Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-02

Representatives Of the arbitration
committee in the south Atlantic and
In the southern districts are DR.. Il
c. Mangum of the University of North
Carolina for the former and Prof. S.
y. Sanford of the University of
Georgia for the latter.
Will Delve Into Disputes.
All disputes between colleges and
all charges of any kind. direct or in
direct, in the south Atlantic section
may be referred to DIR. Mangum. who
will gather all the available facts In
the case and lay them before. the ar
bitration board. which then will make
It's finding direct to the institutions
concerned.
q Disputes, such for instance. .as the
one last fall between Johns Hopkins
and the University of Maryland. are TO
]! Furthermore. the committee should
render real service in another direc.
lion, the clearing up OF un1ounoeo
fumors. No doubt there have Deen
cases of PROSECUTING, instances OF IN
JUDGEMENTS offered to athletes to trans
Fer from one college or university 10
hnother college OF university. Dut also
there have been a hundred rumofs OF
Huch things to every actual case Tor
which there was real foundation. In
other words one of the aims OF the
new arbitration board is to separate
the white sheep from the black
Whether or not the National COL
hegiate Athletic Association repre-
sentatives knew just what they
were passing on and whether or not
ehey realized just how far-reacnlns
and powerful would be the, committee
they were creating is not known,
but certain it is no body just like II
or with powers of any such magni-
tude has heretofore been known in
college sports. When one stops TO
consider the idea of Yale and Har-
ward submitting difference OF opin-
ion to a neutral committee at least
a faint thought enters his mind that
in all probability few disputes of that
nature viii ever be discussed by the
board
Harvard voted for the formation OF
board. Yet there is not the least
doubt that Yale and Harvard placed
themselves in position where they
may be compelled to answer and re-
answer all kinds of charges from
small colleges which may have about
as much relationship and comparison
wheat to an oak. Yale and Harvard
are mentioned here for no other rea-
son than that they are representative
of the largest universities
should CurtaiI Loose Talk.
This phase of the possibilities il
the arbitration boards work !,
brought out not to hint at possible
inenectiyeness, but TO show some OF
the difficulties which may arise. Ever
though big universities may dislike
to be asked to tell things about them
selves. even though small colleges II
most cases may not have the courage
to offend big universities by such
charges, the very existence of the
board of arbitration will serve Il
curtail much of the loose talk abou
professionalism and PROSECUTING.
Then. too. if PROSECUTING has exist
ed in any institution, that institution
will hesitate long before IL decides Il
continue the practice because of tn,
possibility of it's perfidy being helt
up to public gaze. One single cas-
handled by the arbitration boart
should have a moral effect almost in
estimable in extent of it's influence
Score Olympic Committee
General dissatisfaction = 49,
management Of the Unit -