The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-09

that the further West You go the older Is
the s~choolboy. in athletics at least. This
is ono of the questions which the board
would decide. and II it was made up of such
men as | ha We suggested its ruling would be
accepted.
1T was on this question of age that the
last National In~terscholastic Athletic Asso-
citation finally split, but | think the matter
could now be settled in a satisfactory man
nor. Another point II this matter Of q
schoolboy athletic association is not to give
the boys themselves too much to say. They
are hotheaded and act rashly, where men
would consider the differences more ration
ally and act for the good of the sport: That
is what happened to the Long Island Inter
schoia site League, the boys acted too
quickly. ,,
Here are some other things which should
be taken up and which also relate to records.
Las Saturday at Princeton Mercer Of
George School made q pole vault OF !? feet
~ inch. Undoubtedly that is an inter
scholastic record for the United States, but
who is there with any authority to pass on II?
No one knows whet her II was made on the
third jump or the fifteenth. II that meet
had been run under the rules of a national
record and it would stand oficially. At
, the same meet Ballard Of he Technical High
School OF Providence broke the record for
sonally j Ina vent the least objection to him.
but he has been representing an athletic
| club and has been taking part in A. A, L..
meets. This should not be allowed. Such
an athlete Is not In the same class with the
Last fall Bob c!oughen played on one Of
the high school football teams; He, had
before his time been registered in and had
attended a university. This was not right.
[ fail TO see how a college man can under any
condition become a ~schoolboy again. These
cases simply mention III order to show
that there is something wrong at the very
bottom OF schoolboy athletics as 1t stands
to-day. II needs TO be organized. and I
think that an advisory, board appointed
by the intercollegiate Athletic Association
and backed up by IL could do it,"
Another matter which Mr.. Sullivan. ap-
New York. There are now about half q dozen
interscholastic leagues in New York city
which once were strong, well ORGANIZED.
and capable of accomplishing much. For
one reason or another these, associations,
almost. without exception. have become
weak in numbers and are o., little value,
and doI Inpers siH,tsaf League, When Il was
bership Poly Prep. Erasmus, Hall, Boys
and Pratt Preparatory School. Pratt was
accused of playing ringers from Pratt In
drew from the league, Fol-. reasons which
were best known 70 the principals OF the
disgruntled and It in turn withdrew. That
was when Or. Ghmmage, now OF Pawling
School. was principal, Adelphi Academy
and the Latin School, feeling, that they
we're inferior to the other members of the
league. were the next To leave.
For u number of years Boys High. Eras-
mus Hall and Poly Prep continued to hold
The association together. blu In 1908, because
Of a difference which arose over football.
Bows High broke relations and Erasmus
Hall and Poly still play for the champion
ship, II II may be so called.
The Metropolitan. League. which once
included Manual Training. Commercial.
Flushing and Stuyvesant high schools,
Jared in about the same way. and Manual
and Commercial are the only schools left.