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toitiXip-ut3.tOiedEh,ori,indIniontoeirisiveatlatikoer,hoforIngtnyko,ewi1Griffith RapsAmateur UnionAs Break NearsCommissioner Believes StudentAthletes Receive Enough Competition in Colleges—DemandsUndergraduates Remain Outof A. A. U. Meets.(B^ The Associated Press.)CHICAGO, March 30.—The de-fmand of Western Conference universities that the Amateur AthleticUnion “keep its hands off*’ Big Tenathletes until they complete theirintercollegiate competition was renewed today by John L. Griffith,Athletic Commissioner of the conference.Within twenty-four hours afterMurray Hulbert, A. a. U. President, had retorted to Z. G. Clevenger,Athletic Director of Indiana Unij versity, who took the matter up with him on behalf of the Big Ten coaches, Griffith issued a statementdeclaring that conference athletesget as much competition in the athletic programs of their schools as their coaches believe to be goodfor them, and contrasting Hulbert’sattitude with that of the American Professional Football League, which has ruled that no college student may be signed for professional football until his graduation.“The schools and colleges,” said Mr. Griffith, “are developing prac-tfrallv nil rtf th/% nufstnnrHnir ntViletnaSISokiFiniSokOattTlt;GBurlKleiSchcVeitTlt;BLuc!MonEllieMer'TcLiBudNor:Ahl«LairTcUiBault;BrinWatRotsTcUiMill*MeGHeliWillTcHiLukiUlreKiefMoeiToGiBiahiPfluLindScudTc
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Wed, Mar 31, 1926
Page 49
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