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Colleges Approve Limited TV Slate by 157-12 Vote KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 9 UP.— A limited television program for college football has been overwhelmingly approved for the fifth consecutive time by member universities and colleges of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the 1953 mail referendum showed today. The NCAA plan for 1953 calls for a top college game from each section to be telecast on 10 or 11 dates — Saturday afternoons plus Thanksgiving. On the other two or three dates, a panorama experiment will involve parts of four different games. Executive secretary Walter Byers said the latest balloting showed a 157 to 12 triumph for the NCAA plan. In 1951 it was 161 to 7, and in 1952, at the convention, the margin was 163 to 8. A mail ballot followed that vote, with a result of 185 for and 15 against. The January convention this year approved limited TV by a 172 to 13 vote.
