Evening star., 1953-12-05
Atlantic Conference
Rules Out EnIarging
For Indefinite Period
BY the Associaied Press

GREENSBORO, N. c., Dec. 5.
With the official entry of Vir-
ginia as an eighth member and
decision to stay at that num-
Der for an indefinite period, the
Atlantic Coast Conference today
began to resemble the smooth
functioning organization it's
charter members visualized when
they broke away from the cum
bersome Southern Conference
last spring.
Much was accomplished at an
eventful annual winter meeting
here yesterday that saw the Uni
Versity of North Carolina pro-
pose that West Virginia and
Virginia Tech be admitted.
The proposal was launched
shortly after Virginia had been
welcomed officially to the con-
ference. The plan was ruled out
OF order at that time because
1t had no place on the agenda.
Later, at a short closed session.
the conference leaders came to
an agreement that for an inde-
Unite period they would operate
as an elght-School organization.
May Come Up Again in May.
1t is possible that the proposal
may again be offered at the
spring meeting here May 7. But
conversations with several mem
Der schools athletic leaders in
dlcate it will not be adopted.
To succeed the proposal would
require a two-thirds vote. in
this case six votes. A "A divi-
sion of sentiment on the matter
was indicated yesterday, although
the conference issued no official
statement.
From the standpoint of good
taste, If nothing else, it appeared
that open discussion at this time
would not be proper. West Vir-
ginia will be host to the South
ern Conference basketball tour
nament this season and is the
Southern Conferences standard
bearer in the Sugar Bowl foot
ball game against Georgia Tech.
With such strong Southern
Conference ties at the moment,
the Mountaineers and both con-
ferenceS could not help but be
embarrassed by any talk of a
further switch.
Purpose of Group Stressed.
Then. too, some members feel
strongly that adding any other
schools would defeat the original
purpose behind the ACC-the
formation of a compact, more
closely-knit organization than
the old 17-school Southern
Conference.
In bringing in Virginia. the
ACC gave the Cavaliers until the
second semester of the 1954-5
school year to meet conference
athletic eligibility. The delay was
agreed on to allow Virginia to
live up to commitments.
The following championships
were aSSioDed FsrF
Basketball-March As, North |
Carolina State.
Indoor track - February 27,
North Carolina.
outdoor track - May 21-22,
Maryland.
Swimming - February 25-27,
North Carolina State.
Tennis - May 1915, North
Carolina.
Golf-May 14-15. Old Town
Club, Winston Salem, N. C.
No Tourney in Baseball.
No baseball tournament will be
necessary to determine the
champion. Regular season play
will settle the race.
All eight schools will be eligible
for the basketball tournament,
the winner of which will advance
to the NCAA tournament.
Virginia, due to its limited
schedule this season, was given
the No. 8 seeding and will meet
the f1rst-place finisher in the
tournaments first round.
DR.. j. T. Penney of South
Carolina was reelected presi-
dent. Also retained we're F. w.
ClontS of Wake Forest, vice pres
tdent. and o. K. Cornwell, North
Carolina, secretary treasurer.