Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-22 | Page 18 | Conference Drops Freshman Ruling

FRESii ilii Action Is Unanimous; Wyoming Wyo-ming Will Not Be Able -to Play Utah Schools, IPEENVER, Sept 33- By unanimous action ac-tion representatives of the Colorado members mem-bers of the Rocky mountain Inter collegiate athletic conference at a meothv? here today to-day adopted & resolution virtually eettins aside the frehman rale" of the conference confer-ence for the current foot mall season. None - of the Utah or Wyoming members of tiie coTTferenee was represented, but most of .- these schools are said to have written conference officials, approving the proposal. pro-posal. Under the terms of tbe repointion the eligibility mles of the conieroiie are waived for all students who are members of a student arrav training camp, but stand for indents not taiins military work undrr the new federal plan. The only restxic-ion placed on siixient army, training corps men partictpotinir in coi- ; eg;e athletics is that they must he ud ; in their studies. Certified lists of nn elitdble to compete in any athletic event " are to be excnaned between indtutious Ave days before the event. Ttae conference also adouted a resolution resolu-tion rfcom men 1 1 i that no .uiws re-Qnirmg re-Qnirmg protracted absence from coTVsre be scheduled. This will mean the striX- tne of dares with Utah. Kauris and N"ebcaska. schoois from the foot hall srheU-ules srheU-ules of Bexeral of the conference metn- - bers. Owinsr to this curtailment of some schedules, the coaches were empowered to rearranre schedules eo as to take advantage ad-vantage of any dates made open throagrh the dropping of interstate grames. At a meeting of the coaches of the varJoas colleges following the conference meeting all expressed satisfaction with Lheir sdiedTiies as they stand, the only chanse cocsidered beim? the playing of the University of Ookrado-renver university uni-versity game tn Denver on October 26, a week "later titan called for in the original schedule. Formal action toward this end . will be taken by representatives of the two universities this comics week. Although in another stare, the University Univer-sity of Wvomlnir will not be barred entirely en-tirely from contests with Colorado schools or schools or institutions In the northern part of the state, within an easy day's journey of Laramie, will carry out their schedules with Wyoming Unlver-sitv Unlver-sitv of Utah. Utah Assies and Montana - Acries, however, win play none of the Colorado colleges this year.