The log cabin Democrat., 1921-11-26
SUGGEST ATHLETIC
 PEACE CONFERENCE
OF ARKANSAS EDUCATORS
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With the 1921 football season hard ly cold on the shelf and with Ouachita being awarded championship honors by the impartial, the present is an opportune time to launch a peace con- ference by the educators responsible if the government of athletic affairs at institutions in Arkansas. Some sportsman of the standing of Gordon Campbell of Little Rock could do the cause of athletics a good turn by in- viting representatives of the colleges to a meeting at Little Rock, with the avowed intention of getting at the facts in the long series of upheavals which have kept sports from reaching the highest level.
 The invitation for such gathering should come from an bipartisan source, and Mr. Campbell would meet this requirement. His leadership would guarantee the sincerity of the movement and a strong public senti- ment behind him would almost force the educators to smooth out their diff ferences and work n harmony for what would be the best interest of all This suggested conference would ac- complish nothing. however, unless all cards were exposed, face up, and the business of getting together undertak- en seriously.
 Two angles of the present situatin would require adjustment. The anna teur question has been one stumbling block, the discussion of which has oc- cupied much time and leams of paper Other athletic bodies have framed a satisfactory ruling on this point, and it is hardly to the credit of leaders of intercollegiate athletics that this question has been allowed to remain such fruitful source of trouble Another issue which has been kept in the background is the extent to which money can be legitimately used in the promotion of athletics. Sport fol- lowers who pay to see games ought to have as a matter of good sports manship a guarantee that the oppos- ing elevens were recruited and trained under conditions as nearly equal as can be made. One eleven should not be handicapped by observance of high standards while the opponent follows policy of win at any price and by any possible means
 Ouachita is being bombarded, and more will follow, by the Russellville Aggies for refusal to meet in the post season game. Russellville can honestly base its claims on nothing except the challenge to Ouachita, as Henderson Brown was the only one of the "big three played this season. Little Rock College and College of the Ozarks were the other worthy opponents met by the Aggies, and comparative scores do not show a preponderance of Az gie evidence. Looking at both sides of the picture, both Ouachita and Hendrix are justified in declining to meet the Aggies, the reason being the rather tart letter written by Hugh Critz, president of the school when relations were severed last spring.
 However, if the Aggies have a team Of championship calibre or hope to have others in years 10 come, the "big three would lose nothing by stating the conditions under which games will be scheduled. If not acceptable, the Pope county delegation would have no cause for bowling at present, since any eleven has the right 70 accept or re- fuse any game offered.
 One result of the tangle slowed down football this year. No eleven played a schedule which would de- velop and require it's maximum strength. Even Hendrix, usually with a full card, suffered this year from lack of games. Ouachita had room and time for others, and the same was true of Henderson-Bro It follow ed that 10 game reached the spectacu- lar because big spectacular game is the climax of series of games. ! Periods of inaction killed the effect of the Thanksgiving game at Arka- delphia, as was the case of the Hen- drix and Henderson-Rrown game.