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Last week, Coach Jim Tatum accused Harvard of fishing for athletes with scholarship bait, in much the same manner as his own college, Maryland. "There is no difference," he declared, "between Harvard's academic scholarships and Maryland's athletic scholarships." According to Tatum, both schools give scholarships to good ball players who can meet admission standards...
...three players promptly reported the bribe offer to Maryland Coach Jim Tatum. "Why didn't you kill the guy?" Tatum growled at Quarterback Scarbath. Then Tatum called the cops. Against L.S.U., the fired-up trio and their teammates ran up a 34-0 score before Tatum relaxed and sent in a stream of substitutes. Final score, well above the gamblers' spread...
...Tatum mentioned the case of a 6 ft. 8 in. basketball player from Pelham, N.Y., who he claims is now at Harvard. "I'm sure that if he hadn't been 6 ft. 8 in. tall, Harvard alumni wouldn't have chased him. Why, I was in that boys's house the same night some alumni from Harvard and Princeton and Yale were. Harvard get him . . . and that's no special case, either...
...school," Tatum continued, "that has a football team will send alumni out to recruit players. But up there, they have to send alumni out to find men because they can't say 'athletic scholarship,' and down here we can send coaches out to get players. We see to it that we wind up with two good guards and a big line, in addition to a good backfield. But alumni send in flashy backs and big ends, mostly, for the football team. So in the end, we wind up with a better balanced, more solid team. That's the only difference...
...Tatum outlined a theoretical case. "Can you tell me the difference here: Take, let's say, Bill Jones, a good athlete, who applies for Harvard. He has the qualifications and gets in--with a scholarship, and studies history. Then there's Bill smith, also, a good ball player, who applies for Maryland. he has the qualifications--it's a C average down here--and gets in with a scholarship and studies to be a physical education teacher. Is one a pro and the other an amateur? It's only a difference in degree. . . . I can't see a single distinction...