The Washington times., 1902-05-25

The raa,tec Of rcdistriet!ng the ANA
eur Athletic C-ica. SO far as this sec
ion cf the c.;;:::-.-try is concerned. was
nAliy settled .aat rocli by mail vote
corg,iaace with instructions re
eived at the annual meeting of the A.
4. L.
Tic rcdistricting involves more par
iculariy the Atlantic Division. which
included not cnly New Jersey. Della
sare, and -1-t cf Pennsylvania. but
lso Maryland. District CT Columbia. and
ne Carclinas.
Under the new order of things the At
sntic Division new covers the first
hree States named and the district to
& henoeiar;h lrogl IS the South At
antic AsscciEcicn'' has as its members
ne clubs in yla7i. District CT Co.
umbia. West gina, virginia. Ncrth
carolina. ard nth Carolina.
Rcasca fc- he Change.
The reason fer rlak,ag the call for
hanse as given b. tn. signers to the
ail is that the making OF new districts
rill localizc athletics and stimulate the
interest therein. and THIS give greater
advancement 90 sp5rt.
SO popular did the change seem that
DC mail vote resolved by Secretary
lanes L. Sullivan showed p in favor
lni Cniy : oracscd. six clubs did rot
rCte.
d.. Hoplzirson Resigrs.
Che OF the oliccrs Of the association
ei.o wss oTpcsed to the change, but who
'oi-G for it because he had.pronlscd to.
lc 90, IS d. b. Merrill Hopl:inson. of
Baltimore. --eu known hero for his
si-ncss and ggrarezcss IN athletics. He
s VICE reGidclt of thc A. A. L. and
vas president of TIE Atlantic Division,
4. A. L. lie resigned tn latter office
yhen The result Of the mail vote was
announced.
His letter of rcsi-aaticn explains itself
md is given herewith, in part, as fol- ,
ov-s:
while / voted IL favor of the divis-
on. did SO merely because / gave my
romise so to do; not because | recog-
lize the wisdom OF the move, for ] have
.lways thought it mistake. and today
regard II as wholly unAlled for and q
uoss error OF judgment. NJ last Official I
ict as president OF the Atlantic As5o-
iation was TO ask for and accept tbc /
csignations OF Ny. John w. Kelly. jr. |
IS a member OF the board OF managers /
ind secretary-treascrer. which action
tpon my part has since been ratified By .
4 nj bu ri ia
pleasure 10 me to know that am re-
ieved OF the burdens OF an Office that |
ias brought ne nothing bet annoyance |
md ofIense against my better nature |
sut an Office that ! have dore my best
o conduct in accordance with my duty
rs ! saw IL"
Local Clubs Interested.
Much OF the feeling which finally re-
lulted in the above action was caused by
he split from the Union and The forma-
ion by a number OF Baltimore and other
clubs Of what is known as Middle At
antic States Association. The step WAS
:aken by the clubs because they failed.
Or claimed to have failed. to have repre-
Ientation In the national body.
Last fall II vas demonstrated that
these clubs had successfully held a mum
Der of meets and were really in earnest
IN furthering the interest in athletics.
md it was arranged that they renew
heir allegiance TO the parent bsdy, and
having been given reccrnition they all
became part OF the Atlantic Association.
Having q desire to get away from all re-
ninders OF an unploae2nt incident. ii was
decided TO redist-ict and rename the
association as above given.
The organizations OF this city inter
.sted in the matter are: Y. N. G. A,
corcc-an Cadets. Woodside Athletic
-lub and Carroll Institute, and several (
lchools which comprise the leading local
ithletic interests.
Big Handicap Canes.
There will be a great turnout OF ath- {
etic talent at Celtic Park. New York.
N June q. on the occasion Of the az ,
ual field day games OF the knights q
Columbus. under tho auspices OF the ]
sew York chapter Besides the closed .
vents tseyen in NUMBER for knights Of
'olumbus Culy. the following events. J
pea to al, amateurs. are on the pro
ram: One hundred yard run, novice:
, ?
40-yarG handicap l-mile run handicap.
ole w ult handicap. running high jump
aDdicap, 1G-poUrd hammer handicap. T
g. pound weight handicap, and the In
erscholIstic relay race Of enc mile. four =
zen 10 make a team and four teams to :
onstitutc a race. =
These games being the first OF the q
ummer, viii bring out the best OF the
athletes as well as many u
no always wait for the summer games Il
eforc they compete outdoors. Certain g
the events on the program viii give O
very athlete a chance 10 win. whether
g be a zprinter or a distance runner,
weight thrower or a jumper. and the
ames will go down in the history Of =
.hletics as the must successful ever
I'D. The entrance fee is 50 cents and
,e entries close on June u with Frank r
:. Smith. New Work city. oI
Several local organizations are con- al