Evening star., 1952-01-13
|NCAA Program.
Swings Closer
To Presidents
Rebuff College Heads
In Booking Continued
Spring Grid Practice
BY the Assoeiated Pres,


CINCINNATI, Jan. IL. - The
National Collegiate Athletic AS
|sociation rebuffed the college
presidents in one respect today,
but in many others. brought its
own program closer in line with
their proposals.
The NCAA delegates firmly re-
jected legislation which would
have outlawed spring football
practice and out-of-season basket
ball drills as proposed by the IL
man committee Of the National
Council on Education. Instead
they restricted such practices to
20 sessions in each sport.
They altered their principle
governing financial aid to athletes,
putting such aid more securely
under the control of the indi-
vidual institutions and they
adopted a principle calling for
sound academic standards.
Presidents Rule Out Bowl Games.
The influential Presidents Com
mittee. which reported on it's study
of athletics this week, ruled out
football bowl games and other
post-season team contests as well
as opposing out-of- season practice.
1t also called for closer restriction
on other athletic practices.
II don't consider that a turn
down" DR.. Arthur s. Adams, presi-
dent Of the Council on Education,
told a reporter in Washington
who read him an account of the
NCAA actions.
ut appears to me to be a large
measure of agreement and SYM
pathy. with the same objective as
the Presidents" he said.
"The NCAA. like the American
Council on Education, represents
the colleges of America and it is
inconceivable that there should
be any serious disagreement, al
though it is natural that in the
beginning there should be some
divergence as to methods"
Favored Keeping Contracts.
DR.. Adams, who was an ex-
Iofficio member of the college pre-
|sidents' committee, pointed out
that the school administrators
themselves held that all contracts
and commitments should be
honored on bowl games.
He suggested that the NCAA's
proposed limitation on out-of- =
season practice goes q long way
toward the presidents objective.
DR.. Adams said he knew of no
Likelihood that the presidents will
Iget together again as a result OF
the NCAA action. The presidents
group has done its job, he said,
and all that remains is submis-
sion of its report to the Council
on Education after the members
have approved the final form and
wording.
The NCAA merely called for
further study of post-season games
by a special committee and mean
while banned new commitments
for such games to be played after
January 2. 1858.
Ethics Committee Set Up
Winding up a busy session, the
convention also established a new
Ethics Committee, which will have
broad powers to investigate any
incident which the NCAA Council
deems "determental to the welfare
of intercollegiate athletics as a
whole"
It also turned down an effort
to eliminate the platoon system
from football by means of restric.
tive rules.
The anti-platoon move, which
was something of a surprise to
many delegates, came on a reso-
luton from the Pacific Coast Con.
ference calling for a mandate
to the Football Rules Committee
to make the change. After lively
debate, it was rejected by a lop-
sided count.
Hugh c. Willett Of Southern
California, who was reelected
president of the NCAA, took notice
in his concluding speech of wide
spread comments that the presi.
dents had taken over the NCAA's
powers.
Stronger Than Ever.
"The last two years have beer
over stormy waters" Willett said
I'VE are stronger than we ever
have been before. We are not done
for. We will see this thins
through"
Earl Fulbrook of Nebraska was
elected secretary treasurer to sue.
ceed Kenneth L. Wilson, who an.
nounced his retirement from thai
important position yesterday.
After today's meeting DR.. vii.
(See NCAA, Page B-2)