Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-16

meets, and on this point the committee
| proposes 10 offer several important
| changes. 1t is it's intention to make
! first place count five points, second place
+, three points, third place two points and
! fourth single point. The fourth man
! Will be given no medal, the single point
counting in the aggregate for the col
lege he represents and the personal
glory attached thereto being the only
! reward.
| Another important change to be pro-
| posed is concerning the place of holding
the annual meet. On this point, there is
likely to arise much opposition, as the
change was suggested last year and OPP
posed by some of the colleges Several
of the members of the subcommittee
are in favor of substituting clause re-
curing the games to be held on the col
lege grounds of the leading colleges rep
resented in much the same manner as
the big college foot ball games are pull
led off. 1t is claimed that money is lost
every year by holding the games in New
York whereas If they took place in Bos-
ton, Philadelphia or New Haven big
crowd would be assured.
1t is further recommended that the
executive committee shall have full
of any athlete representing any college
in the association, and to punish him for
any infraction of amateuriSm by Sus-
pension. 1t is the sentiment Of the COM
mittee that college athlete should mot
represent OF join any outside athletic
club during the summer months; that
his action during the summer vacation
should be taken into consideration IN
rating his amateur standing and that
o.lY
any outside club should be punished as
Offenders against the summer base ball
playing rule This action was undoupt-
eddy FASTENED by the stand taken by
both Harvard and Princeton in prohib-
iting their students from representing
athletic clubs during the summer
months.
Secretary James f. Sullivan of the
Amateur Athletic Union and chairman
of the registration committee, is out
with statement setting forth the ad-
vantages of registration and showing
what an A. A. U. man gets for the dol
lar he pays to secure registration in the
body. His statement follows:
1.-The idea is to have all good anna
tours registered, so that we can keep in
touch with all of them and protect their
interests as we'll as those of the govern
ing body Each man who presents
satisfactory credentials and gets into
line, has nothing further to worry about
so long as he keeps in the straight path.
There is no possibility of any ringer
cutting in at the games, as reference
to the registration index enables OIL
Gals to keep a strict check and shut
out anybody who cannot show his card.
"If those who have been clamor.ng
most against the tax of 81 would look
into the merits of the case, they would
cease kicking. AS a matter OF fact, the
investment of 81 paves the way to a
possible saving of 600 or 700 per cent on
the season. Each man who takes out
new registration card before the end
of February will receive free access to
all the championships which may be
promoted by the A. A. U. during the
ensuing year. His card cancels his en-
try fees, and, if he IS anything of an
all-round man, he can quit far ahead of
the game.
1.-THE idea has so favorably impressed
the long headed division that it is pro-
posed to throw the registration list open
to all amateurs, whether they have re-
tired from active competition or not.
This would lead to representative
membership roll such as forms the back
bone of the l.. A. W., ana would receive
the further advantage of increasing the
attendance of past masters at cham
but to championship events and the idea
is to honor every registered card
whether 1T is held by a competitor or
! non-competitor, at the turnstiles OF
all our standard meetings. BY this
means every regular patron of cham
! pionship events can go right along the
| schedule for his dollar.''