The University of Chicago had lost its 60th straight Big Ten basketball game in five winless years. Last week, Chicago resigned from the Big Ten.
Ever since Chancellor Robert Maynard Hutchins "de-emphasized" football in 1939, Chicago had been a member by courtesy only. But so long as Chicago still played basketball, track and tennis with the other nine, such potential Big Ten members as Notre Dame, Nebraska, Pittsburgh and Iowa State could not be included.
Said Athletic Director T. Nelson Metcalf: "Our membership obviously was unfair to teams that did not encounter us....
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