Show 0 1 R CE R RECENTLY DECENTLY Y there has been a large turmoil over the Ogden Miller of Yale interview and the conflict between the purists and the in hi footballs football's happy or unhappy family Nothing new was either uncovered uncovered uncovered ered or discovered It was merely the revamping of an age old argument argument ment and conflict conflicto o J Y If you felt like walking that far we could take you back 30 years or more I M through the same J old argument And I let you finish where p you started Vie The only differ differ- difference difference ence once is that in the thelast thelast Grantland Rice last few years the theline theline theline line has been much more sharply drawn drawn and and in the fu fu- future future ture it may even reach a razor edge There isn't any questioning the fact that too many man colleges overdo their football collecting There isn't any questioning the fact that col col- colleges colleges leges with stricter entrance require require- requirements requirements requirements ments and higher scholastic stand stand- standards standards standards ards are at al a disadvantage in meet- meet meetIng meeting meetIng Ing opponents who have no such barriers to face ere are arc of course always ex ex- Cornell and Pennsylvania are Ivy institutions and yet they manage to hit the jackpot with reg reg- Badly Tangled On a general scale there is en en- entirely entirely entirely too much recruit- recruit recruiting recruiting ing Jig and paying for good players in what should be the greatest of all amateur games But it is a tangled intricate scheme when you come to locating the he true answer I dont don't believe there here is one in a game gamo that has such a direct appeal to so many millions Many ask Why shouldn't a poorboy poor poorboy boy oy who can play football have his way paid through college with some something something thing in the side when he is play play- mg ing ng before gate receipts that range ge gefrom from rom to per game I Doesn't he at least earn an education education tion Oon The answer is O. O K if the college feels that way about it but let those colleges play among themselves They have too great an edge on those hose who happen to feel otherwise It i isn't fair competition How Can You lOll l' l Oll Stop SLOp It I know of more than one strong college outfit where the students get no help through college But wealthy and md influential alumni get summer jobs for the leading players that net from rom to a month plus board oard no working experience re re- I know of others who play before time big crowds where each play play- player er is given from 5 to 10 tickets per game which net from 25 to 50 per contest The ticket request is made for or the tho family This isn't much money Possibly a year plus a scholarship and andall andall andall all other expenses paid But it still isn't alfalfa After talking with a large number of football coaches my guess is that th t tat at least 75 per cent of the better players belong to the or orald paid ald for group one way or another But when an enthusiastic group of alumni get to work 1 I cant can't see anyway any anyway anyway way you can stop them For this work may not even reach the no- no noice notice notice tice ice of or the college or the football coach The deal may be made with the he boys boy's father who isn't likely to talk alk about it Part Jart of o f the Answer The main trouble of course is the demand for a winning team But unfortunately not every team can win So the problem is shoved along alongo to o the coach The coach doesn't want to lose his job The chances are he also has a family to look after If the alumni wont won't get him players he must do his part part part-or or jot get fired rued College football in two months draws far more spectators than big league eague baseball draws in six months far far more It has grown into big time tune Big league teams can lose a alock flock lock of games and still draw Col- Col College College lege ege teams cant can't afford to lose many manyin in n a season especially where there Is ls no traditional rivalry to help lure out the crowds Part of the answer Is working its way out through conference sched sched- ules The Ivy league now rarely lea leaves eaves ves its own borders The Big Hig fen Ten wanders more but not too much There are arc now supervisors I in the Big Ten the Pacific Coast and the South where in certain col col- colleges leges too many have come from far- far off places to play Teams with about the same scho scho- scholastic scholastic scholastic lastic ranking and the same meth meth- methods methods methods of ethics should play among themselves Well We'll take the Southwest They help their athletes But in the main they are all Texas Texas' players At S. S M. M UM U. U Matty Bell told me we have 35 men on the squad three Thirty Thi three ty-three are from Texas The Theother T Theother other two from Oklahoma and Mis Mis- Missouri Missouri just across the borderline West The Th new director on the coast has already thrown out ou a flock of budding stars who were improperly improperly prop prop- erly brought in |