The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
QUESTION
 OF |. 5. U. UP Eligibility of School to
 Be Decided. 5. L A. A. IS SOON TO MEET Matter of New President Causing
 Agitation. President William Riggs, of Clemson. Is Most Forward Candidate in Large FieId--other Matters
 To Be Acted On.
Knoxville Sentinel .

Knoxville Sentinel.
 As the time draws near for the an- | nual meeting of the s. l. A. A., which convenes at the University of Tennes- see Friday and Saturday of this week, | much local interest. as well as general interest among all footballists through | out the entire South, is being manifest | ed as to what will be the outcome of | the deliberations of the assemblagc of chiefs of college football in the South.
 It has been anticipated that one or the most interesting questions that will come before the executive members of | the Southern association will be the matter of investigating the Louisiana | State University, and deciding whether | or not that institution Is to contend for | the championship of Southern inter-col- legiate football. and whether in fact it | Is eligible to belong to the s. l. A. A. The varsity boys of the Sugar State | claim that they possess every right to | eligibility in the s. l. A. A., and when | 1t comes to an investigation, 1t will no doubt be a difficult matter for the | champions of fair athletics to prove that they are not eligible, but 1t does not look that way to most, footballists who want to defend the reputation oi the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic | Association.
 The president of the Louisiana State l University has tried very hard to run down all rumors that his team is not eligible to the s. L 4. A., and has not, in his opinion, found anything that would debar that university for the Southern association, and has appealed for aid in his Investigations to the leading authorities of the S. I. A. A.
 But as a matter of fact, although the team of the university has gone through the season with an enviable reputation, it has been proved almost exclusively that the team should not legally and rightfully be member of the Southern association, because of the fact that there are on that team many cTn a ln fIaoVs Western universities. who have made enviabie records as football players and know the game as they know the alpha bet. ~ Erl s-
 The football team of Louisiana State University jumped into notice almost as quickly as mushroom makes it's ap- pearance, because of its remarkable playing. Coach Wingard did not make State University out of the same mater. ial that all other Southern coaches made their material He did not take the Southern boy to defend the South other Southern Universities, but he went up North, brought down here into the Southland members of football teams in the Northern and Western ter their names that they might not be known, and thus get on the Louisiana State University team.
 The institution was a member of the
  ciatfon, and still retains its membership Tn this association, but the question is does 1t retain legal membership, when It Is playing on the gridiron of South. ern institutions, and is lined up against southern boys. and at the same time playing on the team Northerners and Westerners and let them claim the Southern championship.
 This Is question that will no doubt prove stumbling block to the leading members of the association when they assemble for a two days meeting on the ntlI where IS located the instit0tion that sent out one of the best teams !nat went upon the Southern gridirop curing the past football season
 Another question that is attracting a uttle bit of attention Is who will ba elected president of the s. l. A. A. for the ensuing year.
 It seems to be a generaI ,,ndarvtanA ing among footballists that Professor William Riggs, of Clemson, will he d candidate to succeed Dr. Dudley to the presidency of the association. However. otner candidates may put in their names TOT the position and want to pre- slde over Southern intercollegiate foot. ball during the next season
 It Is anticipated that Tulane Univer- sity will apply for re-admittance fo the association. while it is not unlikely that Alabama will withdraw.
 Another matter that win no doubt proved objectionable to most Southern students and which will perhaps be acted upon by the members of the 8 I. A. A. is to bar from varsity teams all freshmen no matter how many points they may have to their credit.
 Until the association has met and completed all its business, footballists will continue to be anxious concerning the outcome, and no doubt the decisions will bring surprises to many.