The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-21
AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION.
Expenses Were cords Al
Iowsd-Oficer5 Elected.

Expenses Were Rsducsd-Ra oords Al
I~owsd-OhicerS Elected.
The Amateur Athletic Union held It's
annual meeting last evening aul wres-
tied with the financial problem. They
used the knife freely and reduced the ex-
peDses by 5000. The record, individual
excellence aud supplementary chsmpion-
ships medals were cut off and the travel
ing expense bills must come down, The
expenses this year have been $500 and
only about 10 per cent. will be Cancelled
by dues leaving the balance to be settled
by the profits of boxing aud other tour
nameuts. A Committee on Ways aud
Means to consider the vital question was
appointed. It consists OF f. &. Stearns,
W. d. Curtis. II. Perry aud G. W.
Beals.
The attention OF the board was called
to the slipshod methods at picnic and
benefit games, and to the growing abuse
of exhibitions. Gene raj kule ] was
amended TO inset sucn cases. aud cham
pions who hire themselves out in future
will have to be very careful.
The name of the late lameuted Ma
Liona Cross-country Association was
struck out of the handbook, and all cross
country games must in futurs be held
under the rules of the A. a. U.
4. z. Connects worlds record Of o
mile in 4 mln utes II AS seconds, made ut
BROOKLYN on August 20. was accepted. A
worlds record was also allowed TO w. H.
Henry, who won the high hurdle chau-
pionship at San Franz cisco lasI year in
1874 seconds. A conditional record was
grauted to Dana H.. Thompson for his
half-mile swim in a tank at San Fran
cisco. His time was 10 minutes AZ sec
onds.
The medal for which G. w. Stays Of
Cleveland and F. C. Puffsr OF New York
tied at Chicago. will be cut i'll two. aud
half awarded to each athlete.
The cffsr of the New Jersey A. G. to
give the Individual all around cha mDion
pionship free of expense to the Union
was jumped at. No further bsnefactors
being In evidence the supplementary
championships, the swimming champion
ships. aud The lacrosse championships
were cut off. as the governors could not
see their way to footing the bill. Special
record medals were also abolished, II III
future the exec tioual performances Will
be commemorate by an engraving on
the ordinary championship trophy.
The officers elected were: President,
Howard Perry: Vlce-PresideDts. George
W. Beals and f. Z. Stearns: Treasurer,
w. b. Curtis; Secretary. James q. Sulli-
van. The board lost little time III
selecting the following veteran com
mittses:
Finance-H. Perry, J. Harder and +. K.
Stearns.
schedule-J. E. Sullivan, W. Simpson and f.
K. Stearns.
Athletic Rules-W. B. Curtis, j. Harder and
H. Mcmillan.
Trials and Reinstatements-G. W. Beais. G.
Fl. Luscomb and w. b. Curtis.
Records-H. Mcmillan, j. E. Sullivan and w.
Simpson.
Juror-H. Perry.
Individual Excellence-w. B. Curtis. R. ].
Deiano and J. Harder.
Athletic Championships-J. E. Sullivan. G.
w. Beals, +. K. Stearns, j. Harder and II.
Perry.
Aii-round Championship-w. B. Curtis, w.
Simpson and j. E. Sullivan,
Boxing and Wrestling-W. B. Curtis, w. NJ.
Salisbury and j, L. Sullivan.
Swimming ChampIonsnip-W. Simpson, w.
B.. Curtis and j.. Il. Sterrett.
Fencing. Hurder, G.. Fairfield and W. 7.
Lawson.
Gymnastic-George E. Edwards. ]. stell and
r. Stoll.
Baseball-F. K. stearns, H. Perry and W. P.
Wightman.
Lacrosse-w. B. Curtis. q. Mcmillan and F.
4. Stearns.
Footbal-G. W. Beals, R. J. Delano and j. r.
G.. Blackhurst.