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'tr Page Five Tfiurjcby, August 9,-1951 THE TAR HEEL ecoras ornas JirriTh Gets New I wo SPORTIN' AROUND with Bdir Nwriaart Scandal at The Point The recent scandal envolving violations of the West Point honor code has inspired nationwide comment ranging from attacks from th- pulpit to satirical poems from the floor of Congress. "A prominent Washington Presbyterian clergyman, justly in spired by the scandal, was prompted to tell his congregation that the blame for the scandal should be placed cm the congressmen who ap pointed the alleged violators. The congressmen, he told his flock, haven't set a very good moral example for our young students to follow. Place the Blame On Football, Boys Of course, the' over-emphasis of football has reared its ugly head n..-.:M nA rortain nf rmr national lawmakers have gone on ill IIIC 1-IU15, v."" v . record as advocating the abolishment of football at the Point. Still ofbpr not so hasty, congressmen, have merely suggested de-emphasis. Onf brave soul reminded his colleagues that it wasn't the accepted practice in government circles to abolish a particular job just be cause one of the people doing that job was caught with his finger in the pie. So, he reasoned, let's not speak of abolishing football. Even the West Point faculty had the nasty finger of shame point ed in its direction, because, according to some, they failed to give the 90 wayward students the necessary guidance when they needed lX mBut it was a poem writing senator who stole the show with a dialogue poem reviewing the numerous scandals that have occurred during the present administration ... a Republican, no doubt. The dialogue, between a congressman and a West Point cadet, compared th Academy mixup with the notorious incidents involving the Vaughans, the mink coats, the five per centers, the deep freezes, the RFC's etc and then the cadet asks the congressman just what he expected from students guided by such examples. One wonders just what those men of government expect. The Old Army Game I mentioned that the over-emphasis of football was mentioned as the guilty party. Well, it was and has been for several years now, in fact since the war. College football has been blamed for every thing from poor grades, through cheating, on to the collapse of in stitutions of learning. But isn't that what we expect in a controversy matter? Hasn't there always been a lot of that "old army game of passing the buck? It's too early to take sides in the Academy struggle, but it's not too early to make a pretty obvious observation. Let's face it foot ball can't be' responsible for all the ills in the nation today. No one would try to deny that there is a general moral breakdown in the n . - tKot nnlWP football isn't being over-emphasized, WOIHl Ul - , , : . , . a but the blame for this breakdown snouia no more u shoulders of the players and coaches than abolishment of football should be offered as a solution to over-emphasis. As Coach Earl Blaik of Army said, football has a definite and important part in the life of the college student. Of course he was speaking in particular of the West Point cadet, but the same goes for all students. Swimming Ace Loses Weight James P. (Jimmy) Thomas, a guy who-likes a record for break fast, has had a full diet this summer. But for a leuow wno digests them regularly, hes lost a lot of weight. The Carolina swimming ace breezed into town the othervday following another of his periodi cal record-breaking sprees this time in the Southern AAU meet at Wilson and has . picked up the handle "Slim Jim." The well proportioned Thomas has dropped at least 15 pounds and is down to 175. ' ; "Jimmv worked himself out of shape getting ready for the Nationals in July while at Yale University. He lost a lot of weight and has yet to pick it up," explains Tar Heel Loacn Ralph Casey. But the lack of meat failed to slow the Baltimore speedster. l& Detroit, last month he captured his third national championship in winning the 100-meters back stroke, took second place in the 300-meters individual medley and scored a sixth place finish in the 200-meter freestyle. Following the nationals, Thorn as journeyed to Wilson for the Southern meet. There he added American records number 11 and 12. He set new marks in the 300-meters, individual medley, 150-meters individual medley and won the 100-meters backstroke and 200-meters freestyle to boot! Gala Program Offered By Graham Memorial Tournaments in checkers,Twa days will be allowed for chess, and table tennis, which are a part of the Graham Memorial summer entertainment program, are scheduled to begin tomor row. Sixteen players - have, entered the table tennis tournament, which will be run on a single elimination basis. A player must take three of five games from his opponent to advance to the suc ceeding round. The chess' tournament will be run according to the Swiss sys tem, h which, each contestant plays the same number of games. each match. Each player In the checker tournament must win two of thre games to receive one point i the standings. ': '..'" 'r ' . i Gotto Go Gun? Army. Sob I, Gotta wilt on 1950 four-door delux ChT r olt; sedan, radio and neater, 24,000 mUai, exceUant condi tion, $1500. Contact f ndy Tay lor, The, DaUf Tar peel. Gra ham Memorial, or phpna 2-33$l. A Problem to Face The problem is with us, however, and-it must be faced, but in stead of passing the buck, or yelling over-emphasis of this or that, SttMU Ui. & , u T.1oma iwhoro t s: fine. let's face the problem squareiy anu pu.e - Ticket scalpers, professional gamblers and bribers, and the small percentage of athletes who would sell their sport down the river for a buck they're your sports corruptors. These are the people who fcn raising the cost of a college football player. These are the guys tor?rtghrJms on sports, and worst of all, corrupt the mo rals of the players themselves. Wipe out sports, abolish xootball, and you will have these same guys betting on which train gets into the station first, or what color the next gum ball will be that comes out of the gum machine. Th idea is to get rid of the corruptors, not the sport. You don't abolish'divorce to put an end to marital problems. A national re sentment against these people, a national crusade to . wipe out this outside interest will allow college sports xo aw phasis in the life of the student, and will return sports where they belong, to the participator and the spectator. But Slim Jim isn't too happy about his Wilson showing. "I didn't swim well -at all," is his frank appraisal of the per formance. Jimmy got most of his previous American records last summer. He earned his record-for-break- fast reputation by swfmming very i early in the morning in prepara tion and then coming back in the afternoon to crack the marks in AAU sanctioned trials. A June graduate "of the Uni versity, Thomas will give up com- j petitive swimming temporarily for the next year to continue his studies. He will enter Johns Hop kins Medical School October 1. He hopes to return here next summer and get in shape for thej 1952 Olympic trials and nationals. far Heels Face Toughies farrvl inn's 1951 all-opponents football team will probably read like an All-America squad come December. For example, take a look at a few of the outstanding linemen the Tar Heels will face this season: Elma Costa, N. C. State All American; Bob Ward, Maryland's All American; Bob Toneff and Paul Burns of Notre Dame; Texas' All-America Don iMenasco; Tennessee's great Pug Pearman, Ted Dafier ana com pany: Virginia's Joe Palumbo; and Duke's Blaine Earon. Not to be out-done, the backs will h well reDresented, also, by such outstanding players as South Carolina's Steve Wadiak, JN. State's Alex Webster. Zippy Mor- rnrn of Georgia. Notre Dame's Billv Barrette and Tennessee's Andy Kozar. Co rig r a tu lafio n s ! HOSPITAL SAVING .. ASSOCIATION WE REMEMBER jc When 5 they started in two rooms with a staff of three, including the Director. 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