New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
HARVARD LOSES MEET
GOES TO PENNSYLVANIA.
Gross Country Body Merged seith
intercollegiate Association.

Though the executive committee of the Inter
collegiate Association OF Amateur Athietes rec
commended that the annual track and field meet
ing be held at Soldiers Field, Cambridge, TINS
year, when the question put to vote
Yesterday at the annual meeting held at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel Pennsylvania won by
slight margin and got the championships Ior
Franklin Field The vote to Z In favor
of Philadelphia. Those who supported Penh-
sylvania contended that it was the policy Oh INC
association to hold the intercollegiate gaines ia
various places. and that Harvard had had her
share the last two meetings being decided at
Cambridge.
When the roll was called Amherst College Oh
the City of New York. Columbia, Mlchisah'
New York University, Pennsylvania, Prlncetoh'
Swarthrnore and Stevens Institute voteo loi
Franklin Field. Cornell Dartmouth. Harvard
Syracuse Williams, Yale and Brown supporter
Soldiers Field The Princeton delegate was the
chief advocate of having the championships at
Philadelphia Two three delegates SWUNG
over to Pennsylvania just before the meeting.
It is believed that Frank B. Ellis VIII nave
charge of the meeting this year as lorhefS
when they were held at the same place. AIter
the selection of the field had been mace dus-
tavus T. Kirby, member of the advisory coh-
mittee proposed that both Harvard. and Penn
syIvania be thanked for rendering the use OF
their athletic fields TO the association Thls
motion was unanimously accepted
Next in Importance to the selection OF Frank
lin Field the merging of the 1ntercoiiegiate
Cross Country Association with the Intercol-
legiate Athletic Association. This move is ex-
pected to be a big boom for hill and dale
running among the colleges. 1t decided
that the first five men from each college COM
netting in the annual cross country race be
counted In the points. Formerly the first SIX
men counted There were many who con-
tended that this was false step. for 1t WORKS
against the small colleges with few stars Syra-
cuse Cornell Michigan and Yale favored nav
ing six men count
One of the several amendments to the rules
adopted was that which disqualif1es all men Oh
a team running In any race in which one Oh
them is found guilty of foul1ng an opponent
This rule works like the one governing tnor-
oughbred racing When two or more horses
from a stable run in race ana one Oh 'heiii
fouls another the owners colors are disquali-
fed
The challenge of the association for oual
r,ea+ next summer with the British universi-
ties which was declined, came up in the an
ma, report of the executive committee. re
gret was expressed that the Britons o1o ho'
see fit TO accept the challenge letter ii'ii'
Lord Desborough. of the British oiylnple ool
mittee to Mr.. Kirby was read. he toio oi t,'e
.esor+s made to arrange the dual meet and why
It was impossible this year. Tnere Is ho iiite
collegiate association in Great Br1taif' anu OA
ford and Cambridge confine their atnietic az
tivities almost solely to dual meets Aoio
borough wrote that 1t was impossible TO gather
~ has, collage athletes of the United Kingdom
for they were in England. Ifeia1iu
Wales Australia and Canada
a. .,d in vesterday's Tribune, the assocla-
.,o, has 81 600 tied up in the Knickerpocher
rrust Cornpany. and for that reason the anhuei
a,x5ae,a to the colleges sending the most men 10
the CHAMPIONSHIPS was deferred DeSpl'o ''ii
shortage Of funds the association appiopi
81 600 to the American olympic coii'iiii
rh,s action gave Mr. Kirby an opportunity
to appeal to the colleges to help support iii'i
.t.rv the American Olympic committee An
other appropriation of s43o was made Ior 'ne
nurchas se Of a cup to be competed for at 'ie all
nual cross country run.
Eo-dbsn, applied for readmisson. having
ror,octed TO have at least three men cohlpo'o
in the championships during 'ile ia'' '"'
The application was granted
-1-h. now records In the 440-yard dash. one ana
+o ~,,,e rims the shot put, hammer throw ana
o1e yault made at the intercollegiate meeting
o+ Cambridge last year were accepted and ap-
proved -o,,
As usuaI. the election machinery was wen
oiled and the nominations went through WIFI
ont q hitch, the big Six" getting all the I'M
nortant places, while Michigan, which was sec
ond IN the number of points won last May hau
N be satisfied with an honorary Vice-presldehcy'
The official slate. which was not scra'cneu' Ao
lows: -.
president c. G. Bamberger. Cornell; vice.
,-o,,aor+s n 3 Abbott Amherst. and Horace
Iy;u Michigan: secretary, A. J. H. Magrath,
NJ Work. University; treasurer. Harry HILL
columbia: executive committee. G. t Town
send. Yale; c. Emerson. Harvard; j. HaVern'
princeton. and J. H. Cochrane. Pennsylvania
The advisory committee consisting OF 9. l.
Kirbv. Columbia; Thornton Gerrish Harvard
and Rounyn Berry. Cornell, was reelected