Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-04
BODY TO RULE COLLEGE
ATHLETICS ORGANIZED
Composed Of
Fourteen Universities in
Dixie Is Formed.
BEGINS DUTIES on JANUARY I
h"'pien of Unit Provide for Three
'hr Limit 10 Participation by stu
.'h's md One fearr Residence In
|"''eS- ncfore Participation
by Associated prcssl


ATLANTA. Ga. Dec. 3.-The south
I'm Intercollegiate Conference com
'os"d OF fourteen Of the leading uni
A''i"s ana colleges in :he terri
y from Maryland to Mississfppi,
"S formally organized here late to :
90 ana beginning with January /,
VIII govern the athletic rela-
'nA Of the member institutions.
fundamental principles Of the new
on' "fehce regarding intercollegiate
p"'th provide in brief:
'"f"r-ycnr limit To participation
~ students
ono yoar's residence in college be-
ore participation
n student can never rcprcsont marc
nan ono institutions
'"ni"rehcc executive committee To
"C'u" eligibility questions when in
',nfons fail 10 do so.
~ control and responsibility
or athletics
n'th"r standards OF scholarship for
-, f"ur'rc" Colleges In nod,.
y" fourteen institutions which
'"hoHc IA" now conference are Ala
anna Auburn. Clemson. Georgia.
"Ptfia Tech. Kentucky State. Mary
I'M mississippi \. Il NJ. North Caro-
una N"rth Carolina State, Tonnes
'', NlrSinih. Virginia Polytechnic
H''n'" ana Washington Lee. and
"shfHing their playing with other
"u'h"rh teams the conference adopt-
we i"tlpwing bylaws:
y" conference institution shall
WIN any nonconfcrcnce in
''Hi"n Ia the South OF faniliar
ant-~ a,hlciica!ly. that is one wbi,. n
'"'p'' eS WITH any member OF the
"" irene" upon the basis Of ath-
cue equality. unless both co,,no,e
'h"'f IN" rules OF eligibility OF this
Conference"
lAr conf"reucc listed the foiiowi,v
"h'"ni"r"nce Institution as those
"mlnS under the above rule: Sou, h
aroma. Gorge Washington Uniyer.
~. Georgetown OF Wnshinp,n,
University. Louisiana State,
'"''Hh' Vanderbilt. Johns uoutin,
HrinaH. Tulane and MississipnI rnI-
crSliy
H"hr'rnentlng the migratory rule
'h''h brownies that no student who
- ever REPRESENTED on" college IN
h'rrcoilcHihte athletics shall ever en-
represent another the confcrcnc. d.
lHed mat FOR !is purposes "A college"
AN institution OF learning with n,
o"St 10" NAL" students. and whose
Irdnissi"r requirements In Carnegie
minimum OF any conference member
ne present minimum is fft-cu
r." Restrict Hall Players.
. An "noTt was made Ia prohibit col
l"Re diamond stars from accepting
expense money for playing summer
bSs"ball, hat this was unavaiiing. and
linder conference rules players NAV
compete on teams in the summer nro.
.ided 40 professional bali playcrs arc
ln the teams, $50, that players e..
pers"s are not more than 81 n day
Conference baseball games will be
played under iOr league rules
5wh!le football games will be under
Pho rules OF the national collegiate
hthletic association The conference
Illso decided that no football PLAYERS
Inay be trained before September 10
Ehe: 80 training tables be allowed
That no post-scason games be played
ANA that freThmen teams mis-, lao
composed entirely OF freshmen.
Before adjournment "A committee
was appointed to take charge OF IN.
proposed conference basketball tour.
|nament to be held in Atlanta in Feb
lruary. and another 10 take charge .,
tho conference track meet in tn.