Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-04
President OF A. A. U. at Last
Sees Possibilities Of This
Section.
BELIEVES IN A NEW ERA.
nav Of General Development Is Fol
lowing Period OF Specialization
In Athletics.

A asv era Is to dawn for clean and
General amateur athletics throushout
+be flr west. The day Of specializing
one branch 10 the deirment Of the
general scheme OF all-round athletics is
fss, waning. and the Pacific district Is
destined once the movement Is really
going well, 10 wrest from the east the
athletic honors so long held In This sec
ton.
IN brief. this is the belief OF Joseph
%. Maccabe OF Boston, president OF the
a. 4. t., after a Journey Of over 1000
miles, made in the interests OF the gov
erning body, from which he has Just
returned Also. as result OF his in-
yesugations, a new association was
formed, the Rocky Mountain an i'm
petus given to the formation Of NUM-
cipal athletic associations. and difficult
ties such as that caused by the Sighting
clubs which are On control On the Pacific
a. A., were attended 20 and are IN
fair way 10 be amlcably settled.
over the possibilities for expansion
Mr. Maccabe is enthusiastic as regards
the section under the jurisdiction OF the
?, A. A., and was emphatic 10 stating
that once the clubs there sol working
'n the broad field the prestige Of the
east was On danger he was Impressed
with the great opportunity, stating that
athletes had advantages equalled
Nowhere else.
He instanced many cases. particularly
e ose Of Parsons and Dan Kelly, as
showing what could be done with in
dWiduals, and used the great meet on
July 4. when over 100000 people gath
cred IN and about the Golden Gate park
10 witness what he characterized as
one OF the best handled and most COM
plete athletic meets he mad ever seen,
as a fair sample OF what organization
effort could 90.
In the matter Of the boxing or fight
Ing clubs IN san Francisco, President
Maccahe stated that the matter had UNI
III September 20 work itself 10 "A salts
factory conclusion. He was severe On
his criticism Of these clubs. stating
that they were nothing more than pro-
fessional bodies, and that the competl-
tors were nothing else. Their course In
the world athletic is a menace 20 anna
teur sport In the broad sense OF the
word he declared, for they developed
boxing to the utter exclusion Of every
thing else.
The clubs were thoroughly discussed
b. Mr.. Maecabe with the leaders OF
athletics In the city, and 81 was the |
sentiment that the boxing should be |
eliminated.
The olympic club. which has done |
so much for athletics and such men
as William Greer Harrison and John |
Elliott head the movement. and u is I
said that the work Of cleaning out the /
stable will be accomplished without /
having the national board step In.
The FIRST thing done bv President |
MacCabe on his tour OF investigation /
was The creation OF the Rocky Noun
tain a A.. which was brought about |
oy joining Colorado. Wyoming and 1
New Mexico with Utah. the latter be-
HF taken from the Pacific A. A.
4. a. 4. IN DENVER
Denver Is the headquarters Tor the
new body. and from now until Septem-
Der the association stands organized I
with five good under bodies and pos
lhliity or there being eight IN this 4
connection there viii probably be an
other division formed b. taking KAN
,as City the state OF Kansas North /
and South Dakota. Oklahoma. Nebras-
ga and Iowa, 10 be known as the
southwestern A. A.
Athletics generally through the Mid.
die West and further out were found
In very healthy condition and everv-
Thing was encouraging. IN 81. Louis
particularly this was so. and athletic
meets Of size were being held every
week IN Kansas City the interest was
keen and the local athletic club Is
building a new club house IN the city.
besides being IN possession Of a hand
some country club affair In the park !
district The clubs IN the vicinity OF
Kansas City were all doing their BIT
70 make the sport thrive.
IN San Francisco considering the
results OF the earthquake. everything
was satisfactory except where the
specialization Of boxing was held 10
ne the thing. The olympic club has
recovered from the disaster ana Az
READY has signed contracts for a new
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