New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
CAPTURES MEET
Intercollegiate Games To Be Decided
at Cambridge This Year.

II was decided at the annual meeting OF the
Intercollegiate Association Of Amateur Athletes Of
America at the Waldorf yesterday afternoon that
the intercollegiate track games should be held in
the Harvard Stadium at Cambridge, May IS and
% this year. James e Sullivan. president OF the
Amateur Athletic Union. viii be referee Both
Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania ap-
Piled for this years meet. but the recommendation
of tho executive committee, and the fact that the
Pennsylvania had the meet last year. resulted in
the awarding of the games to Harvard this spring.
1t recommended, however. that the games be
held at the University OF Pennsylvania in the
spring OF 1910. S. Il Cook the delegate from SYRIA
cuSe. presented application fr l the Salt City
college to have the games st Syracuse in 1911.
No definite action taken the application.
II was said sfterward that effort would be
made by the association TO have the meet in New
York In that year IL Columbia could provide a
suitable place.
p Upon the recommendation OF the executive COM
mittee the University of Virginia, Massachusetts
Institute OF Technology and Bowdoin admit
ted TO membership. In the application OF the Uni
Tersity Of Virginia the statement made that
j. A. Rector, the fast 1Oo-yard man. and L J.
Martin and A C.. Randolph. who are credited with
doing wonderful time in the 120yard hurdles would
compete.
Article 10 Of the bylaws Of the constitution was
smended so that each college competing In the an
nuai 'cross-country championship run will be al
lowed to entAr twenty men. seven Of whom may
run. five of these to count IN the team score The
rule formerly permitted only twelve men to enter
The report OF the treasurer, Harry e Hall of
Columbia, showed that the association made 500
by the meet held last year, despite the rainy
weather.
Harry r. Hall. of Columbia was elected presi-
dent for the coming year. A Jocelyn Il Magrath
OF New York University. and H. K Gilmou-, Of
Pennsylvania, were elected secretary and treasurer
respectively. The vice-presdents are W. w Porter,
Jr Of Syracuse. and G. T. Burns of Cornell Gus
tavus T. Kirby, cf Columbia; Thornton Gerrish of
Harvard and Romeyn Berry, of Cornell, were re-
elected graduate advisers. The committee of
faculty advisers is composed of w [. Phelps of
Yale; Professor Hermann Diederichs of CorneLI;
Professor R. TAFT Mckenzie OF the University of
Pennsylvania, and DR.. c. L. Bolser, of Dartmouth
The Harvard member OF the committee was not
nominated by the Harvard delegates. The mem
bers Of the executive committee are NJ c. Sea-
bury, of Yale; T. G. Rockwell. OF Cornell; J. D.
Leland. of Harvard, and A L. Geyelin OF PsnnsyI-
vania.
The delegates at the meeting were D. D. Mckay
Amherst: L l. Larrabee. Brown; H E. Hall Colurn-
bia; 7. G. Rockwell. Cornell; G. T. Burns Dart
mouth; J. S. Baldwin, Fordhamt j. D. Leland
Harvard; R. G. sayre. Michigan; A. ]. H Magrath.
New York University; II. r Geyelin Pennsyl-
vsnia; D. o. Meese. Princeton; F. B. Crosby, Stew
ems: J. A Miller. 6warthmore; W, W. Porter tr
and g. II. Cook. Syracuse and N. A. Seabury, Yale
No delegates were present from the College of the
City OF New York, Haverford. Johns Hopkins and
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