THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION VOLUME 2 . NUMBER 1 JANUARY-FEBRUARY-MARCH, 1965 Ray Praises NCAA Obligationfor Premature Achievements of Convention Signingsto MembershipBa llot Minimum Academic Early Signings Standard Passes Under Fire Educational Sanctioning AFL, NFL Agree Amendments AlsoOkayed To Cooperate Outgoing President Robert F. One method by which NCAA Ray had a serious personal in- member colleges and universi- terest in and commitment to tics may face up to their obli- the By-law amendment to Ar- gations not to be a party to ticle 4, Section 6, establishing premature signings of student- an academic floor for institu- athletes to professional football tional eligibility to compete in contracts is being formally de- NCAA championship events. cided this month. This key amendment passed Passage of a referendum vote at the 59th annual Convention now underway and due to be of the National Collegiate Ath- postmarked for return to the letic Association became a truly NCAA executive office no later historic one, both for Dr. Ray, than midnight, March 6, would the University of Iowa’s Dean make the individual ethical con- of the Division of University duct of any athletic department and Extension Services, and for staff member a definite and di- the NCAA. rect condition and obligation of institutional membership. Setting a minimum academic standard of 1.6 (based on a In other words, approval of maximum 4.0) for the award- the referendum by a two-thirds ing of grants-in-aid to both in- majority, would sub.ject a mem- coming and continuing stu- ber institution to the regular dents (see text of amendment enforcement procedures of the on page 4) was one of three NCAA if a staff member vio- hey issues dealt with by the lates Article 3, Section 6, (b) delegates at Chicago’s Hotel of the Constitution, as follows: Conrad Hilton. “It shall bc considered un- The others involved the track EVERETT D. BARNES ethical conduct under the terms of this principle for a staff and field and gymnastics member of the athletic depart- amendments to the By-laws Barnes Elected President; ment of a member institution dealing with the educational to receive compensation, direct- right and obligation to sanc- SmiIey Secretary-Treasurer ly or indirectly, for the scout- tion, and the urgent, on-the- ing of athletic talent or the ne- spot necessity to act and to seek Everett D. Barnes, past Sec- ant or head athletic director at gotiating of talent contracts for assurances from professional retary-Treasurer of the NCAA, Colgate University since 1939, professional sports organiza- football leagues to halt prema- tions.” became the first athletic direc- replaces Rohert F. Ray, Univer- ture and other unsthical con- tor to serve as President of the sity of Iowa, as President. The above principle has been tract signing practices. a part of the NCAA Constitu- Association when he was elect- These two matters plus oth- Barnes played professional tion since 1959, but until the ed to the office at the 59th an- ers emanating from the Con- baseball with Pittsburgh from incidents involving secret and nual Convention. kention may be found separate- 1925 to 1927 after earning his early signings of collegiate gridders this past December ly in this NCAA News issue, At the same time, a photog- B.S. degree in economics from aroused the ire and revulsion of rapher - turned - sportsman, Colgate in 1922. After working while the most pertinent wrap- the colleges to such no-holds- up of the Association’s yearly Francis E. Smiley of Colorado as a high school teacher, secre- barred conduct between NFL meeting is found in Dr. Ray’s School of Mines, was elected tary-treasurer of a construction and AFL, no punitive imple- own assessment which appears Secretary-Treasurer. company, engineer in a railroad mentation had been acted upon. on page 3. Barnes, who has been assist- Continued on page 4 Continued on page 7 that the Extra Events Committee WOULD REQUIRE NON-INCOME THAT THE MEET BE CERTIFIED, OR BE SANCTIONED BY THE APPROPRIATE FEDERATION, AND IT COULD DO SO, AND IT SHALL BE DIRECTED.” The next day a newly constituted Council, presided over by the NCAA’s newly-elected President, Everett D. (Eppy) Barnes, adopted the following motion :

“The Extra Events Committee shall have authority to Council So Directed waive one or all of the foregoing provisions for purposes of “That the NCAA Officers be directed to urge the NCAA official Pan-American or Olympic Competition or final try- Extra Events Committee to include a USTFF sanction, outs therefor, OR FOR NON-INCOME MEETS AS DE- where applicable, among the Extra Events Committee’s cri- FINED BY THE EXTRA EVENTS COMMITTEE.” teria in the administration of Article 7, B. of the NCAA By-Laws and that the Council, furthermore, wishes to make The above sentence in the Association’s 59th Convention Extra it perfectly clear that the NCAA is prepared to continue at Events legislation in track and field and gymnastics may very all times its full and active support of the respective Federa- well be as significant in its future application and as important to tions in which it holds membership.” the principle of educational sanctioning as anything yet written It was coincidence that all but one of the nation’s major indoor affecting the jurisdictional dispute between the sports Federa- meets promoted by other than collegiate interests were scheduled tions and the Amateur Athletic Union. Here’s why: prior to March 1, because that date was decided upon as the ef- The Extra Events Committee since the Convention has inter- fective date of the new legislation on the basis of being reason- preted a non-income meet as one which does not have an admis- able rather than arbitrary in seeking compliance from meet pro- sion charge and which does not charge an entry fee of more than moters, not because by then there would be no compliance prob- $1.00 per athlete. lem either for promoters or colleges facing crucial decision. The new legislation governing extra events in the sports of No Devious Motive track and field and gymnastics as set forth in Article 7 of the As- What this really means is that the National Collegiate sociation’s By-laws follows : Athletic Association by its legislation requiring certification of non-collegiate uponsored and managed meets has no in- B. TRACK AND FIELD tention whatsoever of “using” this legislation to control, to Section 1. No member institution shall be represented or permit its stu- clog with red tape or to exercise any restricting influence dent-athletes to compete in any track and field meet which is not spon- sored, promoted, managed and controlled by a collegiate entity unless on the open domestic meets in this country. such meet complies with the following requirements: The United States Gymnastics and Track and Field Fed- (a) The management of the meet must comply with the Association’s erations have not and will not require their sanction for such principles of amateurism and all applicable interpretations. competition either. (b) the sponsoring body must show evidence of sound management and the ability to conduct properly track and field competition. Any non- So, in essence, then, the lcyislation adopted in track and field collegiate or non-conference sponsoring organization shall include in the and yymnastics is most appropriate to the fulfillment of the edu- membership of its administration committee at least two representatives crr,tioncd obligation to the collegiate student-athlete. It is designed from member institutions of this Association, one to be a faculty member to appl!~ cracfly where it is needed as a deterrent to exploitation and one to be an athletic official, to be appointed by the Extra Events by o~rtside interests and no further. It is meant to encourage well- Committee of this Association. mann~ed competitiox It is n.ot restrictive of the rights of others, (c) The meet shall be conducted by competent track and field officials no’r does it inhibit in any way any organizations’ development and proper medical supervision shall be provided as verified by the Dis- programs nor hinder the establishment of a broad base of com- trict member of the NCAA Track and Field Rules Committee from the petitive opportunity within the legitimate programs of all organi- District in which the event is located. zations. It is n,ot a device. It was written to answer a need, not (d) Meets shall not be certified if they conflict with each other because of dates and geographical location. to uchiew a selfish or ambitious purpose. Section 2. The Extra Events Committee, established under A, Section Federation Sanction Needed 2, shall be responsible for certifying that any given meet satisfies these USTFF or USGF sanction, when applicable, will be required, qualifications and any other applicable regulations and policies of the Association. The management of a certified meet must submit to the Extra however, as a condition of certification in those meets the Extra Events Committee an audited financial report of the immediate past meet Events Committee does determine need to be certified. Since the before the ensuing meet may be certified; further, if a meet is certified but track and field and gymnastics federations are not referred to in is not held that season, the certification shall lapse. The Extra Events the legislation, this point should perhaps be clarified. Committee shall have the authority to waive one or all of the foregoing provisions for purposes of official Pan-American or Olympic competition There can be no question of evasion concerning the Federa- or final tryouts therefor, or for non-income meets as defined by the Extra tions’ involvement in the Council’s presentation of the legislation. Events Committee. Nor can there be any doubt of the candor of its subsequent clearly- announced action. Section 3. The effective date of this legislation shall be March 1, 1965. C. GYMNASTICS [The exact wordage applies with the word “gym- In presenting the track and field and gymnastics legislation to nastics” substituted for “track and field” in each case and under (c), the Convention, Council member Marcus Plant, University of Section 1, the words “from the District in which the event is located” Michigan, used these exact words: are deleted.] “In Section 2, the Extra Events Committee is given a Published six times yearly by the National broad hand to require compliance with other qualifications NCAA News Collegiate Athletic Association, executive and and other applicable regulations and policies of the Associa- editorial offices, Midland Building, Kansas City, MO. 64105. Phone: tion, and it is in this area that a good deal of attention has BAltimore l-7127 (A.C. 816). Executive Director, Walter Byers. Editor, been centered; that is to say, it is under that phraseology Wiles Hallock; Assistant, David Price. 2 Columnary Craft

Reprinted below are excerpts from news columnists commenting favor- ably about the collegiate position on conttovcrsial issues of the moment. Items are selected because they make particular points for the collcgc viewpoint, not simply because they arc favorable. Member institutions are encouraged to contribute items from their section of the country of interest to the entire membership.-ED.

dack Clowser, Cleveland Press There appeared on these pages recently a piece by a synrlicated writer, accompanied by a cartoon, which declared the pro football people and the colleges are equally guilty in this mess in\~olving collegians who signed pro contracts before their eligibility had ended. I don’t agree. To me, there’s a difference between a boy trading his athletic talents in return for a college education, and a young man grab- bin.g bonus money and fat checks from the pros. I will go so far as to admit the principle involved is the same . . .

CAUGHT IN THE ACT of reading the Track and Field Quarterly review at the 59th annual But think of the many thousands of young men who never NCAA Convention in Chicago were there three officers of the National Collegiate Track would have been able to afford educations had not their athletic Coaches Association: Bill Easton, Konror, 1st vice-president; Jerome Weiland, Loyola of Chicago, 2nd vice-pruridsnt; and Wesmr Borkin, South Carolina, president. prowess entitled them to “grants-in-aid” as the NCAA calls them . . . To the unknowing there still is the feeling that a great athlete can slide past classroom duties, whether or not he dots passing Barnes, Crowley Meet work. NOTHING could be further from the truth . . . Don’t get the impression the colleges all wear angels’ wings. With AAU in New York But I’ll tell you this. They come in for a lot more bum raps than they deserve. Efforts to bring the dispu- responded favorably. No pub- tants together - the results of licity was given the exchange Fred Russell, Nashville Banner a motion made by ROSS H. of correspondence. Thus the Columnist Arthur Daley of the New York Times and Smith, director of athletics, New York meeting was ar- of the New York Herald Tribune have my warm friendship and Massachusetts Institute of ranged. respect, but I cannot understand how they are so convinced that Technology, and passed by the At the time he made the Con- the NCAA’s stand is wrong-(re. cooperative sactioning) . 59th NCAA Convention-have vention motion, Smith agreed I wish someone would explain to me what’s wrong with colleges proved successful. in response to a question by feeling that it is not only their right, but their obligation, to have NCAA President Everett D. Reed that the NCAA meet the a voice in the management of any competition in which their stu- (Eppy) Barnes, USTFF Presi- negotiation ‘request through the dent athletes participate. dent Wilfred H. Crowley, S.J., NCAA’s representatives to the and Big Ten Commissioner Wil- USTFF and the Council the fol- Steve Perkins, Dallas Times-Herald liam R. Reed, USTFF executive lowing day directed the NCAA A guy can get awful tired hearing the NCAA catch the worst council, conferred with AAU officers to do so. Thus did Presi- of it in the track war against the AAU. The issue is simple-the President Clifford H. Buck and dent Barnes invite the Rev. colleges furnish the athletes, the coaches, and the tracks. Why other AAU representatives, Crowley and Reed to partici- shouldn’t they run the show? All the AAIJ does is go along for the February 17, in New York to pate in the discussions with ride. Even those “AAU athletes” claimed in the Olympics were work out a basis for future dis- him. college post-grads who were STILL under a college coach’s cussion aimed at mediating the guidance. The easy way out is to say a plague on both sides of the Federation-AAU dispute with argument. Not here. It’s NCAA all the way. NCAA emphasis on the cooper- COACH-OF-YEAR ative sanctioning issue. An un- AWARDS TO FIVE Karl Peterson, Kansas City Star announced agenda was agreed No one pretends that all of today’s college football stars are Five coaches, two in baseball upon for another meeting. Simon-pure amateur students. But the NCAA and the various and three in football, were hon- conferences have labored to keep scholarships and other college First reaction by the AAU to ored with “Coach of the Year” recruiting incentives within sensible ground rules with punish- the Smith motion, passed Jan- plaques during the NCAA Con- ment for violators. Football offers a career that is necessarily uary 13-“That the NCAA by vention in Chicago and affiliate short, and most pro stars early in life must turn to some other direct communication invite the coaches’ association meetings. AAU to participate in negotia- line of work to support their families . . . tions directed toward the for- Jack Butterfield of Maine The college player who sets his sights exclusively on pro gold mulation of a plan to achieve and A. B. (Bud) Mathany of can be robbed of much more than a once-in-a-lifetime bowl game cooperative sanction and certi- Old Dominion were named chance. He is warping the deep and enduring-however intangi- fication of open competition at baseball Coaches of the Year in ble-satisfaction of playing for a school and a cause. He may also the domestic level”-were re- the University and College Dim slight the education which must be his career foundation long buffed by AAU Executive Di- vision, respectively, by the after the last bruise and pro pay check have been forgotten. rector, Donald Hull, even before American Association of Col- communication could be official- lege Baseball Coaches. ly implemented. of Arkansas Bill Boni, St. Paul Dispatch &Pioneer Press Buck, however, reversed and and of Notre The strongest defense of the AAU comes out of New York . . . in effect repudiated Col. Hull’s Dame were named co-winners I believe they (Arthur Daley and Red Smith) might at least curt dismissal of the NCAA of the Eastman Kodak “Coach modify and more probably change those views if they saw how overture at an appearance be- of the Year” award in football. little the AAU actually stands for and achieves in the rest of the fore the New York track writ- Clarance Stasavich, East Caro- country, where it is nothing more than a licensing-recording ers later in January and the lina College coach who led his agency. NCAA’s Barnes complied with Pirates to the Eastern NCAA The AAU keeps insisting that the IAAF will recognize only the both Convention and Council regional College Division cham- AAU in the sanctioning of lJ.S. athletes for international com- action, issued an invitation to pionship, was honored as small petition. How can that be an answer to the NCAA’s demand for the AAU president, and Buck college winner. co-sanctioning rights on domestic events?

NCAA NEWS / January-February-March, 1965 3 --.-_--

Minimum Academic Barnes, Smiley Floor Fill Key Posts By - laws amendment to Continued from page 1 Article 4, Section 6, (page company and real estate execu- 34) by the addition of the following (effective Janu- tive in the Bank of New York, ary 1, 1966, and not applica- he joined Colgate in 1939 as ble to student-athletes en- baseball coach and assistant rolled prior to that time) : athletic director. “(b) A member institu- Appointed AD tion shall not be eligible to IJpon the death of William A. enter a team or individual competitors in an NCAA- Reid in 1955, Barnes was ap- sponsored meet, unless the pointed director of athletics. He institution : has served Colgate in that posi- “(1) Limits its scholar- tion since then. ship or grants-in-aid awards Barnes was founder and first (for which the recipient’s president of the American As- athletic ability is consid- sociation of College Baseball ered in any degree) to in- ROBERT F. RAY FRANCIS E. SMILEY Coaches (AACBC). He has re- coming student-athletes mained active in amateur base- who have a predicted mini- mum grade point average of ball and is current president of 1.600 (based on a maximum R.ay Lauds Actions the United States Baseball Fed- of 4.000) as determined by eration, which sent a team to demonstrable institutional, Tokyo during the Olympics. conference or national ex- Of 59th Convention He is past president of the perience tables ; and, Eastern College Athletic Con- “(2) Limits its subse- The 59th annual Convention was, without question, one of the ference (ECAC) and Intercol- quent scholarship and most important in the history of the National Collegiate Athletic legiate Association of Amateur grants-in-aid awards and Association. Athletics of America (IC4A). eligibility for participation Crucial issues were courageously considered and acted upon by to student - athletes who The new president has served the delegates. The actions taken will, I hope and believe, unify the have a grade point average, on many key committees in the Association, and will have other permanently beneficial effects either accumulative or for NCAA, including Extra Events, on intercollegiate athletics. the previous academic year, Joint Committee on Amateur- of 1.600. Perhaps the most significant legislation approved by the Con- ism and Nominating Commit- “ (NOTE : Institutions which vention provides for a national minimum academic expectancy in tee. He has been a member of do not conform to the fore- the awarding of grants-in-aid to student athletes. Approved by the Council since 1958. going requirements shall be an overwhelming vote, this measure goes into effect in January, ineligible for NCAA - spon- 1966. Smiley Photographer sored events until they The amendment to the Junior College transfer rule and ap- Smiley, dean of students at have operated in conform- proval of several official interpretations to the Constitution and Colorado Mines, became active- ity for a period of two By-laws constituted steps of far-reaching significance to inter- ly in’terested in intercollegiate years.) ” collegiate athletics. athletics when he started taking The membership asserted its firm conviction that the right to football movies at his institu- tion in 1950. His photography EVANSVILLE WILL HOST sanction events in which collegiate athletes compete is a basic right to be mutually exercised, defended and made secure. In work expanded to basketball, track and field, wrestling, COLLEGE DIVISION MEET the legislation approved, the right is again proclaimed, and the swimming and baseball. He was Convention action will allow those who must henceforth ne- Evansville College will host the member of a field party in the 9th annual National College gotiate with other amateur groups to negotiate from a greatly Greenland in 1957 which photo- Division Basketball Champion- strengthened position. graphed explosions in ice. ships March 10-12. The prompt and vigorous action of the Convention in the face His field in the civil engineer- Eight regional champions of the unethical signing practices of professional football clubs ing department at Colorado qualify for the national finals was a clear call to them as well as a serious challenge to ourselves. Mines is photogrammetry, espe- tournament to be held in Rob- The recognition of the need to put aside self-interest in all cially compiling maps for aerial erts Stadium. that was done at Chicago promises continuing progress in our photography. Teams competing in the tour- relations with professional athletics and other amateur sports RMAC Secretary group. nament are Abilene Christian, Smiley became faculty ath- Akron, Albright, Assumption, I am both proud and grateful to have been associated with men letic representative at Mines in Bellarmine, Bethune-Cookman, who have faith in the purposes and values of the NCAA. In its 1956 and has served on the Vot- Buffalo, Cheyney State, Central final action the 59th Convention elected to leadership Everett D. ing, Nominating, Recruiting Michigan, Central Missouri Barnes and Francis Smiley. These outstanding men deserve our and Financial Aid, Long-Range State, Colorado State College, united support in the months ahead. For every ounce of support Planning and College Commit- they will deliver a pound of performance because that is their tees. He is past chairman of the Concordia (Ill.), Doane, Evans- nature. I am pleased to join in the chorus of congratulations to College Committee. ville, Fresno State, Hartwick, them upon their election and to wish them great success in office. He served two terms as presi- Jackson State, Le Moyne, Long ROBERT F. RAY dent of the Rocky Mountain Island U., Minnesota (Duluth), lJniversit?j of Iowa Faculty Athletic Conference, Moorhead State (Minn.), Neva- and has been its secretary since da Southern, North Dakota, 1959. Philadelphia Textile, Randolph- NATIONAL COLLEGE DIVISION BASKETBALL FINALS Macon, St. Michael’s, San Fran- At Evansville, Indiana, March 1 O-l 2 The NCAA inaugurated its Midwest Mideaet-~ Post-Graduate Scholarship Pro- cisco State, Seattle Pacific, --Northeast ~- 1 Pacific Coast gram, which provides $1,000 Southern Illinois, Steubenville, )+-I post-graduate scholarships to Virginia State of Norfolk, South Central Great Lakea 32 outstanding scholar-athletes, )---- Washington (MO.). East 1 Southwest in 1964. 4 I New Committee Members Named Three new members were nominated by the Committee Fencing Rules - Nicholas Olympic - James R. Jack, elected to the NCAA Council on Committees prior to their Toth, Air Force. Utah. and two to the Executive Com- election. Gymnastics Rules - Gordon College Football-Don Adee, mittee at the 59th annual Following are the new com- Maddux, California State Chico State; Garvin Beau- NCAA Convention in Chicago. mittee members elected by the (L-A.) : Eugene Wettstone, champ, Abilene Christian ; In addition, 41 officials from membership : Penn State. James Loveless, DePauw ; Ross Smith, MIT. NCAA member institutions Baseball Rules-Marty Ka- Ice Hockey Rules ~ William were chosen to serve on Con- row, Ohio State; Anthony Clark, Phillips Exeter Acad- The following persons were vention-elected committees, Sharpe, Nebraska; L. C. Timm, emy. appointed to terms by the Coun- while 10 more were selected to Iowa State; J. A. Tomlinson, Lacrosse Rules - Donaldson cil : serve on Council-appointed com- Arkansas State. Kelly, Washington (Md.) Public Relation-Tom Han- mittees. Skiing Rules- Bob Beattie, sen, AAWU. Basketball Rules-Henry Iba, Academic Testing and Re- New Council members are Colorado. Oklahoma State ; Ned Wulk, quirements-Clarence Van Es- Bradford Booth, UCLA, who Arizona State; John Wooden, Soccer Rules-John McKeon, will serve as District Eight then, Beloit. UCLA ; George Ziegenfuss, San Bridgeport ; Robert Baptista, All-Star High School Games Vice-President; Harvey C. Diego State. Wheaton. Chrouser, Wheaton; and Dick -Henry Bream, Gettysburg. Football Rules - Johnny College Basketball ~ William Clausen, Arizona. Glenn Hol- College-Professional Rela- Vaught, Mississippi ; Bill Or- Bell, North Carolina A&T. zomb, Oregon State, became an tions - , Texas Golf Tournament - J. Ed- at-large member after serving wig, Indiana ; John Waldorf, Christian. Big Eight Conference; Bill Ed- ward Donnelly, Vermont; E. K. as District Eight Vice-Presi- Ethics-Leo Weinrott, Phila- Patty, Middle Tennessee State. dent. wards, Wittenberg; Homer delphia judge* Beatty, California State (L.A.). New appointments to the Ex- Tennis Tournament-Robert Insurance - Sam Wherry, ecutive Committee were the Swimming Rules - Robert Renker, Stanford. Penn State. NCAA’s immediate past-Presi- Mowerson, Minnesota ; Don University Basketball-Hoyt Legislative-Bob James, Mid- dent, Robert F. Ray, Iowa, and Reddish, Utah. Brawner, Denver. American Conference. H. B. (Bebe) Lee, Kansas State. Track and Field Rules-Stan College Committee - James Summer Baseball-L. C. But- The 41 persons placed on Huntsman, Ohio; Jack Rose, Witham, State Col. of Iowa; ler, Colorado State College. rules, tournament and miscel- Long Beach State. Earl Lory, Montana State U.; BFUSA - John Lawther, laneous committees were elect- Wrestling Rules - Tommy Dwight Reed, Lincoln (MO.). Penn State. ed unanimously by the member- Evans, Oklahoma ; Dale Thom- Extra Events - Stan Bates, USTFF-Jesse Hill, Southern ship January 13. They were as, Oregon State. Washington State. California.

“B” Average Boon Basketball Tournament to Juco Transfers Gals, Men from USGF Finals Set for 7 p.m. Junior college transfers who The National Collegiate Bas- have compiled a “B” average Dominate World Meet ketball Championship from and have completed at least 24 Portland, Oregon’s Memorial London, Jan. 30-United States Gymnastics Federation ath- Coliseum, March 20th, will- semester hours or 36 quarter letes-men and women-won every Class A blue ribbon in the for the most comprehensive me- hours of transferable degree second annual World Trampoline and Tumbling Championship dia coverage nationwide-pre- credit are now immediately eli- here Saturday. The USG,F team was ‘coached by Dick Holzaepfel sent the title game at 7 :00 p.m., gible for NCAA championship of the University of Iowa. Pacific Standard Time. USGF domination speaks for itself in the results: events. The third-place game between Ladies Tumbling-Won by Judy Wills, USGF; second, Barbara Galleher, This was made possible by an AAU; third, Beverly Averyt, AAU. the losers of Friday night’s amendment to Article 4, Sec- Men’s Tumbling-Won by Frank Schmitz, USGF (Southern Illinois U.) ; championship semifinals will tion 1, of the NCAA By-laws, second, Jimmie Wilson, England; third, tie between Peter Davis, Wales, begin at 5 p. m. in the City of which was passed at the 59th and Barrie Benn, England. Others competing, Seti Sani, Malaysia; Alex Roses. Friday night’s semifinals Howden, Scotland; Kent Stahl, Sweden; R. McCarthy, Wales; Frank Roy, annual Convention in Chicago. themselves, however, will be Scotland; Mats Kling, Sweden. played at 7 and g-more tradi- The amendment was co-spon- Men’s Trampoline (Class A)-Won by Gary Erwin, USGF (University ditional starting times for sored by the Junior College of Michigan) ; second, Frank Schmitz, USGF (Southern Illinois) ; third, NCAA basketball, but with the Committee and the Council. Wayne Miller, AAU; fourth, Spencer Wiggins, South Africa; fifth Klaus Foerster, West Germany; sixth, Jimmie Yongue, AAU; seventh, Chris eastern championship scheduled Until this year, a junior col- Netherton, England; eighth, Michael Budenberg, Germany. first, the Atlantic Seaboard lege transfer who did not grad- Ladies Trampoline (Class A)-Won by Judy Mills, USGF; second, press can still meet deadlines uate or did not complete a min- Beverly Averyt, AAU; third, Nancy Smith, USGF; fourth, Linda Ball, England; fifth, Barbara Galleher, AAU; sixth, Barbara John, England; and eastern viewers and listen- imum of 48 semester hours or seventh, Helga Floehl, Germany; eighth, Sheila Latus, Wales. ers still catch their TV or radio ‘72 quarter hours was required Sychronized Bouncing-Won by USGF; second, Germany; third, Eng- versions before the witching to sit out one year before land; fourth, South Africa. hour. becoming eligible for NCAA Sports Network will carry the championship competition. ILLINOIS STATE TO HOST CD SWIMMING MEET telecast of both Friday and Sat- The ruling will apply to Illinois State University of event will qualify for the Na- urday night’s blue-ribbon bas- NCAA-certified football bowl Normal, Illinois, has been tional Collegiate Swimming ketball classic to a hundred sta- games, as well as to NCAA named host institution for the Championships at Iowa State, tions coast-to-coast. Nearly a championship meets and tour- National college Division March 25-27, provided they hundred of the nation’s top naments. Swimming Championships meet the qualifying standards cage writers will also be on hand headed by U. S. Basket- The amendment does not March 18-20. established by the Swimming ball Writers Association Presi- govern institutional, in-season Harrv Arlanson, Tufts Uni- Rules Committee. dent, Irving Marsh of the New eligibility. versity- and chairman of the This will be the second Na- York Herald-Tribune. Hun- College Committee, said the tional Division Swimming dreds of radio stations will take meet would be held in Illinois NCAA membership, has in- Championships. The inaugural feeds from a dozen different creased by 97 per cent since State’s 50’ x 75’ pool. meet was held last year at originations featuring the coun- 1950. The first six placers in each Grove City College, try’s most cogent cage casters.

NCAA NEWS /J anuary-February-March, 1965 5 ANOTHER NCAA FIRST. . . Team Champ To Be Crowned In Indoor Meet At Detroit The National Collegiate Indoor Track and Field Championships, to be held at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan, March 12-13, will mark the first time a national team champion has been crowned in indoor track and field. There have been many so- called national indoor track and Colleges Hit field meets in the past, but none has awarded a team trophy. Crowd Peak Nine indoor conference meets College football climbed to were designated as qualifying two all-time attendance peaks meets for the National Colle- in 1964, attracting the most MEMORIAL COLISEUM, Portland, Oregon, will be the rite of the 27th annual Notional Collqicrto Basketball Champiornhip March 19-20. Th o coliseum seats slightly more than giate Indoor Track and Field spectators in its history and ac- 13,000 persons. All public tickets to the classic were sold out by May 1, 1964-10 months Championships. Champions in counting for its biggest gain before anyone know which tsamr would be competing. ever over a previous season. each event of the conference meets automatically qualify for Total turnout for the year was 23,354,477-an increase of FILM SERVICE OFFERS the national meet, provided 1,117,383 (6.02 per cent) over they meet the minimum stand- 1963. Both former highs were WEST PLAYS OF 1964” ards established by the NCAA set in 1963; thus, the total gain College football’s ten best member colleges and other or- Track and Field Rules Commit- of the past two years is greater plays of the year, one of the ganizations on a rental basis, tee. than that of any previous three NCAA Film Service’s most pop- and in all cases films may be The conferences whose cham- years. Through the past 11 sea- pions qualify automatically sons of continuous increase, col- ular offerings, plus two addi- purchased- are ICIA, Metropolitan, Hep- lege football attendance has tional national collegiate cham- Requests for films should be tagonal, Atlantic Coast, Big soared 40.0 per cent over the pionship pictures are now avail- directed to : Ten, Big Eight, Central Colle- 1963 figure of 16,681,731. able to member institutions for National Collegiate Film Service giate, Southeastern and South- The 622 four-year colleges instructional and other show- represented on the gridiron in 1030 West Chicago Avenue ern. In addition, the AAWU, ing. Southwest and Western Athlet- 1964 (six more than in 1963, Chicago, Illinois 60622 Ed Ryan, National Collegiate ic conferences tracksters quali- and playing 69 more games) at- tracted an average increase of Film Service director, an- fied from designated meets The NCAA conducts national 229 spectators in their 2,746 sanctioned by the United States nounced this month that “Best championship events in seven games. sports, exclusively for its Col- Track and Field Federation. Football Plays of 1964,” nar- . . . All the above figures appear rated by the University of Del- ‘eye Division members* Athletes not belonging to con- in the report of the 1964 NCAA aware’s Dave Nelson, and se- ferences were able to qualify Television Committee to the Congratulations! for the national meet by per- 69th annual Convention-which lected by a special committee of formance in meets sanctioned also reports that the Army- the American Football Coaches The NCAA congratulates the following 22 student- by the USTFF, plus certain oth- Navy game of November 28, Association, is one of the best athletes, who are recipients er meets. came in with the highest Niel- NCAA films yet produced. of the first $1,000 post- sen rating of the past sea- Scoring has been established The two NCAA champion- graduate scholarships son, 30.8, reaching 16,200,OOO awarded by the Associa- as 6-4-3-Z-l for all events. Thus, ships from 1964 now available each winner will gain five points homes. The October 10, Okla- tion : homa-Texas clash was next in are the gymnastics, held at University Division - for his team, while a fifth-place TV popularity at 27.4 or 14,- California State at Los Angeles, John Kelly, Brown; Pat athlete will be awarded one 410,000 homes, while the and the University swimming Donnelly, Navy ; Jimmy point. Bell, Clemson ; Arnold Thanksgiving Day Auburn-Ala- championships at Yale Univer- In addition to the regular Chonko, Ohio State; Ron bama battle, November 26, had sity. events, one special event has a 26.1, 13,730,000-home rating. Oelschlager, Kansas ; Mike Syracuse, Princeton, Penn Kennedy, Baylor ; Edward been added to the inaugural Biggest regional weekend and State, Michigan State, North- Fausti, Air Force; Bill meet. It is an invitational one- third in the ratings was the No- Douglas, Washington ; Jim western, Georgia Tech, Duke, mile run. The event features vember 21 date which saw the Ellis, Texas Tech; Russell competition between outstand- Cornell-Princeton, Duke-North Texas, Missouri and Oregon Mowrer, Colorado State U.; ing athletes who are not eligible Carolina, Michigan State - Illi- were each selected for one of and Bill Eastlake, Xavier. to compete because they are nois, and UCLA-Southern Cali- their top plays of 1964. All but College Division - Jerry fornia games rate a combined either freshmen or graduate one is a scoring play. Five are Jones, Williams ; David Wi- 23.3, 12,260,OOO rating. on, Allegheny ; Frank Stub- students. strictly ground plays, the other Five collegiate bowl games blefield, Sewanee ; Sherman The NCAA last year held re- were among the top 15 Nielsen- five are aerial thrusts though in Riemenschneider, Hiram ; gional indoor meets at Louis- rated TV sports events of 1964. only three is the pass the chief Leon Hardy, Texas South- ville, Kentucky, and Portland, ern ; Gene Carlson, Mon- The Rose Bowl was number contributor to the total gain. Oregon, in preparation for the tana State Col.; Robert three in the ratings behind two national meet this season. All films from the National Jones, Redlands ; Steven In- World Series games, the Orange Collegiate Film Service are gram, Bowdoin ; Steven Mil- Bowl number eight, Sugar Bowl ler, Cornell; Peter Gordon Wayne Duke, Big Eight Con- loaned without charge to mem- ference commissioner, is a for- number ten, Cotton Bowl num- Smith, Tufts ; and Phillip ber institutions once each year. mer assistant to the director at ber 14, and the East-West Steans, Ripon. the NCAA executive offices. Shrine game number 15. They are also available to non- 6 Pros Rules Group Continued from page 1 I Arthur Grieves Me Daley, Curley I Passage of the referendum “The Byers mob”* had just ferent kinds of stooges and Satisfies Most would make the action binding returned from its Convention puppets and things that it real- Collegiate gridiron rulesmak- until the next Convention when, caper in Chicago. David Price, ly is a problem knowing how to ers came as close to a universal- according to the wording of the newest and youngest (22) dress in the morning. ly accepted substitution rule as resolution offered by the Coun- member of Mid-America’s “Today I’m a ‘petty satrap they’ll ever come (before it’s cil’s Willis J. Stetson of Swarth- lusting for power’*. Satrap! “power - mad combine,“* been tried in practice, that is) more, “It is intended to place reached inside his coat to make That means a minor prince in their annual deliberations this provision in the permanent certain his shoulder holster from Persia, some kind of des- last month at Fort Lauderdale, legislation of the Association.” was hanging properly, drew potic subordinate official, it says Since the revelation of the himself up to his full five-feet, here in the dictionary. I oughta’ Florida. early signings and the mislead- five-inch height, peered closely be carrying a scimitar,” he Virtually no one spoke out ing device of the “undated con- into the mirror, and said: grinned. against it, and if those op- tract” used to lure collegians’ “Somehow I wish I had never Price walked away from the posed to the principle of unlim- names on contracts, the NCAA started to read Arthur Daley.” mirror, squinted through a slit ited substitution and of platoon Committee on Professional Re- If Dave has a split personali- in the bullet-proof shutters of football were silent following lations, and particularly its ty, he can hardly be blamed. the “Kansas City command the NCAA Football Rules Com- chairman, James J. Corbett, di- post,“* It’s all Arthur’s fault, really. turned to his “fellow mittee sessions, they could cer- rector of athletics at Louisiana empire builders”* and said in And Curley’s (Grieve, that is). tainly point to the fact that the State, have worked overtime to his most impeccable Okla- Dave doesn’t like carrying a seek agreement with the com- homese : new rule eliminates the only ob- gun, but Arthur and Curley missioners of the two American jectionable feature of the 1964 keep telling him that he and his “Whom are we going to sab- football leagues, as well as with collegiate gridiron season-the boss and his associates are so otage today?” Sidney Halter, commissioner of from Arthur Daley in most popular from an attend- many different kinds of crazed, *Extracted the New York TIMES, January 25, ance standpoint in history (23,- Canadian football. maddened bullies, dictators and and Curley Grieve in the San Fran- 354,477 fans watched college Both Commissioners Pete Ro- commissars with so many dif- cisco EXAMINER, January 27. zelle, NFL, immediately follow- games in 1964). ing Corbett’s initial recommen- That objection was the delay dations to the NCAA Council, Seattle incident First of game penalty to substitute Jan. 12, and Joe Foss, AFL, the a defensive unit. first week in February, agreed Since Anti-Bribery Bill In ‘65 there will be no rela- substantially with the follow- tionship between time outs and ing conditions, announced by Arraignment of two Seattle as the telephone or the mails. substitutions on fourth down. Corbett, Feb. 12: University basketball players, Maximum penalty upon convic- Under the new rule-distinc- (1) No member club will make Charlie Williams and Peller tion is $5,000 or 10 years in tively collegiat+Fwo Eli!~ible an initial contact with an en- Phillips, and the expulsion of a prison, or both. Substitutes May Enter the rolled college student, regard- third marks the first collegiate Walter Byers, NCAA execu- Game at Any Time Befor,e the ing his services, except through Ball Is Put in Play and Any his Athletic Director or Head basketball bribery case since tive director, noted that college Number of Eligible Substitu,tes (:oach. passage of the new Federal an- officials across the country have May Enter the Game Between (2) No member club or its tibribery law last summer and cooperated and worked closely Periods, After a Score or Try, agent will sign a college foot- is being followed with a great with the FBI in dealing with ball player during his season of deal of interest by the National this problem which, he said, When T,eam “B’, Is Awarded u competition including post-sea- Collegiate Athletic Association. “we believe is rapidly being First Down, or Following a Kick When Teum “A” Is son games, to any form of con- The NCAA Legislative Com- brought under control.” tract or agreement for services. Awurded u First Down. mittee had worked diligently Utah is the latest state to (3) There will be prompt dis- Otherwise there was less since 1961 for passage of the pass antibribery legislation, en- closure to the authorities of an couragement of which has also tinkering with the rules than at federal statute making it a any time since 1953. The kick- undergraduate athlete’s college been an NCAA objective and of any signing by him of a pro- crime for anyone to influence or ing tee may now be as high as which has borne fruit in tight- fessional football contract or conspire with any other person two inches off the ground in- agreement for services ; spe- to influence by bribery the out- ening up legal loopholes in the stead of one as previously. Ram- cifically in the case of an indi- come of any sport or contest by gambling and bribery area. ming or butting with the head vidual with whom negotiation using interstate facilities such or helmet may now not be done rights have been established as NCAA DELEGATES maliciously or deliberately to a “future” draft choice but who any part of the opponent’s body signing, (but that) we (the col- has college eligibility remain- TO VSTFF LISTED where formerly the rule applied leges) must continue to merit ing. NCAA representatives to the only to the head, neck or face. Corbett said he was grati- this support by a consistent United States Track and Field The out-of-bounds rule on kick- demonstration of our sincere fied by the responsiveness of Federation Executive Council offs was altered slightly also. purposes.” the two professional leagues are as follows: It also enjoined “the admin- and “am satisfied that great Jesse T. Hill, director of ath- Students Hire Coach progress has been made. The istration of any member insti- letics, University of South- Iona College has hired a coach problems to which these assur- tution whose employee is found ern California and plans to conduct a club foot- ances (above) are addressed guilty of misconduct in this Oliver Jackson, special assist- ball team in 1965. have been at the core of our area to initiate immediate and ant to the president, Abileie Ben Bedini was selected by concern.” forceful disciplinary action,” Iona’s undergraduates to coach Corbett’s announcement came and it asked “vigorous imple- Christian College exactly one month after the mentation by the American Arthur L. Mahan, director of the student football team, and Committee on College - Profes- Football Coaches Association athletics, Villanova Univer- given a first-year salary of sional Relations report went to that its Code of Ethics be car- sity $3,500. His salary will be paid the Council, fulfilling the pledge ried out to discipline and cen- Bernie H. Moore, commission- through contributions to the sought from the pro leagues in er, Southeastern Conference Iona College Football Club. the report. sure its members who engage Charles M. Neinas, assistant to Several other teams started The report also asked that for personal gain or for other the director, National Colle- club football last year, among “public opinion, which already purposes in co-operation with has demonstrated revulsion to professional football interests giate Athletic Association them Fordham, New York Uni- these incidents, continue its contrary to the interests of in- William R. Reed, commission- versity, Georgetown and Chi- condemnation of premature tercollegiate athletics.” er, Big Ten Conference. cago.

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Mail Referendum on Pro Contracts to Membership

Barnes, Smiley Elected To Key NCAA Positions

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Barnes, Crowley Meet With AAU in New York

Inaugural Indoor Track Meet To Be in Detroit

Columnary Craft

New Committee Members