New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-27
COLLEGE MEN TO MEET
Dean Briggs, of Harvard, VIII
Act as Chairman.
TRAINING QUESTIONS UP
Much Information Gathered on
the Need for Tables in
Preparing Teams.


ing of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association in the Hotel Astor to-day.
Final plans for the gathering were made
last night at a meeting Of the executive
committee, when the programme was dis
cussed and reports prepared.
The applications for active membership
from Johns Hopkins. Washington and Lee
and Drake college. OF Iowa, were favor
ably acted upon, while three associate
members were elected I'm Lawrenceylile
New York Military Academy and the
Hartford High School The membership
Of the association is now we'll over the
one hundred mark, and most OF the uni
versities and colleges will be represented
to-day by delegates.
Professor Frank w. Nicolson, Of Nes-
leyan University. the secretary and treas
urer. and. in fact. the president as well
since the retirement Of Major Palmer t'
Pierce. who is with his regiment in China,
and the death OF Professor ii. W. john
son. Of Indiana, the vice-president. pre-
sided at the meeting last night. He eX-
planned that the replies TO this years
QUESTIONABLE cover such wide field and
so many colleges replied that 1t was I'M
possible TO report upon them In detail
The facts secured arc so valuable now
ever. constituting, as they do, perhaps
the most complete collection Of statistics
on many details of college athletics tnat
have ever been gathered. that fun re-
port will be published, including the
names of colleges answering the several
questions. arranged by districts, as sup
plement 10 the proceedings Of this year.
Summing up tho replies to certain ques-
tlons. II was found that approximately
- per cent Of the colleges enforce the
one-year rule, only IS per cent the fresh
man rule. 50 per cent bar graduate stu
dents. ~ per cent bar professional stu
dents and 40 per cent bar special students.
The question on training was parucu-
larry Interesting. ard the report read as
follows:
900 YOU have a training table Tor
footbaU baseball. track, rowing or other
sportsg'' OF 80 colleges reporting SHY
two have training tables in footoail' III
teen in baseball, twenty nine In TRACK anu
i've I'm rowing. few training tables are
reportcd I'm basketball. lacrosse. cross,
country running, hockey, wrestling aho
lawn tennis but very few.
2 What price ia paid for training tanle
board and what proportion do the ath-
letes Day2" The prices reported III tile
several districts are as follows: FIRST dis-
,rict 81 TO Sl2 u week: second, ~ 10 slV'
third. 50 % to s.; fourth. s. p to 81 ",
NTH, about s. average' sixth. - 90 20
a ANarh
s. The proportion paid by athletes varies
from one-half to the fun amount AZ
many cases the amount paid Is the on
ference between the regular price tney
pay FOR board and the training tapie
3 "Tf YOU have abolished the training
table state results Three colleges only
that have abolished the training taDie eN
press any regret over thelr hJtioI., y, =.
rep1rt from Northwestern University j.
that there Is a general feeling among
athletes or coaches that with tralnih!
tables We should have stronger teams,
There are two reports from the UNIVERSITY
Of Kansas. in one Of them the director OF
athletics gives it as his opinion that ath,
letes are not now getting enough tood o.
I the right kind. In the other professor
rcports that there have been bad results
/ from the abolition OF the framing tapl'
except I'm the minds OF the students lhert
| are conflicting reports also from ono
/ WESLEYAN. one official writes i cannon
say. very difficult To determine anothGr
/ There seems some need OF lc-tstApIIsh'
/ ing the training tatie. Ill.,,
ON the other hand. twenty-five colleges
report that they have given up the tram
/ ing table and with good results. Iyplch
replies are: Better and more norma
condition OF sport and physical condlliot
and morale" mo material falling on IL
efiiclency. and much less professional
shirt in the air" I'm my opinion, th'
training table IS nuisance ana OF nc
value whatever" (Tnis from physlca
direCtorD 1T,
! force training rules Fifteen collese g
renort that they enforce the rules "ab
| soiutely." thirty-one strictly Seventeen
fairly" four mot very well. two "a'
much as possible one not as strlcuy "a a
we wish. one do not know TWO col
lesas report that they cannot enforce
them. twelve that they enforce the RUE
| against drinking. but are douDtrul as U
| the rule against smoking. one coliese re
nm.ts that the hardest rule 10 enforce II
tbat recurring athletes to go to bed early
In some institutions there seems 10 D'
difference OF opinion on this point. =
! college president says that training RUE
arc VERY strictly enforced in HIS lnsu
| makes the dubious reply, fairiy wei
/ only ,..u,, 4, .h.
South. the enforcement OF training ruie'
]
seems 10 work satisfactorily In that con
nection. on the other hand. at Gettys
burg College athletes must take an oati
| that they will observe training, AT Yves
| Point they must sign pledge. AT fal'
! the captain decides as TO training rule!
and has the power to enforce them.
II developed that the ratio between
gate receipts and athletic expenses variel
all the way from a deficit OF $4,000 to
| considerable profit.
At the first session this morning papers
will be read by DR.. William l.. Dudley
OF Vanderbilt University. on The Proper
! Control Of Athletics and by DR.. George
l.. Meylay, OF Columbia, on Athlete
/ Training" A comprehensive report als'
will be read by Professor Nicolson.
The afternoon session will be devoted Il
/ general business and reports OF commit
| tees.