VOL. 7 l NO. 9 OCTOBER 1, 1970 Astroworld Complex-Site of 1971 NCAA Convention. 1) Astroworld Hotel, NCAA Headquarters and hous- ing for U. S. Track Coaches Association, 2) Ballroom, site of the NCAA, Business Managers and Track Coaches Associations meetings, Honors Luncheon and NCAA Reception, 3) Holiday Inn, housing for College Athletic Business Managers, and 4) Houston’s famous Astrodome. Astroworld: Hotels Assigned For 1971NCAA C onven tion The 65th Annual Convention of the National Col- The NCAA membership will receive reservation legiate Athletic Association returns to Houston Jan- cards for the Convention and a composite meeting uary 11-13, 1971, this time in the Astroworld con- schedule about October 20, he said. plex located next to Houston’s famous Astrodome. The NCAA and USTCA Conventions will he The 1972 Convention will be held in Hollywood, housed in the Astroworld Hotel, while CABMA will NSYSP “student-athlete” at Temple University Fla., under a different format-Thursday through meet in the Holiday Inn. The AACBC will bc Saturday instead of the usual Monday through housed in the Marriott Motor Hotel, one and one- Wednesday program. half miles from the Astroworld complex, while the Eugene R. Duffy, NCAA director of events, vis- AFCA also will be housed away from the complex NSYSP Successful ited the Houston site September 9-11, and complet- -in the Shamrock Hotel. ed the scheduling of hotels a!ld meeting rooms for The Business Managers’ meetings, the track coaches’ clinics and meetings, the business session But Waits on Go/it. Convention Dates of the Association, and the Honors Luncheon all will be held in the main ballroom between the Two years ago, the Federal Government-through U. 5. Track Coaches Holiday Inn and Astroworld Hotel. the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Association January 8- 9 -and the National Collegiate Athletic Association first Change in 1972 Format American Association of brought to 40,000 of the nation’s poverty-area youth the College Baseball Coaches January 8-10 The 1972 Convention in Hollywood, Fla., will be National Summer Youth Sports Program. held January 6-8, Thursday through Saturday, in- NCAA Convention January 11-l 3 This Program, conducted by approximately 100 col- stead of the usual Monday through Wednesday leges and universities in nearly 60 cities within 30 College Athletic Business dates. states, now has completed its second year, has served Managers Association January 1 l-1 3 The Convention originally was scheduled for the a total of some 85,000 youngsters and has proved to be traditional days, but the selected hotel for the event American Football Coaches a highly successful venture. Association January 12-l 4 was turned into a condominium, thus making the “It has opened the door of the protective facade that the --W%%-\MMb¶,,,,,,V NCAA look for new headquarters. “We wanted to keep the Convention in the same league of ‘hard knocks’ gives the inner-city child. It has been the 1971 NCAA American Football Coaches Asso- proved that four hours a day of working and caring about our ciation, College Athletic Business Managers As- city,” Duffy said, “so, we decided to move into the Diplomat. We couldn’t hold it January 10-12, on kids does make a difference,” said Warren Jackson, assistant sociation, American Association of College Base- coordinator of the Fordham University Program. ball Coaches and U.S. Track Coaches Association Monday through Wednesday, because the football The NSYSP has attained its goals: To provide sports training conventions. coaches already were scheduled to meet there. and athletic competition for the nation’s youth on an unprece- The NCAA Convention was last held in Houston “Therefore, the best solution seemed to be to dented scale, making available expert instruction, competent in 1967. move the Association’s dates forward. supervision and superior facilities to many needy, underprivi- “WC arc looking forward to returning to Hous- “We picked the Diplomat because that was the leged young people who are unable to secure such an experience ton,” Dully said. “The main ballroom will be one of only area hotel where we could get the good rates through their own means. the largest with which we’ve ever worked.” which we wanted for our members’ delegates.” The NSYSP has been shown to be far superior to any other summer sports program conducted on a national scale. “It’s more than just recreation,” said Reid Gunnell, associate NCAA Purchasesland BeginsP lans director of athletics at Cal State, Los Angeles, “For most, it is their Grst public recognition of their own accomplishments. They arc being honored and this is important.” An editorial in the Pepperdine College (Calif.) Graphic also For New Kansas Office Buildng praised the Program: “The youth program’s uniqueness is evident in the fact that Purchase of 3.4 acres of land for current cash allocations without Cooke, Jr., who over& the pub- the kids not only get competitive experience, but also receive a $219,000 in Johnson County, Kan- obtaining a commercial loan. It is lishing of the NCAA Guides, rules wealth of knowledge. The opportunity also is available for the sas, and the drafting of plans for located on the east corner of U.S. books and scorebooks. He will re- a new NCAA office building to be SO and Nall Ave. in Mission, a tire at the time of the move after youngsters to improve in the fundamentals of the sports which constructed there have been au- close-in suburb of Kansas City, serving intercollegiate athletics for may be the backbone of their success later in life.” thorized by the NCAA Executive MO. 34 years. Builds and Satisfies Committee. Two-Story Building The Kansas City NCAA offices Creation of the plans is expect- Tentative plans call for the ercc- are currently housed at the Mid- For the youngsters, the Program seeks to build good habits, ed to be completed by the end of tion of a two-story building, land Building in downtown Kan- directs the competitive urge towards new goals and satisfies the this year, at which point the which would house not only the sas City, MO., where the Associa- human desire to belong and participate. It builds respect for NCAA will be able to call for con- present 23-member staff of the tion has been paying rent for al- discipline, and presents the participants with the opportunity to struction bids for the building, as- Kansas City Office, but also the most six years. The Executive Of- work to lift themsclvrs out of their present environment. At the suming the Executive Committee College Athletics Publishing Ser- fice has been in Kansas City since same time, it makes them more capable of taking advantage of decides to proceed with construc- vice, now located in Phoenix, 1951. that opportunity. tion. Ariz. The architectural firm retained The property was purchased by The seven-member CAPS staff is Folger and Pearson of Kansas Continued on page 2 thr NCAA with reserve funds and currently is beaded by Homer F. City. NFii!F Gold Hedal Thomas J. Hamilton, 65, retiring executive director of the Pacific-8 Conference, is the 1970 recipient of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame’s Gold Medal, the Foundation’s highest honor. The medal goes each year to “a truly distinguished American who has been closely associated with college football at some time dur- ing his life . who has an un- blemished reputation for honesty, integrity and concern for others . and who has made notable contributions in public service to the welfare of America and its Homa Thomas Ray Ball Ralph Horton citizens.” Nodhcostern Oklahoma A (L M Colordo High School Asm. Rowlings Sporting Goods Hamilton’s qualifications for the award are high. His close associa- Three members of the National Operating Committee on Standards and Athletic Equipment are pic- tion with college football spans nearly 50 years, beginning in 1923 tured at a recent meeting in Kansas City, MO. The Committee is attempting to raise $100,000 to fi- when he became a student-athlete nance its first research project. at the U.S. Naval Academy. In four years at the Academy, he earned nine varsity letters in football, basketball and baseball. He was an All-America halfback for Navy in 1926, and won the NOCSAE Wants New Head and Neck Grid Thomas J. Hamilton Academy’s two top awards: The Pat-8 Exec. Naval Academy Athletic Associa- tion Sword and the Thompson In 1949, he took over as AD at Injury Stu&es for Evaluation Trophy Cup. the University of Pittsburgh, a PO- sition which he held until assum- Coached Middies Research on football head and neck injuries finance additional research in the area of its im- ing the executive directorship of Hamilton coached the U.S. Fleet which has been conducted or is being conducted mediate interest. the Pacific-8, then known as the Thus far, proposals have been received from i football team in San Pedro in Athletic Association of Western at NCAA member institutions is being sought by Wayne State University of Detroit, U. Cal Davis i 1930. Later, from 1934 to 193’7, he Universities, in 1959. the National Operating Committee on Standards was head football coach at the Na- and the University of Michigan. Before making : He was a member of the Board for Athletic Equipment. val Academy. decisions on research grants, the Committee wishes ! of Directors of the U.S. Olympic Now a retired rear admiral, The Committee, chaired by David Arnold of to have more research to consider and encourages i Committee for 18 years.