Show I INVESTIGATION TION OF ATHLETICS ATHLETICS AT 9 OTHER BIG BIG TEN T SCHOOLS BEG BEGIN N i A f r J i f m J l 1 BLAME GRADS FOR HELPING J J. J SPORT STARS 1 Major jor Griffith Leaves to Enlighten Iowa U. U o 1 Authorities CHICAGO CHiCAGO May 28 AP AP-An AP AP An in investigation In- In of the tho S remaining s members of the western conference to d e c t e r m i n e c gj 4 the like they Jowa Iowa university N. N should be th Subject action jf of has ouster been MiA started it was wast t announced today today b by Major John L. L Griffith i commis-i f Ioner of or- Big Ten Ten athletics V D Do Doan e a n James J Page of the University Uni t of or MInnesota MInne- MInne j sota is head of oC a ah special f gating committee which was named at Saturday ii after after af- af S ter the faculty faculty- athletic committee commit commit- k tee tte of oC the Big Ten J U had ad Voted Iowa t out of the con con- b ference l The action Ma- Ma fa Griffith lor Griffith said Slid f. f is in lino Uno with the decision of ot the faculty committee commit commit- tee ce to call for a a. showdown in athletic ath ath- letic affairs a final attempt by the Big Ten to stem steni the tide of professionalism sm which has tended trl in recent years rears to wreck college athletics FAVOR PURE PURE AMATEUR SPORT The question now ow has become becomer r p Whether the Big Ten shall Como come out into open and nd adopt as as the recruiting practice as employed em em- In the big DIg baseball leagues 01 or- or whether we shall stick sUel to our status Major Griffith f y ld id V. V ll THe e Big Bli Ten ren has lIas decided to stick to Its its' amateur cod code cede and lias has de- de ded that It will have lio no athletic palings with any colleges or un universities uni- uni i- i y not equally strict in their theil amateurism h old grad the grad the school spir l Pd l cd alumnus alumnus Is Is th the chief offender ln In n the practice of or recruiting athI ath- ath I talent for schools The problem lem em now has become whether whether- this f type Hpe pe of ot alien aHen Is t to become the sovereign sov soy reign ruler of ot college athletics or whether supreme authority shall 1 rest st with tho tIm pr school heads Jn rn- rn many in institutions alumni N control the entire athletic adminis adminis- If Jf th tM president stands in Jn tho the way it itIs Is understood the alumni pan n resort to politicians who will ask the state legislature for the college col col- lege presidents president's head and the presIdent president pres pres- ident dent knows that the legislature Should gould rather serve his head to the influential alumni businessmen than tUan as a political body t take ke any Interest in defense of oC the Ideals of ure college athletics We w are going to try fo 10 stop this procedure We Ve are going goins- t to try to the game 49 TO 1 SAY CONDITIONS WORSE i Last December Major Griffith aid ald the football coaches and athletic ath- ath letic directors of ot the ten fU verc yere asked to vote on tle the queston ques- ques ton ot 0 whether in their opinion r- r game was getting worse bew be- be w f 1 cause ause use of recruiting and similar practices or better The vote was J i t to 1 that conditions were worse Major Griffith said he would perI per- per I in in refusing to divulge t the te e det details de- de t tails leading to the Iowa ouster he divulge the names of oC Involved The Big Ten he me said has bas decided it is a family affair I J Major Griffith left early arly toda today toda for I Iowa wa City In response to a request by y University of ot Iowa officials that he lIe i them as to the reasons 1 bc r the ouster He said he was was' going gong go- go ing ng ng not as a a. prosecutor nor as asa em 5 a defender I I I probably will give ghe them a a. det detailed detailed de- de I t tailed explanation he said but I Imay Inay nay may ay not |