The Washington times., 1938-03-14
Chairman Warns
Rule No. Will
Be Enforced
BARS MANY
BARS MANY
Turner and Slant, C. IT,,
And Brady, Of HoyaS,
Run AfouI of Code
BY BOB ADDIE

That the National Collegiate
Athletic Association has no intens
ton of relaxing its eligibility reg.
ulations for the intercollegiate
boxing tournament at Charlottes.
vile, Va, March 81, April and 2,
was revealed to The washington
Times today by T. M. CarrutherS,
tourney chairman.
CarrutherS' wire concerned the
much-mooted regulation No. 4 in
the N. C. A. A. eligibility dossier
which, in brief, bars any contest
ants from participation in the
tournament if they have engaged
in outside exhibitions without
sanction Of their interscholastic or
intercollegiate affiliations. The
only other exception made to this
rule was participation in compe.
tition held during the Olympic
year for membership on the
Olympic team.
TO LOSE TWO MEN
"The eligibility rule" Car
ruthers telegraphed, will be
enforced. This means if a man
has ever participated in a box
ing match not under inter.
scholastic or intercollegiate aus
pices he will not be eligible for
the tournament unless he was
entered in such other boxing
contests by the authorized ath.
letic Representatives of his in
Stitution or such competition
took place in an Olympic year
for place on the Olympic team.
I have not received entry blanks
from schools in your section as
yet, so there have been no dis
qualifications"
Meanwhile, Eddie LaFond, coach
Of Catholic UniverSity'S boxing
team, said he had sent entries for
four Of his men. The Cardinal
representatives are Leo Katalinas,
heavyweight; Jay Turner, light
heavyweight, and Fred Slant, mid
dleweight, and Dave Bernstein,
bantamweight.
THREE CHAMPS OUT
OF LaFond's team, it appears
two men will be barred. These
are Turner, who boxed in local
Golden Gloves competition, and
Slant, Norfolk Golden Gloves
champion in 1886. Despite Car
rutherS' statement he had received
no entry blanks from this section,
LaFond said his entries were
mailed several days ago. The Car.
dinal coach had assumed, since no
question was raised as to eligibil-
ity of his men, that their entries
!, had been accepted.
CarrutherS' flat denial that the
rule would be amended or was
ambiguous the way it was written
. will bar another prospective local
boxer. Jim Brady, of Georgetown,
has Signified his intention of en-
tering the tournament. BY the
rule, however, Brady will be barred,
. since he is national A. A. U. 175-
pound champion.
DISSIPATES IDEAS
Three Southern Conference title.
holders also will be ruled out, &C.
cording to Carruthers' interpre-
tation, unless they can prove their
outside contests were approved by
their various athletic directors.
The three affected are Hugh
Rogers, The Citadel, heavyweight;
Joe Fisher, North Carolina, light
weight. and Danny Farrar, Duke,
welterweight.
The status of Benny Alperstein,
Maryland featherweight, also a
Southern Conference champion,
undoubtedly will be questioned.
Alperstein insisted, when it was
published in The Times that he
had fought in the Baltimore
Golden Gloves, that he had ap-
peared only in some minor bouts
which were sanctioned by the uni
versity."
Since the story first appeared
concerning the surprisingly Strin-
gent regulations, the general opin.
ion was that the eligibility rule
might be construed in several
ways. However, such an idea
should be dissipated by Carruth-
erS' statement that the contestant
must have been approved by Rec
ognized' athletic authorities and
that any competition for an Olym-
pic team must have had the sane
ton of the N. c. A. A."