Evening star., 1954-10-22


This is punishment? It like sapping bank robber
with stuffed pockets on the going have
fling at bgtime football and doesn't who knows 1t.
Next year the Hurricanes will play host to Nore Damerst
Tech, Texas Christian Pitt and Alabama, others.
Obviously it is foolish to play such schedule without the
horses, and Miamians aren't foolish.
MIAMI ADMITTEDLY WENT on recruiting binge.
Thytwo of the Hurricane squad of SO opho
The rest barring eight Juniors 1t follows that
they must pretty good Miami is unbeaen in four
games and here at least, folks looking for dec
sion tonight Maryland, 7-point favorite.
The Dartmouth Amendment which was slipped into the
NCAA rules years ago. specifies that athletes
be tried they get their warm eager hands
scholarship They case to see how the setup
with Such IT, butand here's example
Of NCAA thinking school pay the boondogge
An alumnus can, however, and it's legal.
One aumnus may invite 10 20 schoolboy whzzes to
drop around and bring their dads and As long the
of the aumnus is signed to the checks rembursig the
muscular young for transportation hotel and food the
college for which he shilling is the driven
MIAMI rs CITED AS HAVING wnked at more than one
rule but the two main charges be that the
suspected () that Miami lacking in alumni to
front and O that insisted that athletes the
demonstrate that they and handle football
when 1t is tossed at them.
One visiting coach put it this "Where Miami got
caught having too outside boys the squad I'll
bet rs per cent of them made the longest trip of
when they cased Miami"
seventy-hve per cent proved to be- mild estimate
Forty OF the SO players listed hail from such States Penn
sylvania 3D. Illinois (9 Wisconsin (5 New Jersey (
York ca, Ohio Cd and West Virginia a..
When the roster studied and the visitor was
informed of the tally by States he shrugged eloquenty
"They amD don't apparently What's losing Gator
Bowl bid where you get maybe $50O0O compared playing
and even beating Notre Dame?"
***
INITIAL. REACTION IN THE Miami area was that the
NCAA picked the Hurricanes but missed other carefully
unnamed schools But after President F.
his head and apologzed for breaking NCAA rules new
philosophy to be in order It is similar of
horse player who wins $500 daily double cases his
ticket without being questioned.
But to get back to the topic Of "tryouts here that
the NCAA really what it considers solid ground
also admits that players were "tested"
eff call Is 20 minute ga1nbol tryout'" Coach
Andy Gustafson qualities 1--WE have been doing his-weve
suited football candidates asked them to run
so yards Then we've asked them to or throw ball
That's ALL No body contact, nothing else"
It against the NCAA law is and Gustafson
and DR. Pearson and Athletic Director Jack Harding it,
When Marylands Jim Tatum pressed for comment
would only say:
tits funny rule in this respect When you invite boy
to visit school, you only offer him uch-room
board laundry tuition and SIS month Anybody else offers
better pull out the NCAA say he got
better offer somewhere else it's got be school
and do you want to play for such people.
You take football player he play horseshoes
or swim in pool less he gives away the coach
might like to know about But player or mathe-
mates genius like they ="