The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-18
AMATEUR ATHLETIC union
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING AND
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Changes Made i'm the Rules Governing
Swimming and Pole Vaulting Con-
tests md Water Polo Games.

represented the Y. NJ. c. A, the Metropol-
itan, Central, Western and Southern asso-
Citations and the Canadian A. A. u.
The chief business of the meeting was
to consider proposed changes in the consti-
tuition and rules. Officers were elected and
the work of the year carefully reviewed.
The treasurer presented his report, show
ing a balance ON hand of 5000. The ques-
ton of a better definition of an amateur
was referred back to the committee which
has been considering it, and instructions
were given to report at the next annual
meeting. The same committee was in
structed to compile a blue book" of de-
cisions for referees.
A number of changes in the rules gov
erning swimming and pole vaulting COM
petitions and water polo games were made
as follows:
1.-THE plunge shall be a standing dive.
made head first from a firm take-oT, L. e.,
starting board from spring. the BODY TO be
kept motionless, face down. The start shall
be made with one or both feet on the take
off. No means of propulsion other than
the momentum gained by the dive will be
allowed. The plunge shall terminate when
the face OF the contestant appears ABOVE
the surface of the water, or at the explra-
ton of sixty seconds, which shall be the
limit of time allowed. The time shall start
when the contestant leaves the take-on. AT
the finish of each trial the contestant shall
leave the water as quickly as possible, at
the opposite end of the take-off. Anyone
disturbing the water so as to interfere with
the following contestant shall be disquai-
fed. The distance should be measured
from a take-off TO a line drawn across the
farthest point reached by any part of the
contestants body, having both ends eqi-
distant from the take-on. Each contest
ant shall have three trials, the farthest
n1nrn co Ghnn uyfn In scratch contests the
competitors shall be given one more trial:
No record shall be allowed where the top OF
the taffe-off is more than thirty-six inches
from the top of the water"
POLE VAULT.
The height of the bar at starting and
each successive elevation shall be deter
mined by the officials. Three trials al
lowed at each height Each competitor
shall make an attempt In the order In
which his name appears on the programme.
then those who have failed shall have a
second trial in regular order, and those
failing on this trial shall take their final
trial.
Displacing the bar counts as a try. A
line shall be drawn fifteen feet in front
of the bar and parallel will it, crossing
this line in an attempt shall be a balk. Two
balks constitute a try. Leaving the ground
in an attempt shall constitute a try. A
competitor may omit his trials at any
height, but if he fail at the next height
he shall not be allowed to go back and
try the height he omitted. The poles shall
have no assisting device, except that they
may be wound or wrapped with any sub
stance for the purpose OF affording a hrmer
grasp and may have spikes at the lower
end. No competitor shall, during his vault
raise the hand which was uppermost when
he left the ground to a higher point on
the pole; nor shall he raise the hand which
was undermost when he left the ground to
onxy noipf ON the mole QhOyp fhQ 0fhAr hand
In case of a tie the officials shall raise
or lower the bar at their discretion and
those competitors who have tied shall be
allowed one trial at each height. In handi-
caps where a tie occurs the scratch man
or the man with the smallest allowance
shall be given the place.
RULES OF WATER POLO.
The ball shal be the regulation white
rubber association football, not less than
seven inches nor more that eight inches
In diameter. The goals shall be spaces four
feet long and twelve inches wide, marked
goal" in large letters, One shall be placed
at either end OF the tank eighteen inches
above the water line, equally distant from
either side. To score a goal the goal must
be touched by the ball in the hand of an
opposing played, and the greatest number
of goals shall count game; The ball shall
water as possible, and shall never inten-
tionally be carried under water. No goal
shall be allowed when scored by an under
water pass.
''The contesting teams shall consist of
six on a side, wit two reserve men, who
can be substituted at any time when the
ball Is not In play. A player withdrawn
shall be offered. Time of play shall be six
teen minutes actual time, divided in two
halves of eight minutes each, and five min.
utes' rest between halves. Time occupied
by disputes, free trials for goal, repairing
suits and lining up after a goal has been
scored shall not be reckoned as time of
play. The captains shall be playing men,
bers of the teams they represent and shall
toss for choice of ends of tank. The ends
shall be changed at half time. The referee
shall throw the ball in the center of the
made only at the sound of the whistle. A
ball going out of the tank shall be returned
to place from which 1t was thrown and
given to the opposing team. A mark shall
be made four feet from each goal on the
side of the tank, and an imaginary line be-
tween these marks shall be called the four
this line until the ball Is within it. The
goal-tenders on the side are alone exempt
from this rule. When the ball is within
the goal line the goal-tenders shall not be
allowed any artificial support other than
the bottom of the tank. No player is al
lowed to interfere with an opponen unless
such an opponent is within four feet of the
ball. except when the ball is within the goal
section, when indiscriminate tackling will
be allowed in the goal section. The goal
section to be a space of four feet by eight
feet within the goal line and distant two
feet from either end of the goal.
Upon a goal being gained, the opposite
team shall go TO their own end of the tank
and the ball shall be thrown by the ref
cree into the center of the tank and play
started as at beginning of game. Each
team shall have two judges. one at each
goal line, who, upon a goal, In case the
judges disa gree, shall the referee have
power to decide whether a goal be fairly
made or not. The referee shall decide all
fouls, and, if in his opinion a player COM
mits a foul, shall caution the team for the
first offense and give the opponents a free
trial for goal at each succeeding foul.
1t shall be a foul to tackle an opponent if
the ball is within four feet of him, or to
hold him by any part of his costume. 1t
shall be a foul to cross the four-foot line
ahead of the ball, unless forced over by an
opponent, or to hang or the sides of the
tank, except for the purpose OF resting.
Unnecessary rough work may, within the
discrimination of the referee, either be
counted a foul. or the referee may put the
offender out of the tank until a goal is
scored, or the half ends.
The officers elected for the ensuing year
are: president, Walter III. Liginger. Mil
waukee Athletic Club; secretary and treas
urer, James f. Sullivan. K. 4. c.; chair
man board of governors. James E. Sulli-
van, o. A. c..
SpARRINE MATCHES.