Evening star., 1921-12-04


Fundamental principles of the new
conference regarding intercollegiate
sports provide in brief:
Threc-yenr limit to participation
by students.
One years residence in college be-
fore participation.
student can never represent
more than one institution.
Conference executive committee TO
decide eligibility questions when IN
stitntions fail to do so.
Faculty control and responsibility
for athletics.
Higher standards of scholarship
for athletics.
Strietest Migratory Rule.
The migratory rule adopted by the
conference is the StricteSt known to
college athletics. 1t provides that
no man who has taken part IN COZ,
lege athletics at one institution Snail
he allowed to represent any other
institution to which he may transfer.
The rule which provided much DIS
cussion was that which reads: NO
conference institution shall compete
with any non-conference institution
In conference territory of similar
rank athletically-that is. which com
peteS with any member OF the confer
ence upon the basis of athletic equal
ity--unless both compete under the
rules of eligibility of this conference.
This means that members of the con-
ference, North Carolina, North Carolina
State, Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
Virginia, Maryland. Clemson, Georgia
Georgia Tech. Alabama, Alabama Poly
technic Institute. Mississippi A. and NJ,
Tennessee and Kentucky will be COM
PEELED to drop whatever games they may
have built up, after present contracts
run out. with teams outside the CONFER
ence. unless such teams agree to abide
by the rules of the conference These
rules include the one-year rule, the
migratory rule. and the amateur rule
as their backbone. This rule, as pro-
posed in the beginning. would nave mt
three schools hard, but a fight led by
the University of Maryland finally leo
10 the adoption of a ruling that con.
tracts made prior to January l ~oula
not be affected. This practically saves
games the Marylanders mad tentatively
agreed upon with institutions in WASH
ington and Maryland and also prevented
big contests for two other SchoolS 60
ing by the board.
Those Barred by Rule.
The conference listed the following
non-conference institutions as those
coming under the above rule: South
Carolina, George Washington Uni-
yersity, Georgetown of Washington,
Catholic University Louisiana state
Florida Vanderbilt. Johns Hopkins,
Furman, Tulane and MISSISSIPPI lhi-
NerSltN.
Suppiementing the migratory rule
which provides that no student VINO
has ever represented one college IN
intercollegiate athletics shall ever 50
represent another, the conference de-
cided that for its purposes a col
lege" is an institution of learning
with at least $50 male students, and
whose admission. requirements IN
Carnegie units are at least as hlgh
as the minimum of any conference
member The present minimum is
fifteen.
Discussions about some phases OF
the rules in relationship to the col
leges not in the conference led to
rather pointed explanations and COM
PARSONS. about which an afternoon
newspaper here printed a brg scare
head Coach Brings Charges OF
Ringers" The story in the afternoon
paper was given official denial by ac-
ton OF the conference.
An application for membership in
the conference was received from
Catholic University. and it was an
nounced by the executive committee
that if it adopts the conference rules
it will be admitted to membership at
the next annual meeting.