Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-28 | Page 12 | New Order will Stop all University Elevens from Playing out-of-Towns Ball

New Order-Will Stop All University Elevens From Playing 0ut-of-Town Ball Ruling Will Probably Result in a Complete Rearrangement Rear-rangement of Gridiron Programs; Students in Training Can Only Play Football on Saturday Sat-urday Afternoons During October. I HJCAGO, Sept. 27. Football sched- ules of the western conference as E well as other intercollegiate asso-mJ asso-mJ cuttions in the country were further fur-ther blasted tonight, in a new war department ruling, i whu-h probably will result in a complete rearrangement of the nation's gridiron programs. The ruling came from Colonel R. T. Rees of the army general staff, who is in supreme charge of the student army training corps, and ir specifically stipulated stipu-lated that during the month of October football players would not be allowed to leave the universities except on Saturday Satur-day afternoons. Only Saturday afternoons after-noons can be devoted to the svort, which means that it will be impossible to platoon plat-oon tests requiring out-of-town travel. During the month of November the men playing football will be permitted to leave their universities on Friday evening, but must return on Sunday evening, thus giving giv-ing them a furlough of forty-eight hours. Professor William V. Pooley of Northwestern North-western university, president of the we.t- ern conference faculty comrnitto. -aid to-nlelit to-nlelit that ho did not hold out much prospect pros-pect for football next month. Northwestern Northwest-ern probably will be obliged ro cancid ?ame? with the Miclhcan and Ohio State. "Tt is possible that arranr-monts '"an be made to save the rame in some srotb," said Professor Poite , "but the nutiook is not promising,. The war do-ailment is in absolute control of tho situati' n, and If it desircF to wipe the slate $!t-an there is nothing e can do. "As understand It, the students in the armv training corps will oh.i.ta to ulider.u'O inspection every Saturday morning next month, so there will be no chance for them to leave Friday niy'nt to fulfill football engagement, in other cities." Althouph the season doe? not officially open In the middle s est until next Saturday, Sat-urday, several ames wl!l be decided tomorrow. to-morrow. I lie tireal IiUos naval tiainint; station team wi'l m-vt luxvn at Iowa City, and Notre Paine will take on ,;tse at Cleveland in the imp" riant contests.