Evening star., 1939-10-24
Group Urging Custer
Wants Winner 10
Replace Maroon
Pittsburgh, Notre Dame
Held Likely Candidates
For Conference Berth
Dy VIII NEI MAN1I
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK. Oct. 24.-There
seems to be a slight overemphasis
on character building at the Uni
versity of Chicago, and few more
lickings such as that 85-to-0 affair
at the hands of Michigan Saturday
might call for an investigation into
the grave charges that the school
is proselyting students instead of
football players.
The Maroons of late have been
pushed around like Thanksgiving
Day, and Saturdays debacle is
stout spike in the argument of some
fans that Chicago should move out
and make room in the Big Ten for
some school which has the idea that
character can be built quite as we'll
by winning games as losing them.
The sound argument against this
is that an athletic conference takes
in all sports, and that Chicago
does pretty we'll by itself in other
branches, although it is true that
football carries the freight, and poor
football teams mean poor crowds
and poor crowds mean poor treas
uries.
Vacancy Wouldn't Last Long.
II Chicago did withdraw it would
be like pulling your finger out of a
bucket of water. The hole would
fill up that quickly.
1t is known that Pittsburgh is
fairly itching to join up, and has
given its athletic policies so many
coats of whiteWash the black bot
tom has been completely obliterated.
The Panthers even send the reports
OF their athletic housekeeping to
John L. Griffith. Big Ten commits
sloner, to show they have nothing
up their sleeve.
1t has been limited that Notre
Dame would not frown on an in
vltatlon, although it is true the
Irish do all right as a lone wolf,
and might prefer to continue their
tree-Wheeling schedule.
When Nebraska was potting the
Big Six title almost annually, the
Huskers often were mentioned as
Big Ten prospect, but with the rise
OF Oklahoma the Nebraskans no
longer would have the excuse that
the competition within their own
circuit was inadequate. Besides.
Nebraska is pretty well content in
lts own snug, friendly little loop.
Loop Shakeups Not Uncommon,
Conference shakeups are not un-
common. In fact, nearly all circuits
have at one time or another under
gone alterations, although it is ad-
mitted it would take some quick
sprouting ivy to qualify team to
join the Ivy League.
A couple of years ago Grinnell
withdrew from the Missouri Valley
Conference because it couldn't cope
with its bigger brothers on the
football field. The Missouri Valley
Conference, incidentally. has more
alumni schools than the schools
have alumni. The Big Six itself
is an offshoot of that much-scis-
sored circuit.
The unwieldy Rocky Mountain
Conference was split into two di-
visions, and the same thing hap
pened to the old Southwestern con-
ference, which had so many men,
bers they had to wear Identification
badges.
Might Not Release Chicago.
Whether Chicago eventually de-
cides to submit it's resignation is
problematical, and even if it did
there is some doubt that it would
be accepted as there still are a few
officials who have the quaint idea
that the classroom is more important
than the football field and that be-
cause school plays its football
by easy stages does not necessarily
mean the institution doesn't amount
to hill of beans.
In fact, perhaps the Nations in
stitutions of high learning QUE Chi
cago a low bow for putting Ioorou:.,> y
in its place, although the football
fanatics would bow only with shame.
They judge school by its passing
percentage on the field, not in the
classroom.