The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-26
NEW RULES FOR AUTO TRACING.
CHAIRMAN MORRELLsTELLS or
IMPORTANT NOTIFICATIONS.


for Appeal 0utHped-Tlnle Scorers
and Report sheets TO he Introduced
Board WIN S6t nc ldAS Man BODY
On the verge Of asSsssofp Fhen automobile
racing promises 70 occupy prohnflcI POSI-
ton as a poplar 8poFtditls grFt hrteg to
find assuran@ that DE sPorINvin pc, wen
nurured andfE66uiated by tie fboaY that
controls IT, The AHserioAn q lt2lhobIA A.
sociltlon has ,sNhiB'a fo4e @eeks brac-
are %SS' eyon rsTrS fsd.SIjns vi = ap95 into
great great co TT ,tat q y y M body
Is In better shape i2ath ave- 4 ms Of the
time when il work loomslfffe<t before It.
with Elliott {. - 6f BpssouaR sNpres ident
of the A. A, 4. and 4;16Sff 'IsS SiorTell Of
this city as chairman OF IT, racing board,
there comes a new siemgnt into power Pnd
with these rspg BsplPd,t5 \, llFiR tSheSder,
as secretary d boilt DC natlbnAl ;o1gahiza-
ton and thesracihg board. and Gorge +.
Harrington NJ treasurer Of au. the body pre-
sents a quartet OF ofaflalss bf exceptional
popularity. independence and ability
A representative ofTHE Sun had ap inter-
estng talk witA{Clls imam Afggei SISTER day
concerning tho brospet, ths lpeligy. OF the
racing board and the changes to be made.
Mr. Morrell spoke uno6lciplly concerning
frankly and in doin6 90 disriosed The proba-
bic position Of the racing board on several
important matters. ---"-fls(
1t has been suggested recently that it IS
highly improper for meubers Of The racing
board 70 onicste at race meets unless thcre
be established some court Of equity Or board
OF appeals 10 which . protest Of ths deqsions
Of race officials could be, carried, .becauso
otherwise. with the racing boar IS me high
est tribunal the members Of 1t might be called
upon % hear a case Of appeal from their own
decisions as race meet oflcial-. concerning
this. MIR Morrell said -
That point was we'll taken" ! bavc de-
cidcd myself that J shall not oinciG{e at any
race meets whatever The other members
Of the hoard ma * 90 so II they choose, but b
shall propose the adoption Of n clause, IN tie
rules whereby whenever the DECISION Of an
official or set OF officials Is protested or ap-
peGed CEpR, ana any lpepbeIs Of the Taoing
board are amQng such oGicI ais those mein-
bers viii be required to absent themselves
from toe board meeting Wien the case Is
heard. TINS. think. win answer .altredlire-.
ments OF the case You sec We have fourteen
Members OF the racing board and would have
plenty 60 'gF lapon a -case vii hout che ps6s-'
ence OF those involved TIE A.. 4.,ASis the
national body. coiiposed az practically all
the clu5seiu tho. country, and itsrartp board
IL selected by these clubs with tho ,tfeA Of gHr-,
tins together group OF mep7who knqYynore
about automo5iRsIs0t9g g1Sl an gq9{Ps 1t
IL the body that knows most about the sub
jcct. ana do not thiak il would be well TO
nave any outside body capable Of reversing
its decisions" f.. -r
With regard 10 the lOdg iHs OF protest
against the decision of race meet offiCial,
Mr.. NorTell said he thought that such q pros
test should be made in writing and q hearing
asked ioE, and that II might be. good idea
to iut a check On trivial a nd ffivolous protests,
co Mf isfE6t 33e sf 6S6ar b ssoGSa
abfeGdy Io ~ ds Se thsSs59m ~ ai i
iay them befust thS board fof theifappro vnl;5s
he remarked 1Now,,l hevel 4 considerable
sense Of justice did not approve Of this: At
the last meeting o. the board we adopted y
resolution to the effect that at any meeting
for which a call hos been sent out, majority
of those present snail consttHite a. quorum,
and their acts shall be bnding upon az In
this way the chairInn VIII not he thf whole
thing and all the members VIII shdre the
II is my idea, " contained Chairman Nor %
should be present at every race meet held
this year, our board members are from
aohe sl' FIrtisrniore, j think thai aitvr each
should make ont a fun. explicit statement q
this sho'hd be signed by tho judges. timers
and Te.ereA and rwarded % the racing
board. Another feature which ] think VII
be introduced VIII be that o. having a Serk
or scorer 10 write down the time as,it Is taken
by each timer for each race He wiA be an
When he "a SSskcd about the drawing OF the
line between atrateurss and ~ Ofc+eionals
ChairmGnsAiorFeii' replied that IL. wRa 9 leed-
ing question on a subject concerning which
he was not ready to eNIrcsS himself He
said that the QUESTION is In the hands OF
committRe and thEt they had a meeting
Friday night. "One thing ! can say, how
ever" remarked Mr.. Morrel, lis that there
will be- no rule preventing amateurs from
racing against profession als-no rule making
man a professional because he compates
with a professional ~
When the qSestlop o. wei ehts and hahdi-
Gaping waS bpourlE M MrwMorren sold
that he tlfouflt POSSIBLY the weight limit
might be a little low. but tlmt they must
remain as tteJ are FOR the shle d cOynpari-
son Of times made here with those made
abroad. on the handicappiRR question MIR
Morrell indicated that he holds some posi-
tive ideas. but that the question is not one
10 be E-ettied hurriedly.s The price basis
Of clas 'iheatiop ha ,considsrR 70 be very ur-
satisiactory. and that By weights not much