Evening star., 1951-12-16
Expected 10 Sign
Beyond 1852
If Necessary
Maryland Schedules
Tigers as Conference
Acts to Fill Slate
By MerrelI WhittIesey
Sfor Sfoff CorYespondenf

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 15.-As
Maryland and Clemson searched
today for football opponents to
replace the Southern Conference
schools on their schedules for
1852, the general attitude of both
schools was that they would be
in no great hurry to sign non-
conference teams for just one
year.
If the bowl-bound Terps and
Tigers, who were suspended from
Southern Conference football in
1852. are obliged to sign more than
one-year contracts to get games
for next year. they apparently will
do so.
Placed on probation for the
1852 football season for accepting
bowl bids against a recommended
ton of the conference presidents.
Maryland and Clemson found
solace in each other and sched-
uled a game for Clemson, S. c.,
next year on a date to be an
nounced.
May Add Three to Five Games.
That means Maryland will play
Missouri. Georgia and Clemson
away and Navy. Alabama and
LSU at home. Maryland will add
either three, four or five more
games.
OF the six conference opponents
cut from the Maryland schedule,
only the Washington & Lee rival
Try was intended to end in 1852.
The Terps had an agreement to
play George Washington again in
1858 and contracts with North
Carolina, North Carolina State.
West Virginia and South Caro-
lima. Maryland may not be in
any great hurry to renew these
contracts. and may have a valid
reason.
While Maryland Coach Jim
Tatum was wondering out loud
what the Southern Conference
means to the Terps, Frank Ho-
ward, bald and outspoken coach
of Clemson spoke up in the same
vein, but with more animosity
towards those who had penalized
his school for accepting a bowl
bid. The only Southern Conference
opponent Clemson will meet is
South Carolina, in the State Fair
game. The Conference made
especial concession for this game
in its probation resolution, adding
fla clause which said games re-
| quired by State law should not be
prohibited.
See Preference for Clemson.
l The move by the presidents to
make way for the annual Glenn
son-South Carolina game was not
popular with the Maryland party.
inasmuch at it felt Clemson was
given preference. This is not .
State Legislature-ordered game.
although it soon will be, Coach
Rex Enright of South Carolina
said.
After the football suspension Of
the TerpS and Tigers had been
! announced. the representatives Of
: the II member schools carried the
! torch far into the night and into
S today. There were many sides and
5 many angles and no positive de-
velopments. However, here are
some of the thoughts from re-
: sponsible persons:
l That there had been entirely
too much talk by everybody con-
| cerned following the September
% meeting of the conference
S presidents in Chapel Hill.
= That included too much talk by
DR.. H. c. Byrd. president of Mary
land, and far too much by Tatum,
! who adopted a stump Jumping
policy everywhere he went. They
hurt their own case by continued
public pleading that they had
, done nothing wrong.
/ Wade Criticized.
/ That Wallace Wade, commits
! sioner of the conference, should
not have asked if the ban on
, bowls was intended for this year.
) inasmuch as the season already
was under way. A.
, That the result of Clemson,s
: poll should not have been an
nounced. The Tigers were denied
permission to play.
That Maryland and Clemson
, did not say at the presidents
; meeting in Chapel Hill that they
were opposed to bowls, and that
they should have been allowed
to take any steps they saw fit.
That the presidents of the con-
ference schools had a right to
make any decision they deemed
right, and that Maryland and
Clemson escaped lightly for the
! offense.
The Maryland folks were tri1e
bitter toward the attitudes Of
George Washington and West
Virginia. their neighbors, for vot-
ing against them. All the schools
in South Carolina had supported
Clemson.
Attempted to Delay Action.
However. it was learned that
). Cloyd Heck Marvin, president Of
George Washington, attempted to
delay action until after the bowl
games. But when the vote came,
he voted against Maryland.
Some members of the MARYLAND
|; party thought the conference had
not done right by DR.. Byrd, who
led the fight for conference schools
at the NCAA meeting in 1949. That
was when seven schools were placed
on list for noncompliance, in
Guiding Virginia, VPI and The
Citadel. Maryland also was on
the list but DR.. Byrd was pleading
for the schools before he knew
Maryland was on the list.
At that time it was agreed that
all contractual agreements for the
following season were to be car
ried out.
Some of the schools made moves
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