Show College Stern Men Pro Rule Re S Stirs Trouble By JERRY LISKA LISHA CHICAGO Oct 19 P iP The Western Vestern conference toda today was confronted by growing criticism against its stern rule designed to protect collegiate stars from the golden lure of professional football before they finish war-interrupted war campus careers A two-ply two development brought into the open a long-brewing long scrap between the conference whose code Is a model of most leagues throughout the college realm and well-heeled well pro football sponsors The first was the purported signing signing- of Elroy Hirsch Wisconsin's Wisconsin's Wisconsin's Wiscon Wiscon- sins sin's famed legged crazy halfback halfback half half- back by the Chicago club in the proposed America all conference The marine star now stationed at atEI atEl atEl El EI Toro Cal still slin has haJ two years of Badger competition remaining but not if it he has signed with the Chicago pro team as Owner John Keeshin claims Then yesterday a Notre Dame veterans' veterans spokesman protested In Ina ina ina a letter to Gen Omar Bradley veterans administration chief that the Big Ten code was prejudicial to G. G I. I athletes The Thc spokesman Philip Callen president of Notre Dames Dame's veterans veterans' veterans veterans' veterans veterans' veter veter- ans' ans club contended that the rule was first made public l last t summer after many G. G I I. I athletes made professional commitments without forsaking plans to finish college studies before joining the play-for- play pay ranks Although Big Ten Commissioner K L L. Tug Wilson Issued a memorandum memorandum mem mem- last July 23 asserting that the conference eligibility committee committee com com- ruled ineligible any candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date for a conference team who offered his services to a professIonal professional professional football team |