Show c c f 7 I J T Tt t L Ii J r. r j M 1 1 I I j J 1 1 D I f i I b 1 1 FRANK K KAI BAKER ER J Every Evry vety time dm- a college authority talks bout about out r s c frt t I tI think about a about o t the three blind bli men and ind n t their ci im- im un- un of the elephant v r f You Xou will remember that one of the themen men felt of f th the 7 elephants elephant's ts t's flapping ear a and d said that that the was like a 3 huge uge piece of f leather the s second co d touched the elephants elephant's elephants elephant's ele ele- ele- ele han hans s 's le leg and deci decided ed the thc pachyderm was wa li like e a huge u uge e I. I t oak pak tree and the third took h hold ld of the jungle beasts beast's s trunk and came aw away y with the impression n that an ah elephant ele- ele dc- dc I 2 was like a l long ng piece of pf rope I a 4 Listen to a coach or any college official t talk lk about abo recruiting recruit- recruit i i ing J you youart start to wondering what part of the elephant I he touched ed Few of them know now the whole st story ry ryr ry-or or r acknowledge dge j it it and d far too many adopt a hol holier er than thou attitude when they thin Ic ice I know ow they are treading on J is an ugly word in college sports ts just as boot S legging has been known in the social world And because few college leaders are frank enough to discuss their theories and pr practices the whole college fraternity parades parades' along long in a hypocritical hypocritical hypo hypo- critical mood entirely unmindful of of the benefits which co could ld be derived if the matter were brought o out t into the open for a clean- clean c cut t administration c. c 1 I wish wi tho the colleges would legal legalize ze as as tho the 4 government has acknowledged the liquor problem and regj regulate reg- reg fo ulato activities basis j recruiting tr on a n sane T That's ats at's why by I 1 hope the Rocky Mountain l faculty representatives will vill talk frankly and honestly when they get toj to- to j gether here December 6 and 7 with the tho college presidents to discuss the recruiting problem But alas I fear the conference conference confer- confer 1 ence can enn make no constructive progress so long as it maintains main- main talus the present set of impossible rules The conference c code de decrees that it is improper for anyone on on the college payroll to initiate correspondence w with th a promising promising promising promis- promis ing ing athlete It specifies too that no college shall leave the campus campus cam cam- pus to interview a promising athlete or to make any speeches ches which might be construed as propaganda to aid in the recruiting recruiting recruit- recruit ing ipg of students who have outstanding athletic records It is hardly feasible for that matter to deny coaches or or outstanding authorities the privilege to le leave ve home to address 1 gatherings and organizations upon invitation And certainly no noone noone one could expect such an individual al to be discourteous ous e enough ough t to refuse a answers to questions put to him regarding the schools school's athletic equipment and advantages inasmuch h as every should do all in his power to create and develop good will toward the institution he represents It is absurd for any school to contend that it does docs absolutely nothing to sell its advantages to a prospective athlete In the if first place there are re too many individual influences at work to guarantee absolute abstinence and Wr s t j pla l t a alei e observer ver c can n. n see see too ma many y outright lf over rC the the nation to be deluded by ty I i. i wt y avowed vowed claims l. l b Nearly every person in the world has at some time or other watched a promising young athlete in action and felt an urge in his breast to counsel with the boy about where he is going to school It is natural in most cases for such an observer to recommend a certain school school- perhaps his alma mater S So long longas as such a practice is permitted l a co coach may mayuse use nse his loyal alumni members as intermediaries and thereby thereby thereby there there- by avoid the letter o of the he law but he hasn't evaded the spirit of teetotal abstinence In doing s so so he contributes to a 3 spirit of hypocrisy that tha certainly shouldn't be affiliated affiliated affil affil- with bur our sports 1 I believe a sane administration of recruiting practices would be an nn improvement over the present system because it would protect the tho young man against pressure high-pressure sales talk r The conference now declares it believes every young I man should be bo left free to follow the tho bent of his mind and the institution n which in his judgment is best suited S to provide him with training he seeks 4 t Un fortunately some of the ambassadors forget forget forget for for- get these obligations in their enthusiasm and frequently induce I a boy to attend a school that is not best fitted to serve his educational educational educational edu edu- desires If the visitation could be made openly by an accredited representative representative rep rep- re the conference could make sure that the so called recruiting officer was keeping faith with both his institution and nd the young manhood he contacted Th The tendency for subterfuge subterfuge fuge would be minimized Too frequently under wider the present conditions a high school graduate is corralled by a college and persuaded to take a business bustness busi bust ness ess or coaching course when the boy had ad his heart set on studying studying studying study study- ing law medicine or some form of science that may be a featured featured featured fea fea- department in a rival school To cry out against such practice practice t tice ce is quite as unnecessary as it would be to condemn the practice practice tice Uce of putting boys on the payroll for clock winding jobs I The K R. 1 M. M C. C is rightfully mindful that when several J schools become co competitors for a young mans man's attendance r f he is too frequently left with a distorted idea of his own importance and a discounted estimate of the educational mission But herein I believe that i again a dignified regulation regula regula- J ti tion of what approaches an nn ag agent g nt could make would alleviate alle alle- l' l viato the trouble In the final the tho discussion evolves itself into the tho I sI simple realization that tha recruiting exists call it what you I will wall and that it will be far better to regulate it on a sane basis rather than permit it to continue as a disagreeable 1 stepchild to college sports Lucky Thirteen Thirteen is a lucky number for John Innes Cruikshank 1935 pen open golf champion of Argentina and the he first foreign-born foreign pro I to win the title in inre Cruikshank a Scot won the title I on October 13 thirteen years thirteen years after his is arrival in Argentina on November 13 1922 t 0 0 I t. t Big Feet No Help I Ray Daughters the Seattle swimming c coach ch who turned out outI uch stars as Helene Madison I Jack Medica and Olive McKean i declares big feet as co commonly supposed arc are no help to I The two requisites are condition and rhythm he says Of Ofa ours a swimmer to be a s star f must have natural ability |