The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-24

i basket ball, compete in gymnastics. swimming or athletics against a col lege or school team or individual, they
 must obtain from the association of the
 A. A. U. in whose territory they are a sanction, and each man must become
 registered, as such competition would
 be open competition. If they should not obtain such sanction and the in-
 dividual members should not register, they would thereby disqualify them- selves from competition in Sports over which the A. A. L. claims Jurisdiction.
 Any branch of the Y. NJ C. A. on
 July IT, which dies not hold individual
 membership in the A. A. T., and whose
 athletes are not registered with the A. A. U., cannot claim protection from
 the A. A. IT., and it's athletes can join
 any club holding membership in the A. A. U. by notifying the chairman of the registra ton committee of the asso- citation in whose territory they reside.
 It Is your duty to keep the college athletic associations, high school ath- letic associa tions and church athletic associations posted in relation to ath- letic conditions, for if they compet g
 with Y. M c. As in any sport, with
 out A. A. L. sanction or registration they cannot thereafter compete in any sports that you have sanctioned for | can club member of the A. A U. com pete with them, as they would there 1 by disqualify themselves.
 Bear In mind in dealing with this
 problem that if Y. NJ C. A that now
 has membership in the assoca ton of | the A. A. U., and desires to continue that membership, it cannot take part in | sports with any other Y NJ. C. A. un- less such competitions are sanctioned and all men registered in the A. A U. In other words, the Y. M. C. A. branch that desires to continue it's membership in an association of the A. A. U., must confne it's athletic ac- tivities to such branches as are mem bers of the A. A. U. or who will ob- tain sanctions for their games and reg ister their competing athletes. Other
 wise they cannot continue membership in the A. A. U.
 The Amateur Athletic union recog niZes the right of any club, church school, college or any other individua organization to hold games confined tC It's own members, If all membe bers com peting are amateurs without getting a saction from the A. A. U. of the Unit. ed States. or without the individual contestants registering with the A. A '. It also recognizes the right of an. two three, four or more different groups to organize and form a leagu( or federation for the sole purpose oi holding games among themselves with out registration of their members tha, compete or the paying of saction fee provided, of course, that such group league or federation becomes a mem
 Der of some one association of the A A U. The group can be organized iG any city, county or state, and com
 posed of all interests, manage its owr affairs in its own fashon, providing, oi
 course, that they recognize law anu
 order. recognize control, and recognize
 there Fmust be a governing body and | join some association of the A. A. U | All the officials of the Amateur Attn l letic union all over the country must | be on the alert-more so than ever | Yours very truly,
 | JAMES k. SULLIVAN,
 Secretary Treasurer Amateur Athletic | Union of United States