Show California Rehires Stub Grid Outlook Puzzling w By ily Dan IJan McGuire SAN FRANCISCO June 14 UP Representatives UP-Representatives Representatives UP-Representatives of the 10 Pacific Coast conference members opened their meeting Monday simultaneously with an announcement announcement announce announce- ment mont of the University of California California California Cali Cali- fornia that its coaching staff had been rehired and football would continue California's announcement that L. L B. B Stub Allison and his staff had been rehired was interpreted as a strong indication that the conference e members will approve some form of league football com corn petition Some sources predicted splitting the conference into a northern and southern division would provide the solution Clint Evans general manager of the California Associated Students Students Students Stu Stu- dents announced the rehiring of the coaching staff adding that we plan to go ahead with football foot foot- ball bail in the best possible manner Evans has believed all along that the conference can devise a streamlined schedule despite inroads inroads inroads in in- roads on student and coaching personnel by the armed services Earlier he said Well definitely have football at California whether it be conference con eon conI ference or otherwise From all in indications indications in- in I we will be able to use navy students However the nucleus nucleus nucleus nu nu- nu- nu cleus of our team will probably consist of boys 17 years old Not so optimistic Al Masters graduate manager of Stanford university said there is doubt as asto asto asto to whether there will be football played next fall either at Stanford Stanford Stanford Stan Stan- ford or any of the other schools He explained that Stanford is being being being be be- ing largely taken over by the army and that the army will not permit its student-soldiers student to com corn pete The most spirited opposition to toa toa toa a split conference comes from the northern members Washington I Washington State Oregon Oregon I State Idaho and Montana They 1 feel that once divided the conference conference con con- I ference may never be reorganized after the war I With the Rose Bowl a juicy plan for all conference members to seek seek although although Montana and Idaho annually have virtually no chance these chance these northern institutions institutions institutions will want to remain in the conference when peacetime comes and they control the vote Washington State has indicated what its football fortunes will willbe willbe willbe be with an announcement that the student body will be 90 per cent girls It was regarded as doubtful doubtful doubtful doubt doubt- ful if Montana and Idaho will have football A proposal by the University of Southern California and University University University sity of California at Los Angeles for home and home games among themselves and the University of California and Stanford failed to arouse any enthusiasm in Evans and Masters The northern schools would have none of at it Some sports observers feel that California can justify its optimism over football prospects since in inthe inthe inthe the San Francisco bay area are two preflight schools schools Del Del Monte and St. St Mary's Marys and Marys and they will have teams |