Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-11-26 | Page 15 | No Big Team for Rose Bowl, Think Midwestern Grid Fans

No Big Team for Rose Bowl Think Midwestern Grid Fans CHICAGO Nov 26 AP Neither AP-Neither Neither Minnesota's championship championship champion champion- ship Gophers nor any other western conference football team will participate in this winters winter's Rose Bowl game according to sources c close se to conference conference athletic affairs As reports from other sections of the country today continued to mention Minnesota as a possible Rose bowl participant usually re reliable reliable reliable re- re liable observers here were contending contending con con- tending 1 1 That the Western conference conference conference confer confer- ence at Its scheduled meeting De De- e cember 7 6 would not approve conference participation in the bowl game and 2 That even should such participation participation participation par par- be approved Minnesota would not be the team to Continued on Page Seventeen I Gophers Miss Bowl Game Continued from Page Fifteen sent the Big Ten In n the gridiron extravaganza January 1 at Pasadena Pasadena Pasadena Pasa Pasa- dena Cal Minnesota on Record For one thing Minnesota went definitely on record last October 17 against conference participation tion in postseason games For another another another an an- other it is pointed out invitations to participate in the game are not presented unless it is known in advance after feelers have gone out that the invitation would be accepted Wisconsin in addition to Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minne Minne- sota formally has gone on record against postseason games Purdue's Purdue's Purdue's Pur Pur- dues due's faculty yesterday voted against the Rose bowl idea and Northwestern and Illinois are known to be opposed to it Thus five schools are believed to be in i opposition opposition-a a majority inasmuch as Chicago having abandoned the sport is not expected to vote on the proposition Ohio State Indiana and Michigan Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- gan reportedly favor conference participation while Iowa's board in control of athletics according to Dr Karl E E. Leib Its chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man is heartily in favor of al allowing allowing allowing al- al lowing Minn Minnesota sota to go to the theRose theRose theRose Rose bowl Michigan it was reported reported reported re re- re- re ported will vote on the question Saturday I Michigan Might lIght Go GoThere GoThere GoThere i There was a strong feeling here that if the conference unexpectedly unexpectedly unexpectedly edly approved the idea Michigan would represent the Big Ten Michigan with its all America Tom Harmon a stand-out stand back inthe in inthe inthe the nation lost only to Minnesota this season dropping a 7 6 decision deci deci- sion Last September 7 the conference conference conference confer confer- ence faculty committee postponed action on the Rose bowl question Those close to the picture here contend that the deferment killed any chance of the circuit having havinga I a representative in this winters winter's Rose bowl contest