gAIPTgIATt PVPV.MIAR The Lion's Lair The seven-point plan which Asa S. Bushnell, ECAC commis sioner and president of the National Association of Collegiate Corn missioners,, will present at the annual -meeting of the ECAC next week shows that, at last, someone has come up with something more than a recommendation. Although some.of the points in Bushnell's plan are debatable, a few of the points and one in par ticular should- be accepted im mediately if Eastern colleges are serious in their attempt to stifle the cry that college football is big business. The point, number seven on Bushnell's list, reads as follows: No recruiting by coaches; no proselyting or subsidizing; no tryouts or all-expenses-paid campus visits; no lavish enter tainment of prospects; no ex travagant promises by alumni." Three (Alt deserve acce) ance also. Poi number two three, and read: "No lower of standards students wJ are athleteS." "Loss of ai letic eligib _ by student not ig progress toward academic greet' "Academic ability an absolute requisite , for award of scholar ship, but other talents also con sidered." The one point which we do not agree with is point number four which states: "all scholar ship awards reserved for stu dents of good scholarship and awarded on competitive basis open alike to athletes and non athletes." This point, if accepted, would virtually eliminate the athletic scholarship and would force ath- Hoopmen Conquer Defending Champs KDR TKE, It took three overtime periods to do it, but Kappa Delta Rho Thursday night handed Tau Kappa Epsilon, defending IM fraternity basketball champion, its first setback in two seasons of play by a 24-23 score. At the end of the regulation time, the two teams were knotted 21-21. Each five scored a bucket in the first overtime, and neither team scored in the second extra period to send the game into a "sudden death" period. With the score tied at 23-23, Jack Bathea made good on a foul shot to give KDR its first win. The defending champs missed several easy lay-ups and four foul 'shots in the extra stanzas, and this lapse in their shooting cost them the game. Don Mc- Cormick, who finished the night with 11 points, kept TKE in the battle right to. the end with his accurate set shots. Phi Kappa, last year's runner up, also was sent into an over time, but emerged victorious, 26- 22, over Phi Sigma Kappa. Ger ard Walsh and Vic Straub made I the winning baskets that broke the 22-22 tie. Other League E action found Frank Ross scoring 11 points to lead Sigma Chi to its second straight win by a 27-10 margin over Pi Lambda Phi. Delta Chi shut out Omega Psi Phi in the second half to notch a 19-4 tri umph and Triangle posted its second win, edging, Theta Xi, 14- 10. Ted Jackson scored 10 points to lead Beta Theta Pi to its 33-16 triumph over Tau phi Delta. Sig ma• Phi Sigma won its second consecutive game by thumping Alpha Epsilon Pi, 19-11. Joe Ru yak tallied 11 markers in leading Pi Kappa Phi to a 23-14 victory over Theta Chi. One game was played in League anF. Delta Sigma Phi piled up an 11-2 halftime lead, and then coasted to an easy 23-10 win over Chi Phi. MILITARY OFFICER INSIGNIA ,Top Quality Gift for Xmas at Ba Ifou rs ("A" Store) By ERNIE MOORE . Collegian Sports Editor letes to compete for scholarships against the smartest students. We see nothing wrong with ath ' letic scholarships as long as they don't get out of hand. By schol arship we Mean free tuition, room, and board—nothing more. Another thing we don't like about the plan is that the only action which would be taken to prevent •the alumni from ruining things is the statement, "no ex travagant promises by alumni." A good lawyer could make mincemeat, of that statement. It says nothing about FUL FILLED promises by alumn:i. With college athletics in the midst of a growing feeling by the general public against recruiting and subsidizing, we don't see how the Eastern College Athletic Conference can• come out of next week's meeting without taking some action on some plan, either Bushnell's or soineone- else's. - One reason that the ECAC might have for not passing the plan is that the member schools may be afraid that they would fall easy prey to schools of other conferences should the other con ferences take no similar action. However, should the ECAC pass on some plan of action to tighten controls on the colleges and then present the plan to the NCAA, shoWing that. it means' business, the NCAA is going to have to come up with some darn good reasons for not taking similar action. Minors Eliminate High School Ban COLUMBUS, Ohio., Dec. 7 (AP)—Baseball's minor leagues wound up; their annual conven tion today by eliminating the ban on chatting with high school players and asking the majors for half their radio-television re venue. Unless the bid leagues •go along with the action of the minors, the high school rule will revert to the current one which prevents base ball men approaching scholastic stars in any way. 'LI I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEMMEMINIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIE = _-- = EE. RadN'S = = ... = = E Delicatessen . Snack Bar I = _ _-- 400 E. College Ave. = 9411111111111111111111111111E11111111M111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111113 THEs ;5t 1 .47 STATE COL L EGE, PENNSYLVANIA Bradley Cagers Get Suspended Sentence NEW YORK, Dec. 7—(P)--judge Saul S. Streit, big-time bas ketball's stern critic, suspended sentence on three former Bradley University stars today, blaming their college president for their "moral debasement." The three, All-America Eugene (Squeaky) Melchiorre, 24; Wil liam Mann, 24; and George (Mike) Chianakis, 26, tried to fix a 1949 game at Madison Square Garden with Bowling Green. "The defendants at the ba r were corrupted and demoralized by a system which set athletic success above education," said Streit in his second severe blast at college sports within a month. The three young men stood pale and tense during Streit's tour-long tongue lashing. Snap Courses Streit blamed Bradley's presi dent, David Owen, for taking three men of "intrinsic value" and giving them a high-pressure, four year college sports buildup that left them with "visible mora blemishes." The judge was bitterly sarcas tic at the Coddling the basketball stars got in school. He ,said they took snap courses —"elementary badminton ... touch football ... volley ball . elements of tumbling ... outdoor running . . . co-ed dancing." Then he said of Owen: "By his acquiescence in their subsidization and his extensive travelling with the members of the team while their 'studie's were ignored, he gave 'official univer sity sanction to. their moral de basement. Judge Streit also blasted the Bradley "Booster Club," a group of local citizens in Peoria, 111., who raised money for their uni versity's team. "A Boosters Club," Streit con continued, "which is determined that the local college should have the best basketball or football team that money can buy is not rendering a service to the corn munity." 'Honest and Sincere' In Peoria, President Owen said he felt Judge Streit's severe criti cism was "unfair." "Everything I have done," Ow en said, "has been strictly honest and sincere and for the best in terests of the school, the players and the game of basketball." Owen praised Streit "for his at tempt to improve the tone of intercollegiate basketball." "We are as eager as anyone to clean up these abuses," the $14,- 000 a year Bradley president added, "and the judge's inferences about Bradley and particularly about me are unfair." Second Straight Penn State's 1951 success in th e IC-4A cross-country cham pionships was its second straight, its sixth of all-time. Nate Cart mell, now Army mentor, directed the Nittany Lions to team honors in 1926, 1927, 1928 and' 1930. Blasts Boosters Stanky -- (Continue from page six) ments of the Columbus meeting was a disclosure that Warren Spahn of the Braves might be traded—if th e Braves could mend their slow, leaky infield. Cincinnati and the Phillies were toying with a catcher Andy Seminick for infielder Connie Ryan Swap. Lane Talks American League action seemed stalled by the DiMaggio situation and the possibility the New York Yankees would make a pitch for Boston's Ted Wil liams. Ellis Ryan, Cleveland president, said he thought only the Yanks would be able to make a bid for Williams that would ap peal to the Red Sox. The, Indians, incidentally, are interested in De troit's centerfielder, Hoot Evers. Frank Lane, Chicago White Sox general manager, talked trade with everybody and Bill Veeck, ne w St. Louis Browns owner, was one of his most atten tive listeners. Veeck probably will pull a ma jor deal involving Ned Garver before the season starts but he wants,a hat full of bright young kids with a future. Van Heusen Products exclusive with Ellr / 0 0 MEN'S SHOP Opposite Old Main 1=11=MM::E=:=!!!M!El Freshmen Banned On Big 1 , 0 Varsity CHICAGO, Dec. 7 (JP) The Big Ten today decided to ban freshman athletes from varsity competition at the en d of the school year and heard its football coaches approve spring grid prac tice. The policy-making faculty rep resentatives, at the s e c o n d-day session of the league's annual win ter meeting, revoked a waiver of a one-year residence rule for freshman athletes. PAGE Ss V 1.14
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