Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-12-04 | Page 9 | May Forfeit Grid Contest

I I II MAY FORFEIT T GRID CONTEST WEST CONTESTI I Boise Eleven Refuses to Meet Idaho Falls in Title Battle i IDAHO FALLS rALLS Dec Claim 4 4 Ing the th state tit championship and stating that they wore not Inter Inter- eted In a 11 technical championship Principal D 13 H II Holloway of the Boise HIGh school lied n Principal E U D Crawford Craford Craw ford of the th Idaho Falls High school that they th y would not play the Idaho Falls Falle rail football team for th the state tate championship hero on De I S In accordance with the state stat boards board's board decision rm ren- ren rendered dered dared at Pocatello Friday Other reasons Isen g-Isen el en ere that they did not care caro to take a chance chanc on the tho high altitude and cold weather wither of this locality Principal Crawford replied Im- Im Immediately Immediately im immediately mediately to the tho th effect that thU Idaho Falls was wa going colne ahead ah ad In making the tho necessary ary arrangements to play the tho game ram In accordance with the board s e decision and also notified the tho state stat board of ot Doise Bolso's action Principal Crawford stated that he did not feel feol el that It was nas up to Idaho Pall to enter ent r Into any argument with Bole Boise over the tho th matter The Th state board of control had ruled d that the th local team t m should be played to decide th the state Ut cham cham- championship championship and l the tho th Thank Thanks day game p me upon which Boise Dolse Bol bases bues base their contention that the thel are the state champions champion Duo Due Du to this tact fact the tho local school chool will not en- en en enter ter tr Into an any argument ar um nt and should hould Boise continue to refuse local fol- fol fol followers follower lowers lower will ill expect some somo som drastic ac tion action to be b taken taen by the th board as athey they feel there thor must be b some som con con- con constituted authority minority in state high school athletics 01 00