The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-20
|CORNELL TEAM MAY
RUN AGAINST IRISH
Stars Of CrOss-COuntry World
Likely to Meet in Race
for National Title.
BAKERS CASE LOOKS ODD

University might meet at later date
IN what undoubtedly would prove one OF
II he most interesting hill and dale events
ever scheduled In this country As both
teams will be engaged to-morrow---Cor-
nell In the intercolleglatcs and the Irish
IN the Metropolitan raCc--such a meeting
uould have to take place either in the
NATIONAL championship OF the A. A. u or
In private match.
Frederick w. Ruben. the newly APP
II pointed chairman OF the national cham
pjonship committee. wns one OF the first
10 realize the possibility of brinrin. the
leaders, in the intercollegiate contest and
\ the unusually good team OF the Irish
II American A. c. together. The national
championships OF the A. A. L. are sched-
uled for the first two Saturdays in De-
cember. the Junior on December and
the senior on December IL. In sending
out the entry blanks for these events yes
;erday the chairman went further than
usual by issuing special invitations to
II Cornell. Yale, Harvard, Princeton and
vpennsylvania to try for the American
! cross country championship this year.
II goes almost without saying that Cor
neil will be victorious at New Haven to-
morrow and the victory OF the Irish
American A c. at Prospect Park Is con-
.idered equally sure. Judging from past
records. 1t will be n long time before
me cnlfI SlEtHk1U vi AlN
Al athletic clubs will be centred In two or
ganizatons, as they are now. and that
Is why followers OF athletics "a anxious
70 see the teams put to the test.
WIKI the exception of two men the
4 Irish club will have the best team 1t
ould possibly muster for the senior NETS
tomorrow and should Cornell show q
disposition to enter the field for the A.
II L. senior event the club team might
y be slightly strengthened. Not content with
Il the strong aggregation headed by Hannes
Eolehmainen. Lawson Robertson. trainer
II the Winged Fist team, said yesterday,
Shen the possibility OF meeting Cornell
vas proposed. that his team would be
even better IL Abel kiviat and J J. Nc
yamara were included. II Cornell de-
iermlnes to enter the field an EFFORT would
Ne made to get kiviat TO reconsider his
d determination not to run across country
this year. and with him on the Irish
Il list the fight for points would be the
NJ seenest ever seen In national race in
this country.
There was some criticism yesterday
over the fact that Homer Baker did not
put in an appearance against Ted Mere
dIth In the special 500 yard race at the
games OF the Prudential and Metropoli-
ran Insurance companies at Newark on
Wednesday night The registration COM
nittee insists that an athlete once en-
tered In an event shall compete, unless
excused by the committee, and in order
10 protec, the public clubs are forbidden
10 advertise men who have not entered
Bakers name was on the programme
.or the Newark games, but according to
the New York A. c. crack 1t had no RICH;
% be there. as he stated positively several
days before the games that he had not
entered and did not intend TO run The
rase Is of peculiar interest as the presl-
Law ..F H.. I 70 Inc, ~.
Company A. A.. one of the promoting Or
ganizatons, Is John J. Diegnan. n mem
Der Of the reg!stra ton committee. Or
d!rarily athletes liable TO come under the
ban Of the registration committee insist
hat some one Is in line for censure and
that Baker apparently has proved ar
abb by statements made TO friends be-
fore the games.
President Lii OF the A. A. L. an
nounced " sterday the names of the meni-
htr OF the national registration com
n'ttec for the ensuing year. The rules
call for this committee to be formed
% the chairmen of the registration com,
ini'tees of the different associations OF
! The Union with member OF the board
of governors of the national body a,
1 chairman. II has always been the GUS
I tom 20 have the secretary-treasurer OF
he Union serve as chairman OF the ma
'iona registration committee, and Presi-
4 dent Lii has continued This custom by
appointing Frederick w. Ruben as chair
l man, The other members are:
Jacob W. Stumpf. Metropolitan As.o.
II citation; ]. Frank Pacey, New England
Herman Meyer. Middle Atlantic: DR. W
Burdick South Atlantic. Harry F. Kea-
Tor, Central; l.. di Benedetto. Southern
Florence j. Curran. Western: T. Norris
Dunno. Pacific Northwest. George James
Pacific ~ f. Dugosh, Texas; r. w
Horning. Southern Pacific: w. Pykt
Johnson. Rocky Mountain; DIR. Charlie,
9 Plummer. Inter Mountain, and ]. +
Soper Hawaiian.
NJ time will be lost in carrying ou
-. edct of the 4. A. L, that in III,
future all tracks must be measured twelv,
inches from the border instead of eighteer
inches. which had been the rule In thi.
country until the International Amateur
Athletic Federation adopted the twelve
neh margin as a standard. In order Il
insure that any records made al the In
door games of the Irish American. A. c
on November IS be accepted. the club ha.
received measurements for the laying on
o' rev track conforming to the Fedora
uon rue. IT was stated yesterday tina
| a Philadelphia team has been invited e
take tho place of the New York A. c
N the club relay race so that event nov
't'' lAI ldht VI fu
with New York, Boston and Philadelphia
'opr"seuted. Ted Meredith will be tn,
stag Of the Quaker team and he will b,
| backed up By runners of good calIbr'
n kaufman, Balcom and Lockwood
The elevation OF Frederick ]. v. De
1sney to the Craftsmanship OF the recor,
committee calls attention to the promi
Hen"e Of tho men connected with churcl
clubs in the councils OF the A. A. L
'edney has been a hard worker 70
'wfnty years for the Xavier A. A., forme,
rom members OF 81. Francis Xavie
church. Frederick W. Ruben the new
S.cretary- treasurer OF the Union, has beel
'of about the same time the ruling spirl
IN The St Georges A. G. J. w. Stumpr
'fAifman OF the local registration com
m'i"e, IL n member of Grace Churcl
:. g., John J. Deignan. another com
W''te"man, belongs TO st. bartholomew
and j. NJ Connolly started In with Do
m.lcan Lyceum
oil q IN m Teaupa nrtII UTpAa. n