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Crisp had no alternative, so he backed down, called off his tightening of the rules. The athletes, victory won, repacked their bags and moved back into Friedman Hall, ready "to play ball, and that...
...earn 1) a frown from the Southeastern Conference and 2) the services of more than 100 young men of brawn and promise. In return for the free education it gives them, most of the Alabama football, basketball and baseball players live a life apart in their own dormitory. Friedman Hall, and are regulated stiffly as to bedtime and weekend privileges, allowed little free time. In effect, the athletes are cut off from most of the good college life. They have few dates, seldom become campus leaders, are often looked down on by fellow students as hired freaks. "They...
Last week, after six of his scholarship students were shaken up in a 3 a.m. automobile accident, Athletic Director Henry ("Hank") Crisp decided that athletic dormitory regimen should be tightened still farther. Henceforth, decreed Hank, the occupants of Friedman Hall would have to observe a flat 11 p.m. weekday curfew (12:30 a.m. Sundays), apply to their coaches for weekend passes, do four hours of compulsory study instead of two on week nights if they lagged in studies. This was too much for the brawny 'Bamans. Above an entrance to the dorm appeared a sign: "Don't talk...
...hastily elected committee of twelve, under Varsity End Dan Coyle, went to Crisp with an ultimatum: abolish the bed checks for athletes whose sport is not in season, grant unlimited weekend privileges, cancel the four-hour compulsory study rule. Otherwise, said the athletes, they would not go back to Friedman Hall and they would not even play for Alabama...
Alex R. Christ, Bryant C. Danner, Walter K. Dods, John E. Foker, Harvey R. Friedman, George N. Harrington (captain), Ronald J. Johanson, Samuel G. McClellan, Roger G. Rawden, Robert C. Repetto, Fred M. Sander, James J. Smith, Lawrence G. Smith, Robert P. Watkins, Kelon L. Kelley (manager). Minor 'H' in Major Colors to John P. Scott '57 (associate manager...