Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16

is flying about The cause Of the present
difficulty is the decision of the Pennsyl-
vania authorities not to erect temporary
stand in front of the gymnasium The
Quakers have done this for the last two
years. thereby increasing the seating ca
pacity of the field by about 5000 But
the disfigurem~lt of the field, the in
crease of fire .Sks to the gymnasium and
other discomforts were responsible for
the attitude Of the Pennsylvania authori-
ties.
There is very little doubt. however. that
the game will continue at Franklin Field.
for the army and navy authorities are
loath to take it elsewhere. The Pennsyl-
vania authorities have come to their re-
lief with proposition to place temporary
benches around the playing field. thus
insuring both academies the same number
of seats as heretofore. Franklin Field is
SO admirably suited for this game, that 1t
would be little short of a public inns
fortune to attempt to remove the game
to some professional ball ground. This
feeling is shared by all the parties con-
cerned, and 1t is not likely that the diff
culties encountered will be considered in
SurmOuntable.
Harvard VS.. Penn Again.
Harvard and the University OF Pennsyl-
vania are lining up their forces for test
Of strength at the coming annual meeting
of the Intercollegiate Association of
Amateur Athletes of America, to be held
in New York February %. Both institu-
tions are candidates for the honor of
holding the thirty-third track and field
championship meet. and the association
must decide to which the honor should go.
The action of the Harvard authorities in
determining to make bid for the meet
came as a big surprise to the Quakers.
who had been assured by the association
a year ago that there would be no oppo-
sition to Franklin Field for the 1908
games At the annual meeting last Feb
ruary there was a bitter struggle between
Harvard and Pennsylvania and the asso-
citation was deadlocked for some time.
The Harvard men argued that as Penn
sylvania had held the meet two years
in succession the Philadelphians should
not object to letting them have the meet
two years. also. When the tie was finally
broken and the meet awarded to Cam
bridge the association did this with the
tacit agreement that Pennsylvania should
have the games this spring.
The PennsylvanianS thought this was
understood, and made no move to inf1u-
ence any one in Support of Franklin Field.
They were therefore, taken off their feet
with the announcement from Cambridge
that the Harvard track management had
decided to bid for the games again. and
were busy rounding up delegates in their
support. InaSmuch as Harvard men had
pledged themselves to support Pennsyl-
vania for this meet the Quakers feel that
Harvard has acted in bad faith in the
present instance. Until Harvard an
nounced itself a candidate for the games
there was a disposition at Pennsylvania
to urge Princeton or Yale to hold the
meet, but now that Harvard has disclosed
her purpose the Quakers have become
active and will oppose Harvard TO the
end.
The matter will first come up before
the meeting of the executive committee
of the I. c. A. A. A. A. on the day before
the annual meeting. This committee
merely has the power to recommend to
the association, but as its recommended
lions are pretty generally accepted the
Quakers will make their appeal first TO It,
1t is not likely that the association will
be influenced by Harvards arguments
that it should receive the games because
the association made more money at
Cambridge than it did at Philadelphia
AS matter of fact the L. c. A. A. A. A
is rich organization. and neither needs
nor wants the money. The i. C. A. A
A. A. holds these games every year for
the love of the sport. and any college in
the association. whose location is not
inaccessible for the other teams and
whose field is properly equipped. has as
good a chance as either Harvard or
PENNSYLVANIA for these games.
The college world is displaying little
more than the usual amount of interest
in the fight for this meet because of the
Well-knoWn hostility between the two
universities, which dates back for many
years