The Washington times., 1902-03-02
Pole Vault Trials Are More
Clearly Defined.
REFEREE MAY Be COLLEGE MAN
Standing of Teams in Various
Local Leagues.
GAlLAUDET BASEBALL NINE

Corcorans Will Play in Baltimore.
Carroll Protest Settled aengerbund
Bowlers-Guard's Indoor Contests.
The amendments to the constitution and
by-laSs of the intercollegiate Association
OF Amateur Athletes of America, as pro
posed at a preliminary meeting of the
executive committee, held several weeks
ago and printed in this column at the
time, were adopted at a meeting of the
association held in New York last week
with slight changes.
The association is in better shape than
ever before, and the prospects for high
err class of work in big as well as in little
colleges were never brighter The meet
ing, as stated last week, was conducted
in prompt and business-like manner, and
the report showed the sport to be cleaner
than ever before.
1t was the first meeting, in years that
no member was reprimanded or expelled
for infringement of the rules or for non
payment of dues
Pole Vault Trials.
The great trouble and delay at deciding
pole vault and high jump contests at all
sorts of meets set the members of the
association TO thinking. and the conclu-
sion they arrived at was a wise one.
For instance, If there is a two-day
event. or there is a postponemeut of
one-day affair, it has been the custom for
competitors in these events to qualify for
no al inn dar-s frip l. In,
ing an extra effort for a good height
leaving the keen competition for places
for the next day.
For instance, at last years intercol-
legiate meet the FIVE best men qualified
on Friday for the Saturday trials, but,
unfortunately, the events of the last day
of the week were contested in driving
rain By reason of the unusually bad
condition of the take-off, caused by the
heavy fall of rain, not one of the five men
who qualified on the previous day was
able TO excel Fridays jump, and a tie
resulted among the five men. The new
amendment provides that, as regards the
pole vault and the high jump, the con-
test shall be alone decided by the per-
formances OF Saturday"
Amendments Adopted
The adopted amendment which covers
the above and other field sports, is as
follows:
The field contests shall be started on
Friday afternoon; on that afternoon each
man in the weights and broad jump shall
be allowed three trials. On Saturday af-
ternoon the best five competitors in each
field CONTEXT shall be allowed to com
pete; on that afternoon the competitors
in the weights and broad jump shall be
allowed three trials. and the best four
additional trials. The best performances
OF the two afternoons, other than in the
pole vault and high jump, shall decide the
contest in each field contest, but in the
pole vault and high jump the contest shall
be alone decided by the contest of Satur-
day
The Rule as to Pole Vault.
The poles shall be unlimited as to size
and weight, but shall have no assisting
devices, except that they may be wound
or wrapped with any substance for the
purpose of affording a firmer grasp. and |
may have one prong at the lower end. No |
shall in his vault, raise the |
hand which was uppermost when he left |
the ground to a higher point of the pole, |
nor shall he raise the hand which was I'M |
dermost when he left the ground to any /
Any competitor who uses a pole without |
a spike shall be allowed to dig a hole, !
not more than one foot in diameter, at |
the take-off in which to plant his pole.
Scorers Duties.
The duties of a scorer" at an athletic
meet while they have been clearly de-
fined have By no means been carried out
in a manner satisfactory at every meet.
So that there can be no misunderstand-
ing in the future the association again de-
fined the duties and amended one or two
slightly. The scorers clause as adopted
follows
The scorer shall keep a record Of the
starters and point winners IN each CON
Test. together with their respective places.
He shall record the laps made by each
and call them aloud, when
Tailed, for the benefit of the contestants.
The assistants shall do such portions of
this work as he may assign to them"
AS 10 Protests.
There are so few athletes who have
any clear conception as TO when and how
10 make a protest that the association
Jaw fl to give the matter some attention
md gave out the following method of !
making a protest:
Verbal protests may be made al or /
before any athletic meeting against a !
or team, by any competitor or !
'ollege competing; but such protest must +,
,e subsequently and before action there
n made in writing and duly presented !
o the associat ton"
The protest must be made before" or
during a contest and not after. when an
vent has been lost or won. This applies ;
o Individual as well as team competitors.
nj il may be well for local athletes TO |
ear this in mind J
Referee and Professional Starter.
Heretofore the selection OF referee was a
onfined to non-eoilege men. and for a l
ing number Of years Father Bill Cur
s. the late William b. Curtis. was very E
,tisFdctory referee. His death opened n
le way for some of the colleges to de- b
de upon allowing a college man to act I
referee. The amendment adopted last |
eek makes il discretionary and leaves Il
10 selection to the executive committee,
I'd provides further that the starter" Il
games shall be a professional. as seen
the following: The referee shall be
lected by the executive committee not
ter than April l. and he shall name at
asst two officials for each position neces- p
ny for the proper conduct Of the annual b
Id meeting. and from such nominations \
e executive committee shall. before !,
ay ], select the officials for the game. =
he starter Of the game shall be Il pro- ~
ssionsl. u
Intercollegiate and Collegiate. A
In order 10 keep separate all records g
lde by the intercollegiate Association ID
"A any NJ the coIIagas which are nleuhars