The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-30
SPORTS of TIMES
Rose BOWI
And Logic
BY LOU FABR0
Times Sports Editor

Logic must be ''down' and muddled thinking
up, in this age of rockets, H-Bombs and the Rose
Atleast that's the way it appears as the University
OF Minnesota, which is against the Rose Bowl, eagerly
sends its championship football team into battle
against Washington in the (ugh) Rose Bowl this COM
ing Monday.
Even Aristotle, the great Greek philosopher who
developed the science of Formal Logic, would have a
difficult time trying to reason out this one.
Msgr. Paul ]. Glenn, the late rector of ST. Charles
Seminary, described Formal logic in one of his many
textbooks as 1.-The science of correct thinking"
1t seems to us that the process of correct think
ing" suffered a complete breakdown when Minnesota
decided to 60 to the Rose Bowl.
From 1916, when the Big Ten began participating
In the Rose Bowl, until last Spring when the confer
ence failed to renew its contract because of a SIS vote
OF ITS members, Minnesota always voted thumbs down
on the Rose Bowl.
DURING THAT TIME, the Gophers never played
in the Rose Bowl since the Big Ten winner or runner
up received the nod each year and Minnesota hadn't
finished in the money since 1941.
Then this fall, Minnesota befuddled all the grid
experts and came romping home as co-champion of
the Big Ten. The Gophers also we're acclaimed the No.
l team in the country. Football hysteria hit the state.
While Minnesota celebrated its success, fans
across the country wondered whether or not the Uni
versity would accept a Rose Bowl bid if it were offered.
Although the Big Ten no longer had a contract to
furnish a team, the conference also had no rule for
bidding a member from participating if it desired.
1t might be noted that in last springs meeting,
Minnesota not only voted against the Rose Bowl con-
tract but also voted to kill the clause which permits
individual teams to accept an invitation if one was
offered.
AFTER MINNESOTA CLOSED its 1860 grid
campaign, a special huddle of the university's 168-
man Senate was called to vote on the touchy Rose Bowl
Bowl subject. The group stamped its approval on an
invitation If one was made.
Notice that when the senate voted, a bid had not
been offered as yet. But the school that was dead-set
against the Bowl apparently hoped people didn't get
the wrong idea-at least not this year.
A few hours after the senate's action, a Rose
Bowl bid was offered. This leads to the suspicion that
there was some blackstone manuevering before a vote
was taken and the invitation was extended.
AT n A SAME SPECIAL senate meeting, the
group voted to continue efforts to kill Big Ten parti-
cipation in the Rose Bowl. Or as its resolution read, to
continue to strive as in the past for removal of the
permissive clause from the regulations of the Western
Conference"
In a feeble effort to clear up the hazy picture,
the senate issued a special report. 1t said that although
Minnesota always was against the Rose Bowl contracts
and against the 'permissive clause, and although
none of its grid teams went to the Bowl before, the
university always had participated in the Bowl by
accepting its share of the gate proceeds.
The report went on to say that if Minnesota re-
fused to play on Jan. 2, the school would deprive other
conference members of their share of the 1861 Rose
Bowl gate.
Also, a negative vote would hurt chances of other
Big Ten teams of getting invitations in the future, so
the report said.
WELL, ALL WE A SAY is tina. 49,. IN shty gal
liant of Minnesota for making this tremendous sacrifice
for the good of the Big Ten. This is the same Big Ten
Conference, mind you, that turned down a new Rose
Bowl contract last spring.
P.S.-Ohio State, which voted against the Rose
Bowl contract and the "permissive clause" last spring,
voted to accept its cut about SIS, 000) of the gate. A
lot of mumble-jumble was used to explain the schools
action.
In all fairness, however, ii should be noted that
the issue got past Ohio States Faculty Council only by
the skin of its teeth. But it did get by.