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...medley, which Pringle won at the Eastern Championships two weeks ago. However, Ilkks Suvanto of Stanford must be rated the favorite and swimmers from Ohio State, Oregon, and Southern California could also edge out Pringle. Though Pringle beat Kiefer in the Easterns, the Eli sophomore's time at the AAU meet last week was faster than say Pringle has turned...
Abramson is undefeated in the 500-yard freestyle, but since the sophomore star did not compete in the Eastern or AAU meets because of exams, he will probably not be in top shape for today's race. Though none of the stars of the AAU 500-yard race will be at the NCAA meet, a host of swimmers including several from Yale should force the winning time in this event well below five minutes...
...MacArthur settlement, announced Monday, is actually quite a victory for the NCAA, and the college group has been noticeably more enthusiastic about it than the AAU. The NCAA got pretty much all it asked for--equal representation on the committee which rules on Olympic selections and an end to the AAU ban on Track and Field Federation meets. In return, the NCAA ended its boycott and agreed that the AAU should continue to represent the U.S. to the International Olympic committee. The later concession, however, is buffered by the NCAA's new status on the selection committee. The NCAA also...
...undisturbed about the government's new role in athletics, the President hailed MacArthur's work, and expressed satisfaction that the U.S. will now be able to field a strong team in Tokyo in 1964. This may not be the case. What MacArthur didn't settle, and what both the AAU and the NCAA have refused to face, is a recent ruling by the International Olympic Committee declaring all athletes suported by athletic scholarships or state money ineligible. This will undoubtedly affect the Iron Curtain country teams, but the edict may be most damaging to the U.S. Most college athletes have...
Since Mr. Kennedy clearly stated that the condition of U.S. athletics was a matter of international prestige, it is obvious MacArthur's settlement solves only a small part of the problem. Mr. Kennedy intervened in the AAU-NCAA dispute because he felt a poor U.S. showing in the Olympics would constitute a severe setback to national prestige. The Olympic Games, formerly an event for friendly athletic competition, have thus been recognized by the U.S. government as an appropriate test of the advantages of capitalism and communism. This has long been the opinion of numerous misled sports writers and individuals, much...