The Washington herald., 1909-01-03
stage WAKES HOT
Bitterly Opposed TO Summer
Ball by COllegianS.
NAME FOOTBALL COMMITTEE
Fourth Annual Convention of In
tercOIiegiste Athletic Association
IeEes Are Represented-BaSeba
Rules Committee Named.

New York, Jan. The fourth annual
convention Of the intercollegiate Athletic
Association Of the United States was held
to-day in the Murray Hu Hotel Dele
gates from thirty-six Of the ffty-six col
Ieees represented in the association were
present
The chief feature Of the day was q
debate on the subject Of summer base
bah. whether il would be a wise thing
for the colleges To remove the bar against
members OF summer mines playing on
the varsity teams. In the debate. in
which Prof JUdson p WeIch, Of the
Pennsylvania state Agriculture College.
and DR.. Chase. Of Tufts. argued in the
affirmative they did not appear 10 have
any advantage over those who opposed
letting down the bars 20 the summer bail
players. These Dr. r. J. Bartlett. of
Dartmouth. and Prof. A A Stage Of the
University II Chicago
Prof. stage lambasted the professional
ball player most heartily. He said If the
bars were let down the colleges would be
overrun By pros. From baseball the evil
would spread 10 other sports, and from
the colleges It would so 70 the prep
school. until finally the whole country's
youth would be involved IN the meshes
OF playing the game for money. Dr..
Bartlett said IL would encourage the
athletic tramp going from place to place
10 play ball. where the got the most
money
Prof Welch said the whole matter had
been left 10 the faculty. and that body
could handle IL
Name Football Committee.
The association named its half Of the
football rules committee. which meets
with the old committee 10 formulate and
consider the playing rifles for the year.
The L C. A A L : committee is made
Up Of Dr. H. l. Williams. Minnesota :
DR.. J. a. Rabbit. Haverford; Z. X. Hall.
Dartmouth; II. II Hack5Jt. United States
Military Academy; W 5 Langford Trim
ity; Dr. ". l. Dudley. Vanderbilt. and
Dr. ". A. Lambeth. Virginia. Lambeth
and Latchford are new names on the
committee. They succeed DR.. G. ". Saw
age. Of Obsriin. and Prof. Joseph r Lees.
OF the University of Nebraska They
VIII meet with the old committee. which
Is made up OF L. n. Dennis Cornell: J.
3 Fine, Princeton; p. J. DashieI, Naval
Academy; a. a. Stage, Chicago; Joshua
Crane. r.. Harvard; J. c. Bell. Pennsyl-
vania. and Walter Camp. Yale
The basketball rule committee was also
appointed. to consist Of R B. Hyatt.
Yale. r. Morgan. Pennsylvania: H A
Fisher. Columbia; O. de G.. Vanderbilt.
Princeton, H G. Appel, Williams; Lieut..
Suuwen. L. 8 NJ A; J. z. Raycroft,
Chicago; g. A Randall, Harvard, and
James Naismith. Kansas.
Capt Palmer F Pierce. I. 6. A. was
for the fourth time chosen as president
Of the association. G. W. Savage. OF
Oberln. retired from the football rules
committee TO become vice president OF
the ore, .nIzatiOn.
Prof. SichOlsOn. OF Wesleyan. was elect
cd sc-retary and treasurer. The execu-
tive committee, besides these three. is
-..aGe up of Dr. Paul c. Phillips. AM
herSt: DR.. L. Bevier. jr.. Rutgers; DR.. W.
l. Dudley. Vanderbilt; Prof. a. a. Stagg.
Chicago; Or. II. l. Williams, Minnesota.
and Prof. G. ". Harrington. Missouri
To Investigate Field Sports.
It was resolved that a committee should
investigate the subject of track and field
sports in the colleges with the idea OF
formulating a uniform code Of rules for
the country.
\ committee was appointed to make
an amateur definition that would satisfy
al conditions. IL possible This amateur
law is 10 Apply TO all branches Of sport.
In the morning sessions interesting pa
pers were read by Capt Pierce: Prof.
Charles ". 1.arred. Of West Point. and
Prof. G.. A. Waldo. Of Washington Uni
versity. arbitrator for years of the West
ern Conference, and P B. Hyatt. chair
man Of the basketball rules committee
In the afternoon the debate was the
CHEF interesting feature. After that re-
ports were heard from the seven dis
tricts OF the association, and the treas
urer's report, showing a balance on hand
OF s3c709. wes read and accepted