New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
WORE REFORM In
COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
SIMMER BALL EVILS ~
BE ER4DICATED.
DELEGATES of Thrty-fue Inst'tu-
fons Study and Work to
Purify Sports.

,sla at the Murray Hill Hotel YESTERDAY me
,oor, Of summer baseball in professional '' s
,rofessionaI way sounded ana progress ~
made looking toward the regulation and supervision
f college athletics throughout the Unl1ea oIdteo' "
,,da- chat they may be maintained on an e'hi0ai
,lane in keeping with the dignity ana h'sh Pun
poses Of education. -,
ot .or,e s,xtv colleges and universities which are
,ow members Of the association. an increase oS
he way Of about - per cent over year seu' 80
.bi,.v-sve were represented by Delegates "hio
here we're a number of visiting ceiesates iio
,ther colleges and universities when may pe 80 -.
ID on 70 toin in the near future Inc nv -,
II PENNSYLVANIA and the University OF Cmceso' "ie
a,es, recruits were duly represented In spite VI
,ve-v effort made by committee appoihueu A
he purpose last year. Yale, HarNatu
Cornell and Annapolis are sttll hoding Hio0i' O.
..o,,rh the chances are in favor of one OF iii"i'
Joining in due time ,-,z
tn, ,o,at,np was an enthusiastic one. and "oulo
rn with the reelection by acclamation as pieseN'
- Captain Palmer z. Pierce. VINO mas "o' h
,.rd and earnestly to further the interests Vi e
association and enlarge its scope "heh NiIa--. .
r,.o. ,,.ar nominated ne begged TO be excused On
.,e e-o,,nd that he was stationed at FoI'
T,eavenworth. Kansas instead OF "eSt -
,xplained that the War Department hao oiu.N
min, East that might presioe at 'lI9 M
h,s suggested at the same time that ne pe 4eiie
go, .ba duties as president Of the associauoli'
The delegates world not listen 10 any excuses anu
.lected him forthwith Captain pierce 'heh '
s.red his resignation, emphasizing once ii'ie -
,eculiar position in which he was placed put RIO
,assor Rabbit Jumped 10 his feet ana noSeu eii"'
..ba RESIGNATION he rot accepted. This motloh
mas carried with rush. and Captain fleice was
president willy nilly- .,.
Pierce shortly after 10 o'clock, and the noliiiiis
session was devoted TO the reading OF papers i'
,eve-sl subjects and general discussion OF SAINT
The afternoon session was devoted 10 lhe business
before the convention. After hearing the report Oh
The committee credentials and dispensing Win
m. reading Of the minutes Of the previous meet
- aro,Is renorts of officers and committees were
read and acted upon, and the following amend
,,ents 10 the constitution adopted:
u. To Article 6 of the constitution: --
Sec g. Two more colleges or unlyerslues MY MY
pitisd to one vote only except questions or
motions which he mas definite wElttem @ iS
-enresenfed In the latter he shall be enuIIed
70 many Eotss % Is he mas Tote @Eii for each ins5G
Eon INSTRUCTED on the onrftTfion ma1tsT a6 ssOe
section / As the article now reads ,,s !,
Sec That colleges and nnEerses nf its IS
-onstifution and bylaws, But legislation i enae1eo
a. o T f tie proper athletic authority
y said INSTITUTION makes lor ss be fled in writ
ing with the executive committee
These mere for the purpose Of encouraging other
colleges TO .oin and 20 open the doors 10 the larger
Institutions to members without losing tnelr
indeuerdence In this connection a plea was mace
FOR the smaller colleges situated at distance ana
an amendment suggested that Two or more
colleges orunipersities maintain a joint mem
aership rep esented by delegate. and that mat
5elesate have ore vote" This aroused some oo-
,ectlon and II vas finally referred to the executive
committee for action a. the next annual meeting
THE QUESTION OF FOOTBALL.
One change was made in the personnel Of the
seven members of the football rules committee ap-
rointed by the association. Lieutenant II. b
Hackett of West Point, named in place of
Lieutenant Charles u Daily. the time great
quarterback. felt that fnasmUch Lieu
DAILY one OF the assistant coaches at
Harvard this year. Il would he better 10 name
9 new man from West Point and avoid dual rep
resentation Of Harvard the committee. The fun
committee which Will emelgan1ate with
the old committee. is made follows:
DR. James A. Babbitt, Haverford; z. x. Hall,
Dartmouth. Professor c. ". Savage. oberln; Pro-
fessor James T. Lees Nebraska: Professor ". L.
Dudley. Vanderbilt: Dr. Harry l. Williams. Min
nesota. and H B. Hackett. West Point
DR. Williams made q report the football COM
nlittee and indicated that material changes
would he made in the present rule governing the
forward pass He said in part:
Your committee realizes that of the rules
as they now stand have with satisfaction
fn all quarters Particularly has the forward pass
been made the subject of considerable discussion.
The principal criticism of this feature of the
games seems from the so-called larger
colleges II is this rule than other which
gives light, fest and often versatile teams of
the smaller colleges q possible chance to
and win from heavier and physically power
fui opponents.
During the last fall the use of the forward pass
has been greatly developed. and in some cases
oyerdeveIoped. Some Of the larger teams not real
,zns dangers, particularly in the early season.
presented a defence much along Ole lines and in
adequate the requirements the new
game. time and experience make the possibili-
ties Of this feature of football better known the
defence viii correspondngly develop TO meet it.
1T is the belief of the majority of your COM
nlittee that the forward pass is important
ure OF the present game and that whereas II may
be subjected slight modification. il will not be
eliminated changed essentially
THE CONTROVERSY ON BASEBALL.
The discussion OF the abuses college baseball
growing out of the playing professional and
semi professional teams in the summer took up a
large part of the time and opened the way TO a
lively discussion The eight thousand word report
CT Clark ". Hetherington. chairman OF the base
ball committee, furnished much food for thought,
1. covered the situation fully. Some OF the dele
eates including Dr. A A 6tagg. OF Chicago, were
fn favor Of taking some decided action to stamp
out the evil In the quickest possible way, while
others favored q conservative method Of pro-
cedure maintaining that In view of the broadnesa
OF the question snd the different policy Of the vsr
ous institutions any detailed legislation I'm
practicable at this time The more conservative
maintained further that with well directed effort
on tbs part who directed college sentiment
&c large extent the evil could be eradicated with
out antagonizing those institutions which not
ready TO take any radical action. The discussion
ended the adoption of the following resolutions
Believing that it is important to keep all college
athletics from any tant OF professionalism and
that the playing OF baseball IN summer for gain is
distinctly opposed to the principles Of amateurism
on which all student athletics should rest;
Believing also q result OF the investigation of
the committee summer baseball that the matter
can successfully controlled when taken seriously