:TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1868 THE MICH16AN DAILY PAGE NINE TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1968 riflE MICHIGAN DAiLY PAGE NINE 4 Garden, By JOEL BLOCK Daily News Analysis The latest development of the NCAA-AAU feud is an outburst by AAU Executive Director Don Hull that track stars who compete in the February 9th Madison Square Garden Invitational Track meet may be ineligible for the Olympics. The meet is sponsored by the United States Track and Field Federation, a body which includes not only the NCAA, but also the National Federation of High School Athletes, the National Jun- ior College Athetic Association, and the U.S. Track Association. The USTFF is an organization of track organizations whose pur- pose is to promote track and field in the United States. Reporting Hull stated that since the US- TFF has refused to ask the AAU' to put its blessings on the meet, he will report the names of the participating athletes to the In- ternational Amateur Athletic Fed- eration. This, he claims, will cost the athletes their eligibility in the upcoming Summer Olympics in Mexico City. But the other side fails to agree. Reverend Wilfred Crowley, Presi- dent of the USTFF, tosses Hull's threats off with "This is just 40 another ploy by the AAU to un- dermine the USTFF. Neither he nor anybody else in the AAU has the power to declare an athlete ineligible for the Olympics just because the athlete competes in a USTFF track meet." Hull bases his charges on one fact: The AAU owns the United States membership in the In- ternational Amateur A t h l e t i c How They Fared By The Associated Press How the Top Ten teams in The Associated Press college basketball poll did last week and last night: 1. UCLA, 12-0, beat California 94-64, beat Stanford 75-63. 2. Houston, 16-0, beat West Texas 98-53. 3. North Carolina, 11-1, beat N.C. State 68-66, beat Clemson 115-83. 4. Kentucky, 10-2, beat Alabama 84-76, lost to Florida 96-78, beat Georgia 104-73. 5. Tennessee, 10-1, beat Vander- bilt 64-62, beat Georgia 77-72, beat Florida 67-51. 6. Utah, 13-1, beat Arizona State 109-77, beat Arizona 83-77 in over- time. 7. St: Bonaventure, 12-0, beat DePaul 77-67. 8. Vanderbilt, 11-3, lost to Ten- nessee 64-62, beat Mississippi 96- 70. 9. New Mexico, 14-0, beat Wyo- ming 81-65. 10. Columbia, 10-3, beat Col- gate 94-68. Trackmen Face Olympic Ban Commissioner Reed Foresees * * * * * * WCN Claim of Elliott as AD Considered Only Speculation By CLARK NORTON Sports Editor In the latest of a recent flurry of speculations concerning the re-a placement of H.O. (Fritz) Crisler as Michigan Athletic Director, campus radio station WCBN yes- terday claimed, in a story carried by both major wire services, that Chalmers (Bump) Elliott, foot- ball coach, will be named to the Tpost February 16. THEODORE KHEEL "We have had no official con- Union, the organization hih Is firmation of Elliott's selection in charge of certifying the ama- w hatsoever,"thKentaWilson sport in carg ofcerifyng he ma-director of the station, told TheE teur standings of athletes all over Daily last night. "Our story was the world. Day astln an.cy base entrel U n a.. gener on- sS nor the Regents have considered any names yet." Fleming has told The Daily that he will not reach a decision con- cerning a new athletic director until the Regents approve pro- posals for reorganizing the Ath- letic Department, explaining that "certain candidates would fit bet- ter into one set-up, and certain candidates better in another." Fleming has expressed hope that the proposals can be submit- ted to the Regents at their regu- lar meeting this Friday, although The Daily learned yesterday that no consideration of the proposals is listed at this time on Friday's official agenda, nor is there any planned consideration of the new athletic director at that time. Why Feb. 16? Wilson told The Daily that WCBN had cited February 16 as the date on which Elliott would be named "because that is the date of the next regularly sched- uled Regents meeting after this Friday." Fleming has indicated to The 007: License to ... He says this membership card gives the AAU the licence to regu- late all domestic track meets in- volving non - collegiate partici- pants. Since several non-collegiate track stars are scheduled to com- pete in the Madison Square Gar- den meet (notably Tommie Smith and Charlie Green. who both hold world sprint records), the AAU supposedly has a claim to the gate receipts, eligibility dues, TV monies, and all the other goodies which come with an outstanding track meet.t Father Crowley doesn't think much of Hull's logic. "Neither the AAU nor the IAAF can tell the American people how to run a track meet in their own country. The only thing they can do is to c e r t i f y an athlete's amateur standing, and that's determined by his adherence to the interna- tional amateur code." Both Crowley and NCAA Pres- ident Marcus Plant agree on the AAU's motive in their latest blast at the USTFF, and in turn, the NCAA. "They're trying to scare our athletes into hesitating to compete in the track meet," said Plant. "They tried this same stunt last year and it was unsuccessful. It'll probably be unsuccessful again this year." While all this bickering is going on, an Arbitration Board chaired by labor relations expert Theo- dore Kheel is mulling over possible solutions to the dispute. They've been pondering this problem for the last two years with little suc- cess but Kheel recently announced that a decision will be reached before the crucial Feb. 9th meet takes place. sensus of views and opinions we obtained from people within theI Athletic Department and the news media. No one has ever specifical- ly told us that Bump Elliott will be athletic director." President Robben Fleming, who is responsible for choosing the new athletic director with the ap- proval of the Regents, told The Daily last night that "Neither I Daily that he would submit his choice for athletic director to the Regents as soon as possible after they approved the proposals for" reorganization of the Athletic De- partment, but that "it is impos- sible at this time to say just when that will be, and so it's very hard to say when I will be able to sub- mit my choice for athletic di- rector'.' WCBN further cited June 30,: the end of the 1967 fiscal year, as the date that Elliott would take over the post. Crisler, however, has not yet stated when he planss to retire, although the dates Aprilj 30, the end of the academic year, and June 30 have often been mentioned as likely possibilities. Elliott Elliott told The Daily yester- day that "I haven't been contact- ed officially or unofficially about having been named athletic di- rector. No one has said anything to me about it at all. The story was pure conjecture and has caused me great embarrassment." The wire services later an- nounced that they would kill the; story, and print retractions to that effect. B illboard .*.*.* mm .. *.*.*.*.* .. .. .*.* .*. . . . . :.*. . *. ** i ri 1 1 l i Trouble for Frosh Competition By ANDY BARBAS that if the athlete chose a Big Ten the first year to get acclimated to- Daily News Analysis school, he would have to sit out a wards school." "'I don't foresee the Big Ten year and only be eligible for three Reed also wondered "why the making freshmen eligible in var- years. proponents of the measure felt sity athletic competition," stated Reed admitted, "This probably that football and basketball should Big Ten commissioner William would be the case, but I would rec- be excluded from the ruling. These Reed yesterday. omend that the Big Ten work to- athletes are no different from This comment came in response wards' the repeal of the rule na- those in the other sports. to the recent passage by the Na- tionally, rather than adopting it + A number of coaches were espe- tional Collegiate Athletic Asso- for the Big Ten." cially disturbed over the timing of diation (NCAA) of a rule permit- He continued, "I believe in that the NCAA ruling. Iowa's Sam ting freshmen to compete in all var- which has been fundamental in Bailie, who last year led his gym- sity competition excluding footballi the Big Ten for over 60 years, third place in the national tourna- and basketball. The rule, which namely the importance of aca- traetemnagdna th went into effect immediately, al- demics to the college athlete. A ment, was extremely enraged. "The lows athletes four years of col- student attending a Big Ten timing of this rule by the NCAA legiate eligibility, but is not re- school needs the year to adjust to is asinine," he exclaimed. It should troactive to include any students the work load, athletic and schol-:yer.engpthinto effectiext who were freshman before the astic, with which he is burdened." year. Making the rule effective im- 1967-968 choo yea. ,mediately is like eliminating the 1967-1968 school year. "This year also gives the student two point football conversion in When the proposal was brought a chance to become oriented to- the middle of a season." up at the NCAA convention last wards the differences in competing While most of the Big Ten week, it was opposed by Big Ten in collegiate sports." coaches agreed that the rule should schools. It passed, however, by a Michigan State's gymnastic not have been made effective until slim, 163-160 margin, coach, George Szypula, agreed next fall, they were split on the IReed dispelled any hopes of Big eed dspelle ampny hs of Bigwith Reed: "I'm really not sure if general principle of freshmen com- Ten freshmen competing this year t-,-.. t ~ ..,han ,ni't:h I favor the rule, an athlete needs peting on a varsity level. by declaring that 'there won't e -- any special session to consider the question. It will probably be brought up during our regular meetings either in March or May." If the Big Ten does not consider the question before spring, colleges which have approved the ruling will have an advantage in NCAA The book national tournaments this year. th sent The effect could be even more at significant if the Big Ten does eto not allow freshmen to compete Debray next year.p i Recruiters from other schools would have an advantage over Big Ten schools in that they could of- fer athletes four years of varsity REVOLUTION IN competition while pointing out THE REVOLUTION?ByRI',. ----By REGIS DEBRAY "Indispensable reading." I KE P HE D-limes Literary KEEP AHEAD Supplement (London) I OF YOUR HAIR! ;Icily brilliant." B Alcindor May Miss Game in Astrodome APERBACK! IGIS DEBRAY gTION '4 ' LOS ANGELES VP)-The injury to the left eye of UCLA basketball star Lew Alcindor is more serious than at first believed and there's a possibility he may miss next weekend's game with Houston which pits the nation's two top teams. 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