Evening star., 1898-02-10
AMBITION OF THE A. A. U.
Statement Of Chairman Sullivan oi
the Repatriation Committee.

Statement of Chairman Sullivan of
the Repatriation COMMITTEES.
Chairman James E. Sullivan of the regis
tration committee of the A. A. u. said yes
terday in relation to the several articles
which have appeared in the press through
out the country Of late In denunciation of
the registration scheme:
THE A. A. U. has no desire to make
money out Of athletics. It merely desires
funds to pay clerk hire postage and print
ing bills, and pay for the medals it gives
in its various championships and not be
dependent upon charity. as it has been in
the past; in fact, the A. A. u, powerful
governing body that Ii is, has not been sus-
tained or patrcnized the way it should have
been, or other national organizations are.
I'm SO far as our reaching out and at
tempting to control sports We never con-
trolled is concerned, the idea Is theoretical
ly wrong. The A. A. U. has always con-
trolled water polo. basket ball, billiards ana
foot ball. That is, it controlled 1t in way,
but in some unaccountable way 1t was not
followed up, and there seemed to be a de-
sire on the part of many to pay little at
tention to these popular sports and devote
ell their energy to track and field sports
whereas the union is not an association for
the cont oil of track and field sports only
It Is a national association governing all
branches of sport that is not already gov
erned by a national association. That's
why the A. A. U. propose to draw the line
between the amateur and professional in
the sports above enumerated.
IF the registration scheme is not filling
the bill, or if there is some other method
necessary, 1 think you will find that the
A. A. U. officials are fair-minded men. and
men that will listen to reason and gladly
rescind any rules now on the books of the
A. A. U. that are obnoxious. 1t is certainly
our intention to be fair, and We have no
inclination or desire to misuse our power
Boston I'm the Field
Boston has entered the field for the 80
l.. A. w. meet and a club has been organ
lied in that city to make a fight for the
event next year. Chief Consul Sherwood
has received a letter from the president of
the new club stating that Boston will at
tend the assembly in force and begin its
campaign. The coming of Boston into the
field makes two cities that are working for
the 80 meet. Buffalo has been a candidate
since the meet at Philadelphia last August.
Both cities are well adapted for holding
the meet, and the fight between them will
be most interesting Chief Consul Jenkins
of New York has written Mr. Sherwood
that the Buffalo delegation Will go to In
dfanapolis next summer prepared to take
that city by storm. as the hoosier boom
erS did at Philadelphia last summer. Bos-
ton will not be at all backward in pushing
its claims and the friends of the two cities
will have lively time in August.
DIR. MassnmOre VIII Speak.
DR.. George w. Massamore, assistant
game warden of Maryland, will address the
Washington Game and Fish Protective AS
sociation tonight, at its first annual meet
ing, in the armory of the Washington Light
Infantry. DR.. Massamore, who is secretary
of the Maryland Game Association. will re-
view the work of that organization The
Washington society has about five hundred
members, ready to cooperate with the
Maryland association. Congress has al
ready furthered its work by enacting law
to regulate the sale of game and fish in the
District of Columbia The Washington
market has been a refuge for Maryland
game killed out of season. To close that
market will, of course, be a great protec-
ton to Maryland game.