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Show I GRS IFF H- Willard to Appear in an Ex- I hibition Bout at Army I KANSAS CITY, Mo Oct. 24 H Abandonment of nil the October foot- H ball games In the Missouri Valley con- H ferencc has been made necessary by H the refusal of Colonel H. J. Ticca of the H army general staff of the student army H , (.'raining corps to modify the rules con- H. cerning the athletics, sot forth in the H J circular of September 26. H In a telegram to A. Ross II111, presl- H dent of the University of Missouri and H district educational director of the S. H A T. C, Colonel Rees stated that H tlieso regulations would stand in de- H tail. Ko commanding officer of the H S". A. T. C. "Will bo permitted to violate H ihe rules of the war department which H ' forbid out-of-town trips requiring ab- H sonce from schools other than Satur- H day afternoon of this month. H ' The telegram of President Hill wns H in answer to the recommendations of H the presidents, boards of control and H faculty representatives of tho Missouri i valley schools that the conference Hj j football schedule be allowed to stand H f as far as possible. H ' 1 Because of the distance between the H Missouri valley colleges, It will bo im- H possible to play the October games H1 and return by Saturday night in the H' "noon to taps" furloughs that are per- H". mltted this month. Therefore, only H games with schools outside the oon- H I fcrence and close to tho conference H points were possible this month. H The November schedule will be fol- H.i lpwd as closely as possible, according H tp Colonel Rees's telegram. Teams H will be allowed to make trips of not H i more than forty-eight hours, or from H Friday night to Sunday night. Whe- H (her the November ruling will be fol- H i lowed so strictly as to necessitate a Hul change in the plan for the annual H'i Kansas-Missouri game on Thanksgiv- I ! ing Is a matter of conjecture, but H' ! Fresldont Hill is said to be hopeful H 1 that the war department will permit H ; the departure of the team on a forty - HI i eight-hour furlough in the middle of H J the week instead of at the end of tho 'i "tyeek. If not, the game might hnve to bo played on the Saturday before H or after the Thanksgiving Thursday. Hj 1 President Hill favors a complete re- H vision of tho Missouri valley schedule HT, similar to that already effected In the HL' Western conference, whereby every Hlli! conference team would meet tho other v' conference toam. Whether this could 1 bo crowded into November seems fl doubtful, and there has been somo talk among coaches and directing nu-thorltles nu-thorltles of attempting to extend the Hi season into next month. Much will depend on the games with schools ou'l-sido ou'l-sido the conference that can be can-celed can-celed or reset With a large porcentago of the foot-ball foot-ball material at all the valley schools under strict military control and disci - i pllne, training and practice routine as fl , followed in other years bids to be raa- I i terially upset. The effept of tho in-oculations in-oculations required of S. A. T. C. men fl ' was expected toi Interfere with early practice, but the postponement of the schedule probably will give lime for 1 vaccinations to heal before the real season opens. |