Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-11
ATHLETES MEETING
South Atlantic Intercollegiate
Athletic Association Formed.
HAS A VERY CLASSY LOOK
Has for Its Purpose the Promotion
Of Track and Field
Sports.

Yesterday afternoon in North Han at
Georgetown College representatives from
Georgetown University, North Carolina
Agricultural and Mechanical College of
North Carolina, Virginia Polytechnic In
stitufe. Washington and Lee, Richmond
college and Johns Hopkins met and or
Sanzed the South Atlantic intercollegiate
athletic Association. This newly formed
athletic body has for its purpose the pro-
motion of track and field sports in the
middle south, and. judging from the
interest taken in the first meeting. this
sporting body should have the greatest
possible success in its proposed plans.
With the exception of the University of
Virginia, all the institutions OF note in
the south were represented In yesterdays
meeting on the hilltop. The Charlottes-
vile school was unable to send a repre-
sentative to the meeting at the Blue and
Gray school yesterday owing to the fact
that the Orange and Blue track team
had SO many entries in the Geor WASH
ington meet last night. which consequent
ly took UP the attention of the southern
institutions track executives. However,
Virginia has sent word to the association
that she will have representative at
VIC hCAI IASSlilS tIiti Tic SOutilctu dtH-
letic body holds. Several other southern
schools are expected to apply for member
ship before the body meets again, and
eventually this new athletic association
will comprise the whole southern sport
ing world.
ficatiOn and adoption Of the constitution
and bylaws of the association will be
held at Richmond February 81 1t is
very probable that the constitution which
will be accepted at the next meeting in
Richmond will provide for a big set of
track and field games to be held early in
the spring of each year to decide the
championship of the south Atlantic Sec
ton in this sport. All the institutions that
were represented at yesterdays meeting
set of games, and it is thought by those
who are in touch with the plans of the
southern athletic association that this
part of the constitution will be accepted
by all the universities interested and that
it will be made an annual affair. This
track meet will in all probability be held
at either Baltimore or Charlottesville and
will have for it's program a full list of
events, together with several relay races
This athletic association is the first
thing of its kind that has ever been or
ganiZed in the south and from the pres
ent outlook it should be a great aid to
track athletics in this section. With the
larger universities in the south taking in
terest in the body the small institutions
will follow suit and the association will
have little trouble in gaining an import
ant place in the athletics of the south.
There is every reason that the colleges
of this section should be bound together
by some sort of an association as is the
case in every other part of the country
In the north as Well as in the west there
Is collegiate sporting body among the
more important institutions of those
sections that not only assumes control of
track athletics but also of all the other
branches of sport. 1t is the opinion
| among the men interested in the forma-
ton Of the southern association that 1t
will only be a matter of time before the
body that was born yesterday will play
as important a part in the athletics of
other parts Of the country do at the
present time In their respective locali-
ties.
Mr.. Joseph England Of Johns Hopkins
and official handicapped for the A. A. u.
was elected temporary chairman in yes
terday's meeting and will in all prob
ability be made president of the asso-
citation at the next meeting In Rich
mond. Among the other representatives
present yesterday We're Branch Bocock
of North Carolina; Burton j. Ray Of
the Agricultural and Mechanical College
Richmond College, C. T. Adams of vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute, John Nj.
Holmes of Johns Hopkins, j. w. Bollard
Of Washington and Lee. Thomas ).
alton; Vincent Daley. graduate super
visor of athletics. and Eugene Darr, as
sistant manager of track Of Georgetown.
Among the above list of men there are
those who have been intimately connect
ed with athletics in the south for years
and are well versed in both the organi-
cation and the execution of the plans Of
such q body.