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Friday, March 8, 1346 THE NEBRASKAN Page 3 H OJ 5 IK EE LP George Miller SEBQSSB52S Big Six faculty representatives, meeting in Kansas City last week end in conjunction with the con ference track meet, passed sev eral measures calculated to clear up the confusion surrounding the eligibility requirements of con ference athletes. The first step was aimed at putting the returned veterans on an equal basis with the war year performers who had been able to compete in varsity athletics dur ing their freshman year. The mo tion reads: (1) A returned veteran who had not completed his competi tion prior to September 1, 1943, Is entitled to a total of four years of athletic eligibility, provided that he has not completed his re quirements for a degree and is not a professional athlete. - Under the provisions of this measure such men as Nebraska's Bobby Ginn and Ray Evans of Kansas will be given an extra year of competition, providing that they have not completed their scholastic requirements. A second ruling declares that returning veterans are immedi ately eligible for competition upon enrolling in a member school any time during a semester, provided they meet other eligibility re quirements. Through this ruling any school may rush a new man into a sport any time he is ready to compete, L 1 i A 1 I utcr iic n-iuiiist iu scnuui lrum the service. No longer will an athlete have to sit out. a part of a term waiting until a new semester begins. Third on the docket was a measure specifying that any Big Six competitor must be carrying 12 hours to be eligible for con ference competition. The previous ruling had allowed a returned veteran to compete regardless of the number of scholastic hours he Was carrying. This motion is the first step towards the prewar regulations and indicates that the conference heads will clamp down on the wartime hangers-on who came to college for athletic competition and made no pretense of fulfilling any scholastic requirements. Another measure, prompted by the large number of veterans who will compete in the coming years, states that veterans are excluded from the now-existant rule which holds that competition during any part of the school year counts as an entire year of varsity compe tition. This new ruling will allow veterans to begin competition during the semester they enter, school, and not have a year of i eligibility exhausted until the cor- j responding semester of the fol- j lowing year. ! ; To prevent a recurrence of the Art Peterson affair, the confer ence declared that any student transferring from one conference school to another shall be ineligi ble for athletic competition during one school year. In the Peterson case, the lanky basketball player spent his first year of college at Nebraska. While he was here he finished second in GLASSH LOST Brown leather tipper notebook at coliseum Wednerday p. m. Reward. Call BUI l-atta, 2-771)7. the Big Six scoring race and was a fine prospect for future Corn husker teams. But during the summer the Millard, Neb., youth changed his mind and turned up at the University of Kansas under the wing of "Phot" Allen. If the above rule had been in effect, Peterson would have been required to sit on the bench for a year before he could compete for the Jayhawks. The ruling actually would not have made much difference, for Art was not able to gain a regu lar spot on this year's Kansas cage combination and spent most of his time on the bench anyway. The only difference was that Peterson was halted by his coach's preference of players rather than by a Big Six regulation. Closing the eligibility agenda was an action allowing Big Six athletes to utilize summer school or correspondence courses in com plying with an existing require ment. The present rule requires that athletes must have completed 24 scholastic hours the previous year to be eligible for completion. Athletic directors took steps to Move Over, Dick; Oklahoma Vaulter Has Same Woes Husker pole vaulter Dick Miller is not the only conference per former hampered by the lack. of a pole. Word from Oklahoma states that Fred Eaves, the Sooner vaulter who placed third in the Big Six meet, might have soared higher if he had had a longer pole. Sooner Coach John Jacobs manufactured Eaves' pole from an old one, and when Eaves was at tempting to clear 12 feet 6 inches, the top of his pole wis even with the crossbar. Eaves and Miller say in unison, "Does anybody know where I can beg, borrow or buy an old or new vaulting pole." return the conference to a normal peacetime basis. Golf, tennis and baseball schedules were adopted, and plans were made to resume the two mile cross-country meet next fan. This year's outdoor track meet will be the last one day affair, for the directors moved to return to the two-day sessions for 1947. In the two-day affairs qualifying races were run off on Friday, and contestants were rested before they began final races. The times in this year's meet indicate that the ordeal of qualifying during the afternoon in all races except the mile and two-mile is too much for the performers. UN Golf arid Tennis Cards Announced Following the decision by Big Six athletic directors to revive golf and tennis competition as conference spring sports, acting Athletic Director A. J. Lewan dowski announced the Nebraska schedules in both of these sports. The golf schedule lists seven dual matches for the Huskers, who will be tutored by Bud Wil liamson, while the tennis slate lists four definitely scheduled meets and one tentative match. Big Six golf championships in both individual and team play will be held in Lincoln on May 18 in conjunction with the con ference outdoor track and field championships. Competition in both divisions will be medal play. Husker golfers will have two away matches and five home con tests, including a two-day struggle with Oklahoma. The Sooner ten nis team will also be in Lincoln for a two-day stay, both teams going into action on April 19 and 20. Husker schedules: GOLF. April 12: Kansas at Lawrence. April 13: Kansas State at Manhattan. April 19-20: Oklahoma at Lincoln. April 28: K annas State at Lincoln. May 4: Iowa State at Ames. May 14: Kansas at Lincoln. May 17: Iowa State at Lincoln. May 18: Big Six individual and team FOOTBALL MANAGERS WANTED. Football Coach Bernie Mas terson has announced that any students interested in becom ing student managers for the football team should go to his office as soon as possible. Intramural ILatartha.il: 62 t'lnh vs. UHe. 5:A0 S Mar. II. Sigma Na vs. Nam CM, 5:0 (F Mar. Alpha Taa Omega vi. Phi Gamma Delta, S.-Afl (V) Mar. 11. (nrnhnskers vs. Sigma Alpha KpsUoa, I: (Ml (Si Mar. 12. Hell Bottoms vs. Olsmos, 6:0 F) Mar. 12. Beta The la PI V. Delta Vpillon, :M (S) Mar. IS. Squawk: FVla Thea PI vs. Pknseer, 8:10, Mar. 11. (Sir ma I'M-Beta I psllMi) vs. Phi Gam ma lelta. S:10, Mar. 12. Squash finals: l:l. Mar. 14. All-l nlverslty Baskelhnll Tnnrney. B.I a Theta PI 21. Sigma Chi 22; high seorrrs: Miller, Merger (Betas) Chris tian sea (SX) S. PM flamroa Delta M, Sigma Aliiha Kpsikm IS; high senrers: Meyers (Pljta) 14, Dilldtne (SAIC) a. Delta I'PKlhm 2, Sigma Na 30; high sen rem: Kratz (DU) 10, Wilkinson, Ha way (SN S. Glsmos 33, Tired GI's 29; high scorers; Claassen (.Umos It. Phillips (OI's) 14. Hell Bottoms 33, Snafn Kids 2S: high senrers : Boudreau ('Bottoms) 18; K. Kaderll, ltarta (Kids) . Harvey's 22, Mile 24: high scorers; Haley (Har' ID, lnw (Miles) 7. ft.1l) Chin SI. Hot Shots 27; high senrers: Konnntky (S2) 10; Brown, Main ('Shots) . championships at Lincoln. An matches medal play. TENNIS. April 12: Kansas at Lawrence. April IS: Kansas State at Manhattan. (Tentative.) April 18-20: Oklahoma at Lincoln. May 10: Iowa State at Ames. 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