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Show Ralph Rose Mas Not Yet Returned Michigan Athlete May Enter Somo Big- Eastern University. ANN ARBOR. Mich., Jan. 21.-Ralph Rose, the Michigan glaqt shot putter, has not returned to tho university and It is not known whero ho" has gono. That ho may have anticipated the athletic board's action In ruling him out of all future Michigan contests and is sizing up somo of tho Eastern colleges with a view to matriculating Is thought possible. ,,nJ.S ru,Ine of the board was a blow to Michigan students when it was first announced, an-nounced, but now there is a general feeling about tho collego that it was tho best thing that could have been done to stamp Michigan as the leading exponent of clean athletics in tho West. At a monster mass meeting of Michigan Michi-gan s athletes held here for the purpose of organizing tho track team, not a word was said about tho loss of Rose. His action in going East to compete with the A. A. Is looked upon In the light of a desertion Knowing tho athletic rule, on this point aiid realizing what the penalty would be, Rose deliberately left tho coi-cge, coi-cge, and is now being branded as a traitor trai-tor to Michigan athletics. iJrT,tthiScycnty"nve athletes. MIrhlcan's track team was finally organized. A mass meeting m tho gymnasium was uti-Izcd uti-Izcd to classify the men and give 'them Instructions. Preliminary training will begin soon to last four weeks, after which ,n.?f 7L rcftu'atlon "bread and water" diet work will bgln. |