Evening star., 1932-12-06

1 of college athletics in all
sections of the South are
to gather Friday and Saturday at
Knoxville at the anual meeting of
the Southern Conference. Besides
the conference gatherings OF
faculty representatives is to be
held the annual meeting of the
Southern Foot Ball Coaches As
sociation. Also it is likely that a
large sprinkling of gridiron Off
cial5 will be present.
Just what particular matters will en-
gage the conferences attention are not
known. but certainly enough problems
confront it to keep busy the delegates
for most of the two days they are to be
in session.
As far as foot ball coaches and ath-
ietic directors are concerned, they usually
find mere than enough to occupy them,
as, besides their special meetings, they
use the occasion for making of new
alignments in foot ball and general ar
ranging Of all schedules. More sched-
ule-making takes place at the annual
conference meetings than during all the
remainder Of the year.
AS far as the faculty delegates are
concerned, they are confronted with two
problems of major proportions. Es-
pecially is this true of the Far Southern
section.
One matter that comes up annually,
and about which nothing has been done
for seven or eight years, concerns the
requests for enlargement of the organi-
zation so that new members may be ac-
cepted Schools that have persistently
made applications for admission for six
or seven years are Loyola of New Or
leans. Furman. Davidson and William
and Mary Two or three other schools
have periodically asked for admission.
It is reported that this year there is the
possibility that the body may be en-
larged.
DRoBABILY the. the most H important item N
in regard to eligibility of athletes.
There is not much doubt that more time
will be given to this question than to
any other, and when the meetings are
ended there is likely to be put into effect
plan whereby the life history of every
athlete in the conference, with his
scholastic standing and the amount and
kind of any help he is getting to aid
him in getting his education, will be
card indexed in the central Office of The
conference.
If present plans materialize, and it
is almost certain they will, the central
Office of the conference will have the
most elaborate check on its athletes
ever attempted by any organization OF
the kind.
Barring these two questions, 1t Is
likely that schedule-making will be one
Of the most important features of the
meetings. New alignmentS for next
year already have been announced and
more are likely to be.
TN regard to meetings of the Southern
4 Conference, it begins to seem that
they are rather desirable in the eyes
Of citizens of good many places. AL
ready the business of circulariZing men,
bers Of the conference for award of the
meetings next year is under way. 1t
might be mentioned that there is a
strong probability that the meeting
next year will go to Baton Rouge. where
louisiana State University is located.
The Southern Conference is meeting
for the twelfth consecutive year, and it
has gathered in most of the important
cities of the South. It's meeting in 1923
was held in Washington, and the one
last year in New Orleans. The organi-
zation was formed back in 1920, the first
organization meeting being held in
Gainesville, Fla, and the next in At
1anta.
TT is understood that Dutch Bergman,
i athletic director and coach at Cath
olic University, and Jim Pixlee,
holding the same dual position at
George Washington, are to attend the
conference meetings. Part of their in
terest in making the trip lies in the pos
sibility of helping out their schedules.
while both take the opportunity to re-
new old friendships. Both Bergman
and Pixlee are widely acquainted
with those in charge of athletics In
various sections of the country.