Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-03-28
THE ADVISORY BOARD MEETS
IMPORTANT ACTION TAKEN BY
THE M. l. "A A.
New Law For Four institutions Provides
For Annual c0uteStS-New Law a
Decided Improvement Over The Old
Instrument.
SUITABLE TROPHIES FOR WIN
NERS IN EVENTS.

At recent meeting OF the Advisory
Board of the intercollegiate Athletic
Association of Maryland, composed Of
ST. Johns. Maryland Agricultural,
Western Maryland and Washington
Colleges. the draft OF "A new constitu-
tion, embodying a number Of new fea-
lures, was submitted and IL will be-
come the organic law of the body upon
its adoption by the four institutions
composing the association.
~. Johns has agreed To all of its
provisions with one exception and it
is believed that the others will also
agree to It. The most important arti-
Gle of the new constitution is that
which regulates the qualifications Of
the members of the representative ath-
lotic teams and notable change is
made In the fact that the college fac
ulties are made the final judges Of
the eligibility OF the Representatives
of that institution, and that no APP
peal lies TO the advisory board, as it
did heretofore.
II is provided In the new instm-
ment that mo student shall represent
college I'm any intercollegiate game
or contest who is paid, or receives di-
rectly or indirectly, any money or
financial concession, or emolument as
past or present compensation for or
as prior consideration or inducement
to play in, or enter any athletic con-
test, whether the said consideration be
received from or paid by, or at the
instance of any organization, com
mittee or faculty of such college or
any individual whatever, or any stu
dent holding free scholarship in
whole or in part given by any college
in this association or an industrial
scholarship in which the student re-
ceives compensation in any form in
return for services rendered the col
lege i'm which he is a student shall be
deemed ineligible TO take part in any
athletic contest in this association.
Ii Is further provided that no student
shall be eligible To represent his insti-
tuition who has received directly or
indirectly money for athletic services
or competed for money prize in any
athletic contest. lt is provided, how
ever, that in the determination of any
particular case, the faculty may dis
criminate between the deliberate use
of athletics for the purpose of making
money and n youthful indiscretion in
that line. The general rule is further
qualified by the provision that students
may play uponste1ms during vacation
without losing their amateur status,
provided such team is not n recognized
professional team, and that list of
recognized professional teams shall be
published before June of each year as
a warning. No student is allowed to
compete more than FIVE years In ath-
letics, nor more than four years IL he
has participated in collegiate ath-
leties before entering an institution
which is member of the associa-
tion.
-1'he constitution provides for an an
nual series of contests in football ,and
baseball, each member meeting each
of the others, and for an annual field
and track meet and suitable trophies
are provided for the winning of the
championship i'm each sport. There
are sections providing for the arrange
ment of dates of contests, selection of
officials, distribution of proceeds of
games and payments of guarantees TO
visiting teams. The duty of carrying
out these provisions are lodged in an
athletic committee and of auditing
all accounts in finance committee.
1t is believed that the new constitu-
tion is n decided improvement upon
the old instrument and that it will
tend to a steady improvement of con
dltions governing the contests between
members OF the association.