The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-27
SUBSCRIBING OF MEN
IN ATHLETICS GIVEN
AS BOARDS REASON
Betting, Former Athletic Di.
rector, Says He Resigned
for This Reason
STUDENTS PROTEST ACTION
Michigan President Says
Charges Should Be Public,
Ousting Immediate
STUDENTS PROTEST ACTION

L. Griffith. commissioner o.! atnlellcS
in the western conference, today m
uounced the expulsion Of the Univer.
sity of Iowa would not be effective
until January l. 1880.
The decision will enable Iowa,
which was ousted by the conference
faculty committee on a charge OF
substituting its athletes, to complete
its six-gamc schedul, in football next
fall against Big Ten rivals. Its op'
ponents arc Ohio State. Illinois. Wis
consin, Minnesota, Purdue and Mich
igan.
Major Griffith said all these games
would be recognized b. the confer
cncc and that should Iowa WIN IT
would be recognized as Big Ten
champion.
Expulsion from its membership
Of the University of Iowa. on a somc-
. what yelled charge Of recruiting and
substituting athletes. p~reclpitated the
turmoil. which had grown to such
tremendous proportions today that
the life Of the conference appears at
stake.
This was the situation at a glance:
The faculty committee Of the con-
ference. composed of representatives
Of each school, issued an announce
uent at the annual meeting Satur-
day that Iowa had been expelled
for violation Of the rule prohibiting
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letes." Names Of the athletes so sub
s!dized were not revealed.
Eeiting Statement Made
Paul E. Betting issued a statement
charging he was compelled to give up
his position as athletic director at
Iowa because he refused to permit
diversion Of the schools athletic fund
to aid athletics.
One thousand Iowa students pa
raded the streets of Iowa City yes
tcrday in protest Of the expulsion.
storMins the residence of President
Walter Jessup for explanation of the
action and later congregatlng III a
plan to rotten egg Betting.
A declaration was issued BY Pres
ident Jessup that he knew nothing
about the charges, the identity OF the
accuscrs. or the nature Of the expul-
son order.
Professor Lewis Peeizer. 1oTa's rep
resentative. and secretary of the con-
ference athletic committee. admitted
that alleged maintenance of a SluSll
fund by wealthy Iowa City residents.
for the financing OF athletics, was
one Of the charges on which the ex-
pulsion was based.
Emphatic announcement wa made
by the Chicago Alumni Association OF
the University of Iowa that If Iowa
gees out, the alumni will find out
why ONE others don't get out too"
Little Charges Commercialism
Vigorous comment was made by
Clarence Cook Little. who recent
" resigned as president Of the
University of Michigan. who
charged the committee permitted
commercial consideration to sway
it in setting the date OF expul-
sion at January /. 1880. instead
Of making the order Immediately CT
f~cctivc; and that the committee
should have given out all details Of
the case. in fairness to the public and
as a lesson to other member schools.
Charges by Iowa students and
alumni that Minnesota had been on
the verge Of being expelled with Iowa
and that the dropping of Iowa was
the result Of a political coup
within the conference.
Major John L. Griffith, athletic
commissioner Of the conference. de-
clared in a statement that recruiting
and subsidizing of athletes was so bad
in the Big Ten that the making of
1880 football schedules last week had
to be postponed.
It was not definitely known today
whether the expulsion is effective I'm
mediately or on January !, 1880. Il
immediate. a revision of the entire
1929 football schedule is probable.