that
could not be helped, as the Uniyers-
ity held out for a basis OF competi-
ton that could not be granted
Washington State, it must be under
stood, did not prefer TO play Nebras-
ka, but was forced to schedule
game with the Cornhuskers because
Washington offered no terms at all,
while Nebraska came right out with
very favorable terms without neces-
stating us to diCker for them Ne
braska offered Washington State the
/ option of a very favorable guaran-
tee, or a $3.50 split. with equal shar-
/ ing of all the money charged the
bearers of student tickets at the
game. In the face OF such an offer
from one of the strongest schools in
the Middle West. Washington State
could hardly have accepted the prop
osition of the University OF Washing
ton, as it included the violation of
a conference ruling.
Propaganda has been sent out from
Seattle to the effect that the Seattle
school is playing o. A. c, and Stan
ford next year under d guarantee,
but Boiler is in possession or recent
kilograms, which confirm the fact
that both Of these games are to be
played on the $3.50 basis.
Washington considers the disputed
conference ruling To be unfair, as it
gives the advantage TO the smaller
school in the matter of gate receipts.
Washington was the only institution
which voted against the ruling at
the conference meeting. California,
with a drawing capacity equal to
twice that o fthe university, voted for
the ruling, Every institution except
/ Washington was heartily in favor OF
the proposed law The Seattle school
has still another game to play with
the University Of Oregon under an
old contract which calls for guaran-
tees, but this is the only case allowed
for at the conference meeting. and
to stage any other contests on guar
antee basis would be direct viola
ton of the established rule.
We did not prefer to play Nebras-
lia next fall" stated Boiler yester-
day but we We're forced to. 1t was
the university that called off the
game; We did not do it. We pre-
ferred to abide by the conference
ruling, so the university simply re-
fused to meet us under the terms
! stipulated in the laws OF the confer
ence Nebraska put forth a fair and
square proposition. and We accept
ed, having no other alternative. il
We wantaed game on that date.
1t was brought forcibly to my
notice at the meeting in New York
that there is not a single conference
IN the country that uses anything ex.
cept the 5000 split system for their
football games The Pacific Coast
conference is the last one to ADOPT
this system, and there is no reason
why it should not be carried on GU
here with the same success and fair
ness that it is in the East and Middle
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