The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-02
CoLLEGE Abilities MEET.

Decide In Favor al Fave Bicycle Races at
Annual Games-Ie used to Adopt Three"
mile Kun-.An Alliance With the Amateur
Athletic Union Ehected-Several New
Colleges Admitted.
New York, March 1.-The annual
meeting of the Intercollegiate Associa-
ton of Amateur Athletes of America
was held at the Fifth Avenue hotel yes
terday afternoon.
The following colleges with their del
egates answered the roll call:
Harvard-J. l.. Brewer, N. U. Bing-
ham and A. II. Bullock. Georgetown
l.. Louis Tracey. Fordham college,
New York city,. f. Quinlan. Dart
mouth-L. Shelbourne Cox. Cornell
John r. Bowen, A. F. Hamilton CO.
lumbia-H. K. Bird, G. T. Kirby, w. H,
Fearing, il. Brown--A. d. Call. Am
herst-H. w. Twltchell. Yale-L. p.
Sheldon, c. Gillette and Sherman Day,
New York university-Chester 7. S.
Whitney, w. A. Hudson and James A,
McCague. Rutgers college-George S.
Hobart. Union college--Walter L. Ter
ry. Wesleyan-Melrose d. Davis.
Swarthmore-E. Harper Firth, Charles
G. Hodge. Princeton-E. b. Purner,
Seward Erdman and Robert Garrett.
Pennsylvania-Georg w. Orion, w. G..
Douglas, c. l.. McKeehan. College of
the City of New Yorll-Oscar Wagner
and Frank B, vermilya. Holy Cross
college-Thomas Cavanagh. Columbia
university--W. X. Ward.
The members of the graduate COM
mittee, consisting of Charles III. Sher-
rill, Yale; III. Lysatt Geyelin, Universi-
ty of Pennsylvania; Guy Richards, Co
lumbia; J. P. Lee, Harvard, and Peter
Vredenburgh, Priceton, were also in at
tendance.
Without much delay the question of
an alliance with the Amateur Athletic
union was introduced. This question
was touched upon by the executive COM
mittee at Fridays meeting, and the
president was directed to lay the mat
ter before the general meeting. When
he did so there was not a dissenting
vote, and in future the Amateur Ath-
letic union meetings will be dignified by
the presence of collegiate legislators.
The following is the resolution binding
the two governing bodies:
First--At all meetings of the A. A. U.
the I. c. A. A. A. shall be entitled to
representation by not more than four
delegates or duly appointed alternates
of such delegates, having collectively
one vote.
Second-From among these delegates
.1,o11 1Na nI,o t1 lk> Nov, rs
the board of governors of the A. A. IT,,
who shall have voice, vote and privi-
lege equal to the other members of said
board upon all matters coming before
it.
Third-All members of the A. A. U.
clubs entering in collegiate or intelcol-
legiate games shall be governed by the
rules of the 1. G.. A. A. A. But members
of associate colleges entering A. A. u.
games shall be governed by the rules
of the A. A. U.
Fourth-These articles of alliance
shall be terminable by either party In
thirty days notice by letter to the
other.
A challenge was read from the West
ern Intercollegiate Athletic association
for a meeting on the Saturday follow
ing the regular championship meeting
in the east, but no action was taken.
The president declared that the asso-
citation had the sum of 81 900 to its cred
it in the bank, and acting according TO
the constitution, ordered the sum of $40
to be paid to every college scoring
points in the last athletic champion
ship.
The following colleges were elected to
membership: Boston university of Bos-
ton, Mass. Columbian university Of
Washington, D. c., University of Roch-
ester, University of Wisconsin, Wash
ington and Jefferson college, Pennsyl-
vania, and Holy Cross college. Union
college Of Albany was reinstated as a
full-hedged member, with the proviso
that no athlete who had competed I'M
der it's colors in the last two years
would be eligible for competition in the
future. This shuts c. H. Fitzpatrick,
holder of the worlds record for the
half mile, out of any further competi-
ton in collegiate championships.
A warm discussion took place about
the addition of a three-mile run to the
regular championship program. Mr..
Sheriff. of Yale quoted several theories
as showing such a pastime to be hurt
full to the physique Of youthful athletes.
But Frank B. Ellis of Pennsylvania
smothered all opposition by the able
manner in which he handled the ques-
ton. He said that America never had
distance runners and never would have
them until they would make an effort
to develop them. He cited innumerable
instances where the English devoted
their attention with success to this
branch of sport; even the preparatory
schools in England gave distance runs
on their programs, and surely, he said,
they were not anything stronger than
the American youths. The motion was
lost
An important change was effected,
however, on the program. Instead of a
two-mile bicycle race five cycling
events were added. They will take
place on the Wednesday previous to
the Saturday of the athletic champion
be presented to the winning college.
The question of scoring was finally
agreed on, and Section of Rule II. will
in future read as follows:
But the bicycle races shall be count
ed as a whole upon the following basis,
viz: Five points for the college or uni
Versity winning the highest aggregate
of points in these races, computed by
the value of their prize as above; two