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NCAA Enforcement Program Not Devoid of Problems By TOM SEPPY AP Sports Writer (Third of a Three-Part Series) WASHINGTON (AP) Thirty years ago, the National Collegiate Athletic Association adopted a "sanity code" in an effort to regulate the post-World War sports explosion. Now, the NCAA enforcement program has come under Congressional attack. it The NCAA membership, at its 1948 convention, created a compliance committee which was a forerunner to its present Committee on Infractions. The stemmed from concern over profes-- sional gambling on college games, new and different emphasis on financial aids, expanded air transportation which en-1 couraged intersectional scheduling and transcontinental recruiting and the rapid increase in post-season football games. "Athletic competition had become national In scope rather than local," Arthur Reynolds, dean of the graduate school at the Unversity of North Colorado, told last month's NCAA convention in Atlanta.

"Traditional agreements and loosely ten regulations which had controlled local rivalries and conference competition in the past were no longer sufficient." Reynolds, chairman of the five-member NCAA enforcement committee, said the program expanded rapidly but "has hot been devoid of agonizing birth pains nor halting transitional stages." Among the problems, which Reynolds alluded to later, were the many lawsuits as a result of the enforcement program and the current probe by the House inves tigations subcommittee which will begin public hearings Monday. After the 1954 convention, the policymaking NCAA Council appointed the first Committee on Infractions and charged "it to investigate alleged violations of NCAA rules, determine if violations had occurred, and propose penalties to be imposed on the involved institution." At the same time, the association employed an assistant to the executive director whose duties were to include work in the field of enforcement, serving as an arm of the committee to conduct investigations. Prior to 1973, the NCAA Council automatically received the committee's findings of violations and permitted an appearance by the institution which allegedly had violated NCAA rules. The ment program over the past 30 years has been and is today dynamic and changing to protect the needs and interests of the association's membership. New rules are adopted, violations of old and new rules occur, new and different issues arise, enlarged meaning of procedural rights are promulgated, more and complex infractions cases are processed, and, therefore, the committee on infractions modifies its day-to-day operating procedure to meet the changing conditions." A review of the past 30 years, he said, "fails to disclose a single instance in which the membership favored weakening the enforcement program; rather the membership has voted continuously to strengthen every phase of it, including ample financial support and adequate staff to assure that law and order within college athletics may prevail." "Beginning at the 1973 annual convention," Reynolds said, "the membership demonstrated its desire to fully enforce NCAA rules and regulations by authorizing a major expansion in the investigative staff and by encouraging the Imposition of penalties on the individual coaches, student-athletes and representatives of athletic interests who have violated NCAA rules and regulations.

"When the NCAA expanded its investigative staff and began to penalize guilty coaches, student-athletic and athletic representatives, it was inevitable that some of those individuals would employ attorneys and inaugurate a legal confrontation against the NCAA enforcement machinery," he said. Nevertheless, Reynolds said: "In spite of verbal and legal attacks, the enforce council then made final the findings of violations, if any, and imposed an appropriate penalty. Several amendments were adopted at the 1973 convention to change the enforcement procedures because the membeship believed that the initial role of the committee on infractions in investigating, prosecuting and fact-finding was not fair. The new procedures provided that the staff serve as the investigative arm and the administrative prosecutor of infractions cases. They also said the committee would provide general supervision over policies and procedures and shall, following an approriate appearance by the involved institution, be the initial fact-finder and imposer of penalties.

The committee's finding and penalty can be appealed to the Council. Matthews Sets High Odds On Wave's Title Chances jk (Up fj Mp frii. "If people knew what we were going to do in advance it would be no fun Saturday," said Matthews. "I'm not going to do Nate's (Nate Bruno, Asbury Park coach) scouting job for him, let him figure it out for two days," said Matthews. "I don't think Long Branch will stall this time," said Bruno.

"I think they'll play the same way they played Southern. We beat Southern by one point at home (54-53) and they're just as big as we are. He beat Neptune, Southern, and Middletown South without the stall and Neptune is probably quicker overall than we are. "It doesn't matter to me whether he stalls or not," said Bruno. "We'll be ready for whatever he tries." Long Branch senior Mike Schwartz, at least as of last night, thought a Green Wave ports Business Fri.

Feb. 24. 1978 A- tf iit it mi iKmtii ii.wi-itn.niir iimi imirii iiimffiiitl iifil nifr a i fin twr fn i i Asbury Park's Jo Jo Walker (left) and teammate Mike for loose ball in Stewart surround Harrie Boyd of Lakewood in scramble semifinal game at Blue Bishops Turn Back Lakewood, Asbury Park Proves -IVw -J, By TONY GRAHAM Press Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP The odds against Long Branch defeating Asbury Park in tomorrow's Shore Conference High School Championship basketball game have been established at 99-1. The man setting the "morning line" after his team's startling easy 68-54 victory over Southern in last night's semifinal at Brook-dale Community College was none other than Long Branch Coach Gerry Matthews. "I think out of 100 games against Asbury Park this year, they'd win 99 of them," said Matthews.

"Maybe Saturday will be the 100th." When the two teams met in December Long Branch went in to a pronounced freeze, but Asbury Park won, 27-21. Section C- Asbury Park Press in Finals "What did I tell them at half?" Bruno repeated a reporter's question. "I told them to go out and kick That's what I told them." "He told us if we didn't get going soon all we'd worked for would go down the drain," Smith elaborated. "I wasn't scared that we were behind. What was there to be scared about?" Perhaps buoyed by their coach's halftime oration, the Bishops took control in the second half.

Immediately. They scored six points in first 1:28 to cut the Lakewood lead to one, forcing Nastase into calling a quick timeout. His words fell on deaf ears. When play resumed, so did the Bishop onslaught. It was mostly a Smith aerial circus.

He scored on two long jumpers and then, much to the delight of the crowd, dunked a pair on breakaways. "I think those two jams got us going," See ASBURY PARK Page C2 here last year, a group of 11 that were 3 strokes behind at 70. The others were Barry Jaeckel, Lynn Lott, Dave Eichelberg-er, Don January, Pat McGowan, Bob Gilder, Tom Jenkins, Gary Wintz and Tim Simpson. "It's been cold and I haven't had much touch," said Jones, whose highest finish in five tournaments this year was a tie for sixth in the San Diego Open. "But I have been playing petty well." Jones, who makes his home in Wichita, spent December with his wife, Jane and five children who range in age from 9 down to 2.

"The last few years, I haven't gotten out See JONES Page C2 Asbury Park Press second quarter of Shore Conference Brookdale Community College. 65-55 It Belongs championship or the state one." Sparked by Smith (22 points), the Bishops raced to a 10-2 lead and seemed headed for an easy triumph. They were playing volleyball on the boards, controlling virtually every rebound, and their defense held Lake-wood to one field goal in the intial 3:53. Then, In a rapid turnabout, Lakewood caught fire. It scored the last eight points of the first quarter and carried the momentum into the second, building a 32-25 halftime cushion.

Dave Martin and Harrie Boyd both converted on three-point plays before intermission, giving Lakewood control and also giving two Asbury Park standouts, Smith and Dave Williams foul problems (with three). There were more than a few people in the crowd who felt the Bishops had finally met their match. There were many who thought the long Asbury Park winning streak was 16 minutes away from its end. slowdown might be the game plan tomorrow. "Asbury hates when we stall and that's why we'll stall on them Saturday," he said.

"They're gonna get impatient and that's why we're gonna shoot layups on them," said Schwartz, who scored 24 points in last night's victory. Mike Alston, Long Branch's 6-0 sophomore center, acccepting pin-point passes from guards Kevin Gilliard and Schwartz, scored a career-high 30 points, and capped his night with his first dunk of the season. "(Dave) Williams can get up but we're gonna take it at them," said Schwartz. "If he gets the shots, he gets them. That's his job.

He's the biggest thing out there. I respect his game, but I don't think he can hold us." Southern, making its first appearance at Brookdale in the Conference playoffs, was, for most of the game, just a nervous shell of the team that had won a school record 15 straight games and clinched a share of the Class A South championship. "We looked like we were very unsure being here," said Jim Ruhnke, Southern's coach. "The first few minutes of the game was the whole story. We completely lost our composure.

For all intents and purposes that was the game." Long Branch set the tone for the night with game-opening layups by Alston and Schwartz. After that the Green Wave ran a classic layup drill and built a 30-16 halftime See LONG BRANCH Page C2 These, of course, are "free world" methods. Certainly, they do it a bit differently in Eastern Europe. But maybe it's not at all that different if you consider that there is but one employer The State in that part of the world. WHATEVER THE CASE, it's become rather clear that the United States, the dominant nation in all of Olympic history until the relatively recent rise of the Eastern Bloc, has had no way at all in such matters.

A Dorothy Hatnill would make an appearance, somehow raise the annual tab of required to keep her properly coached, dressed and traveled to meet the vicissitudes of world class figure skating, glide off to the gold and then skate off to instant riches on the ice show circuit. Sec ATHLETES Page C2 By MICHAEL AMSEL Press Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP Asbury Park High School guard Frankle Smith was reading the Asbury Park Press Tuesday when suddenly he gagged on his coffee. "I saw that line where the Lakewood 'coach (Bob) Nastase said we haven't proven ourselves yet," Smith said, "and I just about went crazy. Why don't you ask him if we've proved ourselves now?" "The thing was misinterpreted; I didn't mean it the way it came out," Nastase said, after Asbury Park "proved" it was worthy of a berth in the Shore Conference championship finals with a 65-55 victory over the Plners last night at Brookdale Community College. "But if it served to Ore them up, then that's to their credit.

"I didn't mean they weren't a championship team. What I meant is that championships are won at the end of the season not Edwards9 5th Shutout Is Record Tbe Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. Goalie Don Edwards set a club record for season shutouts and tied a. club record for season victories as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-0, last night In a National Hockey League game. Danny Gare scored twice, his 30th and 3lst goals of the season.

The shutout was Edwards' fifth of the season and his 31st win, tying a mark set by Gary Desjardlns last season. Rick St. Croix, a rookie making his second NHL start, was in goal (or the Flyers. He made 33 saves to 20 for Edwards. The win tied the Sabres for first in the Adams Dtcision with the idle Boston Bruins.

See SHUTOUT Page C3 Jones Finds 'Touch' To Lead Inverrary during the regular season. When I said it, they hadn't been in a situation to show what caliber team they really were." The Blue Bishops had that opportunity last night and they made the most of it. Their victory did three things: It upped their unbeaten string to 23 and kept them firmly established as the Shore's number one club. It gave them a berth in the title game tomorrow against Long Branch, a 68-54 conqueror of Southern. It silenced, for the time being at least, those who claim their streak is an outgrowth of a soft schedule, filled with pushovers.

What it didn't do, though, was please their coach, Nate Bruno. Ironically, he agreed with many of Nastase's sentiments. "We really haven't accomplished anything yet," Bruno said. "The way I see it is that we're 2-0 now. It's a whole new season.

We are not a proven team until we win this Aabery Park Press Lakewood'i Dave Martin (11) gets inside position oa Asbury Park's Jo Jo Walker and goes np for shot during third quarter action last night of Shore Conference semifinal game. Tbe Blue Bishops triumphed, 65-55. In ii i I I feL fill-, Asbury Park Press Long Branch's Mike Scwartz soars over Southern Regional Joe Mauthe en route to the basket in first half of Shore Conference basketball semifinal won by Long Branch, 68-54, last night. Victory sent Green Wave to tourney finale. Business Find Way to 'Merge' Golf Scores Page C3 LAUDERIfflX, Fla.

(AP) Grier Jones says he's just beginning to find the winning touch at the Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic. Unfortunately for Jones, Jack Nlcklaus says the same thing. Jones shot a 5-under-par 67 yesterday In the opening round of the $250,000 Gleason Classic to take a 2-stroke lead over a group of eight that included Fuzzy Zoeller, Bob Shearer, Danny Edwards, Andy Bean, Hermit Zarley, Hale Irwin, Gibby Gilbert and Steve Melnyk. Nicklaus, who won the $50,000 first prize Athletes, Mr. E.

Newbold Black IV spends his workday hours devoted to his eastern vice presidency of the Pullman-Kellogg Corp. and much of what's left over to his second vice presidency of the United States Olympic Committee. His chief sporting proclivities are figure skating and field hockey and, combined with his businessUSOC affairs, tend to keep him well traveled. Having been around the globe, tending to both business and athletic activities, and having good eyesight, he's seen the way business folk and athletic folk elsewhere have merged their interests in the name of national Olympic ambition. TO THOSE IN INDIA, nothing much matters about an Olympic Games but the field hockey tournament.

To achieve maximum results, India's Inside. Sports lottos, Brink Key Hudson C2 Garvin, Son Antonio Emerge C3 Austin, NC Stole Triumph C7 Fishing Season Not All Bod C8 Business C9-11 Utilities Seek Alternatives C9 Chrysler Income Plummets CIO Mors Urban loans Sought CI 1 "I Just can't wait to return home," declared the man. To share in the national joy? To await a professional contract? To become a "somebody?" Or a candy bar? Jolly hockey sticks, no. "To find out how big my promotion will be," was the frank reply. THAT'S THE INDIAN WAY.

The West Germans have their own variation, consisting of corporation-sponsored club teams, which serve to assure that employeeathletes Involved in all the Olympic disciplines are maintained In the high state of fiscal fitness needed for international success. The Kenyans tend to make policemen of their Kip Keinos, the Finns forest rangers of their Lasse Virens, the Canadians stipend-collectors of their Greg Joys and Jerome Dray- tons. Elliott Denman most qualified players are traditionally hired by the Bombay Customs Agency, the Northern Railway the Punjab Police, or anyone else interested in the prestige Involved. The players are traditionally consigned to duties involving not much in the way of "normal" work and considerable duties involved in playing full time field hockey. Black recalls the joy expressed by one Indian field hockey player on the acquisition of a gold medal at the 195t01ymplc Games.

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