The sun., 1896-03-01
COLLEGE ATHLETES MEET.
ryTERCOLL EGIATE dSSOCTATION
.EIlyRy handled QUICKLY.


1FTiIRS HANDLED QUICKLY.
Tao Proposed Three-miio Rus strieken
from the List OF Events. and Separate
nav set Apsrt for n bicycle Tourn sment
Executive Commit, ,e"'. aeport Adopted.
Tho annual business meeting Of the Intorcol-
,o,,a,o Athletic Association OF America was
h.Id Yesterday afternoon in parlor ID II of tho
tiuh Avenue Hotel About 100 young men, in
ending delegates from the different colleges
.,I graduates who are still interested In ANA
,,ur sport were present. President =. NJ. kcn-
drok of the University OF Pennsylvania was in
IN, chair and he proved to be tho best presiding
oe,cer that hns controlled the associations meet
,ucs in years. lie was thoroughly posted on par
Nnmentary law and kept the delegates 80 we'll
,rlrr his control that tho order OF business was
connected in exactly two hours, which was re-
uarkably expeditions considering tho long
drown out meetings OF the past. When the roll
was called 1t was found that these colleges were
notr.p,csented: Iowa, Lafayette. Lehigh. Mich
;cnn Stevens. California, Trinity. and Williams.
These delegates were present:
Amherst Harry L. Twtchwe,l: Brown. A. d. CALI
Columbia u. X. BIRD, q. T. Kirby. W. H. Fearing. Jr
CORNELL John H. Bowen. c. r. Hamilton; Dartmouth
/ : cox; Fordhan, J. +. Quinlan. Charles Downcs:.
georgetown. !. L. Tracey; Harvard, j. l.. Bremer. NV
Bingham II. bullock; College OF the City OF New York
oscar WAGNER i. II. vermiiya: New York University,
CEs whitney. W. A. Hudson. James A. MacCague
Pennsy vania. q. W. Orton. ". Douglas. c. L. Nc
Kechan: Princeton T. b. Turner. Seward Erdman.
Robert Garrett Jr.; Rutgers. George l.. Hopart
swar,hmore, +. Harper Firth. Charles @. Hodge: syra
cu,c W u. Alsever: Union. W. l.. Terry; Wesleyan.
NJ D. Davies; Yale L. p. sheldon. c. Gillette. Sherman
Day.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
adopted The report OF the Executive Commit
tee printed in TIE SrN yesterday. was read
and adopted without dissenting vote. The re-
port IL as follows:
R,soi,ed, That nasmuch this association ia tho
Int, ,rcocgiatc Association of Amateur Athletes OF
America and is always ready and willing to admit
foster ntfetics develop athletic teams. deem
insrcoiicsiate association
This covers the challenge OF tho Western
Inter-colleginte Association. and explains IT
self. The alliance with the A. A. U. was also
confirmed. AS follows:
First All neetnss OF the A. A. T. and the l. 4. A. A.
na % '5s
e5o sSsSna s na'
.Tnat 10 other members OF said Hoard upon all
'T'I' 4nri Ill "smssGs A. z club, entering in
cos.ts or ISri"esA,e games @ shall be- s9Seansa f as.
si5 IT, eol"ss, 1, sntsr!nt 4 4 L games shall be gov
abe b. either party thirty days notice.
ecsa Tssg n
vcrsity. Columbian University of Washington.
i. G.; Washington and Jefferson University
Holy Cross College OF Worcester. Mass.
'?is Columo oian and Holy Cross men were on
cciveil t,H' the the privilege OF voting.
The real discussion began when tho new
We're taken up. Article IX. OF tho constitution
was amended to read as follows:
,ls sss & sss las. :hs Se
day In February OF eac:, year: The annual neld meet
inMay q ta.h yeaI nut the preliminary heat: q ,hs
g n s e the aaC
when in the %. ns the M Of
Friday n at oeoef loci and
,n, as s9 Hras sna the only y0 and I'D
the D., daarsrmiie a lin which there shall no. Be
% ssn s at nsi
and n not nan s Tnsss
i've Competitors shall lie allow three trials each on
a57s fs
n BE- to be on o he
Sh er na Rs Tnass such as
.mrndmens nsdT NIT to article I y of the BY. avs Which
was to include = three run In the various
e AYE of to be hsd
,s nj
nshHf sSss fs the Es
known long distance runner. had entered Holy
Cross College and would appear in this
event at the championships, which was
perhaps one Of the causes for ns,dn the in
As the argument grew hotter tho delegates be-
came confused over tho method of procedure.
and when the motion to vote on the entire amend
ment was passed it was found that the dele
gates in order to wipe out the three-mile
run, bad voted to abolish the entire amendment.
from the entanglement. however, by suggest
ing that the old clause in the bylaws be
amended SO that, instead OF the two-mile bicycle
race, the bicycle tournament should he substi-
taied. On motion to this effect. the amended
CLAUSE adopted. which left the three-mile
run Oft the programme. The amendment now
reads follows:
Championship games shall include Running. 100
yards. 22O yards. $40 yards $50 yards mile l2O
hI n S13s 70 nuras .s tes one e SHe a
running high Jump. running broad jump pole vault,
putting lbpound shot. throwing l6pound hammer:
mile. I'VE mites mile for tanldrn teams, TIL. bl.
cycle to lie contested separately from the other
events upon some suitable bicycle track in or near
New York city to be provided :or by the Executive
Committee
Article VI. Of the bylaws was amended to
read:
The order Of events shall in all neld meetings. eI.
eept for bicycle races. be as follows
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 9 P. NJ.
Track Events-l. 100 yards. trial heats: .. l20
yards hurdle, trial heats one:half mile run. trial
trial heats: q. 22O wards trial heats
Field Events, Throwing the hammer-trials. 2.
Poevnu ting trials .. Running high jump-trials.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 2PM.