The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-02
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vital Changes Proposed In the Laws OF the In.
terschsiauttc Athletic Association-A vsice
In Advisory Anstru Given 20 Grnduates-
Method OF scoFinE VIII ne Broadenea.
Tho changes proposed in the constitution and
bylaws Of the Intercollegiate Association of
Amateur Athletes OF America were made public
last night at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. They aim
at some vital points which have been tho subject
of frequent controversy, and every alteration
outlined il based on logical grounds. The Chair
man of the committee, Gustavus r. Kirby Of
Columbia University. in voicing the sentiments
of his associates last night, seemed confident
that the revisions would be adopted at the next
annual meeting Of the association.
The various points involved have been under
consideration for some time. The subject was
preached last November by the Executive Com
mittee Of the assooiation-Oliver Shiras, Cor
nell; Henry w. Howe. Harvard; w. II. Fearing,
Columbia; s. X. Gerard. Yale. and ]. d. Wind
sor, University of Pennsylvania. It was then
decided to intrust the proposed readjustment Of
the laws to Gustavus T. Kirby. Columbia; Muir.
dock Kendrick, University Of Pennsylvania;
Henry w. Howe. Harvard, and Oliver Shiras.
Cornell. ex.ofilcio. These experts have been en-
gagged industriously on the subject ever since.
The fret proposed change that catches the eye
in the revised draft OF the constitution is In arti-
clio 2. on the question Of management. 1t marks
q radical departure from custom and provides
for the introduction OF graduates on advisory
matters. The interpolated clause reads:
The President of the association Immediately after
his election shall appoint n OF three gradu.
ates from among the members OF former Executive
Committees. This committee shall meet with and
Of vote.
governs the annual field meeting. SO that the
wheeling section Of the programme MAJ, be held
the uSn E : eeae eed cs sn,asele o"''y TSe t sisnif exee e q
this change is based on the fact that tho looa.
ton Il m Of the be 0iSs sId a msSs y not sTP sfs sm;s and asas
opens a wide field to enterprising track promot-
Article II, which covers the important ques.
tlon Of eligibility for competition, fs amended to
deal with the training table evil. The interpo-
lated clauses arc:
q eompetitor at an intereollesiate meeting who is not
an amateur a. set forth in article 10 OF this CON
No one shall represent any college or university a.
at any time after Feb. ga. 1898. attend any training
table without paying for his board AZ that training
would have cost him had he NOT been AZ
such training table. In case q competitors ualinca-
toned. he shall furnish to tho Executive Committee
i sn sl, anS sp f5qn Win hlns Claus. ssi q n A ne sss XVII SSmp OF ah Ii
constitution, and shall state In such afidayit the or
board, for his training table. a shall also furnish
from the person or persons to whom he has paid said
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and received by him (or them) as board from the
protested competitor.
A subsequent article dealing with penalties is
broadened so that a violation Of even the spirit
of the rules will entail discipline and that an
individual competitor as well as q college shall
be liable to suspension or expulsion. Hitherto
the significant words spirit" and competitor"
were not included in the constitution.
suggests that a three-mile run should be substi-
tuted for the one.mile walk either next, season
or thereafter. 1t also the abolition
of pacemaking in bicycle events. The most i'm.
the book, however, deals with the question Of
scoring points. Hitherto the championship was
decided on a basis OF 8, 9, and l points, for first.
now proposed to allow the fourth man in each
event to score. so that the placings would rep
resent 5..3, 9. and l points. The object. as ex-
Committee, is to discourage specialists or small
combinations Of specialists and to get back to
the keystone of the constitution, which says:
The object OF this association shall be the protec-
which comprise the association. and the advance.
ment and improvement OF amateur athletic sports
among colleges.
We cannot live up to this fundamental prin.
couple OF cracks in. each event can waltz Oh
with the majority Of points. Such a combina-
ton Of specialists should not DO allowed to have
q monopoly of the championship to the exclu-
sion of colleges developing ten or twenty timos
as many athletes and thereby serving the
primary object for which we are organized. By
all means let the class of man who is shut out
every year receive a chance of scoring one point
occasionally and the effect cannot be other than
beneficial when regarded from q moral and
broad.minded aspect"
The revised handbook will be formally laid
before a meeting OF the Executive, Committee
on Feb. 25, and will then como up for final ac-
tion at the annual meeting Of the association on
Feb. 20 at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.