Evening star., 1923-12-08

At late hour this morning the
conference was in what seemed to
he an endless argument over the
question without anybody having
any assurance as to what would be
the outcome. Many were inclined 10
think that when the matter is put
To- vote the sentiment would be TO
allow it to stand as 1t is. as well
The universities and colleges, be-
sides being interested in n" pro
ceedings of the organization. are
busily engaged rounding out their
foot ball schedules and arranging for
base ball games. Several agreements
were entered into last night and
others are likely to be made today.
Some New Grid Games.
University of Kentucky and Wash
ington and Lee are to meet IN 1901
ball on October IL and Virginia Mill
tary Institute also has scheduled
contest with Kentucky, the date 70
he November IS. Auburn; CieESion' Si1l
Washington and Lee, South Carolina
and Georgia also are ANXIOUS 70
schedule contests which will be at
tractive as homecoming events;
Arrangement also probably VIII De
effected whereby Washington and Lee
will come to Washington TO play
Maryland. ,r
Several of the southern schools
contemplate rather extensive pase
Addresses were made by DR.. John
J. Tigert. United States commissioners
of education, and DIR. \. Is. w INV iu
die, president of Tulane InlNersItS, an
addition TO the annual report OF IreSl-
dent : V Sanford of the conference
DR.. Tigert spoke of the ADVANTAGES
of college athletics. but malnlalteu
that exceptionally high salaries loI
foot ball coaches is a detrIment 70
npneral college work DIR. Dinwiddle
also was against salaries for 1901 pan
coaches so much in excess OF What IS
paid to college professors. IL was
DIR. Tigert'S opinion that colleee atl-
lcticS offers the greatest lesson ~
human cooperation that the Wofid
has and that such lessons are lnNaL-
liable at this time, especially in the
colleges and universities where the
average college professor has less OF
an inclination to work comparatively
than men in any other profession.
Evils, of Athletics.
1t was DIR. Dinwiddie's feeling that
the so-called evils of modern athlet-
les are not evils of athletics, but
phenomena of American life, and that
these will work themselves out salts
factorily in due time.
DIR. SanfordS report was exhaustive
in it's reaches and dealt with the attn
letic situation in the south, not only
with a high degree of Intelligence,
but also with a very sympathetic uh-
derstanding of college life.
From the addresses last night 1t
seems that men are coming to realize
that there is nothing inherently
wrong with college athletics and that
those things which have been ranted
against by many college professors
are not wrongs of athletics, but rath-
er results OF manifestations of the
public mind in regard to athletics.
Probably the most important step
taken last night in the meeting of
far- adj
an ironclad rule against post-season
foot ball games. The reason has been
declared to have an ending on the
Saturday after Thanksgiving and no
foot ball games shall be scheduled
after that date.
The effort to prevent any confer
cnce team playing with other than
conference teams in conference terri
tory unles such teams agreed to play
under conference rules was killed
a fter considerable argument.
Most prominent of the coaches at
tending the conference are Wallace
Wade Of Alabama, Dan McGugin Of
Vanderbilt, Bill Alexander of Georgia
Tech, Blondy ClarkSon and Bill Raf-
terry of Virginia Military Institute
and "Steg'' Stegeman of University
Of Georgia.
1t is not often that a coach is will
ing to speak of his quarterback as
Clarkson of V. NJ. !. speaks CT Faulk-
ner, who directed the V. NJ. ]. eleven
last fall. There's not the least doubt
in my mind that Faulkner is by far
the best quarterback in the south
No other man we met even COM
pared with him, and we saw nearly
all the best ones. He ran the team
almost perfectly, and in all my years
Of coaching / have never had u more
dependable player"
Somebody ought to clip this para
araph and send if IN Faulkner he
cause in the eyes of most coaches
quarterbacks always are wrong.