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SEC coaches applaud limit
on entertaining prospects
By DAVID MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ORLANDO, Fla (UPI) -
Southern Conference foot
ball coaches applaude a new
NCAA limit on entertaining
prospective players, saying it
will save major college teams
thousands of dollars every year.
The limit, virtually over
looked with so much attention
focused on the new freshman
eligibility rule, permits a school
to entertain a high school
player only once—then only on
or near the school campus.
“When you realize that a
couple of hundred schools were
spending anywhere from 50 to a
couple of hundred dollars to
entertain each of several
hundred prospects—in some
cases, a number of them
entertaining the same boy, you
then realize the kind of money
we’re talking about,’’ said
Vanderbilt Coach Bill Pace.
“I recall one time when we
wound up picking up a tab for
$240 entertaining a couple of
boys and their families and
friends in the Miami area,”
Pro footballers
still idolized?
ByPAULCORCORAN
Copley News Service
The men who play
professional football are the
idols of American youth.
Or are they?
Therein lies a question
concerning a sport that has
attracted the enthusiastic
response of millions of fans.
Iliere have been instances in
which the most prominent
names in football have been
involved in unsavory episodes
which diminished their images
as the All-American heroes of
boys who need idols on which to
build their dreams.
Several have been arrested
on drunk and reckless driving
charges. A few have been
accused of more serious of
fenses.
Warren Wells, the wide
receiver of the Oakland
Raiders, was convicted and
sent to prison for assault.
Former Cleveland Brown
fullback Jim Brown, one of the
greatest runners in the history
of the game, was accused of an
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said Pace. “Worst, we didn’t
even get one of those boys.”
“The NCAA rule gets us all
off the hook,” injected Georgia
Coach Vince Dooley. “When
we’re all held to the same
limit, the entertainment factor
should play little part in
whether you sign a boy or not.
“But you can be sure that
when there was no limit that
the manner in which a boy was
entertained played an impor
tant role.”
“The whole thing was com
pletely out of hand,” said
Auburn Athletic Director Jeff
Beard. “An assistant coach
would invite a high school star
out to dinner in his home town
and wind up taking along his
father, mother, brothers and
sisters, girl friend and who
knows who else.
“The bad part about that,
aside from all the money that
was spent, was that the coach
really never got a chance to
talk to the boy as much as he
would like to,” added Beard.
“It is always better when you
can sit down with the boy and
attack on a woman, a charge
which was subsequently
dropped. Lance Rentzel was
arrested on a morals charge.
Quarterback Bill Kilmer of
Washington was booked for
drunkenness.
The late Baltimore defensive
tackle, Big Daddy Lipscomb,
died a drug addict. Former
Green Bay star Paul Hornung
and Detroit tackle Alex Karras
were suspended by the
National Football League for a
year for betting on their own
teams.
And so it goes.
The question arises as to
whether the type of personality
bred by football is unique — the
“jock” of legend whose code is
a physical and not a moral one,
Saints
have 23
selections
NEW YORK (UPI) -The
New Orleans Saints will have
six extra choices in the 1972
college draft conducted here
Feb. 1-2 by the National
Football League.
Commissioner Pete Rozelle’s
office listed the Saints with 23
picks Wednesday. Eight other
dubs have extra choices in the
17-round draft meeting.
The Oakland Raiders are
slated for 21 picks, the
Pittsburgh Steelers and St.
Louis Cardinals will get 20
each, the Baltimore Colts have
19, and the San Diego Chargers,
San Francisco Forty Niners,
Dallas Cowboys and Cleveland
Browns 18 each.
Dallas, the Super Bowl
diampion, will pick last in the
26-team order and Miami, 24-3
loser to the Cowboys, begin
their selections next to last.
his parents in the privacy of
their home.
“The way it will work now,”
added Beard. “Coaches can
spend more of their recruiting
time on the actual business of
trying to sell the boy and his
parents on his attending their
school and not be so concerned
about entertaining them.”
The SEC coaches and athletic
directors are meeting here in
this Central Florida city to
discuss conference rule changes
which will be acted upon
Friday the presidents of the 10
conference schools meet.
The entertainment limit is no
problem since the NCAA, in its
annual meeting two weeks ago,
made that mandatory. Os far
bigger concern here, so far as
conference action is concerned,
is the NCAA “permissive” rule
which makes freshmen eligible
for varsity football and basket
ball.
SEC officials, generally, dis
approve of the rule change, but
are expected to go along with it
because the coaches fear that
failure to adopt it might give
or if the notoriety given persons
in public life, particularly in
sports and entertainment, is
such that no idol is immune
from deflation by the media.
There is the possibility that
there is a bit of both, as well as
a change in the attitude of
young fans. They no longer
have the respect, nor have the
hero worship for the adults in
any segment of public life that
was typical of youngsters even
a quarter-century ago. That
does not mean the young fans
do not admire talent and
strength; it does mean they
look on athletes as human
beings with the frailty that
individuals in all walks of life
are prone to suffer.
For every Wes Parker and
Jimmy Lefebvre who spend
months each year lecturing
youth on the hazards of drugs,
there is an athlete whose
human appetites are larger
than life and whose conduct off
the field or off the baseball
diamond is observed by the
public.
For every Kermit Alexander
who works in the ghetto with
children, there is another
athlete who feasts on the
adulation of women who are
ready to heap attention upon
him so long as he is in the
spotlight.
That really is not new. It has
been that way for years. But
there are fewer dark streets
and more television cameras to
expose such conduct to the
public.
Too, there is an element of
racial prejudice injected into
the attitudes of the fans toward
minority athletes.
Whereas someone might look
the other way when a married
white athlete dated a white
woman, the appearance of a
black halfback or a black
shortstop with a white woman
is the subject of gossip and
articles in sensational
magazines that reach the at
tention of children as well as
adults. There is still distaste
among some of mixing of the
races except on the field.
Each sport has had its bad
apples, and pro football has its
share, just as baseball,
basketball, horse racing, and
golf, despite its reputation of
gentility.
But professional football is
larger than life, and the men in
the spotlight must learn to pay
a price for success. They have
to make concessions in their
private lives, which means, in
effect, to keep them as discreet
as possible.
The professional athlete does
not have the restrictions im
posed by a University of
Michigan or Grambling College
coach who insists on neat
public appearance, politeness
and a team policy intended to
reflect favorably on the
reputation of an academic
institution.
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rival conferences and indepen
dents a recruiting edge.
“This is foremost in our
minds,” said Beard. “We’re
caught up in the domino effect
created as other conferences
vote to make their freshmen
eligible for varsity play.”
The coaches are concerned
about the fact that SEC by laws
prohibit taking official action on
the recently adopted rule at
this annual meeting, (confer
ence regulations require three
weeks notice before a proposal
can be brought up for a vote
and the NCAA action is less
than two weeks old.)
However, SEC Commissioner
A.M. “Tonto” Coleman said it
is possible that a rule to make
freshmen eligible for varsity
competition might be tacked on
as an amendment to some
other proposal already on the
agenda for Friday’s voting
session.
Widespread speculation at the
SEC annual meeting has Pace
filling the vacant coaching job
at Georgia Tech. Pace has been
sidestepping questions about
this speculation.
Oregon
coach
resigns
EUGENE, Ore. (UPI) —
Jerry Frei, who had only one
winning season in five as head
football coach at the University
of Oregon, quit under fire
Wednesday, and an assistant
coach quickly became a conten
der for the job.
Dick Enright, 37, who had a
brilliant high school coaching
record after graduating from
USC and playing a year with
the Los Angeles Rams, an
nounced, he was applying for
Frei’s job. Enright, who had a
75-5 record with Gardena
(Calif.) High school in eight
years, had his professional
playing career terminated by
an automobile accident.
Enright, who was a starting
guard for USC in 1953-56, was
offensive line coach since
joining the Webfoots in 1970.
Frei, 47, who had come under
pressure after a 5-6 season in
1971 that included the fifth
straight loss to arch-rival
Oregon State, had his only
winning season in 1970 when the
Ducks were 6-4-1. During that
year he was twice named
United Press International
Coach of the Week —beating
USC, 10-7, and previously
unbeaten Air Force, 46-35, both
in Eugene.
Frei’s overall record at
Oregon, where he had been
assistant coach for 12 years
before becoming head coach,
was 22-29-2 in five years.
Frei said his future plans
were indefinite.
Jackets
outscore
Dolphins
The Yellow Jackets outscored
the Dolphins 54-42 yesterday in
the Senior Boys League.
Arthur Reid scored 19 points
for the Jackets and Ted Manolis
made 13. Tyrone Maddox made
18 for the Dolphins and Tony
Williams made nine.
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By United Press International
South Car. 80 Niagara 69
Duke 86 Canisius 58
Penn St. 83 Gettysburg 53
Marshall 81 Miami (O.) 63
W.Va. Tech 98 Concord 61
Navy 77 Haverford 58
Florida St. 105 South Ala. 72
Dayton 76 Cincinnati 60
Ohio U. 88 Vir. Tech 79
North Car. 92 Wake Forest 77
Hillside 84 Albion 70
Pennsylvania 74 Villanova 64
Mercer 93 South Florida 88
St. Anselm’s 67 Stonehill 65
Olivet 100 Mercy 97
Citadel 86 Arkansas St. 48
Albright 68 Del. Valley 57
Dickinson 89 Muhlenberg 74
Western Mich. 70 Ball St. 60
Fordham 81 Seton Hall 74
Marquette 80 Loyola, 111. 70
Rice 96 AIA 87
North Tex. St. 74 Wichita St. 63
Abilene Chris. 76 Air Force 70
Lamar U. 95 Sam Houston 88
Pittsburgh 91 Bucknell 67
Providence 87 Fairfield 75
Oakland 109 Grand Vai. 95
Eastern 111. 100 DePauw 86
DePaul 79 Wis-Green Bay 67
Assumption 94 Clark 89
Holy Cross 80 Colgate 78
Wooster 98 John Carroll 69
Toledo 76 Bowling Green 53
Wittenberg 56 Cent. St. 52
Defiance 73 Findlay 58
Phila. Tex. 72 Scranton 62
Kings 81 Gannon 63
Urbana 88 Rio Grande 86
Akron 87 Buffalo 68
Speier
signs
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -
Chris Speier is the first San
Francisco Giant signed up for
the new season.
Speier came to Candlestick
Park Wednesday for a brief
conference with Jerry Dopovan,
owner Horace Stoneham’s chief
aide, and agreed to terms.
Manager Charlie Fox credits
Speier for sparking the Giants
to their National League West
victory in 1971.
Tomboys
trip
Scotties
The Tomboys beat Scotties 16-
11 yesterday in the Rick Barry
League.
Sally Ramsey scored six
points for the Tomboys and Lisa
Ward made three. Kathy
McKoon and Kathy Walton
scored four for Scotties.
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Wooden builds
character, victory
ByPAULCORCORAN
Coplev News Service
LOS ANGELES — One of the
oldest sports cliches is that a
coach strives above everything
else to build character in his
players. Too often, it is used as
an excuse for failure.
But UCLA basketball coach
Johnny Wooden succeeds in
both winning, and in his per
sonal style of character
building. His record of five
successive national collegiate
champions, and seven title
winners in eight years, is un
paralleled in the history of the
sport.
In truth, the Wooden method
is too complex to say that he
tries simply to build character.
To play for the man, you have
to discipline yourself. And for
most of the athletes who have
played under Wooden, the
discipline learned on the
Westwood campus has in
fluenced the rest of their lives,
regardless of whether they
played later as professionals.
Sometimes acceptance of the
virtue of self-discipline did not
come when the boys were still
in school. But eventually, it
came as they achieved
maturity.
“Not everyone liked it when
they were in UCLA” Wooden
said philosophically, “but
many of them came to me after
leaving school and agreed that
the self-discipline they learned
was good for them.”
Wooden, the former Purdue
player and coach, is Dr.
Wooden on the staff of the
UCLA athletic department.
And he does not necessarily
feel a sense of accomplishment
only when he turns out pro
basketball players of the
caliber of Lew Alcindor
(Kareem Jabbar), Gail
Goodrich, Sidney Wicks or Walt
Hazzard.
“More of my players turned
out to be lawyers than
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professional basketball
players,” Wooden said with
pride. “And others became
doctors and dentists.”
Coaching college basketball,
Wooden said in an interview,
means a new challenge from
year to year.
“I tell each team it has its
own identification,” Wooden
said, “and I do not compare it
with the Alcindor team, or any
other.
“This team,” he said of the
current squad, “is more like
the 1964-65 squad. It is fast and
it presses. It is a young team
and an exciting team. It will
make mistakes but it is going to
produce as it plays together.”
Wooden is very high on guard
Henry Bibby, his senior ex
perienced guard, and
sophomore Bill Walton, a 6-
foot-11 center. “I am very
happy with Walton. He is team
oriented,” he said. And that
means a lot to Wooden, whose
insistence on unselfishness was
so contagious, even Alcindor
caught the bug.
Kramer relieved
ASHLAND, Ore. (UPI) -
Larry Kramer, head football
coach at Southern Oregon
College for the past two years,
was relieved of his duties
Wednesday.
Kramer’s record at Southern
Oregon was 3-16.
Winners named
NEW YORK (UPI) -James
M. Schoonmaker II of Miami,
Fla., and Jane Pegel of
Williams Bay, Wis., were
named Wednesday the 1971
Martini & Rossi Yachtsman
and Yachtswoman of the Year.
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Friendly Rivals
It seems as if every time Jack Nicklaus
(crouching at left) turns around lately,
there is Lee Trevino. But the rivalry
between the two top golfers is a friendly
one, despite appearances above.
Would Johnny ever consider
coaching a professional team?
“I have considered that a
couple of times,” Wooden
reflected, “but then I decided
against it. It has no real appeal
for me. Having new players
every year or two years is more
of a challenge to me. Coaching
the professionals, you have a
more constant supply of talent.
A player might be with you 10
years instead of one or two.”
Wooden’s remarkable suc
cess at least in part is due to his
discipline of himself and
constant reevaluation of the
talent he has. The Bruins may
fast break one year, press
another, or use their height and
strength to control the
rebounds, as they did a year
ago.
Wooden does not lose his
temper often in public, and
when he does, it makes news.
The UCLA coach recently
exploded, not because someone
accused the Bruins of having a
weak schedule, "but because I
thought writers were
demeaning an opponent.”
Wooden sounded almost
apologetic. But the UCLA
record stands for itself, and it is
nothing to apologize about.
Martin’s
defeats
Stickguards
Martin’s BP beat the
Stickguards 66-46 last night in
the Adult Basketball League.
Ken Strickland scored 16
points for Martin’s and Tommy
Andrews made 11. Tom
Grayson scored 15 for the
Stickguards and Ted Wilson
scored 11.