New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
BIC GAMES CO TO PENN.
coIIeuiate Athletes So Decide al
Annual Convention.
4, YMPIC SUPPORT PLEDGED
georgetown and Gettysburg Not
Admitted to Membership in
the Association.

,ssoristion OF Amateur Aliie'eH VI
,,sr,ca finally awarded the honor Of hold
40 ,ot2 intercollegiate meeting 10 the
,.u,rsrsitv Of Pennsylvania, and, as was
,orooast at the meeting Of the executive
,,,,ittee on Friday night, It will BE held
-, FRANKLIN Field on May 81 and June !,
mt from, this question there was little
.s,,stde of the ordinary routine business
. h,,,,t was handled with record promptness'
cus,avus T. Kirby, of Columbia, chairman
:, tbe eradua5e advisory board missed his
s1oo,d meeting in twenty-onc years, as he
.as unable 10 attend because Of absence
~ the Pacific Coast looking after A. A. L.
affairs.
There was none Of the controversy that
marked the meeting Of a year ago, when
,be order Of business came around to the
selection of the field. Pennsylvania MADE
n clear, IN answering speech by Murry
6 stedman. graduate manager of athletics
a. syracuse. that If the meet went TO
FRANKLIN Field this year it probably woulo
tA greater financial success than ever be
fnrs because Of the recent action OF the
pennsylvania Athletic Association IN
amending its constitution so that its mem
bers will not be permitted to enter the
games free of charge, as was the case III
the mast. This will add several Thousand
dollars In revenue to the Golfers OF the as
sociation and will free It from dictauon ana
restrictions by the Pennsylvania author-
ties.
Syracuse renewed it's invitation to nave
the meeting held In the stadium IN the Sd''
CITY. and the graduate manager sald thdI
he wasn't going to enter controversy ou'
that he wanted to impress the convention
70 that n would be only following out the
nolicy of the association laid down IN 1910
70 the meet were to be awarded TO Syra-
case.- He said that IL was the purpose Vi
the association to foster the development
NJ athletics among it's members, and mat
the million and quarter plant WHICH
Syracuse had installed was available az any
and all times for a demonstration OF tnls
purpose Of spreading the interest OF the
association by holding the meets IN ollle'-
eut localities from year TO year.
When the vote was taken six OF the
representatives voted for holding the meet
st Syracuse, but eleven voted for Franklin
Field, and the meet, therefore. will take
Mace I'm Philadelphia on Friday. May 81
and Saturday, June I. As soon as the can
,ssss ssvas finished Syracuse invited the as
ISOLATION to hold the 1918 meet in the saIt
CITY stadium. This invitation was received
with tharks. but no further action was
taken on II.
Romeyn Berry. of Cornell. who in the
absence Of Mr., Kirby acted as chairman OF
the graduate committee. suggested that the
associa ton pledge itself TO the extent of
81 800 TO the fund being raised 30 send the
American Olympic team to the games in
Stockholm next July. The appropriation
was made or the motion of Hugh l.. Cad
dis. of Harvard. The !. g. A. a. A. A. has
usually allotted only $1,000 to the Olympic
connittee. but the increased financial pros
q perity Of the association this year made II
Sossibfe to make larger appropriation.
Financially the year 1e1O-'11 was the most
successful which the association has ever
had. ". +. Garcelon, Of Harvard. the
graduate manager. OF the 1911 games, turned
S.Ss1 81 over 10 the treasurer as net prohts
from the meet. The grand total of receipts
was $ll ,642 35, while the expenses were Only
S.g77 81 giving the association balance OIL
1854 9S In addition TO the Olympic com
mittee appropriation tho association de-
clared dividend Of $1,000, TO be distributed
among the teams that competed In the
games and were represented by more than
ten men. These are Cornell. with rs; Penn
sylvania. "a; Yale. %; Princeton, l6; Dart
mouth IA. and Michigan, II. Although
Harvard was represented by thirty-four
men, il is not entitled to share in the dis
tribudon. because the games were held on
the Harvard teams home grounds. The
association decided however with even
such q large remaining surplus, that II
,vouId have TO husband its resources in the
event Of rainy day. and also because, In
asmuch as Cornell needs only another VIC
tory 10 give II the present intercollegiate
cup. It may be necessary TO make consid-
cradle outlay next year for new trophy.
The applications for membership that
were made by Georgetown and Gettysburg
were rejected. IT was brought out that
each had one first class man and that 1t
was probably for the purpose OF advancing
these men that membership was desired.
Stevens Institute forfeited its membership
because II has not been represented at the
last Two consecutive field games by three
competitors. and its name was stricken
from the rolls Of the association, reducing
the membership from twenty-four 10 twen-
ty-three.
Hugh L. Gadds. Of Harvard, suggested
that the executive committee be empowered
70 Investigate the abolition Of the hammer
throw and the substitution Of a more suita-
ble and less dangerous event. Gaddis sug-
gested that throwing a 36-pound weight
with short handle be made the new event.
The executive committee will report at the
next annual convention, but the hammer
throw will not be eliminated as a competi-
tive event AT least until the spring of 1914.
Harvard has long advocated the abolition
Of the hammer throw. but this is the first
concerted move that has been made 10 gain
that end.
n. j.. Geyelln, OF the University OF Penn
sylvsnia, who won the high jump for Penn
syyania back in 1871 and who was one OF
the organizers Of the Intercollegiate Asso-
citation OF Amateur Athletes of America,
was present at yesterdays meeting, which
was the thirty-seventh annual gathering.
Since 1876 he has not missed a single meet
ing, and has seen the association grow
from its inception, when 1t was organized
by Pennsylvania, Columbia, Yale, Harvard
and Princeton.
Hugh /. Gaddis of Harvard, was elected
president for the ensuing year, and c. b.
White, Of Dartmouth, and L. ]. Cochran,
Of Syracuse, were elected honorary VICE
Presidents. c. f. Meissner. of Columbia.
was named treasurer. and NJ l. Bettcher
was elected secretary. The executive COM
mittee viii be composed OF F. b. Mullins.
Of Yale; II. l. Felt. of Princeton; w. W.
saymaker, Of Cornell. and p. Mulford, Of
pappsvt,,o-fo