Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-10-18 | Page 22 | Purdue Too Busy with Future to Worry About Lost Game

Purdue Too Busy With Future To Worry About Lost Game LAFAYETTE Ind md Oct 18 INS INS PUrdue's Purdue's football team L Is looking ahead not ahead not back declared back declared Boilermaker Coach Mel Me Elward today in jn in reference to his elevens eleven's d disputed 17 14 defeat de defeat de- de fe feat t by bv Ohio State at Columbus October 5 It was wu an unfortunate occurrence occur occur- rence Elward said sald but that games game's aies over so so tar far as were we're concerned concern con cern d. d Its It's too l late te to worry about Ohio State were State were we're c concen concentrating right now on our future ga games s with Wisconsin Iowa Fordham Minnesota and Indiana Major John L. L Griffith commissioner commissioner commis commis- Ioner of athletics for the Western Western Western West West- ern ern conference made it clear nothing could be done about changing the result of the g game me The dispute arose when Gordon Cordon Graham p sports editor of oC the Lafayette Journal and Courier published p a story claiming motion pictures i showed that Charley Maag who kicked Ohio States State's winning field goal was in n the game illegally Graham contended Maag I had been taken out early in the second quarter of ot the contest and reentered in the game late in the sam aam period i Under conference rules no play play- rs ri may return io to o the game in inthe inthe Inthe the same ame period he has b been en withdrawn withdrawn withdrawn with with- drawn for a substitute However Griffith said uld If It 1 Maag was illegally illegally ille lila gally aIly substituted it it was wa a mis- mis I take lake about Which nothing can bedone be bedon bedone done don because coi conference coaches coache have agreed to assume full responsibility re for the legality of sub subS No blame can be put Upon the umpire