UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1948
Spotlight On Sports—
Brannum's Big Seven Play Defies Eligibility Rules
By ROBERT E. DELLINGER
Clarence Brannum, center on the Kansas State basketball team, was declared eligible Monday to participate in athletics in the Big Seven conference.
The decision that Brahmun was eligible to play was made by the committee of faculty representatives of the seven schools but seems to be IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO THE
IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO THE CONFERENCE ELIGIBILITY RULES. Brannum was declared eligible despite the fact that the rules state explicitly that he is not.
Article II. Section 3. Subsection c of the official rules of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic association (Big Seven conference) states:
"Attendance. No person having participated as a member of any college athletic team during any semester in college WHO DOES NOT CONTINUE IN ATTENDANCE THE FULL SEMESTER OF HIS PARTICIPATION shall be permitted to play in ANY intercollegiate contest thereafter UNTIL the expiration of a FULL CALENDAR YEAR from the time he withdrew from school."
Clarence Brannum enrolled for the second semester of the 1946-1947 school year on Feb. 8, 1947. On Feb. 20 he played against Kansas at Manhattan, making one goal, three free throws, and five fouls. On Feb. 27 he played at Lincoln, Nebr., against the University of Nebraska.
Between Feb. 27 and March 4, Drannum withdrew from school at Kansas State, and on the latter date appeared in uniform with the Kansas City M. & O. Cigar Co. team of the American Basketball league. He later played in the A. A. U. tournament at Denver. AT THIS TIME HE WAS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH KANSAS STATE COLLEGE.
According to the precise wording of the M. V. I. A. A. conference rules, Clarence Brannum is invigilable for play until Feb. 27, 1948. Every basketball coach in the conference opposed the use of Brannum until he becomes eligible according to the written rules.
Brunnum is not only ineligible by one rule, but on another count also. To compete in Big Seven athletics one must (according to the written rules, that is) have at least 24 hours of credit at his school in two preceding semesters.
Brannum was credited with 14 when he withdrew from school. He is still credited with 14, and only 14 hours of credit in his two semesters preceding competition this year. Had he remained through the spring semester of 1947 or picked up his hours though summer or correspondence schools he would have the requirements to become eligible on that count.
But it seems that it is not necessary to have eligibility according to the written rules on any count if one has a good politician higher
up to take care of embarrassing details.
The need for a RELIABLE governor or governing body in the Big Seven conference is becoming more and more apparent. In the long baseball career of Judge K. M. Landis, he never suffered the stigma of breaking the established rules because he never let personal feeling interfere with the performance of his assigned duties. The Big Seven conference needs a governing agency to apply the rules as they are written.
It is possible that the action of the faculty representative board was entirely a mistake, and that the representatives were not presented with the entire picture when asked for their decisions. THAT, HOWEVER, IS ANOTHER CRITICISM OF THE INEFFICENCY OF OUR CONFERENCE GOVERNORS.
Kansas faculty representative W. W. Davis told this writer Tuesday that he was called on long-distance telephone by the secretary of faculty board president H. H. King of Kansas State. Mr. King's secretary presented the case to Mr. Davis from Mr. King's point of view, and asked for Mr. Davis' decision. (Whether the case was presented from Mr. King's point of view as faculty board president or as Kansas State representative was not determined).
John Dewell of Kansas will rejoin the Jayhawk squadr after the semester change, after spending a year of ineligibility ACCORDING TO THE CONFERENCE RULES, but when Dewell again plays, Brannum will have played a full semester of basketball IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO THE CONFERENCE RULES.
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All candidates for the varsity indoor track candidates are requested by Coach Bill Easton to report for daily workouts at the stadium. Freshmen are asked to report at the beginning of the new semester. Positions on the indoor team are wide open, Coach Easton emphasized, and all interested track men should report for practice.
Kansas Loop Teams Win
Emporia, Jan. 21—(UF)—Bethel college chalked up its second Kansas conference win with a 52 to 47 victory over College of Emporia here Tuesday night. It was Emporia's fifth straight conference loss.
Winfield, Jan. 21—(UP)—Southwestern college scored a 52 to 42 basketball victory over Phillips university of Okla., in a non-conference game here Tuesday night. Southwestern was out in front, 30 to 24, at the half.
Salina, Jan. 21—(UP)—Kansas Wesleyen today went into a three-way tie for first place in the Kansas conference with Baker and Ottawa after scoring an easy 75 to 51 win over McPherson college here Tuesday night. Wesleyen, paced by Charlie Fifte, who scored 23 points, took over early in the contest and was never threatened.
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