Ramer OutlinesNCAA k Major Olympic Goals VOL. 9 l NO. 16 DECEMBER 1, 1972 The Council of the National Collegiate Athletic Association voted October 25, 1972,-to withdraw as a member of the United States Olympic Com- mittee, effective immediately. Its action was based Today? Top Five irirahkts Selected : upon the unanimous recommendation of the NCAA International Relations Committee. silver Anniversary list Impressive I’ NCAA President Earl M. Ramer points out that this decision was the result of more than 10 Eight current student-athletes ership, campus and on-campus Angeles City Councilman. Hop- years of intensive effort to obtain a reorganization and 11 former collegians have activities and academic achieve- per, who played baseball, basket- of the U.S. Olympic apparatus because of the been selected as finalists for the ment. Only seniors of the calen- ball and golf for Dickinson Col- NCAA’s College Athletics Top dar year are eligible. lege, is an insurance consultant. NCAA’s conviction that the present U.S. Olympic Ten. In addition to being a football Huston is the Director of Ele- organization does not serve the needs of the ath- The eight finalists announced player, Ash is a tennis star and mentary Education for the War- lete, amateur sports or the national interest. competed in fall sports and will carries a perfect 4.0 grade ren, Ohio, Public Schools and vie with six previously announced average it1 his studies. Bannon earned letters in football, baseball “A similar proposal to withdraw was before the finalists from winter-spring is an All-America defensive end and track at Toledo U. Minisi, an 1965-66 NCAA Council,” Ramer said, “but at that sports nominations for Today’s fur the Nittany Lions and carries attorney, won letters in football lime the (:ouncil derided to continue to pursue Top Five Student-Athletes a 3.91 grade point average. and track at Pennsylvania. Awards. negotiations within the U.S. Olympic framework Brown is considered one of the Moore was a three-sport star The Today’s Top Five is part of in seeking appropriate restructuring and reorgani- top centers in the nation and is for Cal Tech and is Director of the College Athletics Top Ten, very active in the Fellowship of Manufacturing Services for IBM. zation. Such negotiations not only have proved which also honors five distin- Christian Athletes. Dumler, a Mulder was a pioneer of open fruitless; the interests of the NCAA and the guished former student-athletes business major, has never been heart surgery and is now at the school-college community have been further sub- on their Silver Anniversary as off the Dean’s List. UCLA Medical Center. He was a college graduates. jugated to the point that recent USlOC legislation, Huff has already won All- baseball and star at in effect, has been an invitation for the NCAA not The 11 finalists for the Silver Hope College. Anniversary Award are: America acclaim as to participate further in USOC proceedings. Edward M. Czekaj of State Col- and is also an outstanding base- Thompson was an outstanding runner for Texas and is a pro- lege, Pa.; Ray R. Evans of Kansas ball player. Kingsriter, an All- “This pointed USOC rejection of the colleges’ in- City, MO.; John Ferraro of Los America tight end, is also active grammer Analyst in Systems and terests is difficult to understand, but the issue is in FCA, having spoken tn mnre Programming. Udall, a basketball Angeles; John D. Hopper of Har- clear and we will not accept membership in the risburg, Pa.; Richard A. Huston than 500 different groups. Mit- standout for Arizona is a lawyer of Warren, Ohio; Anthony S. chell IS also a starter on the Fal- and visiting professor at Yale USOC as it is now constituted,” Ramer continued. and is the former Secretary of the Minisi of Paoli, Pa.; Harry J. con basketball team. Reed has “As an organization, the NCAA will not contrib- Interior under Presidents Ken- Moore of Armonk, N.Y.; Donald been a member of the All South- ute to or support the program of the USOC. Each nedy and Johnson. Vinson is a G. Mulder of Santa Monica, Calif.; west Collference football team partner in a law firm and played member of the NCAA and the staff members and Jerry S. Thompson of Hoflman and Honor Roll. basketball and baseball at Wash- student-athletes of each member, of course, are Estates, Ill.; Stewart L. Udall of The Silver Anniversary finai- ington & Lee. Washington, D.C. and Fred M. ists are former student-athletes free to determine their own policies and positions Vinson, Jr., of Washington, D.C. who have achieved distinction in The previously announced finai- in light of the record of the IJnited States Olympic The eight fall finalists for To- their careers following gradua- ists, from winter-spring sports organization.” day’s Top Five, all football play- tion. who will compete with the eight ers, arc: Czekaj is the athletic director additional finalists are: In measuring the wisdom of the NCAA’s posi- Rob Ash, Cornell College: at Penn Slate University after a Blake L. Ferguson, Drexel, tion, and in determining their own future policies Bruce Bannon, Penn State; David standout collegiate career in both football and lacrosse; Jerry Hei- in these matters, NCAA members, other institu- Brown, USC; Doug Dumler, Nc- football and basketball for the denreich, Southern Methodist, tions and organizations, former and current ama- hraska; Gary Huff, Florida State; Niltany Lions. swimming; Marty Liquori, Vil- teur athletes and other concerned individuals gen- - Doug Kingsriter, Minnesota; Or- Evans also was a two-sport star ianova, track and cross country; drria Mitchell. Air Force. and for the University of Kansas and Scott Martin, Oklahoma, basket- erally are invited to review the historical report of Tom Reed, Arkansas. is president of Traders National ball and tennis; Bob Morse, Penn- the NCAA International Relations Committee, The student-athletes are se- Bank in Kansas City, Mo. Ferraro sylvania, basketball, and Sid which begins in this issue on page 5. (Printed lected for their athletic ability was an All-America defensive Sink, Bowling Green, track and copies in magazine form are available upon request and achievement, character, lead- lineman for lJSC and is a LOS cross country. to the editor of the NEWS.) It seems appropriate at this time to appraise At 67th CONVENTION the past, consider current developments and determine anew the course of action which is most desirable in advancing the worthwhile and legitimate interests of the student-athlete, ama- Brickhouse MCs Honors Luncheon teur sports and our nation, Ramer said. Jack Brickhouse, one of the Besides his broadcasting duties, most respected sportscasters in he is involved in writing a yearly “The following fundamental truths serve as the the nation, will be the master of baseball summary for the Ency- basis of our goal,” Ramer announced. ceremonies for the NCAA’s Hon- clopacdia Britannica Yearbook, ors Luncheon during the Associa- and has also written for “1. We believe that participation in sports com- tion’s 67th Convention in Chi- Today and the Chicago Tribune. petition to attain and inspire excellence in hu- cago. If awards are a measure of the man skill and performance is highly beneficial The Honors Luncheon, one of the highlights of the Convention, value of a man, Jack Brickhouse to individuals and society. would certainly qualify as one of will be held Friday, Jan. 12, at “2. Olympic competition represents a worth- noon in the Grand Ballroom of the most honored sports announc- the Palmer House and will fea- crs in the nation. while opportunity in certain sports to create a ture the presentation of the Theo- He has been honored by the peak of achievement, good both for individual dore Roosevelt Award winner and Chicago Sun-Times as “Broad- and for national incentives. this yrar’s recipients of the Col- casting’s Man of the Year” in lege Athletics Top Ten Awards. 1969. In 1968, he received the “3. Each citizen should be willing to the Brickhouse, the voice of the Communications Award at the United States in attaining the best possible Olym- for many years, Is Lincoln Academy convocation in pic showing and performance, within the rules. well qualified for the m.c.‘s role. Springfield, Illinois and several Hc entered the broadcasting times was named the “Best Sports “4. Organizations and individuals in the United profession at the age of 18 on Announcer” by the American Col- States should subordinate their jurisdictional am- radio station WMBD in his home lege of Radio Arts and Sciences. bitions and personal self-interests to the overall town of Peoria, Illinois and at interest of our national Olympic movement. They that time was the youngest sports He has been honored as the announcer in the nation. While at JACK BRICKHOUSE “Outstanding Sportscaster of the should be willing to contribute at all appropriate WMBD, he sold the station on Honors Luncheon MC. Year in the State of Illinois” by levels available, for the overall benefit of the basketball broadcasts so he could the National Sportscasters and United States achievement. follow Bradley University’s quin- Star Football Games and he has Sportswriters Award committee tet on a number of coast-to-coast reported on the Rose Bowl, Or- five times. He has won a number “5. Persons with policy-making and administra- angc Bowl, East-West Football trips. After broadcasting sports at of Emmy Awards from the Acad- games and several Golden Glove tive responsibilities in amateur sports should ful- Peoria for six years, Jack joined emy of Television Arts and Sci- tournaments, as well as heavy- fill their obligation to obtain for the United States WGN to cover sports for the Mu- ences, and numerous other awards. tual network and WGN. weight championship fights. the best possible organization to produce competi- Jack, vice president and man- The political scene has seen Brickhouse, who served as a tors who will properly represent our country in a ager of sports for WGN Continen- him report on several Republican private in the United States Ma- manner befitting United States prestige. tal Group Stations, has been pri- and Democratic National Conven- rine Corps from 1943 to 1944, is marily identified as a sports an- tions, the Roosevelt Inauguration on the National Board of Direc- “6. None of these aims should be sought by un- nouncer, but his broadcasting ca- in 1945 and the Inaugural Ball in tors of the City of Hope and was ethical or unsportsmanlike conduct and all should Washington in 1969. named “Man of the Year” by that reer is one of versatility. be attained in accordance with the fairest moral In addition to his regular hroad- One of the highlights of his organization in 1966. He is a principles of our democracy and sports tradi- casts and telecasts over WGN Ra- broadcasting career was the member of the Board of Directors dio and Television, Jack has broadcast of a papal audience of the Chicago Boy’s Club and tions.” covered several , which won local and international serves on the Board of Trustees of All -Star Baseball games, All - awards. Illinois Benedictine College. THE EDITOR’S VIEW Groups Gather toTalk Basketball Taking Over for Football College football has been identified by cer- The National Association of Basketball Of Improving sports tain cliches in recent seasons as either “The Coaches (NABC), under president Fred A two-day meeting was held meeting as an important step in Year of the Quarterback,” or “The Year of Taylor of Ohio State University, is taking in Chicago to discuss ways and America’s regaining the leader- the Running Back,” or “The Year of the an active role in this area, encouraging means of improving the United ship rolr in international compc- Wishbone.” players and fans to channel their energies States’ international sports pro- tition. The 1972 collegiate season will undoubted- into more constructive roles. grams with particular emphasis “America’s decline in interna- on the Olympic effort. ly go into the books as “The Year of the tional sports competition, particu- The very nature of college basketball is Marcus L. Plant, professor of larly the Olympic Games, is Freshman.” exciting, especially in smaller campus gyms, law at the University of Michigan, shameful, and something must he Even the most skeptical critics at the where the fans are nearly on the court to served as temporary chairman done to do away with the en- beginning of the season, including some begin with. The atmosphere and enthusiasm, of the Dec. lo-11 meeting. trenched power structure of the prominent coaches who said that freshmen however, have reached an almost hostile “Invitations to the meeting present USOC,” he said. could not make sizeable contributions to were rent to approximately 100 Frank L. Bare, Tucson, Ariz., point and this is what the coaches, along individuals and organizations who football programs, have admitted they were chairman of the Committee on with officials and administrators, have to have a keen interest and involve- Arrangements for the meeting. wrong. cope with. ment in American sports,” Plant was pleased that representatives said. He is a former member of And while freshmen were making their UCLA coach John Wooden, in an NCAA of the nation’s major sports orga- mark on the playing field, they also helped the United States Olympic Com- nizatinns participated in the promotional film, speaks of spectator vio- mittee, having served on its Board meeting along with U.S. Olympic to pack the stands to another record atten- lence while showing a mock game played of Directors and Executive Corn- team athletes and coaches, and dance year for college football. in an empty gym. If violence isn’t stopped, mittee. He also was chairman of private citizens. Now, basketball is on the scene and prom- the USOC’s committee on eligi- “1 believe a broadly based that’s what intercollegiate basketball could bility and proposed a restructur- ises even more excitement than years past. face in some areas, as many high schools group such as this one should take UCLA’s helped to make it “The ing of the concept of amateurism the leadership role for a better across the country have already found out, at the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Olympics and present its findings Year of the Sophomore” last season, but having been forced to play key games at meeting last spring. to the American people for their the freshman eligibility rule will help to times and in places more or less designed Plant marked the Chicago support,” Bare said. add to this year’s scene, which will culmi- to discourage attendance. nate in St. Louis in March with the Na- tional Championships. That is not what basketball is about. Also, some conferences are experimenting Basketball, as attendance figures show, is with a 30-second clock, which based upon probably the most popular spectator sport early returns may not prove as popular as in the nation. We commend the NARC and some coaches think it will. other groups who are campaigning to end Basketball coaches and officials are con- spectator violence and we also urge coaches ducting a most dedicated campaign this sea- to cooperate with others in this area. son to halt spectator violence, which, un- That way, intercollegiate basketball can fortunately, occurred in several instances look forward to an unlimited future of ex- last season. citemen&as the 1972-73 season unfolds. Penetrating Indictment of

On Candidate’s Declarations USOc’s Internal Polities By FRED RUSSELL Nashville Banner Questions on Proposals Answered One of the most respected members of the United States Olympic Committee puts his finger precisely on the basic reason for this body’s EDITOR’S NOTE: In the pnst three dures and forms different from eligibility affected by the original progressing debilitation. those established by the NCAA, acceptance form? issues of the NEWS, readers have “Intra political pressures,” William E. Simon phrases it. been invited to submit questions providing for earlier commitment Answer: If he attends the first concerning the legislative reorgnn- d&es on the part of the prospec- institution at least one full aca- Resigning--“after much soul searching”-as a USOC member and as izaticm, financial aid and candi- tive student-athlete. What eflect demic year, the acceptance form national chairman of fund raising, the prominent New York investment date’s declarations proposals that do these procedures have on would not have any applicability banker wrote to Philip Krumm, new USOC president: are to be presented to the Associ- NCAA candid&e declaration pro- to his eligibility at the second in- “It has been evident that there must be many changes made in thr ation’s Convention in Chicago in cedures and on other NCAA stitution. If he attends the first USOC. But before this can be accomplished, political pressures within institution less than one full aca- January. members? must be removed. These pressures have marked almost every decision demic year, he would be ineligible Although the NEWS, three-part Answer: The member institu- that has been made. series on the proposals has been tion’s (or allied conference’s) for athletically related tlnancial “As it stands now, the organization is not structured along the lines concluded, readers are still in- procedures establishing ear 1 i e r aid, organized practice and par- vited to submit questions on the commitment dates and different ticipation at the second institution of competence. It is structured . . . with little or no regard for the proposals. They will be answered acceptance forms shall be inde- for one full academic year, and he talents or abilities of the people involved. in the next issue of the NEWS. pendent of NCAA procedures, but would be eligible for only two “Before any important decisions can be made, everyone must be sure Send questions to NEWS, 1221 shall not be binding on other varsity years in each sport in that all ‘political ducks’ are in order. These machinations involve many which he competes. Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, Mo. NCAA member institutions which costly and insane trade-offs.” 64105. are not a party to them. It is not Question : Is there any relief for necessary for a member institu- a student-athlete who loses eligi- Mandate Unheeded Question: Must all member in- tion to change its admissions and bility under the requirements of Simon believes that the need for more thoughtful public participa- stitutions follow the established financial aid offer policies, it be- the NCAA candidate’s declaration tion in USOC policy has been made quite clear, especially since the candidate’s declaration procedures ing understood that such policies procedures? Games at Munich. in terms of extending the NCAA- Answer: Yes. The student may shall not take precedence over ac- “There is a mandate for thoughtful, intelligent, constructive change, upptoued acceptance form to a petition the NCAA Council for ceptance by a prospective student- which stupidly has gone unheeded,” Simon stated further in his letter prospective student-athlete and athlete with another member in- restoration of eligibility and the of resignation. receiving the completed form stitution pursuant to NCAA can- Council may grant relief if the from the young man? didate’s declaration procedures. student qualifies under the follow- “In the new slate of officers, it was quite obvious to me that the Answer: No. It is not mandatory ing conditions: (1) his attendance same old methods were employed to choose our leaders with the major Question: A member institu- that a member institution follow at the second institution was not considerations being the political ones. It is incredible to me that the tion utilizes the NCAA candidate’s such procedures; however, (1) all solicited in violation of the candi- declaration procedures and after executive committee and the nominating committee of the USOC cc~uld member institutions must observe date’s acceptance procedures; (2) the initial mailing of acceptance have totally ignored this opportunity to prove to the citizens of the the quiet periods set forth in the he has been regularly admitted that it has ad- United States that they indeed were responsible people. I consider procedures and its statf members forms determines or is admissible to the second in- ditional financial aid available. their actions to bc the most self-defeating that I have ever seen.” and athletic representatives must stitution, and (3) he has a per- What procedures apply to the in- refrain from contacting prospec- sonal need occasioned by a sub- Reinforces NCAA tive student-athletes during these stitution in extending additional stantial economic change signifi- financial aid? What saddens Bill Simon is that he believes so strongly in the periods: (2) all member institu- cantly affecting the availability, of worthwhileness of the Olympic movement, and in the continuation of tions are restricted from offering Answer: The institution may his (or his family’s) financial re- athletically related aid until the mail additional acceptance forms sources, or because of family re- the Games. opening day of classes of a pros- at any time until August IS and location, it is desirable to attend He is independent, not attached to the NCAA or any like organiza- pective student-athlete’s senior no quiet period shall be observed a nearby institution, or because of tion, but his indictment reinforces the reasons stated by the NCAA in year in high school, and (3) all if the forms are mailed after the a change of career goals which are withdrawing from the USOC. institutions must observe the original quiet periods required by not adequately served without at- the NCAA procedures expire. The NCAA regards the USOC as “an antiquated, self-serving group agreement between the young tendance at a second institution, of individuals who do not have the skills and knowledge to direct man and the institution he has Question: A prospective stu- or his institution has discontinued America’s finest athletes.” selected which is a result of these dent-athlete signs an institution’s his sport, or for other reasons de- procedures. acceptance form and subsequently termined by the Council as not Probably the only force with enough power to restructure the USOC Question: An institution has its enrolls at the institution. After significantly of an athletic nature. is Congress, the agency which gave it its charter. his initial enrollment, he decides own candidate’s declaration pro- Question: What agency will be Huntsman In Key Role cedures and form, or is a member to transfer to another NCAA responsibze to administer and su- NOW the NCAA is directing its support to the World University of a conference which bus proce- member institution. How is his pervise the detailed operation of the NCAA candidate’s acceptance Games to be held in Russia next August. The competition at MOSCOW procedures? will be the second biggest track meet, second only to the Olympics. Answer: An allied conference In a key role is Stan Huntsman, University of Tennessee track coach. may assume such responsibilities As chairman of the U.S. Track and Field Committee, he is responsible Editor . . . .Dave Daniel i i NEWS for its membership. All opera- for selecting athletes and coaches for the World Games. tions not supervised by an allied published 19 timeS a year by the National Collegiate Athletic ; Huntsman felt all along that the U.S. track squad went to the 1972 Amoci~tian. executive and editorial olSx& Midland Building. ; conference shall be supervised by Olympics in Munich much too soon. This won’t happen on the Moscow Kansas City, Mlasouri 64105. Phone: (AC 816) 474-4600. the NCAA under the direction of ; ...1111.111111111111llllllllllllllllllll,,, ,.,,...1.1.1.11111.11111111llllllllllllllllllll,,,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,,,.,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, “,,,11,,,....,,,,, ,i. the NCAA Council. trip.

2 Tennessee Takes Team Title Cusack Cops Cross Country Crown Neil Cusack, one of East Ten- John Angel and Phil Bonfilio. without the services of Steve Pre- nessee State’s Brigade, took in- The top 25 finishers are desig- fontaine, who decided to sit this dividual honors in the NCAA nated All-America and there were season out, finished third with 158 University Division Cross Coun- a host of repeaters for that honor points. try Championships in Houston this year. The large amount of Miami of Ohio and Bowling Nov. 20, but the University of underclassmen who made the Green turned in strong perform- Tennessee surprised everyone, in- honor this season indicates that it ances and finished only a point cluding itself, by winning the will be the same for the 1973 apart in fifth and sixth places team championship. meet. with 174 and 175. Cusack and 48 other runners Big Ten champion Glenn Her- Big 8 champion John Halber- were under the old course record old finished fourth for the Uni- stadt of Oklahoma State finished of 29:46, set by Lamar’s Gary versity of Wisconsin and Wash- sixth with Mike Keogh of Man- Garcis in 19’70. Cusack finished ington State’s Dan Murphy was hattan College seventh. Brigham the six miles at Glenbrook Golf fifth as the Cougars, who finished Young’s Richard Reid was eighth, Course in 28:29. second last year, slipped to fourth followed by Nicholas Rose of Tennessee’s Doug Brown was place as a team this time around. Western Kentucky and Dave second at 28:44, followed by an- Defending champion Oregon, Tochcri of Northern Arizona in other of East Tennessee State’s ninth and 10th. Irish Brigade in Ed Leddy, who Mike Slack, the two-time competed in the Munich Olym- champion of the College Division pics for his native Ireland. meet who finished third last sea- “Our winning the NCAA cham- son, slipped to a 4Oth-place pionship really never crossed my finish this year and failed to re- mind,” Volunteer coach Stan peat as a double All-America. Huntsman admitted, “although I Rose led the first two miles, knew we had a chance to finish running 9:14 at that distance, be- near the top. fore Cusack took over the lead “When you finish fourth in the at mile three. Cusack never District 3 qualifying, you don’t trailed after that, covering the figure to win the NCAA cham- final mile in 4:28. pionship.” In all, 27 teams competed for The title marked the first ever the team championship and there NCAA crown for the Volunteers, were 241 individual finishers. who relied on superior depth to total 134 points. East Tennessee, which also had Patrick Leddy University Division finished 15th, totaled 148 points Top 25 Finishers for second place as the fourth and fifth finishers couldn’t match Ten- nessee’s finishers. Following Brown across the 4. Clrrrn lierold, Wiuconbin line for the Volunteers were Ro- NEIL CUSACK 5. I)nn Murlshy. Washington St. G. John Halbemtadt. Oklnhoma St. 2X ~5.: Neil Cusack crosses finish line. berto Lenarduzzi, Dan Zoeller, lndivrduol Winner 7. Mike Keoah, Manhattan 26 56 8. Richard Reid. Brinham Younv 28 57 9. Nirhnln8 Ho&. Western Kentucky 29 :OZ 10. Davr Tochrri. Northern Arizona 29 :03 Slack Saccessful!!yDefends C.D. Harrier Champiip 11. Tony Waldrop. 29 :05 12. Craie MarIlonrrld. Bowling Green 29 :OC Mike Slack of North Dakota Dan Moynihan for the title. role from his NDSU teammates Mark Buzby 46th to round out 13. Charlie McMullen. Missouri .29:05 the top five. 14. Randall James, Oreaon 29 :06 State successfully defended his Slack’s winning time in the 1971 as Roger Schwegal finished 20th 15. I’ntrrck LRldv. East Tennessee St. 29 :ll NCAA College Division Cross meet was 24:19. and Dave Kampa finished 21s.t to South Dakota State also showed 16~ John Hnrtnett. Villanova 2Y :I2 Country championship and led his The Bison, who finished second also gain All-America honors. good depth with thrc finishers in 17. Robr,rt Reef, Miami, Ohio 29 :I2 Bison teammates to the team title behind Cal State Fullerton in the Warren Eide finished 38th and the top 25, paced by Garry Bent- IX. Pat Mnndern, Indiana 29 :13 19. strve WYnaer. Ball St. 29:14 in the 15th running of the meet 1971 meet, became the third con- ley’s fourth-place finish. Don at Wheaton, Ill. secutive team to take the title Solsvig finished 19th and Scott 21. Rxcharll Sliney, Northern Ariwana 29 :lR Slack covered the five-mile after finishing as runner-up the Fred Taylor Guests Unlderwood 25th. 22. Alan Walker. Wichita St. 29 :22 23. Peter Kaal. bklahvma St. 29 :23 course in 24:36 to edge Tufts’ year before. NDSU had 84 points. California State Humboldt’s Chuck Smcad finished sixth with 24. Cardon Minty. F.&cm Michigan 29 :24 If that holds true for the 1973 On ‘Today’ Show 25 Dcmald Sauer. West Virginia 29 :26 meet, then South Dakota State, John Sheeham of UC. Davis College Division this year’s No. 2 team, will have Fred Taylor, basketball coach seventh as California individuals Team Scores the inside track for next year’s at Ohio State University and fared well in the massive compe- I. Tennessee 134. 2. East l’enneasee State Top 25 Finishers championship. president of the National Associ- tition. 14X. 3. Orenvn 16%. 4. Wtihinuton State 167. .5. Miami (Ohio) 174. 6. Bowlinn Green 1. Mikr Slack. No) th Ikrkotn Stat? 24 :3G ation of Basketball Coaches The meet again was of record The defending champion Titans 175. 7. Oklnhoma State 226. 8. Brinham 2. 1)an Moynihan, Tufts 24 :nn (NABC) will be a guest of Mort finished third with 158 points be- size as 414 individuals Anished Younn 22!). !I. Manhattan 306. 10. lndianu 3. Chris Hoffman, Follwtnn 24 :46 Hockstein on the NBC “Today” the race, representing 97 institu- 310. 4. Carry Br,ntlcy, SuuLh Dakota Stat? 24 :r,O hind South Dakota State’s 143. 11. William and Mary 325. 12. Penn 5. Wayne Sumders, 1J.I.C.C. 24 :.je Chris Hoffman, who finished show on Dec. 6. tions. State 326. 1X. F.aatim Michinan 336. 14. G. Chuck SmewI. Humboldt 24 :s3 ninth last year for the Titans, Taylor will discuss what the Luther College finished fourth Kansas 364. 15. Wiamnain .X17. 16. Ore- I. John Shceham, Cal-Davirr. 24 :5x finished third this season with NABC is doing to control specta- with 188 points, and was followed gon State 319 11. Marylmd 404. 1X. Prince- X. David White, Fullrrtou 24 :64 by Western Illinois, North Cen- ton 422. 19. Montana 437. 20. Arizona 43!l. Y. Cordon Olivcr. Mount St. Mary’s 26 :Ol teammate Dave White coming in tor violence at college basketball 21. Navy 447. 22. Kentuckv 4’51. 23. Lonv 1”. Steve Foster, Ashland 285 :n3 games this year and will have on tral, Eastern Illinois, U.C. Davis, eighth to give CSUF a pair of Beach State 614. 24. Alaiama 615. 25. 11. Rich Twedt. North Iown 25 :OR All-Americas. hand NCAA promotional films Ashland and Augustana in the Rice 649. 26. Arknnsna 662. 21. IIouaton 1X. Tom Fleming. William Patterson 26 :I)5 Slack had a good supporting that also cover the topic. Top 10. 738. 13. Clrnn Behnko. Nnrth Ccntr.1 25:10 14. Lvnm Ryan. Cal Poly Pomona 25:13 15. Larry Swanson. North Park 2.5 :15 16. .James Alr~andrr. Dennison 25 :lG 1’7. Jeff Uradloy, Mill~rsvillr Stntr 25:1li IR. Jrrry Metcull, Havwnld 2ii:lG 19. Don Solwiu, South D&ntrr State 2’5 : 1 G 211. Roper Srhweual, N. Dakota State 25 :17 21. Dnvr Knmpa, North DakoLa State 2’5 :I7 22. Grea Hows~~r, Case West. lteacrvc 2E :I9 23. l’nnl Cnrnwon, Grow City 25 :zo 24. ChR,les Dupgnn. Springfield 25 :21 25. Srntt TJnderwood. S. Dakota State 25 :23 Team Scores 1. North Dakota Stnte X4. 2. Sooth Da- kota State 143. X. Cal Stntc Fullertorl 15X. I. l,,,LhcT collc.ge 188. 5. western Illin

Irgr 377. 11. (‘. W. I&L 3%. 12. Northwrrt Mis- souri 4 12. 13. Cal J’oly SR~ Luir Ohinpu 421. 14. Nwthrrn Town 475. 15. Chico State 487. 16. Northeast Miewuri 512. Il. Ualalwin-Wallnre 659. IX. Indiana Ctmtral 592. 19. Swarthmurc ,599. 20. Snuthrxst Missouri GIO. 21. Northwest I.onisinnn Stntr 562. 22. M>,nknlo Stnte Cl:<. 23. St. Olaf Colle:rr 6X2. 24. Akron 703. 25. SUNY-Albanr 123. 26. Cax WrstrTn 1tr?ierve 129. 27. St. Clond stnte 142. 2x. Carletr,rl 181. 29. T&la-

41. IIamhe 10’51. 42. Alma 10X0. 43. Otterbcin 1084. 44. Lock Haven llN6. 45. SUNY-(:enrsrr, ill’?. 46. Maralvstrr 121JO. 47. Wayhinvtim and Lee 1212. IX. Plvmrwth

Sl. Wabash 1294. 52. OkI Domirlion 132X. 53. Allevhrrw 1331. ‘54. Univeraitv ,)I Chi- cago 1749. 58.5. C~inwll 14X:!. 56. Willinm All Americas-The first 25 finishers at the College Division Cross Country Championships at Wheoton, Ill., are named All-Americas. No. 1 Jewel 1624. 57. Adrinn 1565. SR King’s Collrge 1625. 69. Illinois Rcncdirtine 1757. finisher Mike Slack is at the far left of the first row.

NCAA NEWS / December 1, 1972 Duffy’s Legend Hard to Top By FRANK W. STABLEY . . . He won two outright Big coaching positions tossed into his Michigan Sfofe University Ten titles, and placed second four lap. I BELIEVE that basketball has an important place Sports Information Direcior times. Seven times his teams . He battled the serious busi- in the general education scheme and pledge myself to finished in the national Top 10 in Legends usually are rooted in ness attitude of many of the peo- cooperate with others in the field of education to so ad- wire service balloting. His 1965 solid fact, but passage of time and ple associated with the game and minister it that its value never will be questioned. team was No. 1, his 1955 and 1966 sought to make football fun for tricky memory eventually make teams No. 2. them bigger than life. players and coaches as well as I BELIEVE that other coaches of this sport are as . He developed 33 major first fans. As an exemplar of this So it surely will be with Duffy earnest in its protection as I am, and I will do all in my team All-Americas and 51 first philosophy, he became known for Daugherty. Ten years from now power to further their endeavors. team All-Big Ten players. his “Duffyisms,” spontaneous wit- even Dufiy or wife Francie will ticisms which has had the whole I BELIEVE that my own actions should be so regu- have trouble sorting out the truth nation chuckling. lated that at all times I will be a credit to my profes- from the sentimental hyperbola Once asked whom he was hap- about thr man and his carter. sion. piest to see returning for 3 new In such circumstance, the season, hc replied “me.” I BELIEVE that the members of the National Bas- course of reason is to go back to He averred that hc wasn’t at all ketball Committee arc capably expressing the rules of the record. For Duffy, it speaks as superstitious except that he the game and will abide by these rules in both spirit loudly and eloquently as the most thought it was bad luck to be be- and letter. extravagant alumni bull session hind at the end of a game. talcs in 1962 possibly could do. Those goal lint stands his play- I BELIEVE in the exercise of all the patience, toler- Some of the diamond-hard and ers were making were great, hc ance, and diplomacy at my command in my relations shining facts arc these: said, hut he wished they’d make with all players, co-workers, game officials and spec- . He worked his way from a them up near the 50-yard line tators. Pennsylvania coal mine to the where he could see them better. pinnacle of national fame as a Sherman Lewis is a great foot- I BELIEVE that the proper administration of this coach, a wit, a beloved personal- ball player with just one weak- sport offers an effective laboratory method to develop ity and a public rrlations ambas- ness, he declared . he’s a senior. in its adherents high ideals of sportsmanship; qualities sador for his school, which happily When Munn was named to the was Michigan State. Football Hall of Fame, Duffy of cooperation, courage, unselfishness and self control ; He suffcrcd a broken neck took credit by saying: “After six desires for clean healthful living; and respect for wise playing college football at Syra- years of my coaching they ap- discipline and authority. cuse but came back to captain his preciate what a great coach he I BELIEVE that those admirable characteristics, tram as a senior. really was.” When a first string . . . He went into military ser- lineman entered medical school properly instilled by me through teaching and demon- vice in World War II as a private after his junior year because of stration, will have a long carry-over and will aid each and came out a major. straight A grades, Duffy declared: Living Legend one connected with the sport to become a better citizen. He devoted eight years, one “I’ve learned my lesson. I’ll never I BELIEVE in and will support all reasonable moves at. Syracuse and seven at MSU, . Must games for State always recruit anyone that smart again.” as a lightly regarded assistant to are those with Michigan and No- . . Hc was the first man ever to improve athletic conditions, to provide for adequate head coach Biggie Munn, despite tre Dame, and Duffy came out to be named “Coach of the Year” equipment, and to promote the welfare of an increased the fact he coached some lines 10-7-Z (wins, losses and ties) twice by the Football Writers of number of participants. with the Wolverines and 10-7-l America. He has coached in 11 that became known as “Duffy’s (This creed wus written by George Edwards, basket- Trlughics.” with the Irish. Notre Dame All-Star bowl games, and won a He took over the seemingly thought so much of him he had majority of them. He wrote a bull couch rrt Mi.s.souri TJniucrsity, und ‘IUUS udopted hy thank less chore of succeeding first shot at the head coaching job column for the Associated Press the Nation.al Asswiatiw~l of K

Ideas Exchange Elsewhere in Education To create further interest in on-campus athletic events at Loyola I University of Los Angeles, the Sports Information Office recently had The annual survey by Garland G. Parker of the pressure often exceeded student places available two signs constructed to advertise upcoming games and meets to the University of Cincinnati estimated recently that in fields such as law, medicine, architecture, de- approximately 9,215,500 students, an increase of sign, and social service disciplines. “Graduate cn- general campus community. about two per cent, are enrolled in collegiate-level rollmcnts appear to have held stronger than ex- Each multipurpose sign is 18 square feet. Across the top is the sport courses at American collcgcs and universities this pected,” hc said. that is being advertised. The middle area indicates where the activity fall. He said the estimate is based upon early re- Of the 514 institutions, he said, 195 reported erl+ will be taking place. Below that is pertinent information about the turns from 514 institutions. rollment increases, 234 decreases, and 85, no event: the opponent, the date or day, and the time. The annual survey, Parker’s 13th, is the 53rd in change. Thus 62 per cent either had decreases or All inserts on the signs are interchangeable. The sport (there arc 10 the series begun in 1919 by the late Raymond Wal- no change. at Loyola), the location, the opponent, the day or date, and the time ters, former University of Cincinnati president. In reporting on full-time students enrolled, the can all be changed in less than a minute by the use of tracks which Parker is vice-provost for admissions and records 514 reported as follows: increases, 220; decreases, allow us to slide in the correct information. at the university. 228; and no change, 66. In this category, 57 per cent either reported decreases or no change. The Sports Information OffIce has found that a majority of activi- “Although certain categories of institutions, such The merger movement between colleges for as multipurpose and professional schools, may have ties on the Loyola campus centers in and around the gymnasium. women and men continues, but enrollments in the certain gains, it appears likely that many four-year (Nearly 70 per cent of the student body participates in intramurals.) remaining single-sex institutions appear to he institutions will show modest losses both in full- Because of this, one of the signs is located in the gym. The second is somewhat stabilized, Parker said. Among the 45 time and part-time students,” his report states. “The in a spot that makes it accessible to the general campus community women’s colleges reporting this year, compared to enrollment gains in the two-year colleges will off- and outsiders, as well. We think we have them in such locations that 59 a year ago, in total full-time enrollment there set somewhat this lag in the four-year schools.” every person coming on campus will st‘e them and be reminded of wcrc 19 increases, 21 decreases, and five with no the upcoming events. While the undergraduate areas of engineering, change. At 38 men’s colleges, the same number rc- The signs are ideal for the Loyola campus, since it is centrally lo- education, and the liberal arts had difficulty at- porting last year, there were 18 increases, 13 de- tracting students this year, he said, enrollment cated with all buildings within short walking distance of one another. creases, and seven with no change. University Games Track Applications Now Available Applications for track and field athletes for the World University Games in Moscow in August are now available from the NCAA NEWS. University of Tennessee track coach Stan Huntsman, who also rcrves as Track Chairman of the United States Collegiate Sports Council, has supplied the NEWS wilh the applications. Interested athletes should drop a card or letter to the NEWS, 1221 Baltimore Ave ., Kansas City , Mo . 64105. The applications, which must be returned to Huntsman by the May 1 deadline, are self-explana- tory and require the signature of the athlete, his track coach, and the school’s athletic director. United States Olympic Crisis Problem That Won’t Go Away between 400 and 500 units representing EDITOR’S NOTE : TILT NCAA zn~tcrnational tZela- During its early years, the AAU claimed juris- tions Cowbrnittee has issued a 32-page historical diction over all college sports, but by 1899 it more than 20,000 individuals). The Amateur review of the U.S. Olympic problem as seen pri- had dropped claim to jurisdiction over football, Athletic Union therefore declares that every marily from the &eu,yoint of this nutio~~‘s educu- soccer, basketball and rowing while retaining ‘open’ meet (one in which a college and a tional interests. The chronology covers WLOTCthun control over track and field, lacrosse and basket- YMCA or turner, etc., compete) must be sanctioned by the Union, otherwise every u century of dissatisfaction a71d unrest as traced ball. This list of sports has changed many times athlete who takes part will lose his amateur bye the ComwLittee’s research con,sultarbt, Adwtiral through the years, but track and field has re- T. J. HEmilton, U.S.N., Retked. A condensed mained the flagship of AAU activities. standing . . . . ~r?e~rsion,of this .yi(J7lifiCUnt historical overl~ic’w a&l “This unfortunate autocratic position Of 1~ published in three parts by the NEWS. This is Expansion of College Sports (1894) the Amateur Athletic Union will never bring the first of the series. the athletic forces together under its banner. Collegiate sports changed rapidly from inter- While the Union’s system of registrations class rivalries and challenge games to inter- A Historical Overview and sanctions may do for the unattached college competition. Following student control, athletes and athletic clubs, clubs organized It is impractical to record herein the entire his- alumni came prominently into positions of spon- primarily for some one branch of athletics, tory of sport in the United States. Dr. A. W. Flath sorship and control. Abuses developed so faculty it is a system which will not be accepted by did an excellent job in his doctoral dissertation, and administrations took interest, resulting in in- permanent organizations . . . which conduct backed by extensive research. His work can be re- stitutional and conference controls being applied. athletics as one of many other activities. It ferred to as a primary source for the early history. must be remembered that the Amateur Ath- The Revival of the Olympic Games (1896) Parts are summarized to give background for the letic Union’s system was developed to meet present evaluation. To counteract the professionalism and com- the problems presented by athletic clubs and mercialism that threatened to dominate athletic unattached athletes. Early History of Amateur Athletics (to 1869) competition, Baron Coubertin was able to organ- “Second, we do know that the average In the struggle for survival and statehood, ize the revival of the Olympic games for Athens, athletic club does little or nothing in the way there was little opportunity for sport when our Greece, in 1896. of promoting the educational view of ath- nation was being settled. In the early 18OOs, The first United States Olympic team of 1896 letics. The prime object of these clubs seems public education was extended from elementary was organized largely through the efforts of Pro- to be to corral all the ‘star’ athletes in order and secondary education to the establishment of fessor William B. Sloane, a Princeton historian; to beat some other club, win a meet and fur- state universities by federal assistance of grants James E. Sullivan of the AAU, and Arthur Burn- nish a spectacle. of land. However, private institutions provided the ham of the Boston Athletic Association. The “This viewpoint of the Amateur Athletic first trace of athletics. Forms of football, basket- team was made up of athletic club and collegiate Union . . . is wholly at variance with the ball, boat racing and footracing appeared on cam- athletes. trend in educational institutions, turners, puses, with the first intercollegiate boat race be- The first team selected by the American Young Men’s Christian Associations, play- tween Yale and Harvard in 1852. Olympic Committee was in 1906 and financed by grounds, etc., which is toward a scheme of The development of amateur athletics took its solicitations. The 35 members were concen- athletics which will not serve expert per- place rapidly following the Civil War with the trated in the track and field competition where formers, but will also interest and stimulate organization of many athletic clubs. Purses and they were successful, but the U.S. was not diversi- every man and boy of athletic age to take betting soon evolved. The clubs defined “amateurs” fied in the other sports, and France won the most part in wholesome competition. and tried to control their contests by establishing medals. The AAU had been the only athletic body “Third, during the past 15 years thousands rules to restrict professionals from their competi- in existence to play the major part in planning of individuals who have come in touch with tion. The date of April 22, 1879, marked the origin and conducting United States participation. amateur sports in universities, colleges, nor- mal schools, high schools, turners, Young of the National Association of Amateur Athletics The Formation of the National Collegiate of America and the collapse of the National Ath- Men’s Christian Associations, etc., have gone letic Association following the defection of the Athletic Association (1905) throughout . . . the land carrying with them New York Athletic Club. (Kowgaard, “A History The necessity for change in the football rules the principles of amateurism and clean sports of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United recognized by President Theodore Roosevelt in . . - . Furthermore, these organizations are States,” unpublished dissertation. Teachers Col- 1905 brought about a meeting of interested col- grappling with problems in the administra- lege, Columbia.) A college Rowing Association was leges, and 38 colleges and universities initially tion of athletics, working out their own sal- formed in 1870 and the Intercollegiate Association ratified the constitution of the Intercollegiate vation and setting up new and high standards of Amateur Athletes of America was formed in Athletic Association, whose name was changed without any help from the Amateur Athletic 1875 by 10 colleges to conduct a track and field to the National Collegiate Athletic Association in Union. Therefore, when these organizations meet. “The beginning of amateur athletic control 1910. Faculty control was emphasized, and the are requested to become members of, or affili- had been established.” (Ibid.) first president was Palmer E. Pierce of the U.S. ated with, the Union, they naturally ask, Military Academy. ‘Why should we become members or regis- The Establishment of the Amateur ter with the Amateur Athletic Union?’ Athletic Union (1888) Early Attempts at a Federation for Amateur “Fourth, practically 85 per cent of the gym- Athletics (1906-1920) nasiums, athletic fields and swimming pools The New York Athletic Club withdrew its are controlled by the organizations that are support of the NAAAA in 1886 and joined other After formation in 1906, the Intercollegiate independent of the Amateur Athletic Union. clubs to form the Amateur Athletic Union of the Athletic Association soon had problems in bas- With these same organizations are many United States on January 21, 1888. A struggle ketball and baseball where the AAU claimed trained physical directors and teachers, giv- for control ensued, marked by “the AAU Board jurisdiction. ing much time and thought to educational of Governors passing a resolution that barred Dissatisfaction with the AAU’s handling of athletics. The large bulk of men and boys of any amateur athlete from competition in any the registration requirement led the colleges to athletic age are also connected with organiza- games under the rules of the AAU if they com- publish their own basketball rules independent of tions outside the Amateur Athletic Union.” peted in open games in the United States not AAU control. governed by the rules of the AAU. These actions In 1907 and subsequent years, representatives Kallenberg concluded his summation by saying by the AAU were designed to create a boycott of various organizations met and formed the that “for the colleges, turners, playgrounds, etc., of the NAAAA and other organizations by the Athletic Research Society to discuss problems in to accept the Amateur Athletic Union as the na- athletes who had to choose between competition athletic administration, difficulties encountered in tional controlling body would mean the adoption of under AAU or under ‘outlaw’ rules.” (Ibid.) inter-institutional competition and such changes a viewpoint wholly out of sympathy with the gen- cral policy and objectives of these organizations.” “Early in 1889 the Amateur Athletic Union de- in athletic control as might seem desirable. clared athletes under their control would not take In 1911, this group (composed principally of col- In his presidential address before the Athletic part in games open to amateurs sponsored by the leges, public high schools, elementary schools, Research Society in 1914, W. P. Bowen said: University of Pennsylvania under NAAAA rules, normal schools, private secondary schools, play- “A new organization for the control of sport is charging that the colleges should control their ground management, YMCAs, Boy’s Clubs, Turn- made necessary by its enormous growth in new own athletics, but when they planned to hold vereins, Rural Boy Scouts, Foundations in Play) fields. In addition to the athletic clubs, which were open meets, these should be held under the rules formed the National Federated Committee to im- the only promotors of sport when the AAU was of those who control other than the colleges.” plement the solutions of the Research Society. formed, it is now being fostered and encouraged (Ibid.) H. F. Kallenberg, in the American Physical everywhere . . . and since unity is important in The ICAAAA resigned from the NAAAA and Education Review of June 1912, summarized the such a field there is need for a democratic organi- joined the AAU. Ineligible athletes’ penalties were feelings of those who formed the new federation: zation in which all the interests will be repre- remitted, and by the summer of 1889, being “First, the Amateur Athletic Union in- sented. Cooperation by all is essential; any at- stripped of its power and support, the NAAAA sists it is the only national controlling body tempt on the part of one interest to dictate to all disbanded. for athletics in this country in spite of the the others or to monopolize control, is like all other On March 19, 1891, a reorganization changed fact it has a membership of only 538 clubs schemes in the interest of one class, distinctive the AAU from a union of individual clubs to a and a registration of only 18,861 individuals of best results, and in the end suicidal for the union of district associations. The AAU claimed (the Federation in Chicago, Philadelphia, group attempting it. The study thus far points to jurisdiction over 23 sports. and North Eastern Pennsylvania alone have Continverl on page 6

NCAA NEWS / December 1, 1972 5 U.S. Olympic Crisis: The Problem ThatWon ’t Go Away Continued from page 5 Pierce added that he hoped for one of two solu- since they felt the power of the AAU as governing some form of federation as a kind of organization tions to the problem: body would thus be curbed. suited to American ideals of government and to “First, the organization of an American On January 26, 1924, President Pierce of the the need of the situation.” (Bower, “Proceedings Olympic Association that would be really NCAA renewed the charge that the AAU was of Athletic Research Society,” 1914) representative of all interests concerned, or trying to use the Olympic Games as a means for The AAU and the NCAA agreed on a definition second, the taking over of the entire responsi- the arbitrary control of sports under its jurisdic- of an amateur, but the opposition of the AAU bility for the proper conducting of the Olym- tion, and that the AAU was making an effort to curtailed the forming of a National Federation, pic Games by the Amateur Athletic Union.” gain absolute control of all matters connected with and World War I stopped consideration of it. Of the two solutions suggested, Pierce felt the American participation in the Olympic Games. (New York Times, Jan. 27, 1924) AAU Control of U.S. Olympic Committees first was the more desirable, but, if that couldn’t (1908-1922) be accomplished, then the Amateur Athletic Union He brought out that the AAU engaged in fostcr- should be given charge of the American Olympic ing an international sports federation, which enun- The 1908 Olympic games were marked by bitter effort. disputes between the AAU and the British Olym- ciated a rule that “no amateur athlete can com- pete in any foreign country without a certificate pic officials, causing Baron de Coubertin to make a General Pierce made strenuous attempts to special plea for efficient administration of the broaden the scope of the U.S. Olympic Committee, from the sports-governing hody of his own coun- try of that particular sport in which he wishes to 1912 games in Sweden. The 1912 games were SLW- but Secretary Rubien of the AAU opposed and re- cessful in this respect except for the AAU officials’ fused to attend a meeting. Subsequently, Secretary engage.” (Proceedings of 1925 NCAA Conven- mistake in permitting Jim Thorpe to be eligible. of War John Weeks proposed a National Fcdera- tion) “On December 12, 1918, a meeting was held of tion, which was first applauded by Olympic Presi- Under Colonel Thompson, the handling of the the former members of the Olympic Committee, dent Kirby, but later was defeated at a meeting of 1924 Olympic Games was smooth and satisfactory. whose members had originally been appointed to the Olympic Association, attributed to the voting Major John L. Griffith, who became well known en. masse of the AAU opposing it. (New York membership and offices entirely at the discretion as Big Ten Conference commissioner, pointed out of James E. Sullivan, who served as Secretary Times, Nov. 26, 1921) that 94 per cent of the points scored by the U.S. until his death in 1914. They had operated with The NCAA at its 16th annual meeting, Decem- Olympic team were scored by athletes trained and no constitution, by-laws or rules of procedure.” ber 1921, passed the following resolution proposed developed by the colleges. (Dr. Flath, “History of Relations Between NCAA in General Pierce’s report: There was a slight lull in the dispute in 1925, and AAU, 1905-1963”) “First, that the National Collegiate Athletic As- but the struggle flared again in 1926, harder than At this meeting, it was decided to form a con- sociation does not accept the invitation to join the ever. The AAU refused to stop the athletic clubs tinuing committee representative of the various American Olympic Association under its present from approaching undergraduates during the col- organizations interested in Olympic games, and form of management. Second, that this Associa- lege semesters to join their athletic teams, show- invitations were tendered to chosen groups. The tion favors the idea of the organization of a Na- ing little, if any, regard for the educational pro- 1920 U.S. Olympic team was nominated and se- tional Amateur Athletic Federation.” (Dr. Flath, gram. At the 1926 quadrennial meeting of the lected by the same few men appointed by this “History of Relations Between the NCAA and American Olympic Association, the AAU bloc organization. AAU, 1905-1963”) voting dominated the issues and elected the for- mer President of the AAU, William Prout. Charges and complaints concerning the manage- The Army, Navy and YMCA also did not join ment and arrangements for the 1920 games were the American Olympic Association. The New York Times said, “The AAU is right so damaging that a “complete reorganization” was back in the saddle where it was years ago when called for, and the NCAA, on December 29, 1920, The National Amateur Athletic Federation was the late James E. Sullivan ruled it (U.S. Olympic adopted “a resolution favoring the organization of formed in 1922 (New York Times, Sept. 1, 1922) organization) with a firm hand.” and expressed a willingness to join the Olympic an Olympic Association, to be made up of bodies The NAAF, the Navy, YMCA, and the NCAA like this that have to do with participation in the Association, believing the Federation should have equal voting power with the Amateur Athletic withdrew from the American Olympic As.socia- Olympic games,” and requested President Pierce tion. to use his influence to carry this resolution Union and the principle of jurisdiction, which the through. (Proceedings of the 15th annual NCAA AAU claimed over sports in the United States, General Pierce said, in part: should be removed. Convention) “1 agree with the expressed opinion that General Pierce conscientiously followed this di- In answering the NAAF, President William the only participants in Olympic games of rective. Prout of the Amateur Athletic Union replied that which the United States has reason to feel “the NAAF proposals not only would eliminate On February 5, 1921, the American Olympic proud were those of 1912 and 1924, both under the Amateur Athletic Union as a sports governing Committee accepted a report of its Reorganization the fine leadership of Colonel Robert M. body, but would kill practically every similar or- Thompson. Now that the AAU has assumed Committee, drawn up in the home of President ganization in the country.” Gustavus Kirby, giving a preponderance of votes complete responsibility again, the outlook is to the AAU. At this point, the respected Colonel Robert far from promising. Since the NCAA is in “At a meeting of the Reorganization Committee Thompson, then president of the American Olym- such a helpless minority, it seems to me the part of wisdom to withdraw entirely from ad- on May 4, 1921, a majority of the committee de- pic Association, approved voting changes which al- cided to reduce the number of invited delegates lowed the NCAA, Army, Navy and YMCA to ministrative participation. Whether or not it of the NCAA to three from 16, over the protest withdraw their resignations and be represented should assume anything more than a ‘watch- of General Pierce that such action was beyond the with more appropriate share. ful waiting’ attitude depends upon develop- power of the Reorganization Committee.” (Dr. ments . . . . Flath, “History of Relations Between NCAA and More Differences (1924-26) “It is recommended that the National Col- AAU, 1905-1963”) Soon Charles Paddock, competing in University legiate Athletic Association resign from the Excerpts from a letter General Pierce sent to games conducted by the YMCA in Paris without American Olympic Association, that a state- President Kirby of the American Olympic Com- approval of the AAU, was declared ineligible with ment be prepared and published as to the rea- mittee appeared in the New York Times on May other competitors for the tryouts for the U.S. sons for doing so, that a copy be forwarded 24, 1921: Olympic team in 1924. to the Amateur Athletic Union and that this latter organization be informed that the col- “The whole effort seems to bind all the or- The NCAA stated the case involved “whether or not the colleges have to request authority of leges of this country once again deny its au- ganizations concerned to a constitution and thority in any way to control the participation by-laws formulated for them by this subcom- any super-organization to enter the intercollegiate athletic competition in this or any other country” of their undergraduates in intercollegiate mittee, instead of calling together a confer- athletics, here or abroad.” ence and simply furnishing it with a basis and “whether or not all amateur athletes of good for work, the conference itself, after a full character who are citizens of the United States Major Griffith presented the reasons for with- and free discussion, to come to a conclusion and have never represented another country are drawal as follows: as to the best organization of an Olympic eligible to enter our Olympic tryouts.” (Dr. Flath, “1. Because the constitution of the Olympic Association. “History of Relations Between the NCAA and Association was so changed at the meeting in “The attitude of the Committee on Reorga- AAU, 1905-1963”) Washington last month as to deprive the na- nization, and the steps it has taken are such At the December 28, 1923, NCAA meeting, the tional organization that composed the feder- that the National Collegiate Athletic Asso- NCAA stated its policy “that American colleges ation of any influence in relation to America’s ciation feels that it is for the best interests and universities reserve the right to determine the part in the Olympic games and place the con- of amateur sport in the United States, and eligibility of their students to compete in the in- trol in the hands of one member of the Olym- especially for the best interests of intercol- tercollegiate athletic meets in this country and pic Association, the Amateur Athletic Union. legiate sport, that it withdraw from the pres- elsewhere. The NCAA recognizes the American Olympic Association as having complete jurisdic- “2. Because the centralization of control in ent movement to organize an American Olym- the hands of the A.A.U. restored an unsatis- pic Association . . . . If the National Collegiate tion over all matters pertaining to representatives of the United States in the Olympic Games.” (Pro- factory situation that the American Olympic Athletic Association, the undergraduates of Association was organized to correct. the members of which number 350,000, is ceedings of NCAA Convention, January 1924) prevented from exerting an influence in the At the subsequent American Olympic Associa- “3. Because the constitutional changes en- selection of the contestants for the Olympic tion meeting, the NCAA and NAAF failed in an gineered by the A.A.U. representatives games, their managers and trainers, and the effort to have certification of the amateur and changed the basis of participation upon which conduct and control of the contests, and in- citizenship status of all athletes taken from the the colleges, the Y.M.C.A. and the Army and fluence commensurate with its position in hands of the various governing bodies and placed Navy joined the Olympic Association in amateur sport, it is much better that it should in the hands of the Olympic Committee. Bloc vot- 1921.” (Presented at 1926 NCAA Convention) remain independent.” ing and opposition came from the AAU delegates Continued on page 7 6 U.S. Olympic Crisis: The Problem That Won’t Go Away Contimed from paye 6 As a result of this agitation, Kenneth L. (Tug) suit the purpose of the AAU. Invitations to General MacArthur (1928) Wilson, successor to Major Griffith as Big Ten athletes have been withheld when foreign commissioner, was appointed Vice-President and participation would have prevented the same The situation changed after the death of Presi- Asa S. Bushnell, commissioner of the Eastern Col- athletes from competing in an AAU event. dent Prout in 1927. General MacArthur was elect- lege Athletic Conference, was appointed Secretary 4. The AAU has neglected the vital area of ed President of the American Olympic Associa- of the U.S. Olympic Association. tion. He was able to get the defected organizations research. to rejoin in the interest of unity and amity for the In the 1948 Olympic Games, the U.S. was suc- 5. The AAU has even failed to correspond 1928 Olympic games. cessful and relationships fairly harmonious except with certain countries regarding proposed in- On April 16, 1928, Big Ten Commissioner Grif- for Avery Brundage, former AAU president who ternational meets and has failed to develop fith suggested that a representative American had taken over as president of the U.S. Olympic exchange programs between the U.S. and Olympic Association be organized to take control Association, expressing his belief that “college ath- other countries. of America’s Olympic effort “and end the domina- letes who receive scholarships because of their 6. AAU track meets often are poorly man- tion of the Amateur Athletic IJnion over Ameri- ability in sports become, in fact, professionals.” aged and many times incompetent officials are can amateur athletics.” (New York Times, Dec. 12, 1949) used. Commissioner Griffith went on to charge the The 1952 Olympic Games in Finland were the 7. Poor planning has been exhibited by the AAU with being an organization of “cheap poli- first in which the Soviet Union competed. The AAU in preparing teams for foreign competi- ticians” who had gained control “over the best ele- Russians showed immediately that they would tion. Practice sites and schedules as well as ments of our athletic public by intimidation.” The challenge U.S. domination. travel accommodations are open to criticism. “intimidation” Griffith claimed was the threat of Willis 0. Hunter, athletic director of the IJni- 8. The AAU has shown no special regard disbarment of athletes competing in an amateur versity of Southern California and chairman of for the welfare and treatment of foreign ath- event not under an AAU sanction, He also char- the NCAA Olympic Committee, told the 1956 letes visiting the United States. acterized Olympic managers, officials and com- NCAA convention : 9. The AAU has failed to coordinate and mitteemen as “henchmen of the AAU.” “A large majority of participants of the process efficiently applications for U.S. and Following the 1928 Olympic Games, where Gen- U.S. Olympic teams in the various sports world records. eral MacArthur put down all complaints, he stated schedules are either undergraduates or gradu- In January, 1960 the NCAA amended its defini- in his report: ates training under their former collegiate tion of an amateur to emphasize that scholarship- “The complicated chancelleries of American coaches. A majority of the U.S. Olympic team aid granted to students, who were also athletes, sport-I may even say international sports coaches are also NCAA personnel. Therefore, would not be misunderstood by Avery Brundage as well-are even more intricate perhaps than it is only fitting that the NCAA member in- or his AAU colleagues. (NCAA Yearbook, 1959- political chancelleries. To abstain from the stitutions assume a large share in raising 60) conflicting interests of various sports bodies funds to finance our Olympic teams. The AAU wrecked the tour of the Swedish Na- and yet to demand of all support for the Olym- “Bearing these facts in mind, the NCAA tional Basketball team by threatening suspension pic movement has been a problem which at Olympic Committee feels that for future of eligibility in the winter of 1959-60 if it played times appeared insurmountable. It is my most Olympiads an important function of the a number of college teams. (AAU Magazine, Vol. earnest recommendation that within a few NCAA Olympic Committee will be the fur- 30, January 1960) This imposition of monopo- months an athletic congress be called, under therance of NCAA interest in the U.S. Olym- listic control over college activities was unaccept- the auspice of the American Olympic Associ- pic Games Committees and administrative able. ation, of all amateur sports associations in the staff, consistent with NCAA policy. It is our Further, the need for improvement of the Olym- United States, attended by the leading ath- thought that there should be rotation, and a pic organization was felt keenly, so the NCAA letic figures of America, wherein the various geographical spread in reference to assign- took action. At the 1959 NCAA Convention, a athletic problems that have been agitating the ment.” (NCAA Yearbook, 1955-56) resolution was passed and transmitted to the nation during the immediate past shall be At Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, the USSR Olympic Association President that the NCAA thoroughly discussed without crimination or won more medals than the U.S. recommended and would support efforts to attain recrimination and policies and standards fixed improved Olympic teams. so definitely as to thoroughly chart the course Accumulated Grievances (1954-l 960) The NCAA cancelled the Articles of Agreement of American athletics for the immediate fu- Although not publicized, a number of incic3ents with the AAU in April 1960 and announced it ture.” and an accumulation of complaints were growing would not honor any suspensions imposed on col- President Pierce of the NCAA pointed out that during the 1960s against the AAU’s administra- lege students by the AAU. (New York Times, the selection of competitors, coaches and managers tion of amateur sports and its cavalier attitude in April 27, 1960) of the 1928 Olympic team was not conducted in domineering Olympic matters. New Negotiations (1960-1961) accordance with Article 2 of the American Olym- In the frustrating sessions of the USOC Exe- The NCAA Executive Committee made a formal pic Association constitution. He said the Olympic cutive Board in 1958-59, the NCAA strongly ad- request to the President of the U.S. Olympic Com- Track and Field team had been selected as a part vocated rotation of Board members and members of the National Championship of the AAU con- mittee to undertake a complete review of the or- of Games Committees to obtain new ideas and pos- ganization and operations. The NCAA asked the ducted by the AAU Track and Field Committee. sibly relieve the situation of personal animosities. He also pointed out AAU discrepancies in regis- USOC to correct several weaknesses that were The only way rotation could be approved in 1958 damaging to the Olympic movement and a deter- tration. was by making an agreement that the rule would Quiet Period Before the Storm rent to the U.S. fielding its best teams. not be retroactive, so that the incumbent AAU A special committee for AAU and Olympic re- (1929-1954) members would not rotate off for another eight lations was appointed with Wilbur C. Johns, ath- years. Seeing that this was the only way the ob- President Avery Brundage of the AAU was SUC- letic director of UCLA, as chairman. jective could be attained, the NCAA members ac- The Committee was organized to meet with a cessful, following the 1928 Olympics, in amending cepted this AAU provision, and agreement was registration procedures to the general satisfaction similar committee of the AAU to resolve differ- made. (USOC Minutes, 1958) This rule was sub- ences and negotiate a new Articles of Alliance. of both the NCAA and the AAU. Also, the Ameri- sequently rescinded by an AAU-led clique before can Olympic Association was reorganized in 1930 The Committee met with the AAU group on June with votes assigned to organizations within five it could affect any of the incumbents. 4-5, 1960, and it was agreed the NCAA should classifications. An executive committee and games The NCAA also proposed a development pro- write and transmit its proposals. This was done. committees with more equal representation gram, and it was authorized under the Chairman- Unrest among the gymnastics and basketball brought peace for a time. It was culminated in an ship of Thomas J. Hamilton, with equal member- coaches was prevalent. With urging from the Na- Alliance agreement being signed between the ship from AAU and the NCAA, and one other tional Association of Basketball Coaches, the Na- NCAA and the AAU. member, General O’Donnell of the Air Force. The tional Basketball Committee of the United States program made progress, but was kept under con- Following the 1936 Olympic Games, John L. (primarily a rules-making body) met and decided stant harassment, delays and opposition from to seek recognition as the U.S. governing body in Griffith, then president of the NCAA, advocated AAU personnel. and obtained an equal number of games commit- basketball, supplanting the AAU. Edward Steitz, tee members for the NCAA and AAIJ in the sports Basic grievances as compiled by the NCAA in- of Springfield College, NBC representative, made of men’s track, men’s swimming, boxing, wres- cluded : the presentation at Rome, but was preemptorily tling, men’s gymnastics, basketball, ice hockey and 1. The major point of dissension is the dic- dismissed by Bill Greim, AAU representative, who field handball, with an extra member appointed by tatorial attitude of the AAU with reference to was president of FIBA, the international govern- the President of the U.S. Olympic Association. established policy in sports in which it is the ing body for basketball. (New York Times, Nov. 18, 1937) international representative. The AAU ap- At this time, the AAU paid the Swedish Ama- After World War II, at the January 1946 con- pears to disregard the suggestion of others teur Basketball Federation $7,000, and arranged vention, NCAA President Wilbur C. Smith re- without considering the sport itself; its de- another tour in 1961-62 of eight to 10 games to al- ported : cisions too often have been based upon self- leviate its past error. FIBA appointed Lou Wilkie, “The relations of the NCAA and the Olym- interests of the organization or the individ- AAU, to convene a meeting of all basketball in- pics have evolved through a curious history uals involved. terests in the U.S. to solve the internal dispute. resulting in a situation which saw the NCAA 2. Complaints registered with the AAU are Track, basketball and gymnastics coaches be- in the sports under its cognizance, providing not investigated, whether they be justified or came aroused and requested separate Federations U.S. Olympic personnel to as high as 90 per unjustified. Requests by athletes for hearings be formed in their respective sports. cent as well as financial support to a large de- have been ignored; institutional requests for Wilbur Johns’ Committee on AAU and Olympics gree, but with scarcely more than nominal hearings on suspensions have gone unan- met with the officers of the USOC and the AAU representation on the Olympic Association swered. Committee on December 15-16, 1960. Proposals which governs American Olympic affairs.” 3. Athletes and coaches have been denied for Articles of Alliance and changes in Olympic (NCAA Yearbook, 1946) foreign trips when such denial would better Continued on page a

NCAA NEWS / December 1, 1972 7 U.S. Olympic Crisis: The Problem That Won’t Go Away Continued from page 7 “(d) That definite steps must be taken to ketball Committee’s effort to be recognized as organization wcrc discussed. The AA17 promised break the ‘strangle hold’ of the AAU, if the the United States membership in FIBA, the to submit its suggestions in writing to the NCAA NCAA is to acquire its rightful place in In- international governing body for basketball. Committee. ternational representation, particularly in As chairman of your Committee, 1 told Mr. The AAU did not submit its suggestions as those Olympic sports which are completely Barack that we were not in any position to promised on February 3, 1961, and was requested dominated by NCAA athletes. make such a ‘deal.’ ” (Report of Special again to do this by letter. “(e) That the AAU has shamefully neg- NCAA Committee, May 21, 1961) Action taken at the May 1961 meeting of the Johns’ Committee on AAU-Olympic matters met lected to explore and foster International Special NCAA Committee was as follows: again on May 23-24, 1961, and stated its beliefs competition in many Olympic sports, and as a and recommendations : result of this neglect, our Olympic team repre- “The NCAA Executive Committee be in- sentatives are at a great disadvantage. formed that (1) negotiations with the AAU “In essence our Committee believes the fol- representatives are discontinued, (2) the lowing : “(f) That one of the primary problems is the self-serving interests of the AAU leader- Articles of Alliance between NCAA and AAU “(a) That the AAU of the United States, ship and their unwillingness to evaluate the have been dissolved and no new articles have which claims to have been designated the merits of any suggested changes. been approved, (3) we recommend to the governing body in nineteen (19) different NCAA Executive Committee that the NCAA “(g) That positive steps must be taken by sports (although their official publication lists lend all its effort to bring about the formation the NCAA if we expect to bring about these only 14 for which they hold membership in of new organizations to represent the U.S. in desired changes which we believe will result an International Federation) is no longer basketball and gymnastics to the Interna- in general improvement of our competitive truly representative of all interests in certain tional Federations, (4) the Committee be- strength in International and Olympic com- sports, and is certainly not the best repre- lieves the new organizations must be truly petition. sentative group for NCAA interests in specific representative of the amateur sports inter- sports. “(h) That the U.S. Olympic Association ests of the U.S. (historically these have been “(b) That in these specific sports, basket- organization is completely outmoded and high schools, colleges, armed services, YMCA ball, track and field, gymnastics and swim- should be reorganized so as to create a vital and AAU), (5) the position of the NCAA is ming, new organizations are needed as Inter- continuing structure. (Reorganization would that we need different representation in cer- national Federation representatives, if the include Constitution and Olympic Executive tain other sports in the International Federa- best interests of these sports are to be fur- Board Games Committees, and Coaches’ se- tions, and we recommend a committee be thered at home and abroad. lection.) appointed to study and determine those sports “(c) That the organizations which contrib- “(i) That Constitutional provision should needing a revision of representation, and (6) ute most in the development and support of be made to insure a strong and continuing we recommend that this committee be dis- any sport in the United States should be the development program. charged.” officially recognized representative to the In- “During the February 3 meeting with the On a separate front, in mid-August 1961, the ternational Federations, or should have at AAU officers and after lengthy and detailed U.S. Handball Association terminated its five-year least equal representation in the organization discussion of the most urgent problems, it be- agreement with the AAU. (U.S. Handball Associa- so designated. (Development and support, as came evident that the AAU people were not tion Bulletin, September 8, 1961) used in this context, means specifically : teach- inclined to agree to anything unless we were Nonetheless, the NCAA Executive Committee ing, coaching, acquiring facilities, arranging willing to ‘deal.’ They set forth certain pos- voted for the Special Committee to meet on Sep- competition schedules, recruiting candidates, sibilities of conceding certain changes in the tember 16, 1961, with Olympic and AAU repre- stimulating interest of participants and spec- area of International representation, but only sentatives for a final effort to resolve the ques- tators, promoting National and International on the basis that the NCAA would immedi- tions. This meeting ended in a stalemate with no competition.) ately withdraw support of the National Bas- progress. (END OF PART ONE)

Jarred in Tale of Homecoming NCAA By JIM MURRAY they got their game plan, as usual, out of Ovid. They call audibles in Latin. Los Angeles Timer Briefs The Rose Bowl was not at stake. ABC managed to pass up the game. Amherst won, but heck, they get their players from as far away as Gettysburg College will con- Howard Cosell was nowhere in evidence. The scouts Sudbury and Hingham. Blatant overemphasis. The final score on the Trinity score board was XXXIV to VII. I expect the college papers’ struct a fieldhouse to be named saw no reason to attend and not even the NFL talent combine asked in honor of John A. Hauser, a lead will be “Haec olim meminisse forsitan juvabit” which, loosely for a S-deep chart. member of the Board of Trustees translated from the Virgil, is “Shucks, it’s just a game.” The crowd ran well up into the hundreds. , Arthur Daley, who has had a long-standing in- Sports Illustrated and didn’t even know it was being It was Homecoming Week for Trinity and I was here because it was terest in athletics and physical played. It would make the “Weekend Games” section of the New 29 years since I graduated magna-cum-skin-of-the-teeth and they education. The fieldhouse will York Times right under the Albright-Lebanon Valley score and just gave me a medal-1 guess because I found work in the interim. Frank accommodate four tennis courts, three basketball courts, a four- above the Bloomsburg-East Stroudsburg biggie. The scalpers did a Fasi, the mayor of Honolulu and probably the future governor of lane track and permanent cage Hawaii, was on hand for the same reason. very unbrisk business; there were plenty of bad seats available. areas for baseball and golf. The The books did not list a point-spread. Betting was mostly man-to- A class reunion, for those of you who have put it off, is a masochistic fieldhouse is the second phase of man. All seats were between the end zones, in fact, were between the enterprise about on a par with reading your own obituary. a three-part construction pro- 20-yard lines. They had no backs on them. The men’s rooms were I was shocked at the changes in Hartford. For instance, Sisson Ave. gram. ‘!: .* i/l * portable. It was about a half-mile wide when I was a kid. It’s shrunk to two This is the country where George Washington slept. The weather lanes. And surely you all remember how far away East Hartford used was nice for New England this time of the year. It was merely rain- to be? A half day journey at least. Well, it’s like a go-cent cab ride. Pomona College in California ing. Visibility was zero and it was like sitting under a slow leak. They With tip. has formed an athletic alliance with Pitzer College and its teams would have turned the lights on in the second quarter except they “It’s smaller than I thought,” my wife murmured, looking out at are known as Pomona-Pitzer. didn’t have any. Mark Harmon was suited up, but didn’t get in the this capital city from our hotel room window. “It’s shrunk is all,” I Pitzer was previously an all- game. told her. “It used to be much bigger when I was a kid.” female institution but began ad- * * * * “What tunnel will we be sitting at in the game?” she asked. “Will mitting male students in 1970. The male students from Pitzer Still, this game was a classic before there even was a UCLA. And, we need binoculars?” “No,” I said. “But you might bring a lantern.” are eligible for the Pomona after all, Amherst was putting its unbeaten record on the line. They “Oh, look!” she said. “Here’s a ‘Mark Harmon’ on the Amherst team. teams as the schools are next to From ‘Cochituate, Mass.’ Isn’t that a coincidence?” had crushed American International, Bowdoin, Tufts, Springfield, each other in the Claremont Col- Wesleyan and Rochester and other Northeast powerhouses and had a * t * * leges complex. chance to break into the top 300 nationally. And now, Trinity, con- I peered in a dormitory window. A young lady smiled out at me. I querors of Bates, RPI, Coast Guard and other football powers had a * * * chance to spoil it. was taken aback. “Didn’t allow women in the rooms when I went to school here. Now, they live in ‘em.” Jackson State ColIege in Missis- Trinity-Amherst will never make game of the week. If something sippi was thinking of renaming A young man opened the window. “Would you like to come in?” hc historic had happened, like someone ran the wrong way or one of the Mississippi Memorial Stadium invited. “Well ” I said, “ I used to live here from time-to-time. With teams got a fifth down, there would have been nobody but Bill Lee of “Payton Place,” after sophomore Jack Cohane.“’ the Hartford Courant and myself to report it. running back , who If someone had stolen the ball, they would have had to call the game The room had changed. They had McGovern stickers where Cohane had an outstanding season. In had his pictures of Roosevelt. The poker table was gone and the girl one game, he rushed for 279 yards or reach in the glass case at the field house and take out the 1886 ball made me nervous. I half expected someone to come rushing in and and seven touchdowns and a pair with “Amherst 16-8” written on it. shout, “Get her off the window, quick! Dean Hood is coming!” of two point conversions. This was Trinity College, home of the Gold-and-Blue, where foot- ball is just another P.E. class, where they consider TCU just a trade I thanked the young man and his girlfriend. I left. As I closed the :r. *: t * school, Stanford an upstart, and California a place where stagecoach door, I heard one of them say, “Who was that?” And the cool answer When was first came, “I dunno; some old grad.” robbers hang out. Once, at a faculty tea, someone idly mentioned that hired to coach at Nebraska, he California had elected a movie star governor and the dean inquired Old grad?! Me?! No! I’m not. I’m young and slim in my white buck received no salary, but was able politely, “What’s a movie star ?” A philosophy professor wondered if shoes and it’s the summer of ‘43 and the chapel bell is ringing and I’ve to eat free at the training table. it was Mary Pickford. got an 8:30 in Philosophy 4A and none of us is ever going to be old, Next season, he takes over for The press box was as partisan as a USC card stunt (in this part of ever. And just who are all these grey headed old imposters who say as the head Husker coach. His philosophy? “I feel the country, card stunt is where the guy at the carnival takes the ace they went to school with me? My classmates were young and shining that playing college football is of spades out of your ear). and gay and carefree, not these somber insurance men. Besides, we not necessarily a right, but more Trinity fumbled on the first play but, then, things got bad. I expect always beat Amherst. or less a privilege.” 8 “~l,lllllllllllllllllll~l: ‘!! i !l’!::l~‘! ‘1’“ i’ I’ ll!‘~l”‘llllllll’“ill1 “I” ll’lllllllllli~l“I’ 8’ lli’llllllll~i~~l~lll’Iil!Illlli,’! ” l,~ll~ “~‘,~~“‘~~lll’~lll!lll!~ Top-Ranked ~j BOWL LINE-UPS WadeStinson Resigns Bisons Eye PELICAN BOWL Grambiing vs. North Carolina Central. Dec. 2. Durham, N.C. A. D. Post at Kansas U. LIBERTY BOWL Soccer Title Georgia Tech vs. Iowa State, Dec. 18, Memphis, Term. Kansas University athletic di- rector Wade Stinson has an- FIESTA BOWL No. 1 ranked Howard Universi- nounced his resignation from the Missouri vs. Arizona State, Dec. 23, Tempe, Ariz. ty, which upset St. Louis Uni- post he has held for the past eight versity, 3-2, last year to win the TANGERINE BOWL years. National Collegiate Soccer Cham- Kent State vs. East Carolina, Dec. 29, Orlando, Fia. Stinson, a member of the pionship, will return to defend PEACH BOWL NCAA Council and chairman of its title this month. North Carolina State vs. West Virginia, Dec. 29, Atlanta. Ga. the Extra Events Committee, will ASTRO BLUEBONNET BOWL also give up those positions. The National Collegiate Soccer “This was a difficult decision to Championship will he played Dec. Tennessee vs. LSU, Dec. 30, Houston, Tex. make and was arrived at with 27 and 29 in Miami’s Orange GATOR BOWL a great deal of reluctance,” he Bowl as part of the Orange Bowl Colorado vs. Auburn, Dec. 30, Jacksonville, Fla. said. “However, after carefully Festival. SUN BOWL considering ail the pertinent facts and problems, the only logical Howard registered three con- North Carolina vs. Texas Tech, Dec. 30, El Paso, Tex. solution is to sever relationships.” secutive shutouts in the first three SUGAR BOWL Stinson cited several reasons rounds to qualify as one of the Oklahoma vs. Penn State, Dec. 31, , La. for his decision. “I value athletics four semifnalists. The Bisons COTTON BOWL very highly,” he said, “but the turned back Pennsylvania, 2-0, Alabama vs. Texas, Jan. 1, Dallas, Tex. day of supporting ourselves (Kan- before 11,000 at Penn’s Franklin ORANGE BOWL sas) on a well-rounded program Field to highlight third round Nebraska vs. Notre Dame, Jan. 1, Miami, Fia. is gone. It’s getting so that it’s action. That shutout went with ROSE BOWL not so much for the students but Howard’s previous 4-O win over for the alumni. USC vs. Ohio State, Jan. 1, Pasadena, Caiif. Clemson and 9-O rout of Duke. “Please understand--this is my WADE STINSON Cornell ended Harvard’s hopes decision. However, I make the decision for two primary reasons. for a return trip to Miami with a Number one, we have financial mer and indicated at those func- 2-O home field victory. Cornell problems, and in trying to solve tions how athletics would be op- had earlier recorded a 3-2 win these problems, I have encoun- erated here at K.U. as long as I over Long Island and a 3-l vic- tered road blocks at every turn. was director and charged with its tory over Army to stay alive in “Number two, I have a definite administration. Exercising a firm the Tournament and strong philosophy about the hand is never popular, but when Cornell’s opponent in the semi- job of an athletic director and his its firmness is eroded by outside final round will be UCLA. The duties. I have encountered a wide influences to where it becomes in- Bruins defeated San Jose State, difference of opinion among a few effective, then the end is at hand.” NCAA Executive Director Wal- 3-1, in the third round to advance. people outside the university as to whether mine is the correct ter Byers said of Stinson’s action: UCLA also has a 5-O shutout over philosophy. “His resignation not only consti- Washington in the second round. “For the good of athletics at not tutes a serious loss for the Uni- The Far West region is exempt only the University of Kansas but versity of Kansas, but for inter- When Arizona State football Question: “Why Brigham from playing first round games. everywhere, I hope the institutions collegiate athletics. He is a na- player Sal Olivo was interviewed Young?” tionally recognized leader and, as Perennial power St. Louis still after playing Brigham Young will support the programs finan- Answer: “Because that’s the cially and stand up and be coun- vice-president of NCAA District has a third round contest remain- University, it went something like only game I’ve played in.” ted and indicate publicly exactly 5, he was one of the most re- ing. The Billikens will play at this: what kind of program they de- spected members of the NCAA Ohio University Saturday, Dec. Question: “What was the tough- * * * * sire. If they want an honest pro- Council. The University is faced 9. The winner of that game will est team you played against this gram, say so and stick with it. If with the difficult problem of re- earn the right to play Howard in year?” When Chris Gartner, Indiana’s not, they should be prepared to placing an unusually able man the semifinals in the Orange Bowl Answer: “I’d say Brigham Swedish soccer-style kicker, pay the price and that price is the and, at the same time, maintain- Dec. 27. Young.” booted four field goals against Wisconsin for a Big Ten record. future of intercollegiate athletics. ing institutional control of its ath- his father, the Bishop of Gothen- “I lfear for that future. This win letic program.” burg, and mother were in the or else, win at any cost, attitude Stinson’s resignation didn’t stands, watching Chris for the will kill the program we all love. specify any date, but he said he - COLLEGEDIVISION BOWL LINE-UPS : first time in a college game. Said “Finally, I spoke at several would leave by the end of the -2 one Hoosier fan, That Gartner- gatherings of our alums last sum- year. BOARDWALK BOWL he’s some son-of-a-bishop.” Z California-Davis vs. Massachusetts, Dec. 9, Atlantic City, N.J. 1; * * * * x BOWL = Tech vs. Tennessee Tech, Dec. 9, Baton Rouge, La. : A writer took one look at Mike Inaugural CD. Soccer PIONEER BOWL Johnson, Western Michigan’s 5-9, Z Drake vs. Tennessee State, Dec. 9, Wichila Falls, Tex. 165-pound defensive back, and 2 CAMELLIA BOWL i asked him how he made 56 tackles Tourney Down to Semis last season. Replied Johnson: “J’m The inaugural NCAA College wardsvilie in the other seml. E Cal poly (San Luis Oblspo) vs. North Dakota U., Dec. 9, z so small, blockers just run right The championship game will be : Sacramento, Caiif. by me and look for someone big- Division Soccer champion will be played Saturday at 1:30 p.m. be- ger to hit.” crowned Dec. 9 on the campus of Southern Illinois University at tween the winners of Thursday’s games. + * * * Edwardsville. Onconta, which began the tour- Does facial hair adversely affect Four teams from the original ney as the No. 3 seeded team performance? Not if USC’s offen- starting field of 24 remain with from the New York area, has ColilegeD ivision Regional sive line is any gauge. The Trojan Onconta, California State Univer- been the surprise entry thus far. blockers, headed for the Rose sity at Chico, Baltimore and SIU- It defeated Adelphi, the No. 2 Bowl against Ohio State Jan. 1, Edwardsville meeting to deter- New York seed, 6-1, in the open- Crowns on Line in Bowls may be the team’s strongest unit mine the first national champion ing round and followed with a and ail starters except tackle Ai- of the NCAA’s College Division. 3-O whitewash of No. 1 seed Four NCAA College Division I ence race with North Dakota State len Gailaher wear moustaches. To Oneonte will face Chico State Hartwick. Oneonta then dropped regional championships will be and South Dakota. which coach John McKay adds a on Dec. 7 in the first semifinal Springfield, the No. 2 seed from decided Dec. 9 when eight of the Drake, the only college division postscript: “Yeah, but Gaiiaher game, followed by a clash be- the New England region, 2-1, to top college division teams clash team in the rugged Missouri Val- has the best-looking girl friend.” tween Baltimore and SIU-Ed- gain the semis. in season finales. ley Conference, has lost its last Chico State dropped Seattle Pa- The West championship will be two games against University Di- cific, 3-2, and Cal State Fullerton, decided in the 12th annual Ca- vision teams, but was issued the l-0, to advance to the semis from mellia Bowl in Sacramento, Calif., bid on strength of its seasonal Badger Gridders Impressed the Far West Region, which was as California Polytechnic, San performance against a tough exempt from playing a first-round Luis Obispo (8-O-l) tangles with schedule. game. North Dakota University (9-I). The Bulldogs will face Tennes- With LSU-and Vice- Versa Baltimore, the No. 2 seed from The Midwest title will be on see State, which is making its Recently LSU sports information director Paul Manasseh received the South, has defeated Loyola the line in Wichita Falls, Tex., in third consecutive bowl appearance a letter from two University of Wisconsin football players. The two, of Maryland, 7-1, South Florida, the Pioneer Bowl as Drake (7-4) after racking up two wins in the l-0, and East Stroudsburg State, faces Tennessee State (lo-l). Grantland Ilicc Bowl. Christopher Davis and Randy Safranek, were starting cornerbacks for the No. 1 seed from the Pennsyl- The Midwest championship pits Louisiana Tech, which has the Badgers. While Davis is a junior, Safranek is a senior. Their letter vania New Jersey -Delaware Re- Tennessee Tech (10-l) against played in a college division bowl to the LSU Athletic Department is as follows: gion, 3-0, to move into the semis. undefeated Louisiana Tech (ll- game three out of the last four Dear Sirs, SIU-Edwardsville, coached by 0) in the Grantland Rice Bowl years, will have its hands full We would like to compliment you, the people of Louisiana and against Ohio Valley Conference former St. Louis coach Bob Guel- in Baton Rouge, La. especially your team on the weekend we spent in Baton Rouge. The Boardwalk Bowl in Atlan- champion Tennessee Tech. ker, was also exempt from the Ail truly demonstrated the quality of your program; particularly first round from the Midwest. SIU tic City, N.J., will pair Massa- Massachusetts won its first six evident was your players’ appreciation for the game of football. They downed Eastern Illinois, 3-0, and chusetts (8-2) against the Univer- games of the season before being were real gentlemen and seemed to greatly enjoy their involvement Akron, 3-2, to advance to the sity of California, Davis (6-l-2) upset by Bucknell, 28-15. The semis as the No. 1 seed in the for the East title. Redmen wrapped up the Yankee in football. Midwest. Cal Poly SLO shared the Cali- Conference championship to earn In a day when the merits of college football are under scrutiny, The University Division tour- fornia Collegiate Athletic Associ- the invitation to the Boardwalk your players attest to the exceptional experience involvement in the nament, which is now underway ation championship with U.C. Riv- Bowl to face at-large contender game can be. in regional play, will be con- erside. Both teams were unde- Cal Davis, the winnrr of the Far To conclude, may we add that we both hope and suspect Sports cluded Dec. 27 and 29 in Miami, feated, in league play, but didn’t West Conference. The Aggies Illustrated was right. Fla., during the Orange Bowl meet each other. The Highlanders don’t give alhlrtir scholarships. Thank you, Festival, with Howard University linished the year at 9-I. Each of the (‘allege Divisiotl I Christopher Davis of Washington, D.C., favored to North Dakota won its bid after bowl games will be regionally Randy Safranek defend its championship. a hectic North Central Confer- telecast by ABC-TV.

NCAA NEWS / December 1, 1972 9 Toledo Has a Real ‘Tom Terrific Note : Publication of an interpretation in this column constitutes offi- cial notice to the membership. New 0.1.~ printed herein may be re- By JIM TAYLOR Tom Terrific was polite, and hook left or right with his back to helpful, and forthright with his the goal almost equally well. And viewed by the annual Convention at the request of any member. Ques- Toledo Blade Sparfs Writer is a throwback to answers, but at the same time shy he’s forceful going up underneath tions concerning these or other 0.1.~ should be directed to Warren S. and somewhat overcome by it all. for a layup. Brown, assistant executive director, in the Association’s executive office. the Great American Image of what we thought an athlete should “If you think he was good here, To better combat the rough- be 30 or 40 years ago. just wait. He’ll have better house style of ball that he finds Unacceptable Benefits nights,” teammate and TU cap- is a way of life in the middle, Situation : A commercial agency (e.g. movie theater, res- He is in the style of Frank Merriwell and Pete Dawkins, Bill tain Tim Harman said afterward. Kozelko stayed around Toledo taurant, car dealer) wishes to make available its service Bradley and Jack Armstrong, WCS And Kozelko did, scoring 39 during the week this past summer, (movie tickets, dinners, use of car) to members of an insti- Fesler and Tom Harmon. Each of points against Western Michigan, meeting basketball highwaymen tution’s athletic team free or at a reduced rate. (179) those stalwarts fit the image of 30 against Miami, and 32 against like Steve Mix, Butch Komives, the heroic, clean-living citizen- Kent State in big MAC games, and others, in pickup games, pol- receive such sewices Question: May a student-athlete free athlete. and another 33 against Morehead. ishing his skills and learning the or at a reduced rate? nuances of play that only a crafty, He, that heroic image, existed Without him, TU would have experienced player can pass on. Answer: No. It is not permissible for student-athletes to perhaps only in our minds. finished somewhere in the middle, “I’d jump in the car on Friday receive such benefits unless they are also available to the He was brave and kind, helped perhaps even lower, in the MAC. and drive home to Traverse City little old ladies can their toma- With him, the Rockets tied for the student body in general. Providing the service to members (Z50-plus miles) and then come toes, drank milkshakes, ran 90 title and barely missed moving on of the football squad and band, for example, does NOT meet back on Monday. I spent the yards for touchdowns against to the NCAA championship when weekends at home and the week- this requirement. [C3-l-(f)-(6)] Rummy State, scored winning Ohio University squeezed out an days hcrc playing basketball. baskets, and would rather kiss his overtime victory in the vanishing Out-of-Season Basketball During the season I don’t do much old Schwinn bike than a girl. seconds of a playoff game. Situation: A student-athlete enrolled in an NCAA mem- “He certainly improved from other than play the game and go He lived-only on celluloid, in to class,” Tom says. ber institution participates in out-of-season, organized bas- dime novels, in a talking box, or his sophomore to his junior year The car is a 1968 Pontiac with ketball competition involving teams which have less than in the imaginations of those who and a lot of it was due to his more 125,000 miles on it. five members per team and may or may not be conducted wrote about him. determined and aggressive play. “I got it used and it had about And yet, here is Kozelko, a To me that’s the most important in less than regulation time. (18.3) thing in Tom-it will be frighten- 30,000 on it then. I guess I put senior now at the University of ing if he improves that much about 1,000 miles on it a week. I Question: Does prticipatiovL in this type of outside bus- Toledo, talking as you might ex- lcetball competition jeopardize a student-athlete’s eligibilitzj pect a long-lost fictional hero to again, and we certainly hope it haven’t had any trouble with it yet. I really don’t mind the drive,” to participate in intercolleyiate basl~etl~mll competition ? talk, as you hope hc might. happens,” coach Bob Nichols says. After his early scoring bursts, TU’s king of the road, says. Answer: Yes. [C3-9-(c)] Question: Are you a dedicated basketball player? Kozelko was mauled, manhan- After working with Kozelko dled, elbowed, shoved, chopped, last season, former TU star Mix Recruiting-Improper Inducements Answer: “Yes, I suppose I am, and held as he tried to maneuver said : “I had him coming to the especially to the coaches and the Situation : A member institution’s alumni group or boost- in the middle. ball more. I know he can shoot. school. They gave me a scholar- er club wishes to honor prospective student-athletes for out- He shot me out a couple of times, ship and I want to do cvcrything In a way, it was an extreme and with Tom in the pivot, the standing athletic accomplishments and present an award to I can to pay them back. compliment-opponents don’t the honorees. (184) gang up on weaklings. other guys can get three feet clos- Question: Do you drink or er to the basket with the defense CJuestion : Is the presentution of such awards pwnissible? smoke? But by the end, the constant pounding was taking its toll. sagging. 1 also told him, ‘You’re Answer: No, I don’t. the center of attention and you’ve Answer: No. The presentation of such an award would be “I think he was as tired mental- got to be the scorer.’ ” considered an improper inducement. [Bl-l- (a) ] Question: Arc you a swinger? ly as he was physically toward Answer: Oh, no. (Almost hlush- the end,” Nichols says. “I’m sure Rocket assistant coach Bob Sports Camps and Clinics ing.) we’re going to see more of the Conroy, who does the bulk of TU Situation: For purposes of the Association’s sports camp Kozclko is 6-8, 220 pounds, same unless we can prove our- recruiting, visited Kozelko, and or clinic interpretations, a prospective student-athlete is one well-proportioned, dark-haired, selves in different areas. Better Traverse City, constantly during who has finished classes in the spring after his junior year good looking in a boyish way, outside shooting would help open Tom’s senior year. in high school. These interpretations prohibit the participa- native of Traverse City, Mich., a it up. But Conroy had to convince shooter extraordinary, who lifted “We have two sophomores mov- Kozelko that he not only should tion or employment of such a prospective student-athlete in TU to a tie for the Mid-American ing up who are 6-8 and I think come to Toledo, but go to any col- a camp or clinic with which a member institution’s athletic Conference basketball champion- they will help. One of them will lege. department staff or facilities are involved. (186) ship last season and along the way be a backup center. I would like “We had a poor year my senior to get a decent amount of playing season, and I was depressed. 1 Question: Does this definition of a prospc~t also include won MAC player-of-the-year honors. He averaged 24.3 points time for a backup ccntcr so Tom didn’t know whcthcr I wanted to junior college students or those who have completed junior per game, set a single-season doesn’t have to play 40 minutes.” go anywhere,” Kozelko remem- colle{je and not ?Jf?t enrolled ill, u four-year college? Rocket point record of 608 and six One of Nichols’ biggest fears is bers. Answer: Yes. A junior college student is considered to be times scored more than 30 points. that TK won’t shoot enough. He wasn’t heavily recruited, but Conroy and Nichols knew they a prospective student-athlete. [Bl-3, Bl-l-(a)] He is unselfish to a fault, often “Our center plays close to the passing when he should be shoot- basket and that’s the place to had a prize if they could land him. “I saw him about three times,” 1.600 Prediction-Rank-in-Class ing, and caring more, perhaps, for shoot the ball. Your percentages “and I thought he Situation : A member institution utilizes a high school stu- his teammates’ feelings than for are better. I’d like to see Tom Nichols recalls, his own well-being. shoot more. Actually, I’d like to could be just great.” dent’s rank-in-class to determine his predictability under the see everybody shoot more when As a senior in high school, Ko- If all this sounds faintly phony, NCAA 1.600 rule. (1’75) they get in close.” zelko suffered a sprained ankle forget it. Tom Terrific is genuine Tom Terrific has a silky touch and perhaps this discouraged col- Question: Does the institution use the total number of stu- in these attitudes. with either hand. Hc can shoot a lege scouts. His weight dropped to ~pung dents in the man’s high school class ut the time he be- He is immersed in this team jumper facing the basket, or a 180, and he plays best at 229. gan as a freshman or does it use the total number at the time thing, and if something good hap- the uccurnulatille rank-in-cluss is determined? pens to Tom Kozelko as a spinolr, why, tie. Answer: The institution must use the total number of stu- But he found last season he dents in the class at the end of the period for which the rank couldn’t shrink from the roar of THE NCAA is based. [4-6-(b)-(l)-0.1. 4091 the greasepaint and the smell of the crowd. He couldn’t be just another member of the team, an- other basketball player as he might have hoped. RECORD The cloak of national anonym- A roundup of current membership activities ity was snatched away early in the season during the University and personnel changes The following meets and games have been certified by the NCAA of Michigan tournament when Ko- Extra Events Committee in accordance with NCAA Bylaw 2-2: TENNIS-LUCIAN GATEWOOD zelko, hitting from a cluster of DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS has rcplacrd PAUL WALKER at angles, scored 36 points against J. EDWARD DONNELLY, AD Kent State. GYMNASTICS at Vermont. will retire in the Detroit and then 31 against the NEWSMAKERS NZ+tiOnal Gymnastics Clinic, Dec. 26-30, Sarasota, Fla. spring after serving in that post Wolverines to lead Toledo to a for 20 years Central Michigan FACULTY REPS-Professor BASKETBALL sweep and the UM tourney title. will fete retiring AD DAN ROSE GLENN FRANK at Kent State. at a Dec. 8 luncheon Shep- DIED-FRANCIS (FRANK) X. Missouri Valley Conference- Charity, (for- herd College will he under the REAGAN, 53, une of Pennsylva- merly Press-Scimitar Sertoma Charity), April 1, 1973, Memphis, Term. guidance of Dr WILLIAM F. nia’s all-time fOothal greats and National Association of Basketball Coaches East-West All-Star STIER, JR. former coach and AD at Villanova Utah State Proud JOHN F. ICHICK) MEEHAN. Game, March 31, 1973, Dayton, Ohio. COACHES ii, ‘coach at Syracuse. New York Of Degrees Given FOOTBALL-RAY CAI.LAHAN U., and Manhattan from 1920-37 INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD has reaigncd from the U of Cin- GEORGE (POTSY) , 78. National Invitation Indoor Track Meet, Jan. 12, College Park, Md. We live in 3n era when many cinnati post Wake Forest has former coach and later athletic criticize college football as simply released TOM HARPER BOB director at Nebraska. Philadelphia Track Classic, Jan. 19, Philadelphia, Pa. GOIN resigned from BE&ANY WILLIAM (BILL) DOCHERTY. Examiner Indoor Games, Jan. 26, 1973, San Francisco, Calif. a training ground for professional and was replaced by assistant 57. former football. baseball and DON AULT ROD RUST has Oklahoma City Jaycees Invitational, Jan. 26-27, 1973, Oklahoma teams. Utah State University basketball coach ‘at Hnverford coach Chuck Mills says it’s more been reassigned at North Texas College BOBBY MCBRIDE, City, Okla. Stntr. He’ll stay with the Univer- than that. drfrnsive half hack at Wilkes Col- Graduate ‘N’ Club Indoor Meet, Feb. 3, 1973, Natchitoches, La. sity, hut not as head roach lege. from injuries suffered in a “Since I’ve been at Utah State LEN JARDINE resigned at Brown game against King’s Point JIM WOOD was released at F FRAIL. 49. track SOCCER CLUBS (the past five years), 89 per cent New Mexico State DWIGHT. DONALD of the players who have complet- (DIKE) BEEDE. 69. will retire roach at Marietta (Ohio) College. The following soccer teams have been certified by the NCAA Extra of cancer MATTHEW T. GEIS, ed their eligibility have earned from Youngstown after being the Events Committee in accordance with the provisions of Constitution only coach in the school’s history. formrr track and cross country 3-9-(d). The certification of each team shall be in effect until Aug. 31, their degrees,” he states. coach at Princeton from 1932-56, BASKETBALL-BILL MENE- rrf cancer at age 84 Brother 1973, unless the membership is otherwise notified: “Many of the junior college FEE will retire at the end of this JOSEPH MURPHY, 78, moderator CALIFORNIA-Northern California Bears, Carte Madera. transfers are a quarter or so be- season at Baylor’. Assistant coach of athletics at Manhattan College hind because of lack of proper CARROLL DAWSON will succeed RETIRINC~MICKEY O’BRIEN INDIANA-Indiana Senior All-Stars, Bloomington; West Indiana him. courses in J.C. or changing their as trainer at Tennessee after 35 Senior All-Stars, Bloomington. SOCCER--C;EORGES EDELINE y.33lY. major. In these situations, we MARYLAND-T. F. Casa Bianca Soccer Club, Baltimore. replaces BUCK DAVIDSON, who SPORTS INFORMATION DI- usually keep the player and havr resigned for health reasons, at RECTORSSTEVE KLEIN at MASSACHUSETTS-Worcester College All-Stars, Worcester. him coach our fresh until the dc- George Washington. SUNY-New Paltz. MISSOURI-Kutis Soccer Club, St. Louis. gree is earned.” 10 ------~- ~- ~~ Penn St. Happy With Soccer Attendance The growth of intercollegiate soccer was school record 6,200 for their meeting with nowhere more evident this season than at previously unbeaten Army. Penn State. Television has even come onto the scene as the above picture shows. Penn State Tele- The Nittany Lions, national quarterfinalists vision taped the Penn State-Shippensburg last year, played all their home games at State game for delayed broadcast over most night this fall. Lights, an electric scoreboard of the state and parts of New York and and additional seating were installed this Maryland. year at newly named Jeffrey Field. The Lions kept in stride with the off-the- With the nocturnal approach, the Lions field improvements by gaining their third drew crowds of 2,800, 3,500, 3,800, 5,000 and a consecutive berth in the NCAA playoff’s

L Alex Wilson and Wife Mayme Notre Dame’s Wilson Retires After 40 Years of Coaching By DAVE KEMPTON ago, must have some confidence instilled team. He also gained the semifinals in compared to 25 years ago, but then my in them,” he reasons. both the 400 and 800 meters. wife, Mayme, remarks, ‘maybe you’re not Notre Dame Confidence is something Alex never had During the next four years, his career as much fun either’.” Asst. Sports Inform&an Direcfor to grope for, even at a young age. Despite at Notre Dame cqualled that of any other Wilson, who calls Cornelius Warmer- Alex Wilson probably gave little thought being forced to leave high school to help runner in the country. He made national dam and Jesse Owens the greatest track of the prospects for becoming a star ath- support his family, it was his athletic abil- headlines after winning the Millrose 600- athletes, figures his favorite sport still has lete in 1924. After all, he had just dropped ity that eventually saved him. yard run in New York. The same year, a future. Even in the Olympics. out of high school to start working in a He completed his prep work at night, hr also set the American indoor record lor “The trip to Europe and Munich was bank in his native Montreal. continued to compete in amateur track the quarter mile (49.3). At that time, hc great but the actual Olympics were plag- He hardly knew what the word ama- meets and then finally took his gangly but also held the world record for the 500- ued by trouble,” he says. teurism meant. The Olympics, as he dis- sturdy body to Notre Dame when Irish yard run (57.4). set in the summer of 1931. And he points the accusing finger in one covered four years later, were another coach John Nicholson discovered him Alex ended his competitive running ca- direction. “We (the U.S. team) had no- “dream” world and even more so was while running five- and lo-mile races with reer (“1 still jog several miles every morn- 1;ody in complete charge, giving our ath- competition on the collegiate level in the a small track club, the Montreal Harriers. ing with our cross country team.“) in 1932 letes any direction. The administration United States. Nicholson, who coached the Montreal at the Los Angeles Olympics. (the U.S. Olympic Committee) should Funny how an uncertain future changes. A.C. during the summer months, accom- He finished second in the 800-meter run hand out more discipline and have some- Today he can talk of every Olympiad plished two things with Alex. He won and third in the 400-meter run. “I had bet- one responsible in control of things. since 1928and of its great athletes-with him over to his idea that he was built for ter control of myself in ‘32 as compared to “The Olympic coaches should not have authority. And his contemporaries among middle-distance running and, in the pro- the ‘28 Olympics,” he said. all the problems while other officials do the collegiate ranks in this country talk cess, landed him on the 1928 Canadian In 1934, he was honored while being se- little or nothing,” reasoned Wilson. of Alex Wilson with equal authority and Olympic team. lected as the head coach for the Canadian The record book is clear concerning Wil- praise, calling him one of modern track’s Nicholson once said: “It was a task to team in the British Empire Games. son. While spending 22 years at Notre pioneers. break him of his long-distance habits, but He spent the next 18 years on the ath- Dame, his outdoor track teams won two Wilson, who will officially retire from it was worth it. His greatness, like that letic staff at Loyola University (Chicago), Central Collegiate titles (1963, ‘64) while Notre Dame in December, to an extent ol European runners, lies in versatility.” serving at one time or another as the ath- placing high in the NCAA finals on sev- has changed very little since he entered “I was in a dream world at Amsterdam. letic director, swimming, basketball, cross eral occasions. His teams have also won school here in 1929. Like many veteran I was so young I didn’t even realize what country and track coach. nine indoor CC titles. In cross country, coaches in his “minor” sport, he has done was going on. Everything seemed so big Wilson, now 64, then succeeded Elvin the Irish have placed among the top 10 a workmanlike job without loads of glory and large,” Alex said. “And then this past (Dot) Handy, who resigned to enter pri- in the NCAA 12 times, winning the na- while still turning in productive cam- summer, while camping in Europe, we vate business, at Notre Dame. tional title in 1957. paigns. spent a night outside the Olympic Stadium “Forty years is a long time but it’s been And Alex, who plans to join a stock And he still possesses a quick, radiant at Amsterdam and I was amused while re- fun, especially when the athletes are will- firm after a trip to the Far East to see smile and a pleasing personality capable alizing that it seated ‘only’ 15,000.” ing to work,” remarked Alex. “Sometimes, one of his four children, was selected of communicatine with todav’s collegiate Desnite his inexperience. he won a med- however, you feel like things have changed NCAA Cross Country Coach of the Year athletics. “Kids kday, just iike 40 years al while running on the 1600-meter relay somewhat, that it’s not that much fun as in 1971.

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NCAA College Division Southern Illinois U. Dec. 7 & 9 NCAA College Division South Dakota St. U. March 2-3 Soccer Championships Edwordsville, III. Wrestling Championships Brookings, S.D.

NCAA University Division Orange Bowl Dec. 27&29 NCAA University Division U. of Washington March 8-10 Soccer Championships Miami, Fla. Wrestling Championships Seattle, Wash.

American Association of Conrad Hilton Jan. 4-7 National Collegiate Middlebury College March 8-10 Skiing Championships Middlebury, Vt. College Baseball Coaches Chicago, III. Convention National Collegiate U. of Michigan March 9- 10 Indoor Track Championships Detroit, Mich. Collegiate Athletics Busi- Palmer House Jon. 6-10 __~~~ nesr Managers Convention Chicago, III. NCAA College Division U. of Evansville March 14-l 6 Basketball Championships Evansville, Ind. American Football Coaches Conrad Hilton Jon. 7-12 .- Association Convention Chicago, III. National Collegiate Boston College March 15-l 7 Ice Hockey Championships Boston, Mass. - NCAA Convention Palmer House Jan. 11-13 Chicago, III. NCAA College Division Wayne State U. March 15-l 7 -_ Swimming Championships Detroit, Mich. NCAA Honors Luncheon Palmer House Jan. 12 Chicago, III. National Collegiate Johns Hopkins U. March 22-24 Fencing Championships Baltimore, Md. -. United States Track Coaches Palmer House Jan. 12-13 NCAA University Division St. Louis U. March Association Convention Chicago, III. Basketball Championships St. Louis, MO. 24826