New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27
COLLEGE ATHLETES MEEI
ACTION POSTPONED AS TO INTERNA-
TIONAL GAMES.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AWAITS ON~-
BRIDGES RrPLY-CALIFoRN1A TO PROVE
HER CHARGES OR WITHDRAW

AMENDMENTS TO THE 'oE'-
sTIrrr1oX ADOPTED.
The annual meeting Of the lntercoesA'e 80,
citation OF Amateur Athletes Of America was u''
Yesterday afternoon at the Fiiih Avenue -,
,hou, seventv-five delegates were present III sum-
-os,oc,s this was the most important meeting yt'
ho,d h, tho association owing to radical changes ]"
tho constitution and other subjects when came w
for discussion Oliver Shlras. Of Cornell poS'''"'
~ the association was In the chair. ana represent"
tives were present from Amherst. Coiuihp'a. W
nou Dartmouth Fordham Georgetown ha''.
ford Harvard. Holy cross. Lafayette. New iO'N'
PENNSYLVANIA. Princeton Rutgers stevens SWARM
more. syracuse. Union. Wesleyan and Yale
The first business OF Importance 20 come heioFe
the meeting the question OF lh'e'"'''o'''
games which the main subject OF "l7c"SSlo" ~
the meeting OF the Executive Committee on Friday
night. The speciaI committee reported that it was
not ready 20 come 10 a decision until WORD hal heen
received from Cambridge which has not yet repn'u
on her own behalf The committee begged lel'e 10
withhold its report with the faint hope o. yet oiihR
ing about a satisfactory result. Opinions diiier'd
among those present 10 what action shouid pe
taken as to an international meeting Some Of those
present were In favor OF expressing resentment al
the letter from oxford and then dropping the sun
ject Several members believed I'm reopening negot-
ations. The sense OF the meeting seemed 10 ne IN
favor or the former proposition. and the suggestion
OF the Executive Committee that the question De
laid over was finally adopted unanimously.
The case OF the University OF California was dis
posed Of by the adoption Of the Executive Commit
tees recommendation that the secretary OF the as
ISOLATION be instructed TO write TO Captain Brown
OF tho California University Athletic Association
that unless he should either prove or withdraw the
charges made against the association and Eastern
colleges in his recent letter he should Doe re-
quested to Withdraw the University Of California
from the association and further informing him
that the proper ana only person to receive com
plants was the secretary OF the association.
H. J. Brown representing the lnterschoastic Attn
letc Association. present TO ask FOR the moral
support OF the intercollegiate Association in the
formers disagreement with the Amateur Athletic
Union which rules that every school athlete must
first register he disqualified as an amateur. The
intercollegiate Association athletes do not come I'M
der this ruling being bound by the rules of the
Amateur Athletic Union according TO agreement,
only whore the rules Of both associations arc in ac-
cord. Tho intercollegiate Association does not he-
l!eye in the registration scheme and VIII not be
bound by IT, The association promised the Inter
scholastic Association its moral support.
The resolutions regarding the proposed amend
ments to the constitution as drawn up by thu
special committee composed Of G., 7: Kirby. Of
Columbia. charm. ~ Murdoch Kendrick. Of Penn
syvania: Henry ". Howe. OF Harvard. and Oliver
Shiras OF cornell * oihcio. were next considered
THESE proposed amendments were made public
and printed in The Tribune on February The
principal changes recommended were an increase
in the Advisory Committee. making the place for
mitiee. making rules dealing with the training
table evil and making punishable mfractions of
even the spirit Of the rules The most important
innovation aimed in the method OF scoring
points, the scores OF five two and one points Al
lowed for the first. second and third places.
spectvely ~ the annual meet. being amended TO
give the fourth place one point. and the second
and third places three and points respectively
This intended 10 aid the weaker colleges. and
prevent colleges having one or two crack men from
taking nearly all the points. IN presenting the
ton. however. the committee drew attention
an amendment Of is own. made since the publica-
ton Of the new rules whereby first place At
the annual meet should count SIX points. instead
this year will therefore he counted six three TWO
and one. for first. second. third and fourth places
respectively.
Further amendments made 70 the various
sections In regard 90 the scoring ~ points i'm the
bicycle races, the action regarding the scoring in
track races was followed. by giving the fourth
ond ana third places by one each. This makes
the scoring this year ivc points for the college
or university winning the highest number Of points
In these bicycle races three points for the second
college. two points for the third and one point
for the fourth. As recommended by the Executive
Committee the paced races OF last year will not
also will be put separate basis from track
athletics, beginning with the year 1888 Two new
colleges. on application. were also admitted this
year They were Johns Hopkins University and
The final business Of the afternoon was tho an
nual election OF officers The nomination for prrsi-
dent was Immediately made by G. T. Kirby Of
Columbia He proposed l. y Swift. Of Yale who
was unanimously elected. The other new officers
We're; secretary. Ernes, VI. Bull. Cornell: treasurer
henlamin ;. Barringer New-l York University hon I
and j. u. Clark Lafayette: Executive Coumiffee
L. @ McNiuy. Princeton: j. u Winsor ir Pom /
sylvania. Bartlett n. Hayes. Harvard and j r /
Williams. Columbia.