Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-29
PLAY FOR A TROPHY.
THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE
ASSOCIATION FORMED YESTERDAY.
Nearly All Of tho Leading installations
Bepressnted-No Professionals IAN
PIay-Tho Coustit ution.

ton Tor baseball anu lOot-Oat 20
Fixed organization, and the principal col,
Ieges south Of Mason & Dixon's line VIII
indulge in these games next season under
the conditions of its constitution.
The meeting at the Exchange Hotel yes
terday for the formation Of such an asso.
ciation lasted all day. and the principal
institutions of the South were well repre-
sented. ,.
Those present were DR.. F, z. Venaoi,ee'
University Of North Carolina; Is. u;
Prince. Wake-Forest: W. II. Graham ana
G.. w. Hodgson, Sewsnee; j. b. Robert
son and ". NJ. Mcclure, University Oh
Virginia G.. +. SOuthgate and r. II. lg,wSI-
hart. st. Johns College: c. j. West ana W.
s. Symington. Johns Hopkins University
DR.. G.. W. Kent, University OF Tennessse'
and G. b. Ferguson, University OIL hla-
bama. 5
DR.. venable was called 90 the chair ana
Mr.. Robertson selected TO act as secretary
SOLICIT POINTS IN THE CONSTITUTION.
After the temporary organization mao
been perfected the matter of framing the
Constitution was cone into. The Southern
intercollegiate Association was CHOSEN d
the name OF the organization, and its 90
iect Is 10 unite, foster. and advance the
interest in athletics in the South. Every
college and university in the ASSOCIATION Is
to furnish a football and baseball team;
and no institution will be admltteu
| except by unanimous vote. A tropny
of the value of SIS IS to be given
/ to the champions in each game each year.
/ The presidency of the association will be
given after the first year TO the winning
| college in baseball and the vlce-presI-
/ dency TO the winning college In toot,oall;
| After then the championship football ana
| baseball teams will hold alternately the
presidency and vice-pTesidency. one regu-
! lar meeting will be held eech year-the las.
| FRIDAY in December. The next session
! Will convene at Lynchburg. No man can
| play in the association more than SIX years.
NO PROFESSIONALISM WANTED.
Stringent rules we're adopted against
professionalism. The association was
! divided into two sections. the Northern TO
! CONSIST of Maryland. Virginia, and North
| Carolina. and the Southern to embrace
/ Tennessee and Alabama. Tne champions
! of the respective sections VIII play LOT
| the championship of the south luo
| final contest in baseball TINS yeat
will be PLAYED in Richmond May 18th. and
That in football will take place on Thanks
! ciying-Day. No team in the ASSOCIATION
| will be allowed TO enter game with any
college south of Mason Il DlXOn'S line I'M
less the club played will certify that MS
| members are tonq-f de students and receive
no compensation.
| TEAMS MUST KEEP ENGAGEMENTS.
The membership is limited TO students
who are not now receiving and VINO ulu
not receive money at the time OF their ma
circulation for playing.
ANY college failing 10 put out team
each season or TO keen its engagements
will be dropped at the next annual meet
ing.
The constitution provides for yearly
assessment of $50 from each institution Ia
| the organization. m
Vanderbilt University. at Nashville.
Tenn, wrote that while It was lmpOssloIe
10 send a representative IL favored the tor-
nation of the association and would oe
clad 10 Join IT,. The meeting declde1 70
advise Vanderbilt that IT would perceived
INTO the membership Of the organization
any time within the next month.
OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
The election os officers took place in the
afternoon a. follows: President. J. Breck-
ieuridre Robertson. of the University Of
Virginia: President, W. ). Symlng-
ton, of Johns Hopkins University; Secre-
tarv and Treasurer, Professor W. n. Ora
ham. of the University OF the South, Sc
vance. Tenn.
The young gentlemen speak most enthu-
siasticallv Of the prospect OF the ne" or
canization and believe that II means a
great departure in athletics for tho south
in the future. The meeting closed last
night, and most Of the visiting delegates
will leave for their homes to-day.
soMETHISG ABOUT TEE FORMATION
The idea of organizing such an assocla-
ton in tho South originated among the
leading athletes az the University OF Flr-
lima. ami some of these young gentlemen
sent out letters 10 other colleges asking
them to cooperate in the effort TO perfect
the organization. il is believed that the
result will be very gratifying to the pro-
moters.
Mr. J. Breckenridge Robertson, the
president, in speaking Of the assoclatlon
yesterday afternoon said that its object
was 10 encourage and stimulate athletics,
baseball and football especially, among
the colleges in tine South. and 70 eliminate
entirely any possible professionalism and
all cases where paid players were holding
positions on teams. He was sangulne 81
to the outlook for the orgr nlzation and
stated that he believed 1t meant closer
communication with one another among
the men Of the best institutions OF learning
of the South and would inspire each col,
lege team with increased earnestness aud
zeal III athletics.