The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-09
TO REORGANIZE THE A. A. U.
4 COMPLETE REVOLU7TON Will TAKE
pLALE ar TJtE NEXT MEETING.
There WIN he No Chance for Complaint
All Clubs WIN Have mn Equal Say In
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There WIN he No Chance for Complaint
All Clubs WIN Have nm Equal Say In
tho Lcaisiation ot tho Governing BODY.
There IL hardly any question but that the
minor cubp " tho Amateur Athletic Union
| contemplate making n determined effort at tho
general meeting OF the A. A. U. In Soptomber
| to GUST tho present Hoard Of Managers. There
| has been az much dissatisfaction expressed Mt
that body'a manner OF conducting the affairs
OF the Union that there is no withdrawal for
the opposition. aud tho movement appears to
bo ono that IL gathering fresh strength and
recruits. The action OF tho Pastime A. G..
Titan 4. G.. and Nautilus Bont Club, all good
members OF the A. A. L., denote that u crisis
is ut hand. and further sensational pro-
ceedings nro promised. 1t is rumoied
that the American Staten Island and
New Jersey Athletic Clubs athletes
will present resolutions censuring the Board
of Managers Of the A. A. U. for their action in
the Ford matter. and II those resolutions
should be passed 1t would undoubtedly neces-
sitate the designations OF Presidents Stevens
and Gorow from their positions as presiding Of
tlcials OF their res poctive clubs while Mr. JAMS
sen would probably feel it obligatory upon
himself to resign from the athletic drectorship
OF his organization. This would result in pe-
culiar state OF affairs, inasmuch as Messrs, Sui
livan, Stevens, Jansen. and Gerow would.
under literal construction OF the law on the
question. retain their positions upon the Board
OF MANAGEMENT, though their respective clubs
had prac tically entered a protest againstit.
Whether or not this occurs. lit Is an un-
denlable fact that the prospects OF a stormy.
and unseemly suuabble at the next general
OF Managers scoff at the idea OF the opposition
gathering enough strength to be formidable.
stlll at the same time they 90 not intend TO let
the matter come TO an issue and instead OF
the threatened storm there will be neace and
harmony, and the means that Will elect this
desirable outcome is a REORGANIZATION OF the
Amateur ATHLETIC Union;
not yet been all arranged. still enough has
been decided upon to show, that many existing
grieyanceS Of the minor clubs Will be remedied.
Of the past. There here viii be no Board Of Man:
ayers and star chamber proceedings. The
each will have u voice in the legislation OF the
Amateur Athletic Union. the lack OF which Is
be be eTy Gens
BY tho present difficulty. although possibly
the matter full report OF the proposed re-
organization appeared in The Sun Of sunday.
dent Mcmillan A. q. Mills and Walton Storm
The introduction read as follows:
the ssS N Of the Ahd s ae nat
there not P IN ne United . states any Other
ing national jurisdiction, indicate that tho Time is
sS ahse. and G The sn more eonvsniens
OF the government and conservation OF ne local inter.
groups defined BY limits and facilities OF
Of he stHHP Sec unon eae6 Win d
tInetye name and managerial organization AND each |
which would Tina While remaining central govern!
come eIsiusvsy union Of asSocaions with general
Board Of Manaaers consisting only of the representa-
H. adSan,sEss aEs 70 the general and to tho
metrSsi structure ali purely amateur oc organ.
iIahons would seem o6e sufficiently obvious. and to
Athletic Union is cordially invited
Mr. Mills has since been aborinR upon the |
plan. and. while 1t is too early to state the pre-
else terms the REORGANIZATION will, 1t + GER
Union will cease to be a union Of clubs and
will be union q a. aS9OGiatIG.s The u
tho Eastern. the Western, the Central, the
Southern. and the Pacific Coast Assoc atoms
Each Of these associations will have it's own
Board Of Managers. give its own champion
ship meetings in all branches OF sport arrange
its own schedules, di.ciplne its own athletes.
from each associate club which will give the
leGes as the wealthest and most, prominent
Club These aye assoc a lions VII form the
Of D fow associations S instead Of many clubs.
The main body will have Board OF Managers.
three Or four from each OF the I'VE associations
ships, establish and enforce It's general and
cision of the District Board in the cases of
clubs or individuals
The foregoing is Tt a fair assumption Of what
terial changes but the reorganization OF the
A. A. L. is an assured fact. and will be an ex-
ceent reform. AS there are sixty Union clubs
and only thirteen Boards OF Managers at pres
emit. the complaint OF some, forty odd clubs
that they have no say in the affairs OF the
A. A. L. is we'll founded. Under tho new
regime the late complications that have
thrown blotch upon amateur sport will be
almost impossible.