New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-28
COLLEGE ATHLETES CONFER
PERFECT HARMONY AT THEIR ANNUAL
MEETING IN THIS CITY.
@, 1rR suIRAs OF CORNELL. TIE NEW PREsl-
DENT OF THE l. A. A.-THE PLACE foh 'fiH
ANNUAL GAMES pIsCUssEp-rMPoR-
TANr CHANCES IN THE con-
srIrUTIoN AND BYLAWS

sTITCTIoN AND BYLAWS
The annual meeting Of the intercollegiate A'h'eHc
Association. which held at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel Yesterday afternoon. will so down in college
athletic history as one OF the most harmonious III
the life of the organization. There were no
warning factions. and the outgoing Executive No'-
mittee had prepared the work so carefuiy tha' the
different changes in the constitution ana bylaws
were rushed through. a. times without oeo"'c,
President Kirby made an excellent chairman. and
he re:!res from Office with the respect and gooow'"
OF al college athletic workers.
The treasurer's report was encouraging. showing
q balance in hand OF S.ll5 s. The Pennsylvania
State College. the Boston College the haveNioro
College and the Leland Stanford University were
admitted to membership. There some discus
sion over the date suggested for the annual bicycie
Championships. which will be held at the ManAa'-
tan Beach track The first Saturday In June was
objected to by many the races on that date would
Interfere with the college examinations Inc SUD-
feet Was lcf; In the hands OF the new Executive
Committee and cffor; will be MADE at once 10
find out what ds,e VIII be the most acceptanie 10
ell ,he colleges This committee will also decide OF
where the annual field and track contests shall BE-
held. some OF the delegates were opposed 10 hold
ing further contests Manhattan Field, IN
this city II was urged that the games in this ci'y
no longer attracted much attention. The Pennsyl-
vsnia delegation Is in favor OF having these cham-
ponships in Franklin Field in Philadelphia The
chances are however. tina; tire games will have TO
be held in this city for the coming meet anyway.
dividend OF SO declared 10 each college repre-
scented az the last track and field games.
The delegates present were Clarence II. Ling
ham Brown: II. X. Bird s. II. Blur end " n.
Fearing. Columbia; Z. c. Campbell, Columbian:
Oliver Shiras. Cornell. j. y. Pr.nge and W. 5.
Adams FoIdham; j. S. Walsh and J. F. McColgate.
GEORGETOWN: W Y Vincent. W. w. Howe and +.
IT, E.gloN Harvard: T. l.. Devine Holy Cross ".
IL Earnest and j. y. Clarke. Lafayette; J. r. Feth-
erstone. T. W. ABBOTT and ]. x. Evans New-York:
J. x. Roll and g r Jelnghaus. College city OF
New-York; Z. l.. Mckeehan. c. c. Sichei and ). d.
Winsor jr Pennsylvania: Seward Erdman. Y. J.
McVitty and Robert Garrett Princeton r. ".
liageman Rutgers; C. NJ. Kirby. Fl. Robinson and
\ C. Barry Stevens: r. Matteson Swarthwood;
". Fixes Syracuse: W. 4 Sparks Trinity; IT,
Hc-r;ne Union. ". !. Wyatt Wesleyan; c. Gill
lciie. s X. Gira-d and j. y. Swift. Yale.
The election Of officers resulted as follows: Oliver
Sairas Cornell president. e. T. leliinghau>. Col
leee e The ,iiy OF New-Yorl; and J. D. Clarke.
Iafaye,to honorary vice-presidents; +. &. Martin,
Ir'Y,otor treasurer. and L. ". Abbott New-N ork
I-ri,eisiiy. secretary. The new Executive Com
ritjcs win be a. appended: F. *. Girard Yale; ".
T. Fearing r.. CoJnbia; !. D Winsor, jr., Pcnnsyi-
Na..a. ;.rd H. y. Howe. Harvard. j. T. Peak OF
l,rlgc~s. ~, The defeated candidate. Only minor
oterEea were made in the constitution.
Anolis some 81 the more important changes in
o., bv,aws were The following:
Ar,iric !. section THE officers Of this associa
1 10 ssali ne = president two honorary Nice-pres-
outs secretary aud trea surer 1hey'ShaI moo
,.i,e Tor ono year. ana shall be elected bN a ma"
iute,.ns. SC. No candidate for the position OF
a, the line of his election he ia undergraduate
In orc Of colleges of The associations ny Hndef
srrosr, Sen mo candidaSe for me position of
s-cIetar. treasurer snail be eligible whose COZ
iele course viii end sooner than one Year from Inc
Ar;iJe II. section 2-The secretary shall keep
NH, nf Ia lat
tive Committee ana shall conduct ne orrespohGq.
snee and shan have charge OF ana be p a
sger and treasurer II shall be his duty 10 senu ihe
handbook TO NE Colleges OF dme eeti mon
sec The treasurer shall collect and have charge
Of ell moneys belonging to the association shall
repor; thereof to the association at the regular
All bills shall be presented 10 the president anc
shall be audited by him in case OF aPproya ne
After such approval the treasurer shall be author
by The president Sec 5-,The treasurer report
shsll be submitted 10 and audited by some ZEE re-
dent, before being submitted TO and accepted by
the association at lis annual convention
shall assume entire control Of the annual games
and shall decide all protests The Executive Com
manager for the games. who shall be a college
giaduate and shall. under the direction of the Ey;
scuiive Committee and the president attend 10 oil
matters relating to the annual games. such as ad
vssng Gke'' srnss Of the Executive Com
mittee shall be held on the evening before the an
nual aeld and bicycle meetings
Article IV-Entries including the class number
~ each man. and arranged in accordance WIN the
Tered shall be made 70 the president and shall
close at least three weeks before the day assigned
for the respective games The Executive Com,
mil ZEE shall decide by lot the different positions Of
zach college in the hnal heats OF each event. me
II he course At least fifteen days before the an
@ sent 10 al e coese s Of IF s 'ns
be sent to the secretary as soon as ns
s r sssTsd ma sanf hs ha at
notify the members protested ana an ine mem e.. ,S U
members protested the grounds Of protest. and II
in violation Of Article XVI OF the constitution a
rsnlT uDo or s face Article XVI Of the constu
lion with space below for sgns,re shall Tn im
r'ediaely forward 70 the Executive cTm hn T
their discretion. appoint suoseeQuert cav; az
which after due notice both SIDES may appear
S Artce viThe order Of events shall in all f a
meetings except ock's Ge as fSn rial
trial beats beats l SysTd hurdle
Irsi heats and 2So-yard run. trial heats. Field
contests-Pu;ting the shot. trials p; m; poe
M throwing the hammer. trials p M :, snd
running broad Jump trials p m S1 6ant
hurdle seni-fnal lO-ysrd run. final one-mile run
ysrd s SGrs hntde "yand n as
sen'-fnal. onc-haf mile run, 29-yard hurdIe ma
s2A-yard nnal. putting SiOt p poI'
va;ilting D. m. running high jump. p m
throwing the hammer. y. m and running oroad
Jump. { p. M. .,.,. -a. -. 10
Article VJI-The events and their order ct ne
h,rvcle meeting shall be as follows: one half mile
beats one mile heats: one-quarier mile, heats one
haf mile final: one-nle tandem, heats. one mile.
anal: Gve-mIIe trial heats Of two miles: one quar-
Ter mile Anal: tandem. final. and hve-miie, hnal
t,me limit shall he fixed by the referee. ana I not
reached then the heat or race snail be ridden a
second time and all those not making the time
limit snail be barred from final heat this rule TO be
NM IN efect even II IL necesstates the omission or
me race In entries for tandem races only the
names % the riders and not the pairs need be gwen
The Execufive Committee shall annually. in their
discretion declare dividend. to be divided equally
among inc COLLEGES which are represented by COM
neiitors d, the annual rack and field &c mes IN a,
least three events. but three men shail hnsn
On Inc track contests and compete In the other con-
tests No college shall enter more than eight men
FOR any one competition. or start more than nve
Article XI-Thesc bylaws may be altered.
sn,ended or suspended AT any meeting OF the Asso-
ciation by two-t birds vote Of the colleges present
a oft cen