The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
FORWARD PASS
 WILL BE RETAINED Intercollegiate Athletic Associa- ton Decides Matter ONE PROPOSITION TOO BIG Delegates Decide That Summer Recess as Affecting College Athletics
 Cannot Be Settled With
 out Difficulty.

New York; December 2S.-(Special J. Summer recess, the bane of college ath- letics, occupied the attention of the an- nual convention of the Intercollegiate Athletic association of the United States for long time today in the meeting Tn the Murray Hill hotel. and then the dele gates decided that it was too big a propo- sltion for them to tackle. A number of resolutions were introduced and passed. but they had no real bearing on the situ- ation, except to pledge the colleges of the association to adhere to amateur sports
 The question of basketball was also brought up and more progress was made In this sport. The association not only decided to elect its own basketball rules committee but adopted the present com mittee on rules as its own.
 movement was also set on foot to prevent colleges from playing other than educational institutions.
 Nothing was done about football ex- cept to elect new rules committee and to make known the attitude of the rules committee which went out of office on the revision of the rules. The outgoing com mittee expressed itself as decidedly in favor of the present use of the forward pass, and as the organization now con trols nine votes on the committee it is certain that there will be no steps taken to abolish the play, although its use may be modified to a certain extent
 The football rules committee elected by the association was the same as least years, with the exception of one member. The new committee will consist of Dr. H. L. Williams, Minnesota; Dr. J. A. Rabbit, Haverford; Dr. F. L. Dudley. Vanderbilt; E. K. Hall, Dartmouth; Prof. J. T. Lees. Nebraska; Prof C. w. Savage, Oberlin; Lieut.. H. B. Hackett. West Point Hackett Is the only new member, succeeding Lieut.. c. D. Daley
 In his report on the football rules of last season, including a forecast as to changes which are likely for next season. Dr. Williams said:
 'The forward pass is an important part of the game as now played, and although it may be subjected to slight changes, l can say that 1t will not be eliminated" Basketball was given a great boost when 1t was taken up by the convention The executive committee reported reso- luton calling on the convention to ap- point a rules committee. This was passed and the present intercollegiate commit- tee was named as follows
 R. D. Hyatt, Yale; Ralph Morgan. Pennsylvania: H. A Fisher Columbia; :; O. De G. Vanderbilt, Princeton; Lieuten- ant Stillwell, West Point; l. Anderson, Missouri; J. Appel, Williams
 The committee will hareafter act under the control of the I. c. A A. U A resolu- tion was also passed to the effect that basketball be recognized and controlled as college sport and that college teams limit their games as much as possible to team representing institutions of learn , inf. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:
 President, Capt. Palmer E. Pierce; vice president, Professor Peck; secretary, Pro- lessor Bevier; treasurer, Professor Lam- bert.
 Executive committee, Professors Nichol- son. Bevier. Dudley, Stagg, Williams and Captain Pierce.