The Washington times., 1935-10-16

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the presi-
kirk Miller dent pro
tenn where pressure of other
duties makes it difficult for
him to keep his hands on the
football throttle.
A power in the Southern Con-
ference and a pUlmiced-poliShed
diplomat when it comes to iron
ing out wrinkles which creep
into football administration,
Byrd would never have per-
mitted the Smoldering embers Of
an eligibility war to be famed
into flame, such as happened
over the weekend.
A background dating almost
as remotely as the Spanish
American war, has proven to
Byrd that even a single-candle-
powered diSsension is better
snuffed out in its incipiency,
than permitted to glover un-
noticed.
It Makes a Difference
Under the new athletic regime
at Maryland, headed by DR.. L.
B. Broughton, the college stands
in a right poor light at the
moment, but it may not be too
late for Byrd to wipe away the
loose, sooty cobwebS and reverse
the engines Of the athletic ship
Of state.
BY such a statement I mean:
North Carolina still has
enough Of its Southern Confer
ence chivalry to politely aban-
don q player when Maryland
calls its attention to the fact
the player is somewhat tainted
with previous servitude at Cath
olic University. That was a
gentlemanly gesture between
two colleges of the same clique
who can't possibly afford to
ignore each other.
But Maryland can afford,
and is affording, to ignore as
If they were never uttered. the
sworn-to charges Of ineligibility
hurled at its varsity center, Bill
Andorka, by the North Carolina
disbarred player-John L.
Sniscak.
Can't Be Bothered
Maryland is absolutely I'm
perturbed about Andorka'S
athletic status.
Maryland is unalarmed, dis
interested and unafraid.
Yea, Maryland is SNUG, SELF
satisfied and content.
It could vent its wrath on an
individual.
But it can't be bothered by
the same individual who is seek
ing to show Maryland not so
innocent herself.
Maryland says Of Bill
Andorka:
HE played before he came
here at West Liberty Teachers
which is a junior college,"
Educational statistics on file
at q Government bureau here
say that West Liberty College
is a full, four-year course which
grants degrees, and has been
such since 1880, two years pre-
viouS to the time Andorka per-
formed there.
Junior colleges do not grant
degrees, my friends.
The registrar of West Liberty
by telegram verifies the in
formation obtainable at the
Government educational bureau.
Qualified Evidence
That ought to make it al
most unanin4 4ouS-but not at
Maryland. At College Park they
have their own ideas of what
constitutes a junior college and
no Government bureau tells
them anything, except how to
run an experimental farm and
the proper way to milk cows
and make hens lay red. purple
and stripped eggs especially de-
signed for Eastern consumption.
However, some Of us have
been around long enough to
remember when Maryland was
just an agricultural college with
junior rating, and therefore we
must have some respect for its
knowledge of what constitutes a
Junior college. It was one long
enough to recognize one when
it meets it in the foothills OF
West Virginia.
Very Healthy Condition
AS to the other athlete around
whom smoke has been poured
AL Farrell-Maryland doubts he
could possibly have played pro-
fessional football for the very
significant reason that he is
only good enough to be substi-
tute at Maryland, and certainly
q Maryland substitute isn't good
enough for any pro football
team worthy of the classified
tion. Possibly Maryland under
stands about the qualifications
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