New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-25
COLLEGE ATHLETES BUSY.
A LIVELY TINE AT THEIR ANNUAL
MEETING.
,..NNrRs. JUMPERS AND HAMMER THRowERs
NAVE AN INTERESTING CONTEST or WORDS
WHAT THEY FINALLY ACCOMPLISHED.


WHAT THEY FINALLY ACCOMPLISHED.
Tae annual meeting of the intercollegiate Athletic
Assocetion in Paror at the Flfth-Avehue
Hotel yesterday was one OF the lveliest sessions
ever held by these learned youngsters. Drawn
muscle and brains there in profusion ana more
work was accomplished in a short time than most
college athletic bodies transact in week Inc I'VE
experts who are reform football msh, nave
learned a great deal had they been present u
Knight y Wade of Yale the presiding OFFICER Is
d talented young man. He handled the conflicting
elements with tact and Dispatch and MS rulings
were a.ways Just and decisive. Mr.. Wade may yet
be supreme Court judge. The delegates arrived
early lost no time in scnseless preminaries ana
then dived into the thick OF business like lot
Of veteran politicians 1t was an open meeting mat
ters were not minced. and a spade was called
spade right there 1t would have warmed the
cookies Of The heart Of even President Eliot OF
Harvard had he seen the executive ability. the
business tact the bright eyes and healthy faces OF
these young college athletes Divinity students
would have been carried off their feet in that whri
of enthusiasm and diplomacy
The sensational features of the meeting came
out when the war with the League of American
Whcelmcn begun. and when an effort was
made to reject +. NJ. Crossett, Of the City Uni
versty who was elected of the Executive Com
mittee The favorers of the League of American
Wheemen carried the day. also did Mr.. Crossett.
WHO THE REPRESENTATIVES, WERE.
The delegates were as follows: c. S. Aldrich, for
Brown: b. H. Smell and f. W. Beekman. for Am
herst: Il. Tombo. ir.. II. J. Curtis and o. a. Run
quist for the College of the City of New-fork;
IL. r. kingsley. -. II. Lawson and j. H. Smuil
ir for Columbia; W +. Trimbe and G. w. Rule
son. for Cornell: L. Tracy, for Fordham; J. J.
O'Neill for GEORGETOWN: r. Il. Beals, II. Nj. Wheel
right, c. Crompton and j. p Lee. for Harvard;
T. G. Smith for Lafayette; i. NJ. Crossett Yer
non f. Carroll and J. Emile Walscheid for the
city university: c. II. McIwan. F. S Huntington
and G. r. Swain, for Princeton; q. S. Ludlow, for
Rutgers: G. l.. Montgomery, a. c. Sumner and
L. Carter for Stevens Institute; +. +. Bond. for
Swarthmore; l.. c. Baker, for Union; =. r. Free
man. H. A. Mackey, F. Il. Ellis and +. ST. Il.
Lewis, for the University of Pennsylvania: {. e
Hurlbut for Wesleyan. and W. s. Walcott' q.
Knight B. Wade and Charles II. Sheriff. for Yale
Hobart Lehigh Trinity. the University Of Mchi-
gan the University of Vermont and Williams Col
lege were not represented.
The proposition from the Union which has caused
50 much discussion one of the first questions
brought up. and a lively discussion followed Inc
entries have been heavy that the annual meet
ings have been carried into carknesS ana II was
suggested that to avoid this all preIimnaryd cor? on
finals only in the afternoon. Wheeiright OF Hat-
ward approved of the plan, but others opposed 1t:
declaring that two competitions in one day would
be too much. ard that an athetes muscles Woulu
stiffen up during the ntermission 49,,
vania, made manly speech, indorsng the idea
more interesting to the public and increase the
gate receipts. This brought Sheriff. of Yale to his
college athletes do not cater to the public. We
give our games and if the pubic comes, az I Esn
rill denied that athletics were decreasing in popu-
larity, and he opposed the holding OF any contests
in the morning.
COLLEGE DEBATERs AT THEIR BEST.
Mackey foored Sheriff. by saying: Il do not
agree with my friend from Yale. particularly in
that part of his speech referring to the public II
! remember one Vanderbilt once said that the pup
lie be d. and that remark has kept Chauncey
NJ Depew busy since" j. =. Lee, of Har-
ward. who helped to win the great football game
at Springfield in 1890 for the Crimson Endorsed the
proposition in we'll chosen speech. while Prince
Sn b bs of IN ne ouf the
It was finally decided that all field contests should
he reduced to i've men in each competition The
first round heat in the HOyards run will also
The old H hut Ds case which was ventilated
last year, was dismissed for good, and resolu-
ton was passed that no member of the Executive
Committee shall receive any compensation for ms
the s1speund hammer 1 nrs With the handle added
shall weigh sixteen pounds. Formerly the sphere
Then the League Of American wheelmen showed
its power and 1t has the honor of being the first out
Wq Those who reembeT hs college boys
plies to the Amateur Atnletic Union were surprised
Racing Board of the L. A. W. and the Executive
men and arrange friendly cooperation. Several
college whee,men disqualified last year by the
l.. A. W. Thornton Earle, of the College of the city
of NewYork, objected to kneeng TO the l.. \. w,
but the sentiment of the meeting was 10 avoid d
clash
THE FINANCIAL STATUS.
The treasurers report showed the years receipts
to be sos so and the expenditures TO be S6l4 80
leaving a balance hand of Sill o. This sur
plus will be divided equally among the college:
which had competitors in the games last year. The
election of officers resulted follows President
II. w. Wheelwrght, of Harvard; vice-president
Mr.. Bond. of Swartmore; secretary. d. 7. Andrews
of Cornell. and treasurer, l.. Tracy, or Fordham
The Executive Committee elected was as follows
Wade, Mackey. Runquist and Crossett.
Then the trouble began In earnest. An excited
delegate from the city university protested tina
y. c. PERTH had nominated q Columbia College maj
for position the board instead OF his own can
didate Then vigorous protest was entered agalns
+. NJ. CrOssett serving the Executive Board
II said that Mr. Crossett was not a studen
gate was on his feet and rush was made for tn
platform. J. f. Waschied defended Crossett, anC
ultimately carried his point. When the argumen
getting particularly warm motion was mad
10 adjourn and II was >arred
The following records were accepted: Two-mi
Pennsylvania, 5:2s standing broad jump. Baker
Union. 10 feet inches. intercollegiate reccrd-Two
mile bicycle race, Glenny, Yale. 5:4l 4-5: hammer
throwing. Hckok, Yale. Ill feet rs inches; shot
putting. Hickok, Yale Al feet Il inch.
NOTES ABOUT THE CARRIAGE TRADE.
John Curley has exhibition in the window o
his New-York Repository a tandem cart Of the lat