Evening star., 1921-11-29
TWOB|G QUESTIONS
TO Be FOUGHT OUT
Summer Ball and Barring Of
"Transfer' Athlete to Pro-
woke Battles.
BY H. c. BYRD.
BY H. C. BYRD.
THE Southern intercollegiate
/ Athletic Conference, due to

THE Southern intercollegiate
Athletic Conference, due to
\ control college and university 1
athletics among the major institu-
tions of the south after January l,
is expected to iron out many OF the
wrinkles and causes of friction at
its meeting in Atlanta Friday and
Saturday.
universities, 30 that all will conduct
their athletics under the same code OF
eligibility. The final meetings Of the
conference prior to putting into erect
its regulations takes place Friday ana
Saturday at Atlanta.
Such a situation as developed De-
tween the University Of North Caro-
lima and University Of Virginia two
days prior to their annual game last
week would not have occurred had tae
southern conference organization peen
operative. And not only that. but It is
probable that all questions and disputes
of the last five years would nave peeh
settled without difficulty. In all prooa-
bility many matters affecting the re-
Iationship between certain universities
will be thrashed out this week
No doubt either that the conference Is
going through with its strict eligibiiNy
code. but two OF the questions decioeo
at the meeting last year are going 70
he reonened. The summer base ball
problem will come up, and at least one
state institution has stated that II the
conference persists in trying TO enforce
a code without allowing summer Dase
ball it will withdraw. The statemen.
probably was somewhat exaggera.eo
and made on the spur OF the 1moment,
but 1t shows that there Is treha IA
favor OF allowing college men TO draw
salaries on the diamond as wen as
strong sentiment against II.
Another section of the code agreed on
last spring which will be under nre 10
that which bars from athietic coInpe.l
ton any athlete who has trahSieIreo
IRON another college or university II ne
represented in athletics tie college or
university from which he transferred.
Tajs section OF the code is going 10 nave
rougher treatment and more caus.n SUI,
comment tnan the summer pase pd'
ruie. az representatives of four fnstitu-
t;on have told the writer that they are
going after it hammer and tongs.
Rut. whatever may be the outcome
of the discussion of eligibility rules.
one thing is certain, and tnat Is Ina'
once the organiZa ation begins 10 oper
ate in January all the coiieses MI Mn
he playiug under the same code. Ihas
means good deaf all around, as. no
doubt. certain Institutions nave beeh
placed in rather embarrassing posi-
lions at times because of their en-
dasyors to live up to the tenetS OF
strict athletic laws, paradoxicai As
thai may seem. Under the southern
conference organization, no Scnoo1
will be able to say that its eligibility
rules are more strict than any others
May Break Up Some Games.
Probably the part of the meeting
thia w..ek in which there will be the
greatest interest is that which WIZ
nave to do with the report OF the
committee appointed last year to con-
slider the institutions without the
Conference that may be played b;
members of the conference; this COM
miftee was appointed with the ex-
press purpose OF eventually prevent
ing any conference school meeting on
the athletic field any institution tina.
does not have eligibility rules as
stringent as those enforced by the
conference.
For instance. conference institutions
will enforce the one-year rule, ana
1t will be the aim Of the conference
to prevent its members meeting any
school that does not enforce the saIne
regulation The action OF the m
mittee, il adopted, may affect ad-
yersely several big. contests, as ex-
amplcs, those between Georgia Teen
and Georgetown. Alabama and Van
derbilt, Maryland and Catholic Uni
versity. Tennessee and Vanderbilt and
Clemson and South. Carolina.
Maryland. Kentucky. Tennessee, and
those institutions which practically
are ON the borders of the south are
especially interested in this phase.