Salt Lake Telegram | 1945-05-25 | Page 20 | Big 10 Asks Curb on Sport Laxity

Big 10 Asks Curb On Sport Laxity CHAl CHAMPAIGN III Ill May lay 25 UP tIP Big Big Ten athletic directors and faculty representatives held one of their most Important meetings 5 mince Bince Pearl Harbor today The two groups in a joint join t session ses ses- sion zion behind closed doors discussed of eligibility rules which were relaxed to aid wartime wartime war war- time participation and the subsidizing subsidizing subsidizing sub sub- and recruitment of freshmen fresh fresh- men inert athletes long a sore point in intercollegiate sports circles Although there was no official announcement it was reported that the conference will ask hsk sk Lt J. J g. g Paul Brown for an nn explanation tion of his attempts to sl sign n undergraduate undergraduate undergraduate under under- graduate Ohio State football players play play- ers for postwar service with his Cleveland team of the America All-America football conference Brown Bro former Ohio State football football football foot foot- foot foot- ball coach now head grid coach at Great Lakes has signed a contract contract contract con con- tract as general manager and head coach of the projected Cleveland professional team Brown was expected ex ex- to attend yesterdays yesterday's meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing of football coaches as a Great Lakes representative but failed to appear Several times the conference has been on the verge of passing legislation legislation legislation legis legis- lation which would prohibit professional professional pro pro- football clubs from raiding raid raid- jn ing Big Ten schools and it was reported today that L. L W. W St. St John Ohio Ohto State athletic director is asking again for some type of protective measure