THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 'PAP-V IVTPLTV T l MI l EA 11 IF1lAJIV F~AUL \I\L a Dismissal Big Ten Hands Down Scandal Ultimatum of Illinois Coaches Asked * * * * * * Dye Named NU Director By The Associated Press CHICAGO - Big Ten athletic directors yesterday called for Illi- nois to dismiss football coach Pete Elliott, basketball coach Harry Combers and assistant basketball coach Howard Braun, or show cause why the school's member- ship in the conference should not be suspended or terminated. Illinois has five days to decade whether to appeal the ruling in its athletic slush fund scandal to faculty representatives. In Violation The athletic directors, sitting as a jury in trying the Illini's self- acknowledged financial aid irreg- ularities, said that Elliott, Combes and Braun "have been in violation of certain conference rules and regulations relating to financial assistance to athletes and to the source and uses of funds in the recruiting of athletes." The directors voted unanimously to invoke the penalty prescribed in this conference rule:. "Any member university which employs or retains on its athletic staff anyone who has violated, or Ilni Reply Due Today By The Associated Press hr CHAMPAIGN - The president of the University of Illinois said last night he will issue a state- ment "no later than tomorrow" on the Big Ten athletic directors' demand that the school show cause why three Illinois coaches should not be dismissed. Dr. David D. Henry said he would await a full report by James Costello, his special assist- ant and personal representative, who attended the athletic direc- tors' meeting in Chicago yesterday. "I'm sure we'll have something. to release on the subject and it won't be later than tomorrow," said Dr. Henry, adding: "It's not a very pleasant situation, that s for certain.". No Comment Head football coach Pete Elliott, reached by radio station WSOY of Decatur, and basketball coach Harry Combes, from his home here, both declined comment and said any statement would have to come fron President Henry. Elliott appeared stunned when Sid Rotz, WSOY sports director, read him an account of the Big Ten directors' ultimatum. He ask- ed that the story be read to him three times, then said: "Any statement would have to come through the offic als of the University." Combes, reached by the Asso- ciated Press, said, "No comment. Prof. Henry will make any neces- sary statement and that's it." who has been a party to a viola- tion of the provisions of this rule recruiting regulation, or who en- courages others to violate this rule shall be required to show cause why its membership in the confer- ence should not be suspended or terminated." Appeal is open, not only to the university, but also to the affect- ed staff members. Illinois Gets the Dirty Work In the absence of any appeal, the recommended penalty will necesarrily be referred to the fac- ulty represent)tives for imple- mentation since only that gr )up can act upon membership status," said Commissioner Bill Reed. The athletic directors also re- ferred to the faculty representa- tives the fina! determination of eligibility of 12 Illinois football and basketball players, who re- ceived unauthci ized financial as- sistance. Reed said the athletic diretors to protect the rights of appeal, agreed that they would make no further comment at this time and directed Reed to do likewise. Either Or... Reed added that Illinois' mem- bership in the conference hinges on whether or not the coachesare retained. The Illini scandal, involving only $21,000 in an off-campus fund administered by alumni, ex- ploded early last December in the midst of the school's search for an athletic director to replace Doug Mills, who resigned earlier. On Dec. 23, Illinois indefinitely suspended seven footbail players and five basketball players who benefitted with 17 former Illini athletes from the unauthorized fund over the past five yeqrs. The school also placed Elliott. and Combes on one year proba- tion, banning both from personal contact recruiting. There will be a power weight- lifting contest tonight at 7:30. Anyone interested may attend and participate in the event, which is to Abe held in the IM Building. The Michigan Judo Club will hold a meet at 7 tonight in the Wrestling Room of the IM Build- ing. The opponent is Eastern Michigan and admission is free. Pete Elliott: GridCoach CHAMPAIGN (P)-Threat of dismisal at Illinois hit head foot- ball coach Pete Elliott at a time things appeared to be on upswing for his Fighting Illini. The Illini dipped to a -4-6 over- al record last season, but Elliott effectively brought along a solid sophomore crop which had some experts tabbing the team as a strong 1967 Big Ten contender. At that, the 1966 Illini finished in a third-place tie with Michigan at 4-3, following a rollercoaster pattern Pete had since his arrival from California in 1960. Elliott, with a freshly-scrubbed All-America boy look, is a veteran of 18 years of major college coach- ing. He grew up in Bloomington, 50 miles from the Illini campus, and won all-state quarterback honors in high school there. He also starred in basketball and baseball. He joined the Navy Air Force after high school, spent one year at Park College in Missouri and then transferred to Michigan. He became the only 12-letterman in Michigan history. He was a quarterback on the 1947 Michigan team that romped over Southern California 49-0 in the Rose Bowl and the 1948 Big Ten and national championship team. He become the third Illinois head coach since 1913 when he took over the Illini in 1960. Bob Zuppke and Ray Eliot had pre- ceded him. He and brother Bump became the only head coaching brother act in Big Ten history. Two of Elliott's greatest stars were linebacker Dick Butkus, 1963- 64, and fullback Jim Grabowski, 1964-65. r His seven year record at Illinois{ was 31-34-1. Harry Combes: Cage Coach CHAMPAIGN(,')-Only the latej Bob Zuppke, for 29 seasons the football wizard of Illinois, has had a longer Illini head coaching ca- reer than Harry Combes, the dis- missed - threatened basketball mentor. This was the 20th season for the thin, solemn-faced Combes but no sooner had it started than the school uncovered financial aid ir- regularities which brought on a Big Ten investigation and stripped Combes of five players, including two stars. The scandal broke Dec. 23 and scoring leader Rich Jones and star center Ron Dunlap, along with two reserves and a freshman were suspended indefinitely. Combes' immediate offer to quit was rejected by the school. Combes graduated from Illinois in 1937 and joined Champaign High School as an assistant coach in basketball and football and head baseball coach. Combes was named Illinois' head basketball coach in 1948 and in the next 19 years he produced four Big Ten champions and ony one of his teams finished under .500 for the season. Last year Combes reached the 300th victory plateau and No. 300 was a 99-93 triumph over Mich- igan's eventual champions at Ann Arbor. By The Associated Press EVANSTON-Tippy Dye, a little chap with a big personality, switched as athletic director yes- terday from Nebraska, a Big Eight football power, to Northwestern University. the Big Ten's smallest and only private school. Dye, 51, paid his second luter- view visit here Tuesday and made an overnight decision at Lincoln,' Neb., to accept the Northwestern athletic directorship vacated Dec. 1 by Stu Holcomb. Holcomb, like Dye a former, Ohio State star athlete, resigned to become general manager of the Chicago Mustangs in the new North America Soccer League. No Contract As a Northwestern administra- tor, also appointed a professor in the department of athletics in the college of arts and sciences, Dye will serve without a contract at the pleasure of the school presi- dent, Dr J. Roscoe Miller. His salary is estimated at be- tween $20,000 and $25,000 an- nually. "I made the decision with mix- ed emotions, leaving Nebraska is not an easy thing to do," said Dye, a brilliant all-around athlete at 5-foot-7 and 140 pounds. He graduated to basketball coaching jobs at, Ohio State and Washington and athletic director- ships at Wichita and Nebraska. "We have a fine athletic pro- gram at Nebraska, made possible by a splendid staff and the won- derfu cooperation of thehpeople of the state. Hired Devaney "A t the same time, I feel it is a great honor and a challenge to accept the Northwestern position. I also look forward to renewing my associations with the Big Ten." Dye came to Nebraska in 1961 after the Cornhuskers had six losing football seasons. He hired Bob Devaney, his likely successor as athletic director, who zoomed Nebraska to national prominence with an over-all 44-8 record. Contrasted with Nebraska's Big Eight dominance last season, Northwestern's Wildcats under Alex Agase finished seventh in the Big Ten with 2-4-1. The Wildcats haven't had a winning season since Ara Parsegh-I ian posted 5-4 in 1963 before hex switched to a highly-successful re- gime at Notre Dame. Competition At Northwestern, Dye will over- see athletic fortunes at a school with an undergraduate enrollment of 6000, high tuition, high en- trance requirements and tough re- cruiting against the other state- supported Big Ten members and Notre Dame. Reportedly, Dye was receiving $20,000 annually at Nebraska where he also hired Joe Cipriano, one of his old Washington cagers, and perked up the caliber of Husk- er basketball in recent seasons. President Miller commented, "We look forward to Tippy Dye's continued success at Northwest- ern, which recognizes the value of intercollegiate athletics but places paramount importance on the uni- versity's high standards of ad- mission, scholarship and re- search." As an Ohio State athlete, Dye quarterbacked the Buckeyes' 1936 Big Ten championship football team and twice won all-confer- ence honors in basketball. "I haven't stayed anywhere very long-nine years at Washington the most--and at 51 this probably is my last move," said Dye. Graduate Student Informal Coffee Hour TODAY 3:30-5:30 P.M. 0 The Paulist Father is a modern man in every sense of the word. He is a man of this age, cognizant of the needs of modern men. He is free from stifling formalism, is a pioneer in using contemporary ways to work with, for and among 100 million non-Catholic Amer- icans. He is a missionary to his own people-the American people. 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