Evening star., 1951-12-09
Southern Conference May Expe Maryland Clemson This Wee
Southwest Conference
|Curbs Spring Practice,
| Defends Athletic Aid
BY the Associofed Press

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DALLAS, Dec. 8.-The South
west Conference today found no
evidence of excessive athletic SUBJ
sidization among its member
schools.
It did move to curtail some
sports by trimming the period
for spring football training and
setting a limit for spring basket
ball practice, which has been run
ming as it pleased in the past.
The Faculty Committee, govern
ing body of the conference, found
that there was an average of 35.2
freshmen per school each year
in football and 44.7 varsity play
ers, practically all of them on
athletic scholarships.
This was not deemed excessive
but each December the picture
will be reexamined and if any
school is out of line with the
others as to the number of ath-
letes, an adjustment will be made.
In Line With NCAA.
This was decided on in line
with recommendations of the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic Associa-
ton that called for a limit as to
the amount an athlete may re-
ceive and limitation of the num-
ber of athletic scholarships a
school may bestow.
The committee said it felt the
conference already had a good
rule to limit the amount-it al
lows tuition, fees, board and room
and $40 per month laundry money.
The NCAA had called for either
elimination of spring football and
basketball training or a limita-
ton to 20 sessions per year each.
The committee cut football spring
training from 26 sessions in IS
days to 18 in 25 and basketball
practice was limited to 18 sessions
in period of 81 days.
A definite rule governing one
phase of excessive entertainment
of an athlete was passed. This
was a clarification of one on the
books which did not expressly
specify what constituted such ex-
ceSSive entertainment.
Baylor Penalty Recalled.
Last year, Baylor University was
penalized when a prospective ath-
lete was taken by an alumnus Of
that school to a professional foot
ball game in Dallas. The ath-
Ilete was deprived of a year Of
varsity eligibility at Baylor.
The committee today ruled that
any prospective athlete could be
taken by an alumnus or friend
Iof the college on a trip to see an
lathletic contest in the home town
lor on the campus of the college
in question, but could not be taken
to another city where that college
was participating.
The NCAA also had recon-.
mended a study of the bowl situa-
ton with an idea of eliminating
or curtailing the bowl games. A
committee consisting of Howard
Grubbs, executive secretary of the
conference: DR.. I. B. Boughton
OF Texas A&M, DR.. H. B. Hardt
OF Texas Christian, Athletic Di-
rector Matty Bell of Southern
Methodist and Athletic Director
D. x. Bible of Texas was named
to study the matter and report
at the May meeting of the con-
ference.
The Faculty Committee thought
some improvements could be made
in the bowl set-up and the ques-
tion of distributing the receipts
among all members of the con-
terence with the idea of relieving
the pressure of a team wanting
to get into bowl game was dis
cussed. Also the question Of
allgning with another conference.
possibly the Big Seven, to fur
nish both teams for the Cotton
Bowl each year, was discussed.
That is the way the Rose Bowl
operates,