The Phoenix index., 1940-04-13
STAG Hopes to Shake Off Number Of
Basketball Evils in 1941; Atlanta
Colleges Should Play Three Times
MLUous MELANCHOLY Zones

Xavier University defending champion in the 1910
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference basketball
tournament Tuskegee Institute, Alabama but not
eeded because held that she had not played enough
Zach with Clark and Lane. Those all.
Athletic Director Theodore A. Wright and Coach Giles
O. Wright of Xavier said the Gold Rush had right to be
certain STAG colleges come to New Oreaens for specific
uaranees and refuse to play Xavier their home courts
the same Xavier can't be expected to play for
mailer guarantees the road (where her expense is
reater than she offers rival conference quntets for play
ing in the Crescent City, the Wright brothers contend
The heated discussion may have resulted in nothing
satisfactory for 194O but something may of it yet
For thing, there several call meetings OF
TAC officials with Dr. Elmo Brady of Nashville Tenn
all meet at Tuskegee. At one of them. pan believed
be proposal by Coach A S. (Jake) Gather of Florida
effort to effect uniform schedules and to rate the
the basis of the calber of opposition played
r'AC football championships decided by the Dickinson
ating SYSTEM which, in spirit is the same thing the
Gather plan symbOlizes.
Per centage records are deemed little real value
ss all teams play the opponents Otherwise major
nam may play and defeat weaker clubs and in with
higher per centage rating than opponent that IS
longer but which has lower due to the fact that
has played tougher opposition
W. T. Cunningham, Sr. prominent Atlanta real estate
oker comes along with another idea that heartily wins
Tie endorsement and support of the column He thinks
orehouse Morris Brown and Clark should give the tas
break and play each other three times season in basket
lanstead of just twice is the case. (Morehouse
The column, after looking at both sides of the matter,
rrees with Mr.. Cunningham that this should be DONE
at the deserve it, and that the public should demand
IL.
One thing which is handicappng fans in many major
hetc centers is the fact that in too many cases, the
cad coach and athletic director and the per-
This situation which makes possibleeven
here is not the actual casefor virtually all decisions
looked at purely from the standpoint of the coach
The the coach is hard. He will be slow to play
additional games rule, because that creates greater
possibility of major losses We're the coach not also the
letc director the coach might find himself assigned the
adtional games matter of policy He would then
AXE natural adjustment to his obligation and do his
!e best No more could be asked. However where the
athletic director is the head coach of the particular sport
der consideration choice in the matter is left anyone
euness course there is the circumstance that
e college administrator himself is in favor of movement
"slow' on. must be remembered, most college
sidens assume "hands off, policy toward their ath-
ific directors and coaches in their OF running
al hIetics. They tend to give them free rein.
Some colleges have athletic board that is actlve
viriIeone which does most of the running athletics
where this is the in STAG colleges, it is the ex-
c,tiof nrather rule - -"