JULY 15, 1973 and Director of Athletics of Each Member Institution June 22
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First Special Convention To Decide Reorganization The Official Notice of the Association’s first Special Convention was mailed to the chief executive officer, faculty athletic representative VOL. 10 l NO. 9 JULY 15, 1973 and director of athletics of each member institution June 22. The Special Convention, first in the 67-year history of the NCAA, will be held Aug. 6-7 at the Hyatt Regency-O’Hare Hotel in Chicago, Ill. The proposed amendments to be considered at the Special Conven- tion, numbering 14, will deal with the legislative reorganization of the Association. They were drafted by the 1973 Special Committee on Re- organization and are to be sponsored by the NCAA Council. The proposals would divide NCAA member institutions into three competitive divisions and contain provisions to allow each division to develop criteria for membership in that division and to adopt BY- laws which shall apply only to that division. Another proposed amendment deals with the restructuring of the Council, reducing its size to 16 members and guaranteeing member- ship to each division, An amendment proposed by the Middle Atlantic and Mason-Dixon Conferences would provide for equal representation for Divisions II and III as compared to Division I. The amendments to be considered also include the machinery to establish NCAA Championship meets and tournaments for all three divisions. The Council will meet prior to the Special Convention from Friday, Aug. 3 until Sunday, Aug. 5. Special Convention registration will take place Monday, with the opening scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. with President Alan J. Chap- man, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Rice Uni- versity, presiding. NCAA Secretary-Treasurer Richard P. Koenig of Valparaiso Uni- versity will preside over the Combined Unlversity and College Di- vision Round Table discussion, which will include the report of the Special Committee on Reorganization and an outline of Council pro- posals. The opening business session is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Mon- day with the final business session slated for Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Council will reconvene at 2 p.m. Former NCAA President Marcus L. Plant of the University of Mich- igan will serve as parliamentarian of the Special Convention. Amendments to the amendments must be submitted to the secre- tary by 1 p.m. Monday. Three Teams Each Share TRAVEL WEAR-Frank Bare, executive director of the United States Collegiate Sports Council, offers an artist’s rendering of the official U.S. team uniform for the World University Games, which will be held in Record Basketball Payoff August in MOSCOW. A record payolf of $81,961 was also awarded for the semilinal given to each of three institutions and championship games. Lor their participation in the 1973 Each unit this year was worth U. S. Entries Shaping Up for Moscow National Collegiate Basketball $7,451. Championship Tournament, ac- The three teams eached totaled selected to try out for the men’s Evett. The women’s team will in- cording to the event’s financial United States entrants for the 11 units to reach the record pay- World University Games, which basketball team, which will be clude Linda Lewis, Janice Metcalf report. elf. Third-place finisher Indiana and Jane Stratton, with Ann Pitt- UCLA, Memphis State and will be held in Moscow, Aug. 15- pared to 12 for the competition in University received $74,510 for man the coach. Providence each received the 25, arc rapidly shaping up, ac- Moscow. its participation. cording to Frank Bare, executive record amount, which topped the The players in contention are NCAA record holder John Eight teams were each award- director of the United States Cal- $64,465 presented to 1972 runner- Alvin Adams, Gus Bailey, Marvin Crosby of Southern Connecticut ed $44,706 and four other teams legiate Sports Council. up Florida State University. Barnes, Willie Biles, Quinn Buck- State College heads the gymnas- each received $37,255. Nine UCLA won its seventh consec- “Several team members have ner, Tommy Burleson, Dennis Du- tics unit, along with Marshall teams received the minimum utive National Championship in already been selected in some Val, Lloyd Free, Rudy Jackson, Avener, James Ivicek and Gary two-unit share of $14,902. St. Louis in March. Last season. sports,” Bare noted, “and the Mickey Johnson, Maurice Lucas, Morava. the Bruins collected $59,093. The money paid was in addi- remainder will be chosen at tryout Mike Robinson, Phil Spence, Still to be selected are track Payoff figures are computed tion to expense money allowed, camps still to be conducted. We Kevin Stacam, David Thompson, and field competitors, and the through a formula that allows which totaled $183,555 for the 25 expect to field one of the strongest David Vaughn, Wallace Walker volleyball and water polo teams, two units for all games played, teams entered in first-round, rem teams in the Games,” he added. and Melvin Weldon. among others. except that three units are gional and final competition. Competition will be conducted The men’s tennis team, which The NEWS will give a complete awarded for the first game played The ncl receipts of the entire in nine sports for men and seven will be coached by James Ver- roster as well as more detailed in- by a team which was awarded a 1973 Tournament were $1,922,- for women. dieck, will be composed of Dan formation on the Games in the first-round bye. Three units are 367. Eighteen players have been Birchmore, Chico Hagey and Rand next issue. SwimmersGrab Lion’s Share of PostgraduateScho larshijw Swimmers topped the list of student-athlete must have an ac- Twelve awards are given to to College Division performers Richard Anderson, Occidental athletes winning the Final 1972- cumulative grade point average University Division athletes, 12 and eight in the At-Large Di- College, swimming; Ken Beck- 73 NCAA Postgraduate Scholar- of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for vision. Six alternates also were man, California State-Chico, ships with nine of the 32 awards three years of college studies and selected. swimming; Paul Vodak, Califor- going to members of the wet set. must have excelled on the play- The U.D. winners are: Bobby nia-Davis, tennis: Dennis Boh- Baseball players landed seven ing field as well. layer, Coast Guard, track, and Tucker, Tennessee, baseball; Pat scholarships, followed by track Two of the nation’s premier Stan Opp, South Dakota State, Wright, Vermont, hockey; Hall, performers with five, gymnasts trackmen, Bowling Green State wrestling. Donnie Vick, Texas, and wrestlers with three each, University’s Dave Wottle and Indiana, tennis players with two, and one Job, Stanford, and Lauritzen, Air The At-Large Division honor- Force, all swimming; David ees are: James Chapados, Wash- each to a golfer, hockey player and lacrosse star. SKETCHES, page 7 Borelli, Southern California, ten- ington State, baseball; Matthew nis; Chris Dunn, Colgate, Wottle, Rufrano, Binghamton State, base- The $1,000 grants were award- Bowling Green, and Popejoy, ball; Steven Linnerson, South- ed to athletes who competed in Michigan State’s Ken Popejoy, Michigan State, all track; and ern Colorado State, golf; Ray- sports other than football and were among the winners, along wrestlers John Panning, Minne- mond Gura, Michigan, gymnas- basketball. The NCAA annually with swimmers Gary Hall of In- sota and Mike Jones, Oregon tics; Hoit, Air Force, gymnastics; awards 80 Postgraduate Scholar- diana University and Brian Job State. Tom Fitzsimmons, Army, la- ships, with 33 going to football of Stanford. Southern Connecti- crosse; Robert Atkinson, Penn- players, 15 to basketball players The C.D. awardees are: Robert cut State College’s John Crosby, sylvania, swimming; and Marcel and 32 to student-athletes in Olender, Franklin and Marshall, who has won more NCAA indi- Philippe, Fordham, track. other sports. vidual championships than any- baseball; Paul Wagner, Dickin- The latest awards raise the one in history with 13, was one son College, baseball; Steve The six alternates are: Ed Cot- total to 624 scholarships the of the three gymnasts honored. Traylor, Ottcrbein College, base- ter, Georgetown, lacrosse; Tom NCAA has given to its top stu- Only one institution had more ball; Duard Birkhofer, Cornell Howell, Caltech, baseball; Dave dent-athletes since the program than one winner as the United College. baseball; Crosby, South- Wilson, MIT, track; Kurt Bruens, was started in 1964. The value of States Air Force Academy’s Bill ern Connecticut, gymnastics; University of Chicago, swim- the grants stands at $624,060. Lauritzen (swimming) and Steve Robert Sahms, Elizabethtown ming; Ed Colvin, University of To be eligible for an NCAA Hoit (gymnastics) were among BRIAN JOB College, swimming; John Davis, the South, soccer; and Don Jack- Postgraduate Scholarship, rach the awardees. Sfanford Swimmer Kenyon Collcgc, swimming; son, Tennessee-Marlin, baseball. EDITOR’S VIEW NCAA Supports House Blls While the Amateur Athletic Act of 1973, and then dissolve, leaving control of each Harvardk Restit Opposes better known as the “Omnibus Bill,” is still amateur sport to the organization it desig- being thrashed about in the United States nates in each sport. Legalized Betting 0 n sports Senate, a newer, more enlightened approach The board, appointed by the President, is being taken in the House of Representa- would review the yualifications of each ex- By DICK DEW Boston Hero/d-American tives. isting franchise holder and designate it to July 13, 1973 Three pieces of legislation, all basically continue (provided it did not hold a fran- Joseph Restic, a man with a career in football, suggests that the the same, have been introduced and appear chise in more than one sport) or the board threatened legalization of gambling on amateur sports by Massachu- to have the markings of the most important could designate a new organization to take setts could only result from a moral breakdown similar to that evi- parts of the Omnibus Bill while eliminating its place.