The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-18
4 BOOM FOR scnoLis1IC SPORTS.
Tie New OrgauTz ,tioa VIII CsstroI Every
thinx Pert aiming 10 Athletics.

Tie New Orgauiz ,tioa VIII Cs.troI Every
thinx Pert iininE 10 Athletics.
The reorganization OF the old nre-schooi In
terscholastic A. A. is the m ost i'm portant event
that has ever occurred in the history OF scho-
lastic athletics in New York city. The tompo-
rary Chairman OF tho new association. l.. l.
Gillespie OF Cutler School. has this to say OF
the matter; lit Is now under consideration
to make the new association the supreme
managing hody for all athletic sports. This
will be decided at Tuesdays meeting. So long
as the old ]. 3 A. A. remained exclusive there
was pickering among tho different schools
The general opinion among the schools now
seems TO be that byRones should be byGones
10 the new association every school will start
on an equal basis. but the first school Offend
ing against the rules Of the association will he
expelled immedmteIy" One diSagreemen INT
cleared up, as the following letter shows:
s s, 81 ,.n So n
in tNs tootoa game payed wssn ne teams ~ the
T"amoH irImmSr S'hS@ AnI hS 1I SSl". ~ ,Hs
s.a'sTsnt an gINiS1 sad game :" 60 g.as. Grammar
William irss.ani. rrtaelpAl iiS.varI .elooi
This will no doubt establish friendly rela-
tions between These schools. and IL u dirsc. re-
suit ~ the disbandmrnt 81 the old |. :. A. A.
Another result is me renewal OF interest in
athletics among some OF tho smaller lnsiltu-
tons Dwight School. for example. whore
athletics have been dormant ior noarly three
years, has uTganiZrd a new athletic Rss0ca-
Iinn. Waiter i. TichbOrns has been elected
President, George A. Fish Vice President,
William y. Jones Secretary, ami j. Howard
Hull Treasurer. Secretary Jones savs that
Dwight expects to send large delegation OF
athletes to the various games and Will place u
crack team on the diamond.
The interesting question OF the age INIT IN
tho new association i likely to Ice brought
forward very prominently at Tuesday, meet
ing. Several schools want the limit raised To
n years Under the constitution OF the old
association the limit was ~ years II; a. An
authority for the statement that all the s"ho"' =
81 the old l. ~ A. A. favor keeping the a-so
limit at - years Dwight School i ~ tho
opinion. So Secretary Jones' writes TO TaE Sus
years. The Cutler boys a:e also 81 this opin-
ION. Cutler also wants strict rules drawn up
by the new /. ;. \. A. defining exactly what
constitutes bona lde scholar 30 far a his
qualification for competition Ia scholastic
Alta recent Meeting ~ ths Athletic Associa
ton 81 the Js La sale Institute. Andrew Fieal
HeaTs was elected resident, tieorge brown.
and Fle!diGg A. seymour, Secretary. The can
dllateS for tho 10 a sale nine are nutheT-
ous. an the elall COMMITTEE will lave no
a fiirulty in selecting an excellent team. TINS
committee i composed OF President EeeIs.
John Se-ey. and george Brown.
Ths students at SteNens's school. Hpboken.
have taken kindly To lacrosse, and viii likely
have good team scott has ueen elected
caltain and shea manager IheY hope t0 ar
range games with the Polytechnic destitute
and the Adelphi AcaGemY.
A. n. g.. New York Al the j. s. A. A. games
last spring, at the RsTselsE oval j, Netrafe
trrSehnlastle record and breaEihg the schol 2
astic record Of 81 feet 3 inches, made ~ Albert
sliCknsy Of Cutler school,