Recent embarrassing losses as to Vanderbilt and Kentucky could also become part of that litany of infamy.
On Oct. 31 of that year, the Tigers returned from a two-game winning trip. But a 6-5 victory over a vastly inferior Washington University team left the players indignant.
The school's best players were being prohibited from participating because of poor grades. A new official at the University enforcing that policy seemed hell-bent on ruining the team's season.
The Mizzou players responded by threatening to strike. The Post-Dispatch reported that half the team refused to sit at the training table and that prospects for settlement were poor.