VOL. 13 l NO. 9 AUGUST 1, 1976

OlvmpiansJ in Top Five Finalists Olympic swimming champion 400-meter individual medley, selection of Today’s Top Five. dent-athletes on their 25th anni- rent calendar year are eligible John Hencken of Stanford Uni- while Whelan competed for the Today’s Top Five is only a versary after graduation. for the award. versity headlines eight outstand- U.S. men’s gymnastics team. portion of the NCAA’s College Finalists for Today’s Top Five Recipients of the Top Ten will ing seniors who have been nomi- These eight finalists were cho- Athletics’ Top Ten Award pro- are selected on athletic ability be presented at the NCAA Hon- nated as finalists for the NCAA’s sen for participation in winter gram. Along with the five cur- and achievement, character,lead- ors Luncheon, held in conjunc- 1976 Today’s Top Five Student- and spring sports, and will be rent winners, a Silver Annivcr- ership, campus and off-campus tion with the Association’s 71st Athlete Awards. joined by other finalists at the sary Top Five will be presented, activities and academic achieve- annual Convention in Miami Other Olympians joining conclusion of fall competition for honoring five outstanding stu- ment. Only seniors from Ihe cur- Beach, Fla., January ‘7-13, 1977. Hencken are University of South- Besides presentation of the ern California swimming star TOP Ten, the Theodore Roosevelt Steven Furniss, and Pennsylvania Award, the Association’s highest State University gymnast Gene honor, also will be presented Whelan. during the Honors Luncheon. In addition, University of Cali- Retired Navy Admiral Thomas fornia-Berkeley swimming/water J. Hamilton received the 1976 polo standout Walt Bricker; Wa- “Teddy” Award, joining nine bash College swimmer Joseph other distinguished citizens from Gawrys, Stanford gymnast Theo- varied careers who have received dore Marcy; three-time baseball the honor. All-America David Stegman of “These eight student-athletes the University of Arizona; and represent the very best in col- University of Michigan baseball legiate athletics today,” said player Richard Walterhouse, Robert Ray, University of Iowa, were named as finalists for these and Top Ten Selection Commit- prestigious awards. tee chairman. “Their excellence Hencken captured an Olympic in athletic competition and in Gold Medal for the United States the classroom exemplifies today’s at Montreal in the loo-meter young people. Each year the se- breaststroke in world record lection process is always a diffi- time and placed second in the cult task for the Committee, con- 200-meter breaststroke. He also sidering the many outstanding was a member of the U. S. Gold nominations we receive.” Medal 4OO-meter medley relay Following is a capsule bio- STEVEN FIJRNISS GENE WHELAN effort. JOHN HENCKEN graphical sketch of each finalist: Furniss placed sixth in the Stanford Gold Mcdoli,t USC Swim Standout Penn State Gym Star Continued on page 3

Executive Committee, Council Meetings Set Student-Athlete Eligibility Several important issues will sports committee reports. tee reports headed by recommen- I bc presented bcforr the NCAA A review of the Association’s dations from the Classification Executive Committee and Coun- complimentary ticket policy for Committee. Forms Must Be Signed cil at each body’s summer meet- championship events, plus re- Among other Association com- ing, August 9-13, in Itasca, Ill. ports from the Special Commit- mittees slated to report are the With fall just around the compete in intercollegiate ath- The Executive Committee will tee to Combat Gambling, Metric divisional steering committees, corner, the NCAA Council re- letics. open the meetings August 9-10, Conversion and Investment Com- Extra Events, Gambling, Govern- minds the membership each Each institution’s director and will concern itself with nu- mittees will also occupy its mental Affairs, Television and student-athlete must sign a of athletics must administer merous financial matters, includ- agenda. Metric Conversion Committees. Student -Athlete Statement the statement to each student- ing the National Collegiate Real- Reports on academic calendars Initial planning for the 71st form to become eligible for athlete. It also requires the ty Corporation 1976-77 budget and future dates of NCAA Cham- Convention, January 7-13, in Mi- participation in intercollegiate director of athletics’ and head and the general 1976-77 operat- pionships, highlighted by spring ami Beach, Fla., perusal of the athletics for 1976-77. coach’s signature in order to ing budget. dates, and the Marketing Sub- first proposed legislation for con- Under provisions of Consti- be valid. Augmentation of the Associ- committee will be presented. sideration by the Convention, tution 3-9-(j) and Constitution Statements are then kept ation’s championships team trav- Council business is scheduled review of the Convention sched- 4-2-(d), each student-athlete on file in the office of the ath- cl reserves will be of primary for August 11-13, and will be ule, plus programs for the gen- is required to annually, prior letic director, ar.d must be concern, in addition to several dominated primarily by commit- Continued on page 7 to participation in intcrcollr- available for examination giate athletics, sign a state- upon request from an author- ment in a form prescribed by ized representative of another ABC Feeds the Council in which he sub- member institution or to thr mits information related to his NCAA, and to authorized eligibility, recruitment, finan- members of allied confer- cial aid and amateur status ences. “Saturday’s Heroes” under governing legislation Forms have bern mailed to of the Association. each member, but further “Saturday’s Heroes,” an NCAA their medical degree in six years. to the week of August 16-20, rc- Failure of the student-ath- statements may be obtained football promotional film, will be Lewis has a 3.5 average this se- questing the station to broadcast lete to sign this statement will from the Association’s nation- fed by the American Broadcast- mester. the program as it comes down result in his ineligibility to al office. ing Company to network stations Sapp plays middle guard for the network feed or video tape during the week of August 16-20, Navy and is constantly battling it for presentation at a later date. according to the NCAA Promo- players that outweigh him by tion Committee. perhaps SO pounds. Sapp is small In addition, Arizona State’s for that position (5-11 and 203) Coach Frank Kush elaborates on hut his high school wrestling ex- Marshall Gets New Post, the Sun Devils’ undefeated sea- perience has given him the speed son and his coaching philosophy. and catlike moves to cope with The film ends on an upbeat his stature. He tells of his am- theme by visiting cheerleader bition after football and his Na- NamedNACDA Pres ident trials at Penn State. val commitment. Each spring at least 100 young Cromwell missed the Olympic NCAA Secretary-Treasurer as NACDA’s first vice-president, men and women vie for positions track team as a hurdler this sum- Stanley J. Marshall, South Da- Arizona State’s Fred Miller was elected second vice-president, on the Nittany Lions’ cheerlead- mer and is concentrating on kota State Univrrsity director of ing squad. Final tryouts on the quarterbacking the Kansas Jay- athletics, recently was named and William & Mary’s Ben Car- lifts and dances highlight this hawks. president of the National ASSO- nevale became third vice-presi- dent. exciting segment of the film. Hall kicks PATS and field ciation of Collegiate Directors of The four players spotlighted in goals with an artificial foot. His Athletics (NACDA) at the or- “Serving as NACDA’s presi- dent will indeed be a privilege, “Saturday’s Heroes” are Michi- story is courageous and inspiring. ganization’s annual convention and I anxiously look forward to gan’s Kirk Lewis; Navy’s Jeff “ ‘Saturday’s Heroes’ is enter- in Hollywood, Fla. Sapp; Kansas’ Nolan Cromwell; taining and informative. It gives the challenges it will present in Marshall is in his second year and Texas Tech’s Brian Hall. the viewer a different perspec- the coming year,” Marshall said. as the Association’s sccretary- Lewis is an Academic All- tive on the young men and wom- “Many interesting issues will America who was co-captain of en who arc involved in college treasurer, and succeeds Ohio confront intrrcollrgiatc athletics the Wolverines last season. Lew- football each autumn,” said Com- University Athletic Director Bill during the next year. Not only in is is also in medical school, not mittee Chairman Don Canham, Rohr, as NACDA’s 12th presi- my new position with NACDA, premed, but in Michigan’s “in- University of Michigan. dent. but as the Association’s sccrc- tcflex” program that enables ex- Each institution is urged to STANLEY J. MARSHALL Boston College’s Bill Flynn as- tary-treasurer, I’m enthusiastic ceptional students to complete contact their ABC affiliate prior New NACDA President sumed Marshall’s former position Continued on page 2 The Editor’s View Cohn-maary Craft Reprinted below is an excerpt f?om the writing of a news columnist commenting pertinently abotlt college athletics. It is selecled because the NCAA NEWS feels it makes a point und discusses a topic which Spirit of Youth, Education will inte,rest NEWS readers. Rights Need Protection ‘Hope.. .’ America is pausing in 1976 to re- ceive better care than ever before, be flect on the numerous individual it through academic counseling, coach- Somehow, Games Should Go strengths which combine to form its ing, medical care or protections such greatness. Continued success and as due process within the institutional On, But Without Guns, Politics broader acceptance of intercollegiate framework, or access to legal pro- By DAVE KINDRED athletics certainly spells a key factor cesses on the outside. Louisville Couricr~Journol Sporfs Editor to this overall strength. Positive encouragement toward the With 70,000 candles flickering in the dark, with live television pic- Society’s future will depend on max- importance of higher education is es- tures from Moscow on the stadium scoreboard, with dancing girls forming thr Olympic rings, the Games of the Zlst Olympiad ended. imum utilization of its various sential to the survival of intercollegi- “Farewell, Montreal,” the stadium announcer said. “Till we meet strengths. Prior to engaging in de- ate athletics and society. in Moscow.” mands for new innovations and radi- The spirit of youth, and the essential As much as anything, the Olympic Games are hope. Hope that we’ll cal al)proaches to change, the United need for a quality education, have be good to each other, that in the words of the traditional closing States must protect and not enclan- fortified the endurance of intercollegi- ceremony, “the Olympic torch will be carried on with ever greater eagerness, courage and honor for the good of humanity throughout ger the basic foundations of these ate athletics, regardless of internal or the ages.” strengths. external criticism and enemies. Hope. Should we laugh at the hyporrisy? People have been killed Over the years, the growth of inter- It is when the young athlete is hecause of the Olympics. Hut hope lives as surely as memory lives, collegiate athletics has come from two abused or an education is provided in and who will ever forget these Games? fundamental sources. First, the com- name only, that the concept of inter- Nadia Comaneci. Fourteen years old, 5 feet tall, 83 pounds, a gymnast who in her daring dctied the laws of reality. Spinning, petitive spirit of youth, and second, the collegiate athletics begins to deterior- twisting, flying always flying Nadia became the first gymnast importance of stressing the value of a ate. ever to earn a perfect score in the Olympics. At the end she had quality education. The management of intercollegiate seven of those perfect 10s and three gold medals. Future success of intercollegiate athletics must always be attuned to And Olga Korbut. Darling Olga. Old now, 21, she was no match for athletics depends on a sustained effort the absolute need of the student-ath- Nadia, and it hurt her. She made studied efforts to ignore the per- lete receiving a legitimate education. fection the world cheered. And Olga’s pain was our pain, for while to expand those factors which con- we admire perfection we do not love it. tribute to its basic strength. Proper implementation, revision and Basketball Brought Back the Gold Intercollegiate athletics continually enforcement of rules to protect an in- The United States won back the gold in basketball, the champion- is revitalized by the refreshing well- dividual’s access to a quality education ship game ending as Quinn Buckner danced with the ball at mid- spring of youth. Perhaps this is the is a concept to which we must continu- court. . . Esther Rot, the only member of the 1972 Israeli team who single-most important ingredient, not ally- dedicate ourselves to maintain a madr it to these Games, was sixth in the loo-meter hurdles. “If I do 0nl.v for a positive future in intercol- positive future for our youth. not run, they win,” she said. She spoke of men with guns who killed I1 Israelis at Munich. Fred Lowe, an American weightlifter, said legiate athletics, but for society as a If athletic administrators and 10 years at it has earned him little. “My feet arc wider,” he said. whole. coaches fail to guarantee the essential Shun Fujimoto of Japan broke his knee during the floor exercises Today, we are drawing closer to protective measures for these values, in gymnastics. Then he mounted the rings for a routine that ended bringing our youth to the peak of erosion of the basic strengths of inter- with ‘a triple somersault to the floor. “I just forgot about the pain their physical development. They re- collegiate athletics surely occurs. and competed,” he said later. “When I came off the rings and hit the floor. pain shot through me like a knife. It brought tears to my eyes.” Hut Fujimoto held his landing position without waver. His score of 9.75 was his best ever. Refusing help, he hobbled onto the victory Letters to the Editor stand for the team gold medal. June 15, 1976 sheltered and plush environment that has To finish third in the 5,000-meter race, Klaus Hildenbrand of Dear Mr. Ryers: been created for the scholarship athlete, and Germany dove at the finish line. Or perhaps he fell from exhaustion. I am writing to you in regards to a piece of perpetuate the related attitudes. A reporter asked about it and Hildenbrand said, “I did not fall.” . proposed NCAA legislation which I wish you v Detract from the job availability of an al- Teotilo Stevenson, the boxer, and Albert0 Juantorena, the runner, would submit to the proprr committee for tenta- ready problematic market (the fact of the said they won gold medals for Fidel Castro, the premier of Cuba. tive rcbview and possible action at the next oppor- matter is that the athletes who get the jobs . Mac Wilkins of the United States said he didn’t intend to share tunity. The subject of which I write is the area of often are in no dire need of them). his discus gold medal with anyone, especially the U.S. . John job prorurcbmcnt or attempted job procurement by As a member of the interest group that would Naber, the American swimmer, won two gold medals and said, “Poli- athletic department members/coaching staffs for appear to favor this policy rather than oppose it. tics has nothing to do with any of this. Gold medals don’t mean the athletes. I think this issue should go beyond my/our col- Whitr House is better than the Kremlin. It means I swam faster Like any issue, there are many sides seen by lective needs. As a matter of record, our particu- than anybody else. That’s all.” many different interest groups. My personal feel- lar university does not KO to any great length to The Olympics is nice. It is fun. Whether it is Hildenbrand diving ing, probably somewhat idealistic, is that by al- employ this technique, relative to some of our for the finish line or Esther Rot just being here; whether it is a lowing a representative of the athletic interests recruiting competitors. Nonetheless, I urge you Polish mother, Trena Szewinska, 30, winning a gold mcdat, her of any given university to procure a summer job to consider regulating legislation to eliminate seventh medal in four Olympics, or Willie Davenport, 33, winning for an athlete or prospective student-athlete, we this practice in collegiate athletics. It smarks of a bronze in his fourth Olympics; whether it is Camille Wright win- do any or all of the following: all the negative features of partisan big business ning a silver medal in her first or Anatolyi Bondarchuk a bronze in Go toward professionalism rather than away totally inconsistent with the educational and am- his last; whether it is Shun Fujimoto with a broken knee or Howard from it on the college level. ateur philosophy that we are supposed to espouse. Davis boxing two days after his mother’s death-all of it shows us Add another distorting and irrelevant factor When an afliucnt alumnus of a major university what a person can do by trying to the limits of talent and courage. to an already complex choice that a young football power lays off a man who is earning a Yet, as surely as hope ana memory live. so does a perplexing man must make-his selection of a college. living to make room for a football player he prom- question. Is the Olympics worth the cost ? The cost not in dollars, Open another avenue of inequality in the ised the coaching staff he would hire during the but in inhumanity. area of recruiting/big business athletics (the summer, then it is time for someone to change the At Mexico City in 1966, the month before the Olympics, police shot schools with the most alumni, the most rich situation. and killed dozens of student demonstrators who chose that time and donors willing to provide jobs, etc., hold the I will appreciate a review of this situation and place to press grievances. The second Tuesday of the Munich Olym- highest trump cards when they recruit). As will welcome your personal opinion. Warmest pics in 1972 men with guns stole Israeli athletes out of their beds. I am sure you are aware, it is a fact of the regards Elrven, one of them Esther Rot’s coach, would die. real world that a prominent deciding factor Sincerely, No One Died This Time in many athletes’ minds has been the lucra- Thomas R. Park No one was killed at Montreal, and how sad that that need be said. tive summer job promised to them during Administrative Assistant How sad that a sporting event remarkable for its human majesty recruitment. to the Athletic Director riced be assessed for the inhumanity it breeds. Add just one more feature to the already University of Maryland No one was killed. But everywhere there were guns. “I’m in a penitentiary,” said Ray Leonard, the American boxer. He pointed to the identification shield that hc, like all athletes and Participation Familiar to Marshall press and oflicials, wore around his neck. The shield carried a mug Continued from pcfge 1 Prior to the Association’s rc- ball and track, and coached all shot and a number. about an exciting year in 1976 organization in 1973, Marshall three sports on the high school Somebody said, “Yeh, and all the guards have guns.” 77 ” served as chairman of the NCAA level from 1950 to 1955. I ._ “BIG guns,” Leonard said. Marshall has played an active College Committee, and also Marshall returned to SDSU Guns everywhere. No one was killed. rolr in intercollegiate athletics chaired the Division II Steering and served as an assistant foot- Continued on puge 7 Committee as a member of the for many years. He became a ball coach between 1957 and Council, once reorganization was member of the NCAA Council 1963. In 1964, he became head implemented. coach at Wayne State Univer- in January, 1973, and completed : NCAA A 1950 graduate of South Da- sity in Detroit and won a con- Executive Editor .David E. Cawood I two years as District 5 vice- kota State, he received his M.A. ference championship. ; NEWS Editor ...... James W. Shaffer I president before assuming his Degree at Iowa State in 1953 In 1965, Marshall became di- assignment as elected secretary- and doctorate from Springfield rector of athletics at South Da- : Published 18 times a year by the National Colleviate Athletic Associa- : treasurer in 1975, along with As- College (Mass.) in 1969. I tlon. executive and editorial offivs.. Ll S Highway SO and Nall Ave.. t kota State. : P.0 Box BOw6. Shawnee Mission. Kansas Phone (AC 913) 394-3220. ; sociation President John A. Fu- As an undergraduate Marshall Marshall and his wife, Nona, ! Subscription Rate. $6 annually. zak, Michigan State University. participated in football, basket- are thr parrnts of three children. ~,,11111111111111111llllllllllllllllllll,,,,,,,,,,,,,I,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1,*.,,I I,,,,I,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, l,,lll,,I,,,,illl,,l ,,,,111,,1,,,II,11111111111,,,111,1,,I,,,II,1111111111111111,I~ 7 Top Five Recognizes Athletics, Academics

WALT BRICKER JOSEPH GAWRYS THEODORE MARCY DAVID SIEGMAN RICHARD WALTERHOUSE Cal Double-Sport Star Woborh Swimming Ace Stanford Gymnast Great Arizona Boreboll All-America Michigan Second Baseman Continued from puge 1 grade point average. Gawrys is a member of Phi Beta pionship. Arizona’s Outstanding Junior and Senior Ath- Kappa, a Summa Cum Laude graduate, received a Mackin- lete. Steeman is a three-time All-Western Athletic Confer- WALT BRICKER California-Berkeley tosh Graduate Fellowship. the Mills Prize in Bible, the ence and- three-time All-America selection. He was a four- year starting center fielder at Arizona. capping a brilliant Viralia, Colif. swimming/water PO10 P&e Vaughan Outstanding Athlete twice and the Indiana Alumni Scholar-Athlete Award. In addition, he received career with a .425 batting average in 1976. Stegman also Excellent two-sport star at Cal-Berkeley, Brlcker cap- the John Maurice Butler Prize for Scholarship and Char- scored 91 runs. collected .3U douhles, three triples, seven tained the Colden Bears to the 1975 National Collegiate acter, and an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. He will home runs, 64 runs batted in and stole 26 bases this season. Water Polo Championship. Bricker was named All-Amer- enter Harvard’s Divinity School this fall. He holds several career records for the Wildcats. A co- ica and all-tournament three consecutive years, and was a captain his junior and senior years. Stegman was voted member of the United States national team the past two team MVP and was named to the all-tournament team at years. In addition to receiving All-Pacitic-8 honors three JOHN FREDERICK HENCKEN Stanford the World Series. He maintained a 3.36 in engineering straight seasons, Bricker was invited to participate on the Santa Claw, Calif. Swimming mathematics. He captained United States all-star teams U S Olympic training water polo team this year. In swim- Considcrrd the world’s premier hrrastatroker. Hencken participating in Holland. Germany and Mexico. An NCAA ming, the talented athlete performed as a lOO-yard free- proved so hu winning the 1976 Olympic Gold Medal in the Postgraduate Scholarship recipient. Stegman plans for a style and ZOO-yard individual medIey specialist His aca- lUO-meter breaststroke. He was alao lead swimmer on the professional baseball career, and use his scholarship for demic excellence was displayed by recording an impres- U. S. Gold Medal 40U-meter medley relay squad, and won study in mathematics or systems and industrial engl- sive 3.40 grade point average in engineering. A member of the %OO-meter hreaststrokr Silver Medal. Hencken added neering. Tau Beta Pi civil engineering honorary fraternity. Bricker these three prizes to his 1972 Gold Medal in the 20@meter is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engi- breaststroke at Munich. He is the current world, NCAA neers. and American record holder in the loo-meter breaststroke RICHARD GEORGE WALTERHOUSE Michigan Hr won NCAA crowns in the loo-yard breaststroke in 1973. Ann Arbor, Mich. Baseball 1975 and 1976. and in the 200-yard in 1974 and 1975. He was STEVEN CHARLES FURNISS Southern California Became a third-generation hasehall letter winner at Mich- Sontm Ana, C&f. Swimming undcfeatcd in varsity dual competltlon in the 200-yard over his outstanding four-year career. In the Pacific-6. igan. Walterhouse was named 1976 All-Big Ten second Standout half of brother tandem at USC. both Steve and Hencken was undefeated in both the lOO- and Zoo-yard baseman and All-NCAA Mideast Renion He smashed a tint Bruce were members of the 1976 U.S. Olympic Team. Steve events A X-time All-America. Hencken received Stan- ,342 batting average and posted a clean ,957 tlelding mark. finished sixth in the 400-meter individual medley. He ford’s coveted Al Masters Awa;d in 1974. symbolic of the Walterhouse led the Wolverines in hits (50). boasted the recorded a second in the 4UU-yard IM., third in the ZUO- Cardinals’ Athlete of the Year. He also holds several other second hest batting average, and set school records in yard I.M. and third in the 1.650-yard freestyle at the athletic-academic honors. includine the Emmett Cashln doubles (11) and triples 17). A member of two Big Ten 1976 National Colleeiate Swimmina Chamoionshios. which and Robert Anderson O&standing ~~wimmer Awards. Se championship teams. he was a four-year letterman, r&eiv- Southern Cal cap&red for the third c&nsecuiive year. lected as one of 12 outstanding student-athletes. liencken ing Academic All-Bie Ten honors twice. He also served as Furniss was the Pan American Games champ in the 200 assisted the Fiesta Bowl-NCAA fight against drug abuse. a tram captain this- season in leading Michigan to the and 400 I.M., plus received first-place honors in each event A talented Individual, he holds patents to several inven- NCAA playoffs An excellent student, Walterhouse ac- his sophomore and junior years. He was second in both his tions, and plans to continue his education, possibly at cumulated a fine 3.675 grade pomt average in civil cngi- freshman year. Hc placed second in the 1,650 freestyle his Stanford in oroduct desien. Hencken carried a 3.11 GPA in neering. A member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. and Tau Beta sophomore year, third as a junior and sixth his fresh year. general eng‘ineering and won an NCAA Postgraduate Pi engineering fraternity, he also is affiliated with the Despite an injury between his junior and senior seasons. Scholarship. Michigaumua Honor Society. He received the Big Ten hc &as still e&ted a team captain. Recorded seconds in Medal of Honor for proficiency in athletics and academics. the 200 and 400 IM irl the World Games at Moscow. was Walterhouse was also presented the Yost Honor Award third in the 200 and fourth in the 400 I M at the 197i Mu- THEODORE WENDELL MARCY Stanford and was a Senior Athlete of the Year llnalist. Walterhouse nich Olympics. A four-year All-America in the 200 and 400 oak Brook, III. Gymnastics earned a Distinguished Achievement Award in englneer- 1.M and the 1.650-vard_ free. Furnisa is also a four-year An incredlble performer on the pommel horse. Marcy ing. and was named to the Dean’s List throughout his water polo letterman and captained each sport his senior captured four consecutive Pacific-6 Conference titles. and collegiate career. year. He recorded a fine 3.34 GPA in marketing and was after placing fourth his freshman year. earned three named the Pacific-6 Conference Medal Winner. A member straight NCAA first-place cro\vns. In 26 intercollegiate of Skull & Dagger men’s honorary fraternity, he was competitions. Marcy placed first in 24. Considered one of GENE WHELAN Pennsylvania State named to the Pat-R Honor Roll four years Furniss was a the best pommel horse competitors In the world. Marcy Bedford, N. H. Gymnastics Red Cross swimming and water safety instructor, besides received Stanford’s Biff HoArnan Trophy this year, the a member of Beta Theta Pi. USC President’s Athletic Com- University’s top athlete As Stanford’s captain in 1975-76. Received the 1976 Nisren Award as the nation’s outstand- mittee and Dean.9 List. Marcy provided excellent leadership qualities while main- ing senior gymnast. Whelan captured the NCAA parallel taining a 3.66 in human biology. In his junior year, Marcy barn championship this year and placed second in all- was the athlete with the highest record of academic around comoctition He was fourth in all-around his junior JOSEPH PATRICK GAWRYS Wabash year A member of the 1976 U.S. Olympic Team, Whelan Indianapolis, Ird. Swimming achievement in his class, and received the Pat-6 Studcnt- Athlete Award. A mcmher of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra- was the Eastern USGF chamnion earlier this year. The Captured the 1976 NCAA Division III loo-yard backstroke ternity. he served as vice-president and social chairman. three-year letterman won four-Pan American G&es med- championship and placed second in the 2UU-yard back- Marcy is interested in a medical career and has been als and represented the U S. in the Olympic Qualification stroke. Placed third in each event his iunior vtar Gawrvs accepted into Yale’s Medical School this fall. Besides all Meet in Germany. An international master of gymnastics. holds school records with a 54.40 in tGe 1UO and ~X10.23 in this, Marcy found time as a volunteer orderly in Stanford’s Whelan has been a member of the U.S. national team the the 200 backstroke Also set standards in the 20%yard and Pediatrics Department. past three years The outstanding senior in the College of 400-vard individual medlevs. in addition to establishing Engineering. he boasted a line 3.30 GPA in civil engineer- pwi marks at five other i&titutions.~ Gawrvs served as ing. Active in several charitable organizations. including ieam co-captain this season, he won conference loo-yard DAVID WILLIAM STEGMAN Arizona the Special Olympics, Whelan is alllliated with the Penn and PC&yard backstroke titles four ntraieht vears and lost lompoc, Calif. Baseball State Athletic Association sponsoring wheelchair bnrket- only oni backstroke event in 40 dual-career meets. A One of Arizona’s all-time baseball greats, Stegman helped ball He is also a mcmhtar of Penn State’s Engineering religion and English major, he accumulated a high 3.775 lead the Wlldcats to the 1976 College World Series cham- Society. Top Five, Silver Anniversary ABC Pre-SeasonSpecial September 4 Nominations Due November 1 ABC Sports will kick-off its burgh’s gifted running bzck Tony In the June 15 NCAA NEWS, Fall nominations for Top Five Student-Athlete Awards, along 13-week televised coverage of Dorsett. the Alabama at Notre Dame with those for Silver Anniversary Top Five Awards and the 1976 NCAA College Football Former Heisman winner and game was incorrectly listed as Award of Valor, are due at the Association’s national c&ice by with an hour-long Pre-Season USC All-America 0. J. Simp- Saturday, October 16, and should November 1. Special, Saturday, September 4 son will conduct the interviews, have read Saturday, November Today’s Top Five nominees will join eight finalists already between 8 and 9 p.m. EST. reflecting on each student-ath- 13. ABC has not yet determined lete’s life, not only on the play- whether the contest will receive chosen from winter and spring sports for Anal selection of the Featured among highlights of national or regional coverage. award. the Special, ABC will take a ing field but away from the ex- Members are reminded that nominees for the Silver Anniver- close-up, candid look at four of citement which surrounds their Regional telecasts xheduled athletic talents. include Pittsburgh-Notre Dame, sary Top Five must have completed their eligibility during the the nation’s top football powers, Tulsa-Oklahoma State, South 195142 academic year or graduated during that same year. including interviews with each California quarterback Joe head coach. Roth and Kansas signal-caller Carolina-Georgia Tech, and Selections for the Silver Anniversary Award honors former Nolan Cromwell also will be Houston-Baylor September 11; student-athletes an their 25th anniversary after graduation, and National champion Oklahoma’s profiled during the one-hour Ohio State-Penn State, Georgia- have exemplified themselves through distinguished careers. Barry Switzer, undefeated Ari- special. Clemson, Colorado-Washington, zona State’s Frank Kush, and Recommendations for the Award of Valor should be guided by Pre-season selection of the and Yale-Brown September 18; newcomers Terry Donahue of the following criteria: “The NCAA Award of Valor may be pre- nation’s “Top 10” by ABC will and Tennessee-Auburn, San Jose UCLA, the youngest major-col- sented to a coach or administrator currently associated with inter- bc revealed during the Special, State-Stanford, and Massachu- lege coach in the nation at 31, collegiate athletics or a current or former varsity letter winner featuring a brief summary on setts-Harvard September 25. and Southern California’s John at an NCAA institution who, when confronted with a situation each team. ABC Sports has presented ex- Robinson each will comment on involving danger to himself or his well-being, averted or mini- ABC’s exclusive coverage of clusive coverage of NCAA Col- the prospects of his team for mized potential disaster by courageous action or noteworthy NCAA College Football begins lege Football for 10 consecutive 1976. bravery.” Thursday, September 9, with na- seasons. The act of valor must be performed during the calendar year Another interesting segment tionally-televised exposure of Chuck Howard, ABC Sports preceding the next Convention. of the Special will focus on Heis- UCLA at Arizona State. The net- vice-president for program pro- Nomination forms have been mailed to the membership. Addi- man Trophy candidates in what work will telecast 13 contests duction, selects the past decade’s tional forms may be obtained from David Cawood, NCAA public ABC labels “up close and per- nationally and 28 regionally, “Top 10” NCAA football games relations director, at the national office. sonal,” featuring USC’s outstand- with each market arca receiving in a colorful article on pages ing tailback Ricky Bell and Pitts- 20 games throughout the season. four and five of the NEWS. NCAA NEWS / August 1, 1976 3 ABC’s Chuck Howard Sele cts D

By DONN R. BERNSTEIN It took place on a raw, gray Dee 6 afternoon in 1969. College football was celebrating its 100th year and NCAA Medic Director, ABC Sports Arkansas Coach Frank Broylcs respectfully acknowl- Game of the Week? Game of the Year? Game of the edged the Ccntcnnial by installing artificial turf in Decade? Or Game of the Century? Whatever your Razorback Stadium. Both Texas and Arkansas sported choice, the American public has been treated to the best of NCAA football, presented exclusively by ABC 9-0-O records going into the game and were ranked No. Sports whose television cameras have captured the 1 and No. 2, respectively. The national championship color and clamor of “the college game” for the past 10 and Southwest Conference title were on the line. It was consecutive years. another one of those tailormade Titanics as the eyes of It has been a decade of glitter on the gridiron where the college football world were focused on Fayette- all too often that fine line between delirium and despair villc, Ark. (pop. 30,000). is drawn by an inch of the sideline chain, a second’s Ahead 14-O after three quarters of play, one might tick on the scoreboard clock or an unpredictable bounce conclude Arkansas was having things its own way. of the ball on the goalpost crossbar. Texas argued to the contrary. And quite convincingly. These are but a few of the ingredients which have Towards the end of the third period, Royal’s rough- spiced the college football menu over the past 10 years, nerks had started an 80-yard march, interrupted only and for a sampler of the decade’s Top 10 televised Ti- tanics, ABC’s Chuck Howard went out on the limb. by the sound of the quarter gun. On the first play of “There’s been a wide variety of truly outstanding the fourth stanza, quarterback James Street scrambled games over the years,” Howard said, “and coming up 42 yards for a touchdown on a broken play. The call with the top 10 hasn’t been easy. The games I have was for a pass, but with no receivers in sight. Street selected, however, are particular classics and should picked up some excellent downfield blocking and stir vivid memories from football fans all over.” danced down the right side to make it 14-6. Darrell Howard, who is vice-president for program produc- Royal honored his signal caller by selecting him the tion at ABC Sports, has been producing NCAA football man to advance over left tackle and register a crucial continuously since 1966. His college football roots, how- two-point conversion. cvcr, strrtch back to 1960, when as a production assis- Against some hefty Arkansas adversaries, Street ac- tant, hc was assigned to the sidelines of the Alabama- Georgia game in Birmingham and Fran Tarkenton was complishcd his mission and the Hogs wcrc sweating in quartcrbacking the Bulldogs. Fayctteville. With a little over six minutes remaining Since producing his first NCAA football telecast in in the quarter, Texas had the ball on its own 36-yard 196G (Syracuse-Baylor), Howard has logged more than line and used over two minutes in advancing seven 500 hours in ABC’s mobile units while crossing the yards to the 43. At that point with a palpitating fourth- country many times in covering over 150 games. and-three situation, Strrrt completed a desperation 44- When it comes to the best of college football, the yard pass to Randy Peschel who rnhanced the artistry Emmy Award-winning producer has literally seen them of the action by making a diving catch at the Arkansas all. Here are Howard’s “Top 10”: 13-yard line. Two plays later, Jim Bertelsen ran two yards over left guard to score, and a Longhorn by the name of Happy Feller becarnc quitr a happy fella as he booted the extra point to give Texas a 15-14 victory. It was a shootout that indrecl lived up to its billing. Texas went on to drfcat Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl and Ole Miss tripped Arkansas in ttle Sugar Bowl.

S&a&an Southern Cal 55, Notre Dame 24 7auc4dacun Outs&l-s still wonder what John McKay told his football team during halftime. A majority of the 90,814 Michigan State fullback Regir fans sitting in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Cavender (25) plunges into Notre the afternoon of Nov. 30, 1974, hoped that thr USC coach would delivrr an extra-special message. It must Dame end zone with lone have been a dilly. The Trojans, listless durilly a first Spartan touchdown in classic 1966 half which saw arch-rival Notre Dame build up a 24-6 lo-10 tie. All-America halfback lead, stormed through the tunnel with fire in their eyes Clinton Jones (26) provides the as they embarked upon one of college football’s great- crucial block. Other identifiable est comebacks. players pictured include Notre Anthony Davis, who had tallied USC’s only touch- Dame’s Kevin Hardy (74), Alan down in the first half (on a second period seven-yard Page @I), Tom Rhoads (87) and pass from QR Pat Haden), ignited the fiery turnabout Pete Duranko (64). by taking the opening kickoff of the second half and scampering 100 yards to the dismay of Ara Parseghian and his Fighting Irish. Four more third quarter touch- downs were to come, two by Davis on six- and four- yard runs and two by receiver John McKay. who col- lected 1X- and 44-yard TD aerials from his old high school battery mate, Iladen.

Michigan State 10, Notre Dame 10 Nebraska 35, Oklahoma 31 Spartan fans have not forgotten. And Irish fans have Everything was at stake! The national championship. not forgiven. It all began with the greatest build-up The Big Eight title. And pride between two of the na- accorded a college football game in modern times. A tion’s most respected football powers of 1971. Bob De- classic showdown. A heralded epic. A monumental vaney’s Nebraska Cornhuskers, ranked No. 1 and rpear- battle. It was top-ranked Notre Dame facing No. 2 hraded by Jerry Tagge and Johnny Rodgers, were go- Michigan State, both undefeated and untied, in what ing into Norman, Okla., to battle Chuck Fairbanks’ some had called “The Game of the Century.” Sooners, ranked second and led by Jack Mildren and An overflow throng of 80,011 crammed into Spartan Gregg Pruitt. It was to be a memorable struggle, wit- Stadium (regular seating capacity: 76,000) and the nessed by 63,385 fanatic fans who packed Owen Field raucous rooters of that Saturday afternoon, Nov. 19, on Nov. 25, 1971. 1966, sat drained and dehydrated after Notre Dame’s Would you believe that by midway in the final period Joe Azzaro kicked a 28-yard field goal on the first play 59 points had been scored? With 7:05 remaining in the of the fourth quarter to tie the game af 10-10. game, Nebraska was behind, 31-28, and started a drive With Irish quarterback Terry Hanratty injured on the from its own 26-yard line. Plowing 74 yards in 12 plays, sidelines, unknown Coley O’Brien was in field com- running back Jeff Kinney scored the last of his four mand of Ara Parseghian’s troops who were battling touchdowns of the day by plunging over left tackle the Spartans to a fourth period standoff. As the clock with 1:3X left on the clock as the Cornhuskers captured wore down, tension rose both on the field and in the the conference crown and the national championship, stands. Who would get the next break? A penally . . . 35-31. Nebraska went on to brat Alabama in the Orange a fumble recovery . . a pass interception . . . some- Bowl and Oklahoma took its frustration out on Auburn thing . . . anything. But my God, not a tie! in the Sugar Bowl, winning 40-22. In the final minutes, Notre Dame took over first- and-10 on its own 30. Desperation pass? Trick play? Texas 15, Arkansas 14 Parseghian said NO, and time was running out. Six The President of the United States was thrrc. The ground plays later the final gun sounded, leaving em- Rev. Dr. Billy Graham gave the invocation. And native blazonrd on the Spartan Stadium scoreboard a lo-10 Glenn Campbell returned to Arkansas fo root on the vc,rdict which became one of the most talked-about and Hogs. So did the majority of the 44,500 standing room sccor~d~guessed games in the history of college football. only crowd in Razorback Stadium, proud and boisterous It was ttlr final game of the scasori for Duffy Daugh- Arkansas fans clad in traditional red, who had come Nebraska field general Jerry Togae barks erty’s Spartans, while Ara Parsrghian and his Irish for what Texas’ Darrell Royal had prophetically dubbed ‘a99e commands during Cornhuskers’ 35-31 went on to beat USC and win the national title. “The Big Shootout.” 7aP4 thriller at Oklahoma in 1971.

4 ecade’s “Top IO” NCAA Games

Those 35 points in the third period were the most day, a piece of it should have gone to placekicker Rikki ing the score 13-9 in favor of the Buckeyes. A two- ever scored in one stanza against the Irish. Adding in- Aldridge. point conversion attempt failed. sult to injury, Shelton Diggs reeled in a lb-yard touch- Simpson’s 64-yard TD romp with less than five min- Two minutes later, MSU had the ball back and Levi down pass from Haden, and Charlie Phillips raced back utes remaining in the 37th annual cross-city classic Jackson raced 88 yards to score. Hans Nielsen converted a 58-yard interception (one of three he had on the day) tied the game at 20-20, and it was Aldridge who punc- and the underdog Spartans moved into a 16-13 lead. for a TD as 14 fourth quarter points went on the board tuated the victory. 0. J. rushed for 177 yards in 30 car- When Ohio State took ov(‘r, Cornelius Green attempted to give USC its biggest win ever over Notre Dame, ries and scored twice that day. He was runnerup in the a pass on first-down and although a Spartan linebacker 55-24. Davis’ four touchdowns a record? No sir! “A.D.” Heisman Trophy balloting and ironically, it was UCLA appeared to have intercepted, an official said no, the scored six times against the Irish in 1972 . . without a quarterback Gary Behan who was awarded college ball was trapprd. halftime sermon by the coach. The Trojans won handily football’s most treasured prize. Green led the Buckeyes from their own 39 to a first- that year, 45-23. and-10 at the Michigan State 11 with a minute to go. Beban, receiver Gcorgr Farmer and rusher Gregg Of the following six games on Chuck Howard’s Top On first down, Archie Griffin goes up the middle for Jones fought gallantly against the Trojans, hut Simp- 10 of the Decade List, three of them were decided by five. Second and five on the six . . . there’s 29 seconds son, Steve Sogge, Earl McCullouch and Outland Trophy one point; one by two points and two by three points. left on the clock . . . Champ Henson picked up five . . . winner Ron Yary ulti.nately proved to be a point bet- Additionally, Howard noted two more games which he first-and-goal on the one _ . IIenson tried the middle trr. The Rose Bowl was at stake and John McKay’s rated as ties on the poll. The games are listed in chron- for no gain . . . clock still running as Buckeyes scurry Trojans went on to defeat Indiana while the following ological order: to the huddle . _ backs are moving as final play starts week, the downtrodden Bruins of Tommy Prothro lost . . . Green fumbled and Brian Baschnagel scooped up to Syracuse. the hall and ran into the end zone . . . goal line official (Tying this gamr on the poll was the 1969 USC-UCLA signaled TD . . . but the referee had already indicated game, won by the Trojans, 14-12, on a last minute pass that time had run out. from Jimmy Jones to Sam Dickerson good for 32 yards. Both teams were claiming victory and thcrc was UCLA failed on both two-point convrrsion attempts. parrdcmoniurn among the 78,533 witnesses in Spartan The Bruins’ signal caller was Dennis Durnmit. Both Stadium. Commissioner Duke made his way from the teams went into the game undefeated and with one tie press box to the field and finally to thr officials’ dress- apiece. USC went on to defeat Michigan in the Rose ing room where referee Calhoun put the record straight Bowl.) once and for all: Michigan State was the winner, 16-13. Alabama 33, Mississippi 32 Game films clearly indicate that Mr. Calhoun signaled time had run out before the start of the play, but for Over 1,000 yards in total ofl’ense went into the books 40 minutes afterwards, thr teams involved and the col- after Ole Miss arid Alabama went after each other in lege football world were kept in the dark. Birnlingharn’s Legion Field on the night of October 4, 1969. Between both teams, there were 81 passes thrown and only one intercepted. Mississippi’s Archie Manning threw 52 of those passes and complrted 33 for 436 yards and two scores. It wasn’t enough. Scott Hunter of Ala- bama hit on 22 of 29 passes for 300 yards and one touch- down. It was rnough. In one of the wildest nip-and-tuck offensive shows of all-time, Bear Bryant’s Crimson Tide prevailed, 33-32. Ole Miss led, 26-21, early in the fourth quarter. Ala- bama came back with a 67-yard drive and took a one- point lead, 27-26. John Vaught’s Rebels retaliated with a 64-yard march in three plays and resumed the lead, 32-27. All of this happened in eight minutes. Not to be denied, the Tide rolled again, going X0 yards in 11 plays as Hunter hit George Ranager with a l&yard TD strike on follrth-and-10. Ranagcr and team- mate David Bailey, also a receiver (who caught 9 passes for 115 yards), come from Meridian, Miss. It was ob- vious that *John Vaught wasn’t at the border when the Bear slipped these two prizes across the state line.

Auburn 10, Tennessee 9 At 30 years of age, Tennessee’s Bill Battle had quick- ly established himsrlf as one of college football’s 0. J. Simpson exhibits speedy style which provided South- brightest young coaches. His 1971 confrontation with ern Cal a come-from-behind 21-20 win over cross-town Auburn’s Shug Jordan, one of the most distinguished rival UCLA in 1967. “The Juice” rushed for 177 yards on veterans of the game, provided a vivid contrast when 30 carries and scored twice, but had to wait until the fol- the Tigers and Vols went to war in Neyland Stadium on lowing year to win the Heisman Trophy. Sept. 25. Tennessee placekicker George Hunt had put the Vols Southern Methodist 20, Texas A&M 17 in front of Auburn, 9-3, on field goals of 45. 30 and 50 Texas A&M Coach Gene Stallings spoke clearly and yards. There was a little over six minutes remaining authoritatively. He told his kickoff man, All-America in the game when Tennessee fumbled at the Tiger 14- Fleet-footed Michigan quarterback Dennis Franklin carries linebacker Bill Hobbs, NOT to kick to Southern Meth- yard lint after driving from its own 20. Auburn’s Pat out an option in the stunning 12-10 loss at Ohio State in odist’s Jerry Levias. The Ayyies had just climaxed a Sullivan, the Heisman Traphy winner, launched an 1974. Ready for the kill are Buckeyes Ken Kuhn (L) and 58-yard, 13-play scoring drive which put them ahead 86-yard drive almost entirely through the air, hitting Nick Buonamici (75). of SMU, 17-13, in college football’s opening game of the on five key passes, including two to All-America Terry 1967 season. Reasley, who recharged his battery after being soundly Ohio State 12, Michigan 10 It was a see-saw battle from the outset at A&M’s shaken up by a Bobby Majors tackle in the secon’d quar- Thcrc were All-Americas all ovrr the field when Kyle Field and with a flimsy four-point lead late in the ter. Michigan and Ohio State played for thr 71st time in fourth period, Stallings wanted to play it safe. Keep Harry Ungcbr scored on a five-yard running play with Columbus on Nov. 23, 1974. The Buckeyes had eight, the ball away from the dangerous Levias, he ordered. 2:44 left in the game and placekicker Gardner Jett split including such stalwarts as Archie Griffin, Neal Colzie As one might already conjecture, Hobbs sailed the pig- the uprights to give Auburn a 10-9 triumph. Bill Battle and Pete Cusick. Michigan didn’t have to take a back skin into Levias’ waiting arms and the flashy Mustang grew a little older that day, but regrouped his Vols as scat, either, with the likes of such defensive demons took it from his own 24 to the 42. he piloted them to a 10-2 season and a 14-13 win over as Don Dufek, Dave Brown and Tim Davis. But it was With regular quarterback Mike Livingston on the Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl. Auburn (9-2-O) lost to a little-known walkon by the name of Tom Klaban who sidelines, a pint-sized (5’6” might be stretching it) sig- Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl, 40-22. stole the headlines that day. nal caller named Incz Perez completed five straight (Tying this game on the poll was the Tcnncssee- The unheralded OSU placekicker booted four field passes (including three for 29, 11 and 12 yards) and it Georgia 17-17 deadlock played in Neyland Stadium in goals, the last one a monumental 43-yarder to give the was first-and-10 on the Aggie six-yard line with time 1968. Down 17-9 with the clock running out, Tennessee Buckeyes a 12-10 victory and their third straight trip running out. On second down at the six and four sec- quarterback Bubba Wyche hit Gary Kreis on a fourth- to the Rose Bowl. Klaban had kirked three in the sec- onds left on the clock, Perez hit Levias in the end zone and-21 situatiun on the final play of the game. Wyche ond quarter (47, 25 and 43 yardsj and his four-for-the- and SMU eked out a 20-17 victory. then tired to tight rnd Ken DeLong for the tying two- day set an OSIJ record. Texas A&M bounced back to win six lcaguc games, pnint conversion.) Klaban’s pcrformancr may not have been more than collect the Southwest Conference championship and a game statistic had Michigan’s Tom Lantry connected defeat Alabama in the Cotton Bowl. SMU, on the other Michigan State 16, Ohio State 13 on a 33-yard attempt on a second-and-four situation hand, lost its next seven straight games and finished The final score was not officially recorded until 40 with 16 seconds remaining in thr game. Lantry had the 1967 season with a dismal 3-7 mark. minutes after the game. It took that long for Big Trn tried earlier in the quarter on a 57-yard effort, but it Commissioner Wayne Duke to reach referee Gene Cal- fell short. He had put three points on the board (a 47- Southern Cal 21, UCLA 20 houn and obtain the verdict. In one of the most chaotic, yardrr) shortly after Denny Franklin had thrown a 0. J. Simpson was a year away from winning the confusing and ccmtroversial clashes ever, Michigan 42-yard TD puss to Gil Chapman in Michigan’s only Heisman Trophy. But as far as 90,772 Los Angeles Me- State emcrgcd a 16-13 winner over Ohio Statr in a game scoring output during the first quarter. But it was morial Colisrum fans were concerned, the talented played at East Lansing’s Spartan Stadium on Nov. 9, Klaban who emerged as the game’s hero and for his Trojan running back should have been handed the cov- 1974. efforts, Coach Woody Hayes gave the placekicker a ctcd award immediately after the USC-UCLA bash of With five minutes to go, Michigan State’s Charlie “field commission” by awarding him a scholarship after Nov. 18, 1967. And if the trophy was to br given on that Baggrtt tossed a 44-yard TD pass to Mike Jones, mak- the game.

NCAA NEWS / August 1, 1976 5 Final Payment Settles ABA Suit NFSHSA Adopts Resolution contracts by McDaniels affected Final settlement was recently tournament and to require the Members of the National Federation of State High School Asso- reached by the NCAA in its law his eligibility while a student- American Basketball Associa- ciations passed the following resolution commending the Associ- suit against professional basket- athlete at Western Kentucky. tion, another defendant in the ball player James McDaniels Prior to his participation in the suit, to notify the NCAA when ation at its 57th Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tenn., July 6. and Norman Blass, who served 1971 National Collegiate Basket- student-athletes with remaining WHEREAS the National Collegiate Athletic Association has re- as McDaniels’ agent during the ball Championship, McDaniels collegiate eligibility signed pro- spected the philosophy and programs of interscholastic athletics period in which McDaniels’ col- signed an affidavit informing the fessional contracts with mem- and continues to cooperate with the National Federation of State legiatr eligibility at Western NCAA that he had not signed a bers of the league. High School Associations in the review of all-star contest appli- Kentucky University was ques- professional basketball contract. In an October, 1974 settlement. cations, the study of athletic injuries, the elimination of problems tioned by the Association. As a result of McDanicls’ par- the ABA paid the sum of $17,500 Under terms of the settlement, ticipation while ineligible in the to the Association and agreed to relative to collegiate recruiting and the review of Federal legisla- Blass and McDaniels each 1971 tournament, Western Ken- provide the Association notice tion affecting school-college athletics; and agreed to pay the sum of $12,- tucky’s place in the final stand- of any future signinps involving WHEREAS the National Collegiate Athletic Association has for 500 to the Association in full set- ings was vacated and a portion student athletes with remaining tlement of all claims which the of the institution’s share of net eligibility. the second consecutive year provided the Nattonal Federation NCAA might have against them receipts from the competition Pursuant to the more recent with time oni its football telecasts to deliver messages on behalf for their involvement in the dis- was returned to the Association. settlement agreement, the Asso- of National Federation programs and interscholastic athletics in pute over McDaniels’ eligibility. The purpose of the NCAA suit ciation has received payment of Initial litigation by the NCAA was to recover damages to the $12,500 from both Blass and Mc- general: began in 1972, after an investi- Association resulting from Mc- Daniels, and the litigation has NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the National Federation gation concerning the signing of Daniels’ participation in the 1971 been terminated. of State High School Associations does express its gratitude to the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its support of high school athletics in the United States. Council Urges Familiarity “We are indeed grateful for the continued respect, support and cooperation of the NCAA in matters of affecting interscholastic athletics,” said Clifford B. Fagan, National Federation of State With Ice Hockey Contract Rules High School Associations executive secretary. Numerous inquiries concerning to play profe&ional athletics in vide the player with legal. finan- the eligibility of student-athletes a sport, regardless of its legal cial investment and hockey coun- who have signed Canadian Ama- enforceability or the considera- seling services in the negotiation teur Hockey Association Major tion (if any) received . no of a contract of employment with Junior Standard Player Contracts longer shall be eligible for inter- a professional hockey club; pay- have prompted the NCAA Coun- collegiate athletics in that sport.” ment of compensation while the cil to remind institutions to fa- player is unable to participate miliarize themselves with the ap- Employment Provision because of injuries incurred propriate Association rules per- Among the items in the Stan- while playing on the team; mov- DIVISION III BASKETBALL taining to the signing of profes- dard Player Contract which re- ing expenses if traded; and a Augustana College will host the 1977 National Collegiate Division sional agreements. form of severance pay, among sults in the documents being pro- III Basketball Championship, March 18-19 in Rock Island, Ill. Several provisions contained in fessional agreements is a provi- other items. thcsr contracts have been inter- sion that the hockey teams will Another portion of the contract preted by the NCAA Council as “employ” the hockey player. requires a player to enter into resulting in the documents being “an acknowledgement of consid- professional agreements under Further, it provides for a team contracting the player to pay him eration” which binds the player NCAA Constitution 3-1-(a)-(2) to the agreement, including lan- and 3-1-(b), which deal specifi- for services. Payment includes such items as salary, educational guage dealing with compensa- cally with language concerning tion. eligibility and professional sports benefits, and additional payments The following games have been certified by the NCAA Extra The 197G Standard Player Con- agreements. for participation in playoff con- Events Committee in accordance with Bylaw 2-3: tests. tract has not yet been reviewed Constitution 3-l- (a) -(2) reads: The contract contains an op- by the NCAA Council. However, ALL-STAR FOOTBALL “A student-athlete shall not be the membership is reminded that eligible for participation in an tion clause which is a part of All-Ohio Shrine Bowl, December 4, 1976, Columbus, Ohio. most recognized professional the 1976 contract, as well as any intercollegiate sport if: (2) he other agreements into which an Shrine North-South Game, December 17, 1976, 8 p.m., Pontiac, standard player agreements. This has entered into an agreement of individual may enter with a Mich. any kind to compete in profes- clause relates to the right of a club to retain the player exist- hockey team, should be reviewed Blue-Gray Classic, December 24, 1976, Montgomery, Ala. sional athletics in that sport, or to determine whether it is a to negotiate a professional con- ing for a period of time under Shrine East-West Game, January 2, 1977, 1 p.m., Palo Alto, Calif. certain conditions. “professional agreement” under tract in the sport . . .” NCAA legislation. Any questions All-American Lions Bowl Game, January 2, 1977, Tampa, Fla. Other provisions resulting in a Constitution 3-1-(h) states: concerning the professional na- Hula Bowl, January 8, 1977, 11 a.m., Honolulu, Ha. “Any student-athlete who signs professional agreement is the ture of any such agreement or who has ever signed a con- agreement between the team and should be forwarded to the Japan Bowl, National Stadium, January 16, 1977, 1 p.m., Tokyo, tract or commitment of any kind the player for the team to pro- NCAA national office. Japan.

1 BEAN, who resigned to enter pri- dent of the two-year-old East to the NIT basketball title in 1949 vate business. Coast Conference (formerly MAC). with a 25-5 record. and a former FENCING-BRANIMIR “BEN” succeeding Bucknell’s ROBERT All-America. June 17, in Salt Lake ZIVKOVIC, formerly of Columbia LATOUR Dickinson College City, Utah HUGH HENDRIX. THE NCAA and Fairfield, succeeds retiring Athletic Director DAVID EAVEN- 21, starting offensive guard on the ED0 MARION at Harvard. SON has been elected executive University of Georgia football FOOTEALL-JOE GLENN, director of the Middle Atlantic team, cardiac arrest. July 14, in Northern Arizona assistant, rem Conference. Atlanta, Ga. . JOHNNY places RAY BEST at Deane Col- BUSINESS MANAGLRS-MAR- GRAVES. 54. former star running lege lNeb ). who resigned to ac- YLIN FLETCHER replaces retired back for the University of Cali- cept administrative position in Vermont Ticket Manager HER- fornia. accidental asphyxiation, RECORD June 24. in Newport Beach. Calif. the Aurora. 010. school system BERT BAHRENBURG JOHN A roundup of current membership activities ROBERT FRIEDLUND named MORLEY retired as Southern Cal’s . BILL SWIACKI. 53, former at Olivct . PETE RIESEN re- ticket manager after 29 years. Army football end, July 7. in Stur- and personnel changes signed at Heidelberg. TRAINERS - KENT KALM bridge. Mass. FRANK RIS- GOLF-JESSE HADDOCK, Wake named at Saint Cloud State POLI. 54, Arizona State assistant ern Kentucky, who resigned to Forest. accepted similar post at BOBBY BARTON replaces KEN athletic director since 1951, in DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS become an administrator in the Tempe, Arizona JOHN NIE- GALE SAYERS, Kansas assis- Oral Roberts JACK ROHAN. MURRAY. who accepted a similar University’s Offwx of Student Af- former Columbia basketball coach, job at Southwestern Louisiana. MIEC. 75. former Notre Dame tant. rrplacev DOUG WEAVER at fa,rr BOB GATES named at football star and assistant Rice Southern Illinois - Carbondale. now chairman of University’s De SPORTS INFORMATION DI- Nebraska-Omaha. oartment of Physical Education. RECTORSMIKE WILSON, Wash- football coach, June 16. in Bell- Weaver replaced retired BOBBY BASKETBALL - DAVID POS- aire. Ohio DE HART HUB- DODD at Georyia Tech earlier this will head the uoif proarnm. ington State, named at Washing- SINGER, Loyola (Md.) assistant. GYMNASTICS - DOUG ALT ton TED SIMMONS resigned BARD, 72. former University of vear JOHN CRAMER auuoint-__ named at Rhode Island Colleue. Michigan world record holder in ed at Seattle Pacific, replaces re- appointed at Princeton. at Colorado State GEORGE replaces BILL BAIRD. who as: BERES, former Northwestern the go-yard dash and long jump, slgned LES HABEGGER . NOCKLI-ROBERT GUNDER- SID, sumed increased administrative SON named at Hamline. replaces CHUCK NIEMI at Oregon who became the first black Amer- GEORGE MacDONALD succeeds responsibilities at the College . SOCCER-G. THOMAS LAW- LONNIE BURT resigned at ican to win an Olympic Gold DONALD DUFEK at Grand Val- JIM CAREY. former Arizona State PAT GAINEY, Medal. capturing the 1924 broad ley State (Mich ). Dufck recently SON, Middlebury College head &&ids State assistant, appointed at Nevada- basketball end soccer coach, relin- Appalachian ‘S;ite, replace8 iumo title in Paris with a leak of replaced MIKE LUDE at Kent Reno EMORY WATERS. for- quished soccer duties to become CHARLIE DAYTON at Wake For- &5$, June 23. in Cleveland. Ohio state. who accepted rlmilar post mer Benedict co11cge coach. assistant director of athletics. est JOE BUTTI’ITA. Califor- . PAUL CHERVINKO. 65. for- at Washington HOMER RICE, named at Federal City College nia State-Northridze. resigned to mer University of Illinois baseball head football coach at Rice, was RONALD McEACHEN. Middle- (Wash. DC.) GARY ELLIOT bury assistant. named Lawson’s become director of sports at KGIL player. after long illness, in Dan- also named AD NOEL OLSON. iesigncd at iivingston University STEPHEN HORNBOSTEL ville. Ill. ANTHONY “TONY” St. Cloud State basketball coach. replacement. DAVE PRITCHETT.. Maryland SWIMMING - DAN SHAFFER, named at Missouri-St. Louis. re- TRENTINI. 46, Temple offensive named AD, replacing ROD AN- assistant. replaces resigned BO Southern Illinois assistant. ap- placing JOE YATES, who suc- line coach. while on vacation, FENSON, who resigned to assume BRICKLES at Davidson . JOHN June 29. m Clmton. N C. ALEX teaching duties in University’s pointed as head man at Southeast ceeded CHARLIE EPPLER at FERGUSON named at Wilmington Missouri State. Wichita State MIKE NEEDLE- LOYD. 46. former record pass re- Health. Physical Education and College . DAN RASKIN. Ni- ceiver. in. football at Oklahoma Recreatmn Department . EL- TENNIS - JEFF FOGELSON MAN, Illinois-Chicago Circle. agara assistant, named head replaces WILLIAM THALER at named assistant to Athletic Direc- A&M (now Oklahoma State), can- MER “BUD” YOEST replaces re- coach, replaces resigned FRANK cer, in Dallas, Tex. signed ROBERT AGLER at Otter- Georgetown, who will remain as a tor Ted Bredehoft at Wichita LAYDEN CALVIN WHITE Dhysics professor ED DAVIS bein HAROLD METCALF re- State NED WEST retired at succeeds WILLIAM CLEMMONS succeeds BOB JOHNSON at How- Georgia Tech after 24 years places retired WALTER HASS at at Fort Valley State (Ga.) . JIM RICHARD BROWN appointed at the University of Chicago. ard University. MITCHELL, Clndnnati assistant. TRACK-JERRY BARLAND re- Bentley College JOHN HAR- replaces resigned GENE BOLDEN signed at Iowa State to enter prim DIN named at the University of Darn It! COACHES at Oakland University . Arkan- vate business LYNN KING, Redlands (Calif.) WILLIAM University of Baltimore-Mary- BASEBALL-JACK LYONS. sas’ EDDIE SUTTON has taken on Rochester Community College SCHNIER succeeds JOHN Fordham assistant, promoted td additional duties as assistant ath- lMinn ). replaces JACK JENNETT HUGHES at Washington and Lee, land County was incorrectly head job. replacing GIL McDOU- letic director. at Northern Iowa as head track who resigned to enter private GALD. who resigned to enter pri- CROSS COUNTRY - ROBERT and cross country coach. Jennett business. listed as winner of the 1975 Di- vate business JOE ARNOLD, SHOUDT replaces RAY GURZYN- resigned to enter private business DLATNSROSCOE CAMP, 41. vision II Soccer Championship Mmmi Dade North Community SKI at Ursinus . LYNN KING, DEL HESSEL. Colorado State Bethune - Cookman sports infor- College assistant. replaces HAL Rochester Community College h&d track and cross country mation director, died suddenly in under “National Collegiate SMELTZLY at Florida South- (Minn.). named cross country and coach. named to similar posts at Daytona Beach, Fla. CLYDE Championships in Review,” in ern, who retired to devote full- track coach at Northern Iowa, Western Kentucky. reolacing re- SMITH, 70, former Arizona State time as the College’s coordinator succeeding JACK JENNETT. who signed JERRY BEAN; who en- athletic director. in Tempe, Ariz. the July 15 NEWS. Actually, of athletics MONTE LITTLE resigned to enter private business tered private business. OLIVER ALFORD, 75. former replaces GEORGE WILLIAMS at . DEL HESSEL. Colorado State &o;ball coach at Princeton and neighboring University of Balti- East Carolina BARRY SHOL- cross country and track coach. NEWSMAKERS Kentucky, in Coral Gables, Fla. more should have received credit LENBERGER. Middle Georgia, named to similar posts at Western LeSalle Athletic Director JACK DON LOFGRAN, 47. who led succeeds JIM PICKENS at West- Kentucky, replacing JERRY CONBOY, has been named presi- the University of San Francisco for the 3-l victory over Seattle Pacific. L 6 1979 Division II Basketball Elsewhere in Education Committee Accepting Site Proposals MOE Presents Ethnic Heritage Study Awards A total of $1.8 million to fund 49 Ethnic Heritage Studies programs Site proposals for conduct- ation Building on the South- Money received throughout ing the 1979 National Colle- west Missouri State Univer- the 2O-year Championship in 32 states and the District of Columbia, was recently awarded by giate Division II Basketball sity campus in Springfield, MO. history has completely fi- the U.S. Off~re of Education. Grants were made under Title IX of the Championship are being ac- “The Committee believes, nanced competing tram cx- Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended. cepted by the NCAA Division in the best interests of the penses each year, according Grantees were selrcted from 570 proposals requesting a total of $30 II Basketball Committee for Championship, it should con- to Laska. million, according to USOE. its January, 1977 meeting. In addition, distribution of sider all proposals for con- Action Urged for Higher Education Bill Interested cities and insti- ducting the event,” commrnt- net receipts has been divided tutions must submit a written ed Committee Chairman Andy among competing teams each Ten education associations have urged Senate Majority Leader proposal to the Association’s Laska, Assumption College. year, with the exception of Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) to bring up the combined higher and national office by December “Division II basketball always two Championships. vorational education bill for Senate action at the earliest datr pos- 31. The Committee will screen shall be indebted to the Uni- Distribution of rcccipts for sible. The bill (S 2657) had bc,rn schrdulrd for Senate action Aug. 3 the proposals at the January versity of Evansville, the city the 1976 Championship varird or 4, but Mansfield announced July 27 that the bill would be delayed. from a minirnum of $684.45 meeting, and will consider the of Evansville and its basket- Mansfield claimed the leadership would try to initiate action before for competing teams, to $2,- possibility of inviting finalists ball fans for thrir many con- the Scnatr rpccsses Aug. 11 for the Republican National Convention. to make an in-person presen- tributions to the Champion- 224.48 for the four finalists. Joining in sending the letter to Mansfield were the American tation at its March meeting ship. On the other hand, WC Receipts were based on the which will be held in conjunc- are enthusiastically looking number of games each team Council on Education, American Association of Colleges for Tcachcr tion with the 1977 Champion- forward to the 1977 Cham- played. 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Federation Opposes “Highest Sports Authority” (Editor’s Note: Cliflord B. Fagan, National Feder- place in educational programs. However, school ad- the United States has in international competition, ation of State High School Associations executive sec- ministrators have no less a responsibility to assure massive restructuring of amateur athletics in the retary, appeared before the President’s Commission international competition is consistent with educa- United States may not be necessary. Admittedly, the on Olympic Sports on June 11. Mr. Fagan presented tional objectives than they do to assure the regular United States may have achieved excellence in a lim- some candid opinions we felt senders of the NEWS interscholastic athletic programs meets those objec- ited number of sports, those which are most popular would be interested in reading. Following are ercerpts tives. Therefore, state high school associations have in this country. However, this is more of a reflection from Mr. Fagan’s testimony.) felt obligated to have a role in determining the con- of American interests and lifestyles than it is a symp- It is the philosophy of the National Federation mem- ditions under which high school students participate tom of a disease in this country’s system of amateur bership, which now represents more than 20,000 schools in international competition. athletics. in the United States, that interscholastic athletic pro- Use of Facilities We believe it is wrong to assume a system of ama- grams be conducted within the total educational frame- teur athletics which works in another country will States own and schools operate the vast majority work of schools. The National Federation membership operate successfully in this country. We do not think of competitive athletic facilities in the United States, believes the objectives of the interscholastic athletic there is anything wrong with the unique role which including more than 20,000 spectator gymnasia, more program must be consistent with educational objec- the educational community plays in the United States’ than 17,000 running tracks with spectator accommo- tives. system of amateur athletics. Admittedly, the educa- dations, and more than 4,000 short course swimming School administrators are concerned with the quality tional community of no other country has such an pools. Most of these facilities are being used to near of experiences of more than three million boys and influential role as in this country, but then no other capacity by schools and the general public for at least girls who will participate in interscholastic athletics country emphasizes general education to the same nine months during the year. this year, including a great number who will be in- degree as United States society by graduating 80’5 Typically, school gymnasia and swimming pools arc troduced for the first time to formal coaching and ofFi- of its citlzcns from twelfth grade. used during the school year from 6:00 to 7:00 in the ciating and to sophisticated skills. If the Commission determines a “highest sports au- morning until 9:00 or 10:00 in the evening, often six We agree with school administrators who feel it is thority” is necessary-and we remain unconvinced days a week, by school physical education classes, their obligation, because they introduced students to that it is-we respectfully submit its authority be school intramural programs, school clubs, interschol- athletics, to see that athletics do no abuse students limited to reviewing national sports governing bodies, astic teams, and community instructional and recre- by narrowing their perspectives or endangering their revoking charters which are undeserved and issuing ational programs. physical or mental well-being. charters to deserving organizations. The single most The fact is school athletic facilities are used for We acknowledge some people are critical of stan- important action for improving our country’s Olympic school programs for more hours during the school dards which educational institutions and organizations effort is to establish the strongest, most representative year than any other school facilities, but the public establish for the conduct of their athletic programs; organization as the national sports governing body in is still able to use school athletic facilities for more and it is unlikely any amount of reason can change each Olympic sport. hours during the school year than any other school the opinion of people who think such policies are The lifestyle, social structure and ideals of the facilities. merely a device to bind the athlete to the program. United States have historically permitted diversity of However, we concur with educators on local and state Interscholastic sports seasons have evolved to con- purposes; and we believe organizations devoted to levels who have established standards which are in- form with the needs of schools; and the National purposes other than or in addition to amateur ath- tended not only to protect the athlete but also to Federation will oppose attempts to conform inter- letics should remain free to pursue them. We believe protect the program; for if school athletic programs scholastic schedules to the desires of organizations it is not inappropriate that agencies founded only for cannot be maintained within an educational frame- whose sole interest is athletic competition. Schools the sake of athletics operate difrerently than organi- work, the program cannot be justified. cannot tolerate being placed in a position in which zations in which athletics is only one purpose. Self-imposed standards on age, awards, number of interschorastic schedules could be re-arranged to We cannot speak for all the charitable, community, contests, lengths of seasons and loss of school time convenience international try-outs or competitions. ethnic, military and religious organizations which may are typical of the standards which assure schools However, if the Commission’s recommendations will feel their athletic programs threatened by massive direct school athletics, rather than vice-versa, and respect the established interscholastic sports seasons restructuring of amateur athletics in the United States which keep athletic objectives coincident to educa- and the authority of schools to determine them, it may or the imposition of an omnipotent sports body; but on tional objectives. be assured the National Federation will work to bring behalf of the interscholastic athletic programs of State high school associations recognize interna- about further definition and standardization of those 20,000 schools, we request the Commission not recom- tional athletic competition can contribute in an in- seasons. mend an overhauling of amateur athletics which would formal way to the education of youth and thus has a Considering the over-all record of success which erode the strength of educational athletic programs.