The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-30
IT WANTS THH Big COLLEGES.
AT ANNUAL CONVENTION \. A. A.
DECIDES TO 60 AFTER THEM.
Year Old Association Discusses Various
Branches Of spOrt-New Football Conn
mittee Appointed and wiz AmElga-
mate with the Old Pierce President.

The Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Of the United States. a year and a day old.
held its annual convention yesterday at the
Murray Hill Hotel. The delegates we're in
session from 10 o'clock until noon and from
? o'clock until Z discussing college sports
and the regulating Of them. There were
twenty-eight official delegates present from
as many colleges and universities and nine
visiting delegates from instltut ions not az,
yet member OF the association. The pre-
vailing sentiment was that the association
had done good in the year Of It's existence
In bringing about a better tone In college
sports. that 1t would do more good and keep
on growing Furthermore a dominant note
in the proceedings vas that the association
would be much more influential If several
of the big universities. such as Harvard.
Yale. Princeton and Cornell, could DO per-
suaded to Join. A strong effort will be made
to induce them 30 Join.
The official representatives present yss-
terday were as follows:
Capt. p. f.. Pierce. q. s. A., president: Prof.
Louis Bevicr. Jr, Rutgers. secretary; Prof. Joseph
M. Wolfe, Bucknen; Prof. 4. J. Bartlett. Dart
mouth: Prof. II. NJ. Stephens. Dickinson; Prof.
II. II. Peck. Franklin and Marshall: Prof. J. A.
Babbitt. HAverford: Prof. W. K. Gillett. Lehigh:
7. J. Maher, Niagara; Prof. g. r. 81. John. Oberlin:
Prof. z. L. Rice, Ohio Wesley an: Eugene II. KIM
kald. Seton Hall: Prof. II. A. Peck. Sy racuse; Prof.
W. NJ. Duane. Colorado: DR.. II. L. Williams, Mn
nesota: DR.. c. II. Hetherington. Missouri; J. T.
Lees, Nebraska; Prof. W. II. Wilson, Wooster;
Prof. Edwin Linton, Washington and Jefferson:
Prof +. W. Nicholson, Wesleyan: Prof. Alexander
Silvcrman. Western University of Pennsylvania:
Lieut.. W. d. Smith. West Point: Prof. II. ID. Wild.
Williams: Prof. W. L. Dudley. Vanderbilt; DR.. II.
Edward Wells. Allegheny; Prof. Howard Opdyke,
Union: Prof. Jesse II. Holmes. Swarthmorc: Prof.
Z. c. Huntington. Colgate.
Others present. not in an Official capacity.
were: A. A. Stagg. director Of athletics at the
University of Chicago: DR.. s. h. Newtop. the
well known football coach: L. N. Wood.
Carleton College; Prof. Van Horn. Case School;
W. J.. Decatur, Howard University; Charles c.
Currier. University Of Maine: DR.. William
Lambeth, University of Virginia; Prof. Joseph
Seronde. Washington College; Russell Cong
don, Ripon College; President Mccormick OF
W. u. p. and James NJ. Russell. Brooklyn
Polytechnic. IL was an imposing assem-
blage Of learning. Prof. II. L.. White OF
Harvard had been appointed a visiting dele
gate by his institution. but was not on hand.
and the University Of Pennsylvania had no
representative present. The institutions
members OF the association in addition to
those mentioned in the list OF Official dele
gates are: Tufts. Miami. Grove City, Denni-
son. Rochester. North Carolina. Wittenberg.
Maryland Agricultural. Amherst and Penn
~sylvania.
Among other business at the morning
session was the reading Of reports OF the
football rules committee-the sc ven who
a~malgamated with the old committeeman
of the representatives OF the various districts
into which the association Is subdivided. 1t
committee, read by DR.. Babbitt, that there
was every assurance OF the same cordial
cooperation with the old committee. those
who represent colleges not In the association.
as there was this year. There will be amalga-
nation soon with the old committee, and It is
hoped ultimately TO effect a permanent amalga-
nation. DR.. Babbitt said he thought some
plan should be devised whereby, the Original
seven,, consisting Of Camp OF Yale. Dennis OF
Cornell. Fine OF Princeton. Bell OF Penn
sylvania. Dashiell OF Annapolis, Stagg OF
Chicago, and whoever the Harvard represent
assured Of constant places on the rules COM
mittee.. He said he feit this was due them on
account Of thei. knowledge Of the game and
DR.. Williams outlined the steps by which
amalgamation had been accomplished and
mittee in Ell ecting reforms. He expressed
the hope that something would be done by
the convention to make th ShI next AN slIai . ma
efforts of the central board Of %onicials to
improve the matter OF, officials for football
games and said 70 had met With complete
success in some districts and partial success
Concerning the situation in general in the
districts Prof. Wild reported q toning. M. OF
the eligibility requirements in the first district,
the same being the New , EnSIspd states
Maryland, said the conditions we're not yet
sREToaGhinE uniformity bbe reg ding eliGi-
| DllltN,r DlL IndJ pTOkTtSN Htl OCtu uldutt
particularly in New York State.
,ba Prof ,b,rd pGHdley; s spfS ! tSs sd for the s sSIstfc;
Association twelve years ago developed
in some cases beyond those suggested in the
Rice, reporting for the fourth section. the
middle West. said marked progress had
been made d dS1 the year; PT9 9hs Lee, in the
OF Kansas, said he was not prepared 70 report
on the entire North western section. but that
- nWt.FnakAw n~ a nj nm "A htVIW Ia-,
at the University of Nebraska. Prof Duane
made a similar report for the University OF
seyentS district the Paciie Coast Stat
There Is nobody out there belonging to the
association.
thanks to the outgoing football rules COM
mittee, and on motion, OF, Mr.; Lees the
9 qGoinds seven 4 I'm I tSs disb rH,ss uTS'S of tha msr'
There came VI before the convention ther
discussion of the following questions: Is q
and universities advisablep II so, is this asso,
citation organized along the right lines. anC
be extendedP And how may the membershiI
of the association be increasedp
In opening the discussion on these points
Chairman Pierce pointed out that to be repre-
sentative the association must have mor'
Institutions: It has thirty,six members now
he said, and he predicted that its membership
would be doubled in a year. Its influence
had been widespread already. directly II
fOot6alI D and iHdiseS SaS i bee 9th sai stR0T'ss; to a.. ss,
ulhHg lnNNAAhNhOho AAtN ~ NJ ~ ~
how IL got along before joining.
Prof. Linton OF Washington and Jefferson
declared the association ought to try to max,
-. il clear and easy for the larger institution
: to come in. He said he was not entirely II
' sympathy with the college president wht
. began his morning prayer with "Oh, Lord
|, Thou knowest not how much wickednesi
4 exists" but he believed there were existing
conditions which needed reform.
Prof. Wilson Of Wooster was aDothe
speaker. He was in favor Of local question:
. Of eligibility being worked out by smalle
centres, and also thought the reduction o
: the membership fee from s25 would mean
larger membership. Stage OF Chicago wa
called on to express his views and made som,
vigorous remarks.
;. 81 feel the need Of an organization OF thi
4 kind" he said, and am In sympathy with II
= / am I'm hopes the University OF Chicago vii
!, become a member. | made such a recon
mendation TO Acting President Judson of tn
!: Chicago, but don't know what he has don
about II. However, | feel sure the Universit,
Of Chicago authorities are in sympathy will
: the move, This association can set a STANDARD
that would be OF immense value to man.
a smaller and outlying institutions"
8 Stagg touched on the question OF summe
i baseball. Different parts OF the country ar
> widely at variance on the question OF thei
students playing summer ball. " he continued
"Let them play summer ball and let then
/. yet money for lt. but don't let them play Of
college teams II they do"
Stagg Incidentally said privately that n.
efforts were being made to arrange a footbaI
game between Chicago and Yale for next fall
: discussed tho subject with anybody.
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