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Interstate Football.
The executive committee of
the Western Interstate Univer
sity Footbnll Association held its
regular annual meeting at Kan
sas City December 30. All the
states were represented, Mr.
Smoke of Missouri being repre
sented by his proxy, Mr. Rol
lins. The business of the season
just closed was settled, the con
stitution amended in several
particulars, the schedule for next
year's games arranged, and
officers for the ensuing year
chosen. On the whole all agreed
that it was the most successful
meeting of the league held thus
far.
Considerable trouble was ex
perienced in awarding the cham
pionship for this year, Missouri
and Kansas having tied for first
place, and then failed to play off
the tie us provided for in the
constitution. Missouri and Kan
sas claimed that the annual
assessment for a trophy should
be made and the money equally
divided between them, presum
ably to do with as they pleased.
Nebraska and Iowa insisted that
as no championship had been
won and the teams tieing had
failed to play off the tie as pro
vided for, no assessment should
be made or trophy should be
awarded until the tie had been
played off. Mr. Reed, last year's
general manager, was finally
instructed to look up the prece
dent in such cases, and then
report the result of his investi
gations to the executive commit
tee for their final decision.
The constitution was amended
in several particulars, the most
important being in regard to the
trophy, choosing of umpires and
referees, and the qualifications
of players.
Instead of appropriating fort'
dollars each year for the purpose
of purchasing a trophy to be
presented to the winning team,
two hundred dollars will be
appropriated next year for the
purpose of purchasing a cup to
be presented to the winning team
and to be held by it until the
championship is won by another
team, the cup to become the
exclusive property of the college
winning the championship three
years. I favored making it three
years in succession, but the other
members of the committee
thought that would necessitate
too long a time before the cup
would become the property of
any college.
Hereafter no one who has
been or is any way connected
with any University, a member
of this association, can act as
umpire or referee. Iowa claim
ed that Heath, who umpired the
Kansas vs. Iowa game, was a
coach of the Kansas team. This
amendment was made to cover
such cases. By October 1 of
each year the manager of each
team shall send to the general
manager a list of six names of
men whom he prefers to act as
umpires and referees. These
lists are then sent to the oppos
ing managers, who designate
their first, second and third
choice, and the men so chosen
shall act as umpires and refe
rees. By so doing the umpires
and referees will be men agree
able to both managers and each
team will know several weeks
before the game who will um
pire and referee that game.
This will prevent the trouble
experienced this year and last
of choosing the umpire and
referee sometimes within half an
hour of the time the game was
called. Men who were often
unknown to one or both teams
contesting.
Provision was made to pre
vent coaches and post-graduates
unless the' are graduates of the
collige on whose team they play,
from playing in league games.
The last provision will prevent
eastern college players, who are
hired nominally as tutors, but
really as coaches, from playing
m league games.
Baker University of Kansas
applied for admission to the
association, but the application
was refused. TUe association
was organized as strictly a State
University affair and will be
maintained as such.
Fred Barnes (Nebraska) was
chosen president for the ensuing
year; William Darnell (Iowa),
vice-president ; Lieut. Smoke
(Missouri), secretary ; and R. K.
Mordy (Kansas), treasurer.
Charles H. Wilson of Omaha,
an old Princetonman, who has
so satisfactorily refereed our
Thanksgiving games for three
years, was chosen general man
ager It is hoped that he can
help us make Omaha the football
town that Kansas City is.
The success of the league dur
ing the two years of its exist
ence has been greater than that
hoped for by its most ardent
supporters. The league is doing
all it can to keep out profession
alism and make the game strictly
a college game. It js worthy of
remark that in all our league
games this fall the playing was
clean and no conduct unworthy
of college men was allowed or
even attempted. The contrast
between the gentlemanliness of
our league games and the rough
ness and slugging practiced in
other games, noticeably games
with Athletic Associations, was
very marked.
Schedule for next year is as
follows :
Neb. vs. Mo. nt Kansas City, Nov. 8.
Kan. vb. In. nt Iowa City, Nov. 8,
Neb, V8, Knn, nt Lawrence, Nov. 17.
In, vg, Mo. nt Columbia, Nov. 17.
Neb, vs. In, nt Omaha, Thanksgiving.
Knn, vs. Mo. at Knn City, Thanksgiving
LOCAL
There will be a meeting of the
first preparatory class on Friday
at 2 p. m. in the chapel, for the
purpose of electing ofiicers.
The Unions will not hold their
regular program on Friday even
ing owing to the fact that fresco
ers arc at work decorating their
hall.
Jno. R. Mott, one of the lead
ing college Y. M. C. A. workers
of our nation, will be present
with us Thursday and Friday of
next week.
The first annual S. L. & Q.
Oratorical contest of the Union
society was held in chapel
on Saturday evening, December
16, 1893. The contending ora-tors-and
their subjects were as
follows: J. Norman Shreve,
"The Present Social Unrest;"
Roy V. Patch, "Greatest of Con
flicts ;" Ned C. Abbott, "A
Century of Dishonor. " Mr.
Shreve carried oft' first honors
and Mr; Abbott was awarded
second place.
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