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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1965)
Page 6 College Station, Texas Thursday, July 15, 1965 THE BATTAU Interscholastic League Hit For Harsh Bonham Ruli By HAROLD V. RATLIFF Thrif-T-Trim BABY BEEF SALE! ROUND or SIRLOIN "Plus" S*H GREEN STAMPS FREE 100 S&H STAMPS STEAK WITH THIS COUPON AND THE PURCHASE OF $10 OR MORE (Limit One Per Customer Must Be One Purchase—Cigarettes Excluded) T-BONE STEAK RIB CHOPS Baby Beef SHOULDER CROWN ROAST CHUCK STEAK HAMBURGER A1 SHORT RIBS ORR’S SUPER MARKET. VOID AFTER JULY 17, 1965. Rath Black Hawk — Sliced BACON A. F. FRANKS 1-Lb. Tray Pak Betty Crocker—White - Yellow - Devil’s Food Cake Mixes 2-19 Oz. Pkgs. Betty Crocker—White or Choc. Fudge Frostinqs 14-Oz. Pkgs. Del Monte YAMS Golden 303 Cans CARNATION EVAPORATED Tall Can SNOWDRIFT NO. 1 RUSSET Quantity Rights Reserved Limit One With Purchase of $2.50 or More Regular 53^ CREST T P “135c POTATOES 10 NECTARINES testify an MRS mi Plastic Bushel BASKETS _ 49c Regular 99 ^ Value MENNEN Baby Maeic Cream Deodorant COFFEE Regular 60v> Size 1 Regular 79?! Size' Maxwell House Instant 6-Oz. Santa Rosa PLUMS PRESERVES Shurfine - Apricot Cherry, Peach, Pineapple or Red Plum 3 $1 SCOT Toilet Tissue 650 Sheet Roll ROLL 2 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS Downtown Ridgecrest 200 E 24 Street A 3516 Texas Ave Hl-C DRINKS Assorted Flavors Big 46-Oz. Cans WE GIVE FAMOUS S &H GREEN STAMPS Associated Press Sports Write The Texas Interschol League is under fire for pel i ing Bonham under a 20-year that says no athlete may awards costing more the $151 a year. Dec. 17, at the Bonham foot] ball banquet, members of squad each received a $2.95 »| ligious book from a local Bapt:;: Church. This was in addife to a $15.00 letter sweater fro: the school. Because there was nothin;! mercenary involved and fe books were given with good in tent, it was not believed fe action came under the aware rule. Bonham officials could han gotten a ruling and it could han been handled satisfactorily era after it was done—the Leap allows five days for a gift t be returned without penalty, But it was May before the It. terscholastic League heard abo;; it. A clipping from a Baptist publication telling about the git of the books was mailed anony mously to Dr. Rhea William! League athletic director, The district committee coil not rule on the alleged awarii infraction but it did handle t under the amateur rule that pro) hibits a boy receiving money #j valuable consideration for athletic endeavors. Bonham w told to return the books and will reprimanded. The awards rule is solely undi the jurisdiction of the State cutive committe. The League membership vol in the awards rule a couple decades ago with a limit cl $10.00. But it was argued ths; it was virtually impossible provide a suitable award wit that amount, so eight years aj it was hiked to $15.00. The rule was designed to mat; schoolboy sports strictly ami teur. The schools, in voting tfc: rule, made no provisions for «• ceptions. They obviously took tb view that a way to weaken rule was to allow circumventii even if a hardship might claimed. The colleges apparently coming to the same way o:| thinking and it now seems a general policy of the NC Remember Texas Tech lost the basketball championship cause one player was found have needed an hour’s work the classroom — something tl school rang the bell on iti It was an honest mistake Texas Tech was penalized the same. How technical can you when you have a rule that lows any person to pay expem of a prospective athlete to Southwest Conference camp; but says that he must acco: pany the athlete at his own pense. The executive committee hi four penalties that could be a;| sessed against Bonham: suspef) sion, one-year ineligibility the players, disqualification the school for championship cotj tention and probation. The executive committee chos the lightest—Bonham won’t hi able to compete for the chanip[ ionship next season although can play its schedule and will be on probation the folio*! ing two years while being ij lowed to try for the title. It might appear unjust to aH sess penalties when the circuit' stances were considered but W der the rules, which are sap posed to be enforced wither exception, the executive coit mittee had no alternative. William said he could recat] no case in which worthy inteifl was not cited. But no exceptio®] ever were made. Had the book been given to rij the boys in Bonham High School or had it been given to Sunday School class, or had tl boys bought the books, the* would have been no readier The trouble arose when the bof ; | were given the books at a bat' quet honoring- the football squat and they were presented as at award for athletic effort. The League has operated sue cessfully for 46 years by set ting up rules to be enforced t'j the letter. The membership H voked these rules and obvious!: wanted them enforced on Intent never has been consider^ except as a possible alleviate] of the penalty. Only the ques tion of whether a rule was brok en was the prime issue and whert it was broken there was a penal ty. The public, which is genera® pro minded, does not like whs 1 it thinks are penurious rules ie priving boys of awards f o; ! athletic excellence. It also & scribes as “ridiculous” a n® that penalizes although the in - ! tent is good. I I .thlete Saturda Station decided ill con sports r Mello HAI $1.00 Tend< BAT $1.50 Melro HA* $1.50 Wildr HAI 79? V Revloi SHA $1.50 ‘NoD DEO $1.00 Colga TOO 69? A Dark TAN $1.39 J. & J tra $2.95 Curad PLA 69? Vi 50 Paj PIC* 59? V Insect CAM 99? V Upset PEP f $1.39 FOR Pleasa diet ai $2.00