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  • March 25
    At the end of the month in which Iowa almost succeeded in luring Knute Rockne away from Notre Dame, the news leaked out and Rockne fired off this telegram to Iowa President Walter Jessup:

    “BELTING AND FIESLER [medical supervisor in athletics and
    a key negotiator in the affair] BOTH PROMISED ABSOLUTELY
    NO PUBLICITY. MY DUTY NOW LIES HERE. FURTHER
    DISCUSSION IS USELESS. I VOLUNTARILY SIGNED NEW
    TEN YEAR AGREEMENT ON SAME TERMS AS PAST AND
    WHOLE MATTER IS NOW CLOSED. GOOD LUCK.

    K.K. Rockne"

    In April, Burt Ingwersen, an Iowa native who graduated from the University of Illinois, signed a three-year contract to coach Iowa football. Though alumni weren't happy with the appointment, Ingwersen went on to complete eight seasons at Iowa, recording only two losing seasons.

    June 11
    Major John Griffith, commissioner of the Big Ten, wrote to Dr. Belting, saying that “alumni in some schools had been unduly active in aiding athletes…. I am convinced that quite a number of the Iowa alumni were asked to subscribe to a fund which was used in helping athletes to make their way through a state university.” The commissioner said he was also convinced that Iowa’s athletic authorities had had nothing to do with such practices, but advised that “most of the directors have sent letters to their alumni requesting that they play the game according to the rules.”

    The issue of recruiting, coupled with alumni dissatisfaction with Coach Ingwersen, would eventually lead to Iowa’s suspension from the Big Ten.

    1924
    “Fewer men reported for football at Iowa than at any other school in the Conference,” the Hawkeye noted in its summation of the 1924 season. “The majority of the men had classes until four o’clock and were unable to be on the field until four thirty. Darkness came at about five. Thus, most of the practice was carried on with the ‘ghost ball’ in light supplied by giant arc lamps.”

    Iowa finished the season with a 6-1-1 record. The out of conference record included SE Oklahoma, Lawrence and Butler.

    W Southeast Oklahoma 43-0
    T Ohio State 0-0
    W Lawrence 13-5 (pictured below)
    W Minesota 13-0
    L @Illinois 0-36
    W Butler 7-0
    W @Wisconsin 21-7
    W @Michigan 9-2

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    BeatBigRed ●

  • In 1924, Iowa’s head football coach and athletic director, Howard Jones, left Iowa to take the head coaching position at Duke University. The University of Iowa hired Paul Belting to succeed Jones as Iowa’s athletic director on March 13, 1924. Belting now needed to hire a football coach, and after a failed attempt to hire Notre Dame head coach Knute Rockne, Belting hired fellow Illinois alumnus Burt Ingwersen. Many Iowa alumni were displeased with Belting hiring a fellow Illini to the post

    Paul Belting consolidated athletics with the Physical Education program at Iowa and planned several new athletic buildings. Within five years, Belting oversaw the constructions of the Iowa Field House and Iowa Stadium. Belting got funding and architectural plans approved in a surprisingly short time. “If it hadn’t been for him, Iowa’s new stadium probably wouldn’t have been built for another 20 years,” former Iowa sports information director George Wine wrote.

    Belting abruptly resigned at the end of his five year contract on April 26, 1929. Two weeks later, Iowa was suspended from Big Ten athletic competition by the conference for allegedly maintaining a “slush fund” for prospective athletes. This fund was nicknamed the “Belting fund” in the press, while Belting accused the university of not having proper faculty control of athletics.[8] Iowa fans held Belting responsible for their suspension from Big Ten athletic competition and threw eggs at his home.

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  • Whoever leaked the Knute Rockne news needs to be hunted down and FIRED! bangheadguncensoredfrustratedrant

    BeatBigRed ●

  • BeatBigRed said...

    Whoever leaked the Knute Rockne news needs to be hunted down and FIRED!

    At the very leasted they should have been hunted down at Knute-ered.

    but...

    look on the bright side, he probably would have just censoreded up the plans for the fieldhouse and Iowa Stadium. We'd have to be living with a giant touchdown farmer right now.....lol

    Harleyhawk

  • Nobody wears 24 on the Hawkeyes anymore...

    This post was edited by Truthhurts on 8/8/2012 at 1:48 PM

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    Truthhurts

  • By 1924 Rockne was fed up with the subway alumni in Chicago questioning his every move. Imagine that. He and Jones were good friends.

    Duke - Seriously?

    Iowa also went after "Sleepy Jim" Crowley, another ND grad and one of the famous Four Horsemen, who was coaching at MSU in 1932 when Ingwersen left. They offered him a huge raise, but Crowley stayed put, which is odd because MSU was definitely a lower level independent at that time. Crowley eventually left for Fordham in 1934, another puzzling move. It's a good thing Iowa didn't get him, because he committed multiple violations that were discovered by the AD and President after he left and kept quiet. If Iowa had been caught with its hand in the cookie jar again after the 1929 debacle, the Big Ten may have given the Hawkeyes the boot.

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    IamSparty

  • Interesting stuff Sparty.

    MSU was a lower level independent and Iowa recently had a couple Big Ten championships and perhaps a NC or two, yet Crowley didn't leave. Makes ya wonder, doesn't it.

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