New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-26
ATHLETICS.
HARVARD WINS AT THE INTERCOL'
LEGIATE MEETING.
SHE Is BACKED BY YALE AND PENNSYLVANIA
ORGANIZATION OF A COLLEGE BICYCLE

SHE is BACKED BY fAlst' AMI ti-'>-'N'
ORGANIZATION OF A COLLEGE BICYCLE
ASSOCIATION.
Harvard carried the day at the annual meeting
OF the intercollegiate Athletic Association az 'nc
Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday. The crimson az
cepted the victory modestly. and seemed s'a'''
for the open assistance of the University OF Feh"-
svvania and the silent but less powerful vote
from Yale The smaller colleges. seeing the way
that the flea had jumped. came along WIN nv"
votes and the Crimson went home last hish' ''i-
,relv satisfied with the conditions as they eNis'eu,
There was plenty of muscle, Drawn ana eoou
looks in the corridors Of the hotel yesterday "heh
,ba Young collegans from all over the country
hogan TO congregate early In the afternoon. An en-
ccutive committee meeting had beeh heiu y"
day night and another meeting was heo Hes'e.
,oor,tng In consequence some OF the college boys
looked sleepy-eyed but all were determiheo' 80"
efforts Of the majority seemed to be 10 pui"!
corege athletics and Il the general OPINION
ot,or tho session was over that they had done So
HARMONY prevailed to remarkable extent con-
sdering the fervor with which the champions VI ''0
different amendments argued their points
Most OF the amendments have aHeauE 0eO"
printed in The Tribune. so that only Inc Nus .'a
or,ap, one Will be referred TO here. That was
1he one submitted by Harvard regarding inc '7
huitv Of college athletes In opposition u '"e
amendment presented by the rules conl" i,
uarvard's rule which was adopted. was as lo''o"''
A student shall be allowed 10 Compel q.
tercolegiate meeting four times ana no nhoi law,
snpes 10 all departments. medicdI SraUroas,o,,ted
school academic etc .r.oos;ae track meeting at
T.hsch three or more colleges take par ehu nc,
won , rsI o - renTesent any other college he may
hereafter attend in the intercoeeis' f,U ca7onjar
ne e.r nsS This amendment not to be retroactive oI
affecting only those who enter college ai'eI ''o ~
OF the adoption OF this amendneH"
An amendment was proposed TO prohibit graduates
.ro,, discussing amendments at the annual meet
trg with the view OF expediting business BUR
Macintosh opposed the rule, and II was IMAM
amended SO that ex-offcers Of the associa'lo" WIN
have the privilege of the floor. but any o'hei GO
ueto must secure a two-thirds vote OF consent oe
fore he can have the full privilege OF the hoo''
There was a lively argument as 10 whether the
Executive Committee or the Faculty tonlii'''ce ~
the colleges should determine the ehgloh'F oI ,"v
ethlete TO compete Those who favored the idCu''H
won the issue and the faculty becomes Lac U9' TO
,nerobership and Il decided that the c1lvfGS
sT1saTsd from 70 The rolls The colleges mentioned are
the Boston University Brown iowa te,s Wesley
sn and Wisconsin. II also agreed thst coz
eges which had sent in the rf Iad 20. or the"
athlete Th samgs Of ocers resulted as follows Keith
aR TTar9sS cepTesaent P b Raiey FoTdRam
second vice-presdent; j. - an 6G JrT, CoInmbia
trnasurer The Executive Committee Will be l. ,, r.
Fisher Of Yale ID Rlp s y S0T9e Yale. W B.
Heon iii he ne referee of the games and Oliver
er Tba colleges were represented az follows
Amherst. c. /. De Witt. Boston C9lege' Il, H. ", ~
Tuing; college Of the City Of MeT oTK' Hans Van
BauT cornell R RPIeyE, jr D@rmGHTh James
y r Duffy: Harvard. +. r. Nourse; iaNfrl3ru'
r. b Conklin; Holy Cross; J. F. D on W VIII
Jams. New-York University. Rodney NJ Heggie ana
Samuel W. Hicks; Pennsylvania >; hemheuS MI III
princeton Keith Donaldson; Rutgers a. ~
sbearer: swarthmore. J. P. Broome; syraS%H de
Iohn G Roland; Williams. II. H. Lehman -, j d, r'
I ID Dana and r r. Fisher and Hamilton W. H.
Lee.
THE BICYCLE ASSOCIATION
Immediately after the adjournment OF the asso-
citation a meeting was called by the Chair for the
organization of the intercollegiate Bicycle Assocd
,Ion II X Bird. of Columbia. was appointed
,or,,oror,. chairman and Hall. OF Yale. secretary.
II was agreed 10 take the name of intercollegiate