Evening star., 1963-05-03
SEGH AT LARGE
Virginia Backing
On-the-LeveI PIun
Bv MORRIS SIEGEE

BY MOKKlS StES1S
THE ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE, evidently well
satisfied with its recent experiment demanding that foot
ball players attend classes apparently about to ask even
greater sacrifices of the overburdened bokes.
The ACC is considering proposal to stiffen the ad-
mission requirements of future appli-
cants Instead Of making mark of 75O tout OF possible
1600) college entrance exams the future grantin-ad
seekers would have to bone enough to make $50 on the
tests.
The University of Virginia offered the proposal at the
current meeting of the ACC delegates here There could be
little sefshness attached to the idea
For the last several years the Cavaliers whose en-
trance requirements are serner than those Of number
of conference rivals have been unable to recruit the type
Of monster needed to compete successfully IN the ACC
BY raising entrance requirements, Virginia probably
thinks 1t could reduce the brand of football to It's own
level.
IN The ACC, THE COLLEGE football player already
is Of the two most Disseminated athletes on
the campus Only basketball player rates equal bias.
Basketball and football players the only athletes
who have to make 5O grade entrance exams before
being eligible the ride The tennis go base
ball, lacrosse poo track gymnastics competitors and
other Stalwarts have such restrictions.
The matter of athletic segregation put to Bill
Cobey the Maryland athletic director and yesterdays ACC
convention host Cobey admitted 1t did smack of outright
discrimination, but said there was reason for it.
The basketball and football player he said "are the
only athletes who get the full benefits Of complete four
year scholarship The others either have partial scholar
ships or none at all"
GETTING DOWN TO SPECIFICS Cobey pointed out
that Deane Beman who enjoyed occasional course at
Maryland before settling down to become of the Ma
tons best amateur golf players got very little help
Arthur Cook who won the Olympic rifle championship
while at College Park got absolutely no help Cobey tes-
fled mot only that" Cobey went "but couple OF
years ago Cook returned to the campus to coach our
rifle team, we didn't even pay him."
Cobey and Steve Sebo, the moon-faced athletic di-
rector at Virginia. agreed that sitter entrance require
ment probably wouldn't wreck the ACES football ana
basketball programs.
At Virginia sebo said proudly the general Of
football players taking entrance exams already Is about
200 points over the minimum conference requirement. OF
75O Unfortunately for the Cavaliers they haven't been
able to convert their classroom los into football victories
sEBo, NEW TO THE ACC, thinks the conference has
realistic approach to scholarships Much more he
believes then the Ivy League whose rules he had to OBJ
while coaching football at Pennsylvania.
There all scholarships academic scholarships and
are awarded only on the of need In other words
matter how talented in science in tackling, the Ivy
League prospect happens to be- he doesn't get scholarship
help If his dad can afford the tab.
The Ivy Leaguers make sure dad doesn't understate
his capacity to pay his sons education One Of the
questions asked of the applicant his fathers financial
status AS sort of double check, the same question
asked Of his father.
you'd surprised how many sons OF wealthy fathers
there are in that league" Sebo said.
Apparently Sebo had completely forgotten about the
Kennedys.
CHUCK ERICKSON, the athletic director at North
Carolina was being congratulated the 81 million re-
building and enlargement job under on Kenan Stadi
um where his Tar Heels cavort.
The money was provided by william Kenan in memory
of his father The refurbshed arena with additional seats
and other uxures that only 81 million grant afford
to provide, will be ready next fall.
when we first approached Mr.. Kenan about 1t,
Erickson smiled he cost estimated at about 100000
When the architects finished the plans found had
underestimated the cost by $S22,0O0
"I went to Mr. Kenan and told him. He didn't bat an
eye He wrote check for $322O0 and told us to go
right ahead and build it. In my business architects
usually underestimate about So million project, so
$322OOO doesn't make me finch, he said"
The way Erickson reported the story he made it sound
as Kenan merely whipped the $322OO0 out of petty
cash box