New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
PLAY In THE OPEN
so PENN. STATE WINS
HER POINT.
Summer Baseball No Bar to
Athletes Com peting IN
Big Games.

- was held at the Naldorf-AstoTia yesier-
Ca afternoon. with delegates from all
except six OF the colleges represented
1,reser- Everything went OF smoothly
r,rrn the application Of Pennsylvania state
College for admission into the association
vas brought before the meeting. and then
there were few wordy passages whlch
were not down on the programme drawn
s-,1 hv the executive committee at its meet
inE on Friday evening
There vas no question about admitting
WESLEYAN and Colgate. both CT which had
presented their petitions TO the association
and had them ratified by the executive
committee. but apparently the governing
committee did not care 20 take the respon-
sibiiity or recommending the admission o.
Pennsylvania state, and invited J. X
Golden the director Of athletics. TO be
present AZ ire general meeting
Nj Golden stated plainly why lhe
thought Pennsylvania State should be ad-
ni1ted TO membership. saving that the
teams Of that institution were gradually
coming 10 the front as the college grew
sn numbers. and concluded with the state
suenr that he saw no reason Why Penn
eyfvania state College would not be able
- maintain 2 high standard I'm the com
petitions or the intercollegiate association
The frsr question fred AZ Mr. Golden
vas ny 1fustavus T Kirby. chairman or
the advisory committee II was
Isn't il true you allow your men to play
summer basehall2''
Yes" replied Mr Golden. we allow
our men TO play summer baseball. You
k-ov-. and ! know. that a college man who
PLAYS baseball plays il for the love OF the
game and We throw nothing in the way
Of ms plaving summer baseball if ne PLAYS
r well enough TO play IL professionally for
whatever Re can get out Of il in the sum
T7er- And ne intend TO allow our baseball
men 70 play summer baseball. I know stu
dents Al three Of the colleges Of the so-caIled
-rlz SIX now represented here who have
riaved sumner baseball with our men We
~ 70 be on the level and on the square
znd 70 play in the open at Pennsylvania
State-1ha1's all. You can rest assured that
We Vii not permit any OF our baseball men
who play summer baseball TO go on the
track"
M Golden added that the baseball
manager al Pennsylvania State did not
have 70 bet the players at the end Of
month 500 that they couldn't jump over
q chair. and that the men didn't find money
living loose between the leaves OF books
they were studying
All this appeared to carry weight and
when r P Burn Of Pennsylvania, moved
The election, the delegates carried il
unanimously
Rutgers was admitted 10 membership.
through the operation Of q section Of the
constitution which called for the dropping
oF sny member Of the association which
had not been represented by at least three
competitors in each OF TWO consecutive
athletic meetings. Amherst, Haverford and
.Eohns Hopkins were dropped from the roll
a members. There was some discussion
ss u the interpretation OF the rule, and
bot Amherst and HaTerford we're rein
stated to membership Johns Hopkins had
no delegate present
II was officially agreed 10 hold the 1910
meeting on Franklin Field. Philadelphia.
and The gentlemen-s agreement which had
promised the meet 70 Syracuse in 1911 was
made binding by the passing of resoiu-
-lar 70 the effect that the games year
hence be held in the stadium at Syracuse.
Or : y. Cook graduate director of ath-
lerfcs al TIE upstate college. was on hand
70 advance the claims Of Syracuse. and he
Va elated when favorable action was
taken L II. Little. the Harvard delegate
read G letter from V. z. GarceloD. the
Harvard graduate director. by which it
was made evident that Harvard did not
want TIE meet this spring. although 1t
would take il II no one could he found who
wanted II
An amendment vas adopted 10 the rules
e-snds~5fzinE the form Of hammer TO he
Uses in the I6-pound hammer throw and
also making provision for standard size
and weight discus. Il was evident that
movement Is OF foot 10 do away with the
hammer throw as branch of competition
= rre colleges, for Mr- Kirby suggested
that an amendment he made 70 the consti-
71t5on that would DO away with the ham
nc throw ana substitute some other
veIsf.t event, possibly the 56-pound weight
This amendment could not ne made before
rezr wear. anC then il would be the spring
q 1872 before TIC event would be taken off
H. programme for an annual meeting has
70 elspse between the passing Of An amend
rreur and the time or its becoming effec-
tive.
Columbia suggested an amendment to the
bylaws governing the annual cross country
YIN eaanSinE the date of the run 10 the
SATURDAY after Thanksgiving Day. This
zuc1Gue-t the executive committee re-
Ni>ed, =ising The association the power to
name anr day II pleased for the cross
country rLr. and adding q clause that the
cate would be fixed not later than May 30
cr,h Fear Tor the contest Of the autumn
following
Hugh Gilnour. Of Princeton. was elected
president of the association for the ensu-
Ing Eeaf The other officers chosen were
Secretary. Sutherland o. Taylor. New York
University and treasurer. Edward H
Nackenzie L. N. Little, OF Harvard; NJ
y. Grizgs, Of Yale: A c. Hastings, OF Cor
neIL and p T. Burn. OF Pennsylvania,
Nere named as members OF the executive
committee. and .. 3. Burnett, Of -amherst,
and a 2. Boynton. Of Michigan, as hon
orsry vice-presidents
Those present Al the meeting were @ y.
Burnett. Amherst; !. 3 PenCleton. Bow
ooA- 81 JudeIson, College OF the City OF
New YORK: = b. Counse Imam. Columbia;
= o.. Hastings, Cornell; =. 9. McDayltt.
dartmouth; !. n Little Harvard; g y.
FgoeHcher Haverford; j y. Fernstrom.
Massachusetts institute OF Technology: 4.
: Ten Eyck New York University; r T.
Bum University OF Pennsylvania: III X
Rankin, Princeton; r ". Shenton. SyTa-
c-se. IT, T.. AIferstr0m. Williams. and II.
Y. Grlggs. Ya!e Brown. Fordtaul. Johns
hopkins. Stevens Institute, SWarthmore
slG Virginia were not represented.
COLUMBIA MEET NEXT WEEK.