The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-01
penn STATE eleven
MAY PLAY ON COAST

Penn State has been tentatively
selected as the opponent ob a Pacific
coast eleven, in the annual east-west
game at Pasadena on New Years dav
California university, apparently on
the top of the Pacific coast game
again this season, most likely will re
celve the selection to carry the colors
OF the west into the game that has
become established as one of the bic
classics of the season.
While Penn State is favored right
now, 1t does not mean that Hugo Beg
dek,s team will be invited to make
another trip to the coast. California
alumni in the east would like to have
OHIO State make the trip again. and
It IS not unlikely that Cornell may be
invited.
For time it seemed that the big
game would not be played this year
due to disagreement between the
Tournament of Roses committee and
the Pacific Coast conference over the
financial arrangements.
California objected to the plan
which gave the team nothing but ex-
penses, while the committee profited
immensely from the gate receipts.
After much discussj n, the commit
Tee finally agreed to eI,e each of the
competing teams a guarantee of 49,
600, and to devote the remaining
money to the payment of the new
stadium at Pasadena.
General Disadvantage.
Another family row came up when
Stanford booked a Christmas game
with the University of Pittsburg. The
Pasadena committee complained that
this big game would take the edge
off the New Years classic and several
members of the conference were lined
up for support.
Stanford stopped the controversy
with the threat of leaving he confer
ence, if necessary, to stage the game
Sentiment in the Western confer
ence is against post-season and all
jntersectional games, and if Ohio
State should be inclined to look ia
vorably upon an invitation to play
California again. the opposition of the
conference might make it possible
Jack Wilce. coach of Ohio State and
one of the most responsible officials
in the Western conference does not
agree with the attitude that the inter
sectional games are not good thing
for college teams.
when the opportunity is offered
to take a trans-continental trip during
the holidays when scholastic work is
not interfered with. 1 think it is a
good thing for the players and for the
game" Wilce said here last summer
"The trip is an education in itself.
It fosters better relationship between
the athletes and it rewards the players
who get very little compensation for
long, tedious and many times painful
hours of hard work.
While the big Three" already has
entered into an agreement to leave all
games off the football
schedule in future, it does not neces-
sarily imply that the agreement will
become permanent
Alumni of Yale, Harvard. Princeton,
living out of the eastern radius, may
have something to say about the ath
letic policy, as they have in the past.
Other factors may enter into a re-
consideration of the present policy al
so. Yale, beyond doubt, would like
to get even for the defeat handed to
them by Iowa. Harvard and Prince
ton also may have some scores they
would like to settle and the exalted
position of the big Three" where
they could force teams to come and
play them in their own yards. no
longer exists.