New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
Syracuse Beaten in an Effort to
Land Championship Games
This Year.
HAMMER THR0WERS IN CAGE
Otherwise No Changes Made in
This Event Seven New
Records Accepted by
Governing Body.

ate Association of Amateur Athletes OF
America i'm the Waldorf Astoria yester-
day afternoon. Delegates were present
from eighteen institutions. and the di-
vision on the question Of holding the title
meet at Harvard or Syracuse was II to
in favor of Cambridge.
Cornell favored holding the meet at
Syracuse, as did Yale. but the latter did
not vote that way for when the rollcall
was less than half finished il was appar-
ent that the meet had gone to Harvard,
and Yale voted for the Crimson to make
the result appear more unanimous II
was evident, however, that at no distant
date the meet will be awarded 10 SYRIA
cuse. for the impression made by G.. T.
Kirby, of the graduate advisory commit
tee. and Romeyn Berry. Of Cornell. indi-
Gated that the association will sooner or
later change from the Harvard-Pennsyl-
Nania arrangement. which has been in
force for the last half dozen years.
Farreaching legislation was placed or
the books by the united action Of the con-
| vention. and in this respect the meeting
was the most important that has been held
in recent years. Because of mistake in
the wording Of the proposal to amend the
hammer throw rules the drastic changes
prescribed for that event were left to next
year, when il is probable that the ham,
mer will be increased in weight and a
corresponding reduction made in the
length of the handle
Financially the ASSOCIATION is in bet
ter condition than ever and a dividend Of
$1,000 was declared TO be distributed
among Harvard. Cornell. Michigan. Dart
mouth. Yale. Columbia and Syracuse. each
Of which had ten or more contestants in
the games at Franklin Field last June
The rules of the association bar Pennsyl-
yania from receiving a share of the diyi-
I dend because the meet was held on the
Fhome field. This in spite OF the fact that
the Quakers had a representation Of
thirty-fOur. During the year the assocl-
alton had gross receipts Of sl2.1S6 90, and
the balance now on hand is s6792 %.
Aside from the dividend the largest single
disbursement was the payment Of sl.S00
to the American Olympic committee as a
contribution 10 the fund to send the team
abroad
IL is probable that the University Of
California will enter a team in the cham
pionships this year. because the Pacific
Coast institution was one of the six col
leses admitted 10 membership. The 9TH
ers We're Georgetown. Johns Hopkins
Union. Franklin and Marshall and
Swarthmore Georgetown, Johns Hop
kins Union and Swarthmore had been
members Of the association at one time or
another. Georgetown narrowly escaped
being refused admission. as did Johns
Hopkins. the vote in the case Of each
being 10 TO 3. The other colleges, how
ever. were elected unanimously.
Seven new records were accepted by the
legste marks which were established at
Franklin Field last June. These were:
The quarter-mlle run. &. ID. Reidpath,
Syracuse University. 0:s: half mile-run,
John Paul Jones. Cornell University,
% 40: pole vault. r. \. Gardner, Yale
University. Il feet inch: shot-put. r. J..
Beatty, Columbia University. S feet lO@s
inches; two-mile run, p. l.. Wilmington,
Harvard University: 9:24 2-j. Two new
collegiate records also We're placed on the
books, namely: Two-mile-run, L. ;.
Berna. Cornell University, 9:l7 40, and
quarter-mile run on track with turn,
G. H. Reidpath. syracuse University,
O.S The latter mark is to be set down
with the old mark made by Wendell
Baker. OF Harvard. who ran the quarter
on a straightaway track in O:41s..
one Of tho new rules had its origin in
the dead heat between John Paul Jones.
of Cornell, and Norman +. Taber. OF
Brown. I'm the one-mlle run in last years
games. At the time 1t was contended that
Taber actually breasted the tape ahead Of
the Cornell man. and an amendment to
the rules was framed defining exactly
what shall determine the finish Of a race.
Article XXI. the old rule. reads that the
man who completely crosses the line shall
be adjudgcd the winner. BY the rule
adopted Yesterday, the finish line shall
be a line on the ground drawn across the
track from finish post to finish post, and
the men shall be placed In the order in
which any part of their bodies ii. e,
torso. as distinguished from head. legs,
feet. arms or hands, either touches or
crosses such line
Beginning with this year the colleges Of
the association will have to provide hur-
dies of the Yale type. which have been
adopted as a standard. The amendment
provides that hurdles must be of such
weight and stability az to be neither
readily displaced or broken by competi-
tor hitting the same The hurdle Is To be
| substantially of the weight and dimen-
sions as set down in plan drawn for the
executive committee by Romeyn Berry,
OF Cornell, member of the advisory
committee. The fixed hurdle is not aimed
at by the association. but the intention is
to make it impossible for the athlete to
run through the hurdles.
The executive committee recommended
| that the hammer throw should not be dis
Carded. and suggested that fair throws be
those falling within "A sector of 80 degrees,
and that also a cage be built around the
throwing circle TO protect the spectators,
officials and other competitors. With the
hammer thrown as it is now. II Is unwise
, to have the competition within the sta
dunn at Harvard or at Franklin Field
Two remedies We're presented, the first
being the one outlined above and the lat
ter being the proposal of the late Billy
Quinn. the Harvard coach. TO increase the
weight to twenty-one pounds and reduce
the handle from four to three feet.
These changes probably will be made
nav, ,.a.r lint I'm the moan time the first