Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-29
Wholesale Cleanup Big Ten Athletics May Follow Disclosures
Notre Dame Grid
Men Under Fire
on Pro Charges
Nine Illini Players Barred for
Playing In Professional
Cames-Coachcs Are
Investigating.

Chicago, Jan. 2s.-Coache, Of the
Big Ten athletic teams were unani-
nous today in praise Of the action
taken By the University of Illinois
athletic council in declaring ineligi-
Bic nine men who admitted yesterday
having participated in a scmi-pro-
icssional post season football game.
Although three OF the men ruled
out OF future Illinois athletics -
Cranglc, Sternaman and Walquist =
were fear members OF the varsity
football and basket ball teams, the
wholesale cleanup at Illinois was de-
clared by Coach Robert Zuppke 10
be good thing.
Other coaches expressed their in
,ention Of prying into alleged pro-
fessionalism and the Illinois action
was taken as a forerunner OF quiet
Investigations 10 be made in every
western conference university.
Players Won't Talk.
Urbana, Jan. 2S.-Thc nine Illinois
football players who participated in
the MISUNDERSTANDING semi-pro-
fessional game, November 27, for
which they we're barred from varsity
athletics yesterday. today maintained
that they had received no money ior
their services. Reports from Taylor
vile said they had been hired when
Carlinville was reported to have
hired Notrc Dame players and to
have wagered large sum of money
on their team.
None OF the players would discuss
the game today, but all were being
questioned individually by George
Huff, director OF athletics. Director
Huff was reported to have said he
heard that $4,000 was wagered on
The game.
Coach Robert Zuppke said he knew
nothing about the betting end of the
charges and was not at all positive
that the players had been paid for
playing. He will continue the in
vestigation, he said
Promoter Talks.
Friends of the barred players said
the boys were approached with the
representation that the game was an
American legion benefit affair.
Taylorville, ILL.,, Jan. 28.-Charges
that the, nine Illinoi. football play
ers who were barred from the varsity
athletics by the university athletic
council yesterday for participating in
semi-professional football game
here November 27 were hired and
that large amount of money was
bet ON the game were partially veri-
fed today by Dick Simpson, manager
OF the Taylorville team.
Protesting that he did not want
to get any college players in bad"
Simpson asserted that he had hired
the Illinois players when he learned
that Carlinville, the opposing team,
was loaded with college stars who
cost $780,"
$4,000 Bet on Game.
Simpson said he had been told that
Carlinville hackers had laid approxi-
mately $4,000 in wagers on their
team, depending on star college play
ers from Norte Dame for victory.
This money, he said he understood,
was lost when Taylorville won the
game after Simpson had secured the
Illinois players for the local team.
He declared he knew positively of
one $4,000 bet on the game.
South Bend, Jan. 28-Investigation
OF charges made at the University of
Illinois that Notre Dame football
players participated in a professional
football game at Taylorville, Ill,
November q last, was started today
by the Notre Dame board of athletic
control