The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-01
BIG BASKETBALL UNION.
Colleges to Take Control OF Amateur Clubs
From the A. A. u.

There is TO be a complete change made
in the methods of managing amateur basket
ball clubs within a short while. Harry A.
Fisher OF Columbia and X. B. Hyatt OF Yale
had a conference yesterday in Meriden.
Hyatt's home. and developed plans for taking
the control OF these clubs out Of the hands
Of the Amateur Athletic Union and vesting
il with the intercollegiate Association. This
step, II is understood. will meet with the
approval of the A. A. u, which has found
basketball a hard sport to manage.
zone great reason why this scheme will
be more practicable than II seems at first,
said Fisher yesterday, lis that the i%ntercol-
legiate rules meet the approval OF the clubs
as well. The new Protective Basketball
League recently formed in this city voted to
make use of the intercollegiate rules. although
the A. A. L. rules are supposed to make
greater appeal to the clubs. The plan we
have in mind Is to group together all amateur
teams and appoint commissioners for certain
sections, exactly like the delegates TO the
A. A. U. Then we shall give the teams a
certain amount of time to register for the
season, giving at the same time the names
of lust what men they will use.
BY this means we can keep accurate tab
on all the men who are eligible to play for
the clubs. If any mar desires to change
from one club to another he must wait a
certain interval. and cannot change unless
he has obtained a release.
we cannot entirely prevent the playing
of men under assumed names, but that will
be one Of the chief uses of the commissioner.
He can 90 about to the games and can see to 1t
that only such men play as are entitled to.
II a team violates the rules of the league 1t
goes out, and stays out too. until we can make
sure that there Is a good reason for Its being
restored to good standing, There, Will be
no fooling about II. and we hope to have. our
Jurisdiction carefully enough. spread about
so that We will be in a position 10 see that
nv col eye basketball at present is in a COM
pletcly organized state with a few minor eN,
ceptions. There are a few New England
colleges which have not adopted the playing
rules, But otherwise We are in good shape.
The Western intercollegiate League has
made use Of our rules and understand from
Leach, who is a big man in Western basket
ball, that they work more to the satisfaction
rules did. II is a good thing to have, uniform
rules, especially as an effort is to be made
either this season or next to bring the cham
I'VE have in mind the plan Of playing
three games here or three out West as the
case may be in alternate years, between the
Eastern and Western champions. II we
Will be play ed in New York, one in New Haven
and one In Philadelphia. ! hope that there
will be such a series this year, but | doubt
II it can be arranged at SO ate 4 date; HON.
r'f BasS se bal I'm IN The middle West has been
placed on a firm basis this year by the lorna
Chicago, Minnesota, Illinois and Purdue are
in the league. At the present time Wisconsin
leads the league with a Clcan score of three
victories, Chicago and Minnesota are tied
for second place, having won and lost a game