Evening star., 1923-12-07

take place.
About the only really important
change the present situation would
and the consequent division Of it iut
ern. This was proposed last year.
oient strength could be mustered for
Another effort will be made to
freshman teams. This also is likely
ago. In fact, many OF the conierenc
u!cs already partly arranged.
Every amendment that has been
offered to the constit ution and by
laws has been in the nature OF making
more strict the present regulations.
with the exception of one in rela-
tionship to d training table. At pres
ent, rules ofs the conference are
against Il training table. but an at
tempt Will he made today or tomor-
which forbids il.
Would End Post-Scasou Play.
The conference now has only Il rec
omme udation against pcst-Season foot
ball games. but if an anne endment to
bo offered this evening passes it will
have Il definite rule providing that
the Saturday after Tha nix seiving shall
mark the close of the season and that
no games he scheduled after that.
Many other amendments are to be
offered. but none is particularly i'm
portant Some will be killed out
right, while others are likely to pass.
Most of the Other amendments tend
To make just u little more strict the
eligibility rules and To tighten the
relations OF conference institutions
with institutions not in the confer
eacc. This will make more stringent
the conditions under which a confer
cuce athletic team may compete with
non-conference team.
The meetings today and tomorrow
will mark the greatest gathering of
men Interested in college athlet ties
in the south ever held in Washing
ton. Men representing institutions
from Maryland TO Louisiana have
been arriving in town since early this
morning and when the meeting opens
this afternoon every state college and
state university and two big private
institutions in thNsouth will be pres
ent.
State Colleges Represented.
III every southern state except
Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Florida and Maryland there is d state
college OF agriculture and engineer
ing and state university, but in the
tive mentioned states the functions Of
the state college and state university
are combined in one institution. III
addition to these state institutions.
two big privately controlled univer-
stiles are members, Washington and
Lee and Vanderbilt.
Other universities and colleges send
ing repre- esentatives are University of
Maryland, University of Virginia.
University Of North Carolina. Vfr-
ginia Polytechnic Institute, Virginia
Military Institute. North Carolina
State College. Clemson College. Uni
Tersity OF South Carolina, University
of Georgia. Georgia Tech. University
of Florida. University of Alabama.
Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Uni
versity of Mississippi. Mississippi A.
and NJ. Tulane University. Louisiana
State University. University of Ten
nessee and University OF Kentucky.
Sanford to Attend.
Probably the most prominent man
attending the conference is Prof. $.
V. Sanford. dean of the Henry ".
Grady School Of Journalism OF the
University of Georgia and president
of the conference. Prof. Sanford has
been faculty supervisor of athletics at
rhe University, OF Georgia since
Georgia first began to DO anything in
athletics. Ip fact, Sanford and
Georgia athletics d are synonymous.
Not only will those managing ath-
letics be present. bat many Of the
coaches also: The conference meet
for completing foot ball schedules, ar
ranging base bail and basket ball
games. and particularly in arranging
foot ball schedules coaches always
play a prominent part.
Many questions relating 10 eliSibil-
tty Of athletes. summer base ball,
freshman teams. the annual track
and field meet. the basket ball tour
uament and ether things will come
up for discussion.
No coach in the south made a bet
ter record during the past year than
Wallace Wade. who IS here repre-
senting the University OF Alabama.
Wade went from Vanderbilt, where he
was assistant to Dan McGugin, and
mis- worse break during the year was
O-to-0 game with Georgia Tech.
Wade turned out = brilliant team and
Gessful coaches of the year. He is
former Brown University map.
Charles T. WooiIen, Representative
Of the University Ct North Carolina,
not only il graduate mana ger of ath-
,etic=. but IS business nauager of the
entire university The amicabie re-
eticn&hips that North Carolina en-
Joys with all othc" colleges and uni
TerIitieS is due i'll large part to the
very kindly personal feeling that
everybody seems to have for the man
Who runs the business end Of the
university.
Dan McGugin. coach, OF Vanderbilt.
Is not only Coach McGugin,. but Sen
ator McGugin. Dan has held place
in the state senate of Tennessee Tor
several years. He also is a lawyer
of, considerable prominence ia Nash
vile. Incidentally. McGugin's team
came closer to giving Michigan a
whipping last fail than any other
eleven, as the contest wound up with
n 3-to-0 score. in favor of Michigan.
only after Vanderbilt had come near
scoring a touchdown.
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