Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-02 | Page 10 | 'Big Three' to Talk over 1918 Athletics

'Blfi THREE' TO TALK OVER 19WLETIC5 Indications Are That Harvard, Har-vard, Yale and Princeton Will Resume Relations. By International News Service. NEW YORK, Feb. 1, The fate of intercollegiate in-tercollegiate spring- athletics in the east will bo decided when the "Bis Three parliament" meets next week. Home definite def-inite arrangement in regard to rowing and baseball at least is expected to be made. Kach of the three universities Yale, Harvard and Princeton has individually agreed to do away with the "informal" and they are planning to give varsity proportions to athletic sports. Owing to the fact that the government is encouraging encour-aging athletics, it has been deemed best by tho athletic councils of the three colleges col-leges not to discourage sports. The luke-warm overtures made by student and alumni managers have resulted in the calling of a conference for the purpose pur-pose of reviving the "Big Three." The following representatives will be present: Dean Hriggs, Harvard; Dean McClana-han, McClana-han, Princeton, and Professor Robert Is. Corwin, Yale, chairman of the board of athletic control. It is expected tliat these men will favor fa-vor resuming diplomatic relations among tho three big schools. Yale members of tho board openly declare de-clare that they can see no way of holding hold-ing the spring track meets, but the Tiger representative to the "parliament" is , more optimistic. He is in doubt. : It is probable that no elaborate or lav- I ish expenses in preparation will he permitted. per-mitted. A rule undoubtedly will be passed prohibiting long trips and most ! of the events may be limited to one-night i or one-day stands. j Each of the universities had already made certain rules regarding athletic work and several games have been arranged ar-ranged for outside the "Pig Three."