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‘ CHICAGO, OCT. 24-=(UP)=-THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION STUDIED NEW MEANS TODAY FOR CONTINUING ITS "HIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL" ANTI-GAMBLING CAMPAIGN FOR AS MANY YEARS AS NECESSARY.

DRe WILBUR Cs SMITH OF LOUISIANA STATE, CHAIRMAN OF THE NeCeAeA.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHICH ENDED A TWO-DAY MEETING YESTERDAY, CALLED
THE PROGRAM A “HUGE SUCCESS.® , :

HE SAID N.CeAeA. MEMBERS, WHICH INCLUDE MOST OF THE NATION'S
LEADING UNIVERSITIES, WOULD POOL THEIR INFORMATION AT THE N.CeAcAs'S
ANNUAL CONVENTION IN ST. LOUIS JAN. 9-10 AND MAP A NEW 1946 PROGRAM
TO COUNTERACT THE "MONEY MENACE.”

THE NeCeAeAse BEGAN CRACKING DOWN ON GAMBLERS AFTER THE BROOKLYN
BASKETBALL SCANDAL LAST YEAR, LAYING DOWN A DEFINITE PLAN OF
ATTACK AT ITS JANUARY MEETING THIW YEAR.

KENNETH L. (TUG) WILSON, BIG“TEN ATHLETIC COMMISSIONER AND
SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE NeCeAeAs, SAID ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WERE
PREPARED TO WORK FOR YEARS IN AN EFFORT TO STAMP OUT BETTING.

"THE TRUE JOB IS TO KEEP GAMBLERS AWAY FROM THE PLAYERS AND IT
IS THERE WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST WORK,® WILSON SAID.

THE SCHOOLS HAVE DONE A “REMARKABLE JOB," WILSON SAID. "THEY
HAVE BEEN DILIGENT IN WIPING OUT GAMBLING ON THE CAMPUS AND IN
THE STADIUM AND PUBLICITY DIRECTORS HAVE REFUSED TO GIVE OUT ‘TEAM
DOPE’, THEREBY CUTTING OFF GAMBLERS AND BOOKIES FROM THEIR INFORMATION
SOURCE." :

WILSON SAID THE JOB WAS SQUARELY UP TO EACH INSTITUTION.

"CURE GAMBLING AT THE SITE OF THE GAME AND YOU ELIMINATE THE RISK,"
HE EXPLAINED. “WE WILL JUST HAVE TO KEEP PLUGGING AWAY, CUTTING THEM
‘DOWN WHERE WE CAN YEAR BY YEAR UNTIL THE MENACE IS STAMPED OUT.”

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