The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-27
REAL FACTS FOR OXFORD.
TO TEACH HER now AN AMERICAN
COLL EGE AMATEUR RANKS.

HE, cI, Association Propused-BiG Roll Call
The intercollegiate Association OF Amateur
Athletcs turned over several new leaves Yestcr.
dny at the regular annual meeting and closed
nm every loopholo by which even the spirit OF
amateur ethics could be evadcd. The entiro
constitution was overhaulod, and several
changes OF vital Importance to the growth and
purity Of collegiate sport wcro made. These
amendments had all been drafted with great
care by a special advisory committee.
Gustavus T. Kirby OF Columbia University.
the Chairman of the committee. road tho amend.
mcpts one by ono, and all wero adopted. as out
lined IN 1uE Sun recently. with some slight
Notifications.
Oliver Shiras OF Cornell, the outgoing Presi-
dent, called tho conference to order at 2:35
O'Clock, and the roll call was answered by tho
other officers and by delegates from the follow
ing universities and colleges:
Boston College. College OF the City OF New York,
Columbia. Cornell. Dartm )uth. Fordhnm. George
town, Harvard, Havorford, Holy cross. Lafayette.
New York University. University Of Pennsylvania.
Princeton. Rutgers. stevens institute, Swarthnorc,
syra,usr. Union. Wesleyan and Yale.
After the previous minutes had been road and
adopted without M reuorts of commit
tees were called for. and tho first question
broachcd was that of the correspondence relat-
ing to tho proposed international contests with
athletes OF the English universities. The EN-
ecutivc Committee. which had gone into the
matter thoroughly on Friday night. recon.
mendcd briefly That the special committee
which Ind conducted the negotiations should
to 20 ltinued. Tho President explained that,
inasmuch rs Cambridge University is yet to be
heard from, IL won'u oe aaVis"oio o"oieI "
ton until tho reply of thn Cantabs is received.
and that in my case it would be in order for the
-.,,, 90 ,nplr In nSfnrI ha fprp Hrnnniny
dcl.,atrs wore not b,ok ward in yoicinR their
VIZ '.
Rep natives of all the leading institutions
,oo, trr,s Il, ltscussing tho crisis brouybt abont
ooh l III 40" - ~ ~.
by the extraordinary letter from John NJ. Ere
mantle, President of the Oxford University A..
G Although their language was temperate in
view OF the strong pro'ocation' IL was ciear th"'
they were touched deeply by tho imputations
d '" i" ""N
lean collegiate athletes. A Few speakers sug-
Rested that in the face Of such n letter the most
divni0oJ course would he to drop the subject at
once and go she" d., as if no such institution as
That tho very terms in the Word Iett.r which
,oomaI to and ncgo,iotions really showed lam.
entable ignorance Of the truc state of affairs
In American colleges. and that Oxford should DO
enlightened In such q fashion that n similar
blupder would not be likely to recur. ..,.
good cause said one. THE chief plank in our
platform Is the Advancement OF amateur sport
nm !Ms, co'i LEI +: w III o sSonid Is So so b m1s rigS inc as
~aentalIy,, we might ask ior particulars OF inc
ih=%iSrm nnd aIs ana Iar S ser ;Sea w6 of hbs sh EiD d'o Of ssp TO-
rior being an idenl English college amateur 10
to De. so tar the specimens we nave
seen seen, 10 hnyc me usual human Wemknesses
Tor &c idhcad tickets Tree board. ana expenses.
whiic we, Door Fellows. must pay our way even
at inc tra'nhhs .hole: ro,
tion on somewhat similar lines. and tho commit
tee promised to bear these various suggestions
Had Capt. Brown OF the University OF Califor-
min been present he would have spent an un-
East some time ago to inyestigate amateur
~ rnI l., '"o au III US oisiiS.
Il. IL no,u,r,"S, NJ topUi.su ,ma' ~ ~ .oi,u,
sucn was a mere pretencc. President shiras
lmniedlatcly WROTE, asking Tor a nun eSplana-
rs a very UNSATISFACTORY reply, 1t was ordered
that Capt. Brown should he officially notified to
University from MEMBERSHIP in the I q
A. A. A. 4. N
;rhn hicycIinp oueat;on ,hcn N "a IN and n,
un ~ ~ ~ Kirhv : iho can" faieo ~ anu, on
adopted: was
Waere IS, The I. C.. A. A.. A. A.. seeing and appre-
piatins the progress of biicyGle facing among its Mem
and re CALLING the many fundamentni Iinerrnces
the ADMINISTRATION aud management Of
track athletics and cycling, deems 1t advisable that a
committe be appointed to formulate plans for the
o Eanizing OF an association similar to that of the 1.
A. A. A. A.. 10 control intercollegiate bicycle racing.
with the year 1898.
BY request of the National Interscholastic AS
II. j, Brown was admitted to the
He asked the association to assist
in .dcfying the A. A. L. registration
rule. which he denounced as tyranny and m
infringement of rights" G, r. Kirby and c. ii.
Sheriff. explained the rule so far as 1t affected
college athletes. and then said that the Execu-
tive Committee had decided that the time was
ripe for some action on tho subject. The follow.
motion was carried;
yb.reas. owing to the friendly relation, exis.inp
betwcrn tie A. II ami The e amS
heir mutual desire to benent amateur sport, the + e.
A A. a. A. deems II its privilege to submit the follow
Ing suggestions to the y. \. u:
That the registration scheme OF the A.. A. o.. as now
enacted and enforced. is a detriment to amateur COM
That this %dctrtment is chiefly due TO the fee re-
from the Individual competitors.
That n the A.. A. u. after n fair and tmpartial
a., r. rs a, We'll as $ It's o nS Mas .ociotion' it's II" rer as,iee
tion scheihe. as now ,nae:ed. tends, 10 purify and en-.
strons s1 nrres that nm atIIrie !" compe;,ng fnr a a a: