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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Jan. 10, 1963
U.S. Track Groups Submit to Arbitration
Bv Roy Miller
The future of U.S. track and field competition lies in the hands of three athletic organizations and a retired Army general.
A civil war of track has drawn attention from Attorney General Robert Kennedy and President John Kennedy may be on its way toward resolvement.
YESTERDAY, THE President's plea to arbitrate the squabble was accepted by the Amateur Athletic Union, the United States Track and Field Federation and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, a supporter of the USTFF.
As announced earlier, Gen. Douglas MacArthur will be the arbitrator of this sports war.
The feud, in short, involves the NCAA-sponsored USTFF's desire to gain a share of the control of track athletes and programs now held by the AAU.
AND, AFTER TWO and a half years of bickering, it doesn't appear that the AAU is about to give up its powers in track and field
without a fight, at least not in or of an organization supported by the NCAA.
MacArthur served in a similar capacity in 1928. At issue in the 20's was who had rightful control of American athletes for the Amsterdam Games. Now in jeopardy is American participation in the 1964 Olympic Games and other international events.
Yesterday's announcement pleased KU track coach Bill Easton. But Easton, like the rest of the nation's college track coaches, won't be content until the fight has ceased.
"WHEN THE situation gets so bad that President Kennedy is concerned, then it indicates our country is being affected," Easton recently said in an interview.
"I have the feeling that he situation as it now stands sort of points up the position of the AAU in this whole squabble. They are not interested in losing their hold on athletes—either during college or after college."
Easton feels the federation "is representative for all the people who
Phi Kappa Theta Continues To Roll,Defeats Kappa Sig
Phi Kappa Thea continued their hold on Division I of Fraternity Intramural "A" play defeating Kappa Sigma 42-33 for their third win of the year.
Sandy Cahill led the winners with 16 points while Chuck Dobson was high for the losers with 14. The Fhi Kappa Thetas have defeated Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Beta Theta Pi.
Defending hill champion Beta Theta Pi had little trouble in handling Sigma Chi their second loss of the year 65-28. John Atkinson led the winners with 14 points while Lee Ayres scored eight for the losers.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon won handlel over Tau Kappa Epsilon 56-27, Jack
Galloway and Dave Stilton led the winners with 14 points each; Ron Frede scored 11 for the TKE's.
In other intramural play:
Fraternity C
Sigma Alpha Epsilon #1 25, Sigma
Phi Epsilon #1 20
Tau Kappa Epsilon 49, Phi Gamma
Delta #5 11
Alpha Tau Omega #1 24, Kappa
Sigma #1 23
Pi Delta Theta #2 41, Beta Theta
Pi #6 16
Phi Delta Theta #3 29, Beta Theta
Phi Delta Theta #3 29, Beta Theta
Pi #5 28
Scramblers 23, JRP Hawks 11
PIR #2 24, AFROTC 22
Beanners 22, Phi Eps 27
Independent C
are interested in track in the United States—the colleges, the junior colleges, the universities, the YMCA's, the military, everyone."
And, it's a fact that even the AAU has been invited to join the federation. But, it's not probable that the AAU would extend a similar invitation to the federation.
THE BATTLE for power has become so fierce in the past 10 days that the NCAA has proposed an amendment to its by-laws which would reflect on the AAU.
The proposed amendment would cut any collegiate athlete's eligibility one year short if the athlete participates in any open meet.
The AAU has suspended Southern Illinois sprinter Jim Dupree for participating in a USTF meet. Dupre ran in the KU relays last year
and the KU-SIU cross country meet this fall.
AAU ruling knocks Dupree out of contention in the Knights of Columbus Games to be held this weekend in Boston, and subsequent AAU meets he had planned to enter.
"THE KANSAS RELAYS will be held," Easton said of one of the three major open track meets in the Midlands, the others being the Texas and Drake Relays.
"But I'm just sitting here waiting in regard to extending invitations to non-collegiate performers. Unless the arbitration goes through, we'll not have any outsiders at all." Easton said.
Easton blames the feud on the AAU. "Because of some six or eight men in the AAU, the group is holding out on the rest of the nation.
These people have a stranglehold on the AAU."
"The personnel of both sides of this dispute are well known to me. They are splendid sportsmen whom I hold in the highest esteem. I am sure they really need no formal arbitrator. Their own proven patriotism and their good common sense will be all that is necessary to insure a mutually satisfactory settlement. I will be glad to be the medium to reflect such a joint conclusion. I shall request both groups to meet me here as soon as convenient to them."
Cen. MacArthur acknowledged the announcement of the parties' agreement to have the squabble arbitrated by issuing the following statement yesterday:
Georgia Tech Still Unbeaten
By United Press International
Georgia Tech, the surprise of the South, will soon get an opportunity to prove whether it really is a miracle team or just another milage.
Completely overlooked in preseason forecasts following a dismal 10-16 showing last year, the Yellow Jackets today boast of: the only major unbeaten team in the South; a no.7 position in the United Press International college basketball ratings; and first place in the tough Southeastern Conference.
minutes to edge Georgia, 72-70, for their 10th straight victory.
EVEN AFTER GEORGIA TECH won its first eight games of the campaign, including the Gator Bowl championship, most observers thought they would fall to their own level when they embarked on a rugged four-game road trip.
But the Yellow Jackets showed they had the mettle of a champion by hanging on for a double-overtime upset victory over perennial power Kentucky and last night they came from behind in the closing
Trailing 59-51 midway through the second half, Georgia Tech rallied behind the clutch shooting of senior Mike Tomasovich and sophomore R. D. Craddock to move in front for good shortly before the final buzzer. Tomasovich led the Tech scorers with 18 points although Georgia's Billy Rado took game honors with 22 points.
Still lying ahead for Tech in the next few days are road games at Mississippi and Mississippi State, the defending Southeastern Conference champion. A victory over State would establish Tech as the team to beat for the automatic NCAA playoff bid that goes to the league titlist.
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