The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
PROS VOTE CUT
OF so PER CENT;
Green BAY OUT
National Organization Frowns on
Tampering With Athletes
StiIl In College.
BY ]. L. HUGHES.

Expenses of maintaining a foot
ball team will be reduced at least
so per cent and a uniform general
admission price of 81 Will be
charged by all clubs of the profess
sional association, according TO
word received this morning from
Walter Flanagan, manager OF the
Rock Island Independents. who
stopped over in Chicago last night
on his return from the annual
meeting at Canton, Ohio.
Reduction of operating costs was
the keynote OF the meeting, but in
between the members seized the
opportunity to make their stand on
the matter of compromising play
ers still eligible for college foot
ball clear, by expelling Green Bay.
The Wisconsin city was severely
censured for it's act in playing
three Eotre Dame players in a late
season game last fall. which really
started the intense agitation
against the professional game.
Flanagan then offered the motion
calling for expulsion. and the Pack
ers found themselves on the out
side.
This action of the clubs was es-
pecially timely in view of the latest
football scandal, involving Univer-
sity of Illinois and Notre Dame
university stars. 1t proved beyond
question that organized profession
al football is unqualifiedly opposed
to tampering with athletes of the
colleges and showed that the big
teams will not countenance it
among their membership. The as
sociatien bylaws strictly prohibit
activity OF this kind by its members
and the expulsion of Green Bay is
evidence enough that the organiZa
ton is really a champion of anna
teur football.
Aside from the Green Bay case,
no suspicion has attached to any
other club. The association GER
tainly cannot be charged with the
sins of the Taylorville and Carlin-
vile teams, over which it has no
authority whatever. These cities
are to be condemned severely for
destroying the amateur standings
of the university players. and it is
certain the national organization
will not be the last to voice its
condemnation of such practices.
Formerly known as the Ameri-
can Professional Football associa-
ton, the club members simplified
the name by voting for American
Football league Bids for fran
chises were received from Milwau-
kee. Duluth, Sioux City. Racine and
Philadelphia George Halas. for
mer manager of the Staleys, was
granted a franchise for the Chi
cago Bears.
Reduced expenses will be made
possible nv observance of a player
limit of Is by each team and the
adoption of a uniform schedule At
the next meeting a guarantee to en-
force the salary limits will be
adopted Forfeits of $1,000 are to
be posted by July l by each team
to insure observance Of contracts.
According to Walters report. the
members accomplished more at this
meeting for the betterment of the
game than at all previous meetings
combined. Professional football
will be placed on a higher plane
than ever before. he says. All mem
bers reported hard times last year,
which really tended to make the
course to an understanding easier.
The cities represented included,
besides Rock Island, Rochester,
Buffalo, Philadelphia, Canton. Ak
ron. Columbus, Dayton. Chicago.
Louisville Minneapolis, Decatur,
Racine and Milwaukee
Joe F. Carr, veteran sports wri-
ter and sport promoter of Column
bus. was reelected president Carl
Starck of Akron was reelected sec
retary-treasurer and John Dunn of
Minneapolis was made vice presi-
dent.