Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-07
one YEAR rule
HITS STARS OF
COYOTE ELEVEN
Student Resent Ruling
Claiming It Unfair For
First Conference Year

Brookings, s. D.. Oct. s. - n
transient rule Of the newly organized
North Central Intercollegiate confer
ence which went into effect this fall
prohibiting athletes from participating
in conference games for a year after
attending other institutions has work.
ed a hardship on the University OF
South Dakota.
A dozen stars who enrolled in the
Coyote institution this fall, after play
ing one or more reasons Of football In
other schools. are sitting on the side
limos OF working out with the scrubs.
in an effort to keep in ondition for
1923.
Hits Stars.
Among those who are ineligible un-
der the new ruling are. Bud Mont
gomery, former Morningside and
South Dakota quarterback. who play
ed three games with Yankton last
year; Funston. all-state high school
quarterback. while a member of the
Mitchell eleven in 1920 and a star
member Of the Dakota Wesleyan team
last season: Weller, all Dakota confer
enc tackle. while a member of the
crack Dakota Wesleyan eleven of last
season; Laughlin. all-conference end,
and two year letter man, at Huron
College: Bob Quinn, former Morning
side backfeld star.
In addition to these men barred by
the conference rule on transients.
Horkey, all-state tackle last year, and
veteran Coyote lineman, was declared
Ineligible a few moments before the
team trotted upon the field to play
Yankton College last Saturday on ac-
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in the conference regulations. Horkey
Is an undergraduate.
Students Angry.
A wave Of resentment has swept
through the student body, against the
transient rule. Many claiming that
since this is the first year of the con-
ference that the rule Is in a sense
retroactive, apply to those men who
decided to enter conference schools
before the rule went into effect.
The Coyote coaches a i'll afford to
lose these veteran lei AS the team
does not look particularly promising
| at this stage of the season. The back
field will be good, and the line outside
Of the ends will be Fair. The ends
however are causing much worry, no
a single, veteran n Of last years
| squad Is back, and green high school
men will have to be used unless some
| of the heavier backs are shifted up to
these positions. Hcrkey. who was
declared ineligible, was filling n out
post satisfactorily until he was barred,
The team will go into the hardest
game OF Tie 8 Saturday against
| Nebraska at Lincoln in oor shape,
and little better than a low score lie
looked for. However Coaches Eek
berg and Allison are expecting to even
the last years defeat at the. hands OF
the University Of North Dakota, in the
feature game of the season at Vermil'
lion. The Flickertails furnish the op'
position. on Dakota day. homecoming
for the local school. IN October Fl
and although it Is known that Coacf
Davis Of the northern school has
powerful hackfeld, which is sure o,
gaining ground, it is hoped that Nc
Bowel, Quintet. Mar:gold, Duval ant
other lesser lights will be able to out
gain The veteran university backfele
combination. The other game which
the Coyotes want to win Is the Hobo
day scrap at Bookings. with Coacf
| Vests South Dakota State Jackrab
bits, on October %. If the locals cal
win these two conference games. it /
practically assured that they will b.
the first conference champions.