Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1929, Page 35

ORGANIZATION ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAIN Membership in Big Ten A Otherwise Would Be Lacking—Chances for Hawkeyes’ Return Are Bright. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, May 28.—Iowa will undoubtedly take such steps as | are necessary for reinstatement in the Western Conference, | from which, at a meeting of the Big Ten faculty committee | on athletics, the Hawkeye institution was expelled on a charge of violating the rule against subsidizing athletes. Since the expulsion takes effect January 1, 1930, Iowa’s foot ball N schedule this coming Fall will not &x;obably find a way to re-establish herself in the good graces of the estern Conference in time to hold such arrangements as she has already made for 1931 and subsequent seasons. Towa needs the Western Conference even more than she needs championship foot ball elevens. of carrying on rivalry with her sister institutions of the midlands, Towa would not enjoy herself as attaches to membership in a solid would be little satisfaction in the organization of foot ball teams qualified to clean up the earth, with no opportunity to display this quality. Does this action against Towa imply that in no other institution belonging to the Big Ten do alumni interest themselves in securing foot ball mate- rial in one way or another? Presumably it does. Or if not that, it certainly implies that athletes receive no finan- cial assistance from alumni. In any case the condition is a highly credit- able one. Upon second thought the writer recalls a complaint of Chicago early last Fall that a certain alumni of a certain conference institution—not Jowa, it might be said—had shunted foot ball players committed to the mid- way institution in quite another direc- tlon. And certain members of the Big ‘Ten do not meet in foot ball because of objections to alleged methods of secur- ing foot ball material. Have Iowa 'n so eager in their quest for foot ball playing students as to commit indiscretions so bold. they could not be overlooked? Or is it simply that the alumni have been more careless than the alumni of other col- leges? Developments will be followed with wide interest. Towa's rise to foot ball prominence in the Big Ten came in 1921, when under the coaching of Howard Jones, who went to Iowa City in 1916, the ‘Hawkeyes won their first conference hampionship in 21 years. In 1922 Towa tled with Michigan for the title and won & resounding intersectional wvictory over Yale. Next year the Hawk- eyes finished in fifth place, Ho Jones went to Southern California and Burt Ingwersen replaced him. The team went through & fine season, be: ing Michigan, Minnesota and Wiscon- sin, tying Ohlo State and losing only to Illinois. In 1925, 1926 and 1927 the Hawkeyes ‘were disappointing, but last season they had a corl eleven, which defeated Chicago, Minnesota and Ohio State, losing to Wisconsin and Michigan. Ob- viously Towa was on her way upward, and the prospects are that next Fall ‘will see a splendid eleven at Iowa City— assuming, of course, the charges upon ‘which her expulsion from the Big Ten Was are not well founded, and that several outstanding athletes are not compelled to walk the plank in the interest of continued association with her conference sisters. A complication in that Towa is building a new stadium, whieh, were she isolated, might prove elephant, - %o be & white 3 Thorough Probe Asked. CHICAGO, May 28 (#).—An ‘investi- gation of the nine remaining members of the Western Conference to determine whether they, like Jowa University, should be the subject -of ouster action, has been started, it was announced to- day by Maj. John L. Griffith, commis- sioner of Big Ten athletics. Dean James Page of the University special in- Jowa out of the conference. ‘The action,. Maj. Griffith said, is in #ne with the decision of the faculty _committee to call for a showdown in Embarrassing Questions Your Registration Card Is Enough For Us * You Get Your Tires On the Spot Free Mounting NG INTEREST| dds Zest to Pastimes That | be affected, and, as said, she will | For, deprived of the opportunity a free lance. A certain dignity body like the Big Ten and there athletic affairs—*a final attempt by the Big Ten to stem the tide of profes- sionalism, which has tended in recent | years to wreck college athletics.” | “The question now has become | whether the Big Ten shall come out into the open and adopt as legitimate the recruiting practice, as employed in | the big base ball leagues, or whether we shall stick to our amateur status,” Maj. Griffith said. “The Big Ten has decided to stick to its amateur code and has decided that it will have no athletic dealings with any colleges or universities not equally strict in their amateurism.” Alumni Cause Trouble. “The old grad—the school-spirited alumnus—is the chief offender in the practice of recruiting athletic talent for schools. The problem now has become whether this type of alien is to become the sovereign ruler of college athletics or whether supreme authority shall rest with the proper school heads. “In many institutions alumni control the entire athletic admunistration. If the president stands in the way, it is understood the alumni can resort to politicians who will ask the State Leg- islature for the college president’s head; and the president knows that the Leg- islature would rather serve his head to the influential alumni business men than, &s a political body, take any in- terest in defense of the ideals of pure college athletics. “We are going to try to stop this procedure. We are going to try to save the game.” Last December, Maj. Griffith said, the foot ball coaches and athletic di- rectors of the ten universities were ask- ed to vote on the question of whether in their opinion the game was getting ‘worse, because of recruiting and simi- lar practices, or better. The vote was 19 to 1, that conditions were worse. Maj. Grifith said he would persist in refusing to divulge the details lead- ing to the Iowa ouster, nor would he divulge the names of any players in- volved. ‘The Big Ten, he said, de- cided it is “a family affair.” Maj. Griffith left ly today for Iowa City in response to a request by Uni- versity of Iowa officials that he en- lighten them as to the reason for the ouster. He sald he was going “not as a prosecutor, nor as a defender.” “I probably will give them a detailed explanation,” he said, “but I may not.” WIEMAN-AND YOST SPLIT, .TAD OUT AS GRID COACH ANN ARBOR, MICH, May 28 (®).— Tad Wieman, head foot ball coach and assistant director of athletics at the University of Michigan, will not coach the grid team next Fall, according to & member of the board in control of athletics at the university, who re- quested that his name be withheld from publication. e board member told the Asso- ciated Press Wieman and Athletic Di- rector Flelding H. Yost had reached the of the ways and that reconcilia- tion between them was impossible. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, - D. 0., -TUESD MAY 28, HEDGES PLACED SECOND IN -TRE OLymPic GAMES IN MHE HIGH JuMP, AND IS THE. | JOINT HOLDER OF “THE INDCOR 1LCAA.TTLE. WiLL RE WIN HE QUTDOOR Ci PHILADELPHIA ON HE'S A BLOND TORNADO Among the 1928 Olympians who will be seen in action on Franklin Field, Philadelphia, on May 31 and June 1, in the annual I. C. 4 A. meet, is a tall young blonde, who wears the orange and black of Old Nassau and who scampers around from one event to another almost as much as Princeton’s famous “Pel- ican” Thompson used to do. ‘The name of this young athlete is Benjamin V. D. Hedges and with those initials he just had to go out ROWN AT JONE 1512 A PRNCETONS Reinstatements Are Expected VERSATILE ARACK ano FiELD STARL. ¢ R 7 Tie \ fenGes PM/M;,EL ) > Metropolitan Newspaper Service for track, o, blessed with a fine pair of legs, he took up high-jumping and was able to tie for second in the rain and mud at the 1928 I. C. 4. A. meet at Cambridge, Mass. Encour- aged by this success, he tried out for the United States Olympic team and placed fourth in the great meet at Cambridge to Bob King, “Chuck” McGinnis and Harold Osborn, with a fine leap of 6 feet 3 inches. At Amsterdam Ben Hedges was one of the surprises of the American team. He tied for second with Men~ ard of France at 6 feet 3! inches, A DUAL MEET wW(T™H YALE ON MAy 18 HE WON -THReE FiRsTS: e HigH JuMP At 671314, BROAD Jump a1 2261.5%, (HE JUST TOOK ONE LEAP), AND “The HigH HURDLES IN 15 SECONDS. M defeating Osborn, the world rec- ord holder, and then won the jump- off for the silver medal and the honor that goes with it. Believe me, Mr. B. V. D. Hedges was one happy boy when that competition was over. tly, in the annual Yale- Princeton dual meet, Ben scored 15 points all by himself, set two new records (in the high hurdles and the high jump) and won the broad jump with ‘a single leap. His nimble legs and stout heart kept Princeton from being utterly mouted, for Yale won the meet 86 to 49. VICTORIES DIVIDED IN TENNIS TRYOUTS NE victory for Washington, pne for. Baltimore and- one 'for Richmond marked «the first day's play in the Sears Oup tryouts being held on the courts of the Baltimore Country Club. Phoebe Moorhead scored for Washing- ton yesterday, defeating Margaret An- derson of Richmond, 6—4, 5—17, 6—4. Page Swann of Baltimore scored over Mrs. Hugh Rowan of Washington in another three-set match, 3—6, 6—3, 7—5, while “Dido” Rogerson of Rich- mond downed Corinne Frazier of Wash- ington, 6—3, 6—4. All of the matches were exceedingly close and showed a general improvement over the caliber of tennis exhibited last season in these same tryouts. Penelope Anderson of Richmond will head the Middle Atlantic Sears Cup team on its Boston tour this year, ac- cording to expectations. She is gen- erally conceded to stand out as the logical top player, however. Elizabeth Warren of nd, although unable to attend the Baltimore round robin, is epremd to be included in the line-up also. Frances Krucoff of Washington was to get Into action today, playing Page Swann of Baltimore in her first match. Miss Moorhead was scheduled to meet Mrs. Charles H. Boehm of Baltimore today, Mrs. Rowan was palred against Miss Rogerson and Miss Frazier against Miss Margaret Anderson. Six players will be selected for the team from the 12 trying out, who in- clude 4 from Richmond, 4 from Wash- ington and 4 from Baltimore. With 2 Richmond positions assured, there ing under something of a handicap as both of these teams have just come off of clay and few of the players are familiar with the grass game. Since the Sears cup matches are always play- ed on turf, however, it was thought best to have the try-outs in Baltimore where the only turf courts of the section are available. 5 Competition for the Sears Cup, held annually at this time, is the women's Eastern team classic, involving teams from the Middle Atlantic, New land, Eastern and Middle States. It is understood that the Middle.States’ team will not compete this season, how- ever, which narrows the field to three sections. Last year the matches were held in Philadelphia and the trophy, the gift of Eleanora Sears of Boston, was cap- tured by the Boston team. are but 4 places open for which the 10 remaining players are competing. Richmond and Washington are play- ‘Tossing the caber, a 6-foot shaft of heavy wood, is one of the few anclent sports held in Scotland. Memorial Day Holiday Trip! T take a chance and spoil your trip with those old-worn-out tires. Equip your car with New U. S. Royal Tires today! 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On Sunday, when Cochet and Jacques Brugnon were beaten by Rene Lacoste and Jean Borotra in the finals of the men’s doubles, Cochet appeared unable to execute shots which a second-rate player would have toyed with. Every- thing went wrong. Cochet's lapse con- tinued in the singles, when he was forced to the limit to defeat Nick Sahar, a mediocre competitor from Egypt, 6—4, 6—4, 6—3. Cochet him- self was unable to explain his failure to get the ball over the net or keep it inside the courts. ‘Then as the great Frenchman took the courts with Miss Bennett against Lacoste and Mme. Helen Lafaurie in the mixed doubles semi-finals, Henri simply smothered everything that came his way from his old comrade, Lacoste. The latter, aware of Cochet’s difficulties earlier in the tournament, kept shoot- ing everything his way, but Cochet’s old cunning had returned and Lacoste’s strategy went all awry in consequence. Americans figured heavily in today's schedule. 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