The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-29
GARDEN GAMES TEST
FOR COLLEGE GROUPS
Relay Races and Team Field
Events Will Give Mediocre
Men a Chance.
DINNER TO FOLLOW MEET

Members of the advisory committee NJ
the l. 6. A. A. \ n oNrla ned soro ~
the plans last night for the group com.
petitions 10 he held in Madison SqusA
Garden on March 6. The proposed gene,
will lead. It is hoped. to y better utd,r.
standing among the colleges general
Improvement IN the athletic ehci'r,. II
the average student and an auruaI -n.E
meeting Of tho gradual and undr. ,i.
yates that will serve to- wipe ou' on,
memory of defeats and enhance ~" we
OF victories scored on track and u,lt
Athletic experts of the city We. r.
vitcd by Romeyn Berrt OF co'u"l 70 49,
their ideas of this new mo' oWcr' mr.
popularzing athletics among tho c.,,cg''
and among those present A. 'h' Corr 90
club, 65 PARK avenue. were Gu.'a'Gs r
Kirby. Columbia. ard Tho'ut G.'.-..
Harvard fellow members OF the host on
the intercollegiate advisory commute.
Mr. Kirby outlined the proposed r.,Us
and showed how the six relay ra,'s 81
! three fed events probably ""I.0 .
= 10 draw more men into healthy ra-' ..''
/ lion in snort than the int'rcoil'g -
cha n,pionships had ever done. r." ',.lt
' of no race viii depend OF 'u' ,f =
! of one man and the necessary qu' !.
| cation OF four and five mon viii n'|. '''
! the mediocre athlete and cN"u tic b
will be called on and be villiN- g. H..-
| tain the all round strength Il his college
| In the field events, consisting "' n
iump. pole vault and shot Put, tl'. Nl
be Ave competitors from each college
and the quintet showing tho oce' ''c la
will be declared the wuncr T 's e,es
A wide SCOPE and the possibility % 80
! foot jumper doing his share Will 'fn
mate who can leap u foot h!SH"f. ere
will be no championship at stake hl' :
/ y
| to cHp;ruc one or more ~ tho even
A consideration ~ the difficulty off ~.
lining relay races IN the GarG". Iri .
"A novel suggestion Of the inl.ug or'
two tracks. To avoid confusion Don ..' =
ing relays there wilt he q track iin 81. IS
in circuit foc the races iu W1Irn ''" "'1
from each college are required 10 ~. -
Yards and for the longer distances whoa
the men will run 500. LOCO '. 800
yards. another track Of about l'' "..
will he laid out In rider 90 tNu.l
almost impossible task 90 relay IS "a
In a strlnged course Tor I'll" r." .0.S
lit was decided to run tina. relay 81 Its
of two non at time 80 - 20 ,-..'.'
,crowdirg out " dungeons c'.ap'..' =
I. Is not expected that more ''., esrt
teams will enter for this event tl OIL
men would therefore have 10 pc"
trials. semi-nnals and hndl.
There Is no rule prsNeuti"g - NAV IN.
I t''ttt.
will be discouraged. the main ohio - n' =
to get As la-ge a repr-scnt}'o" '. po.
sible from every college. The .u- '..f
of ;he night ~ expected to he - "'..'y
relay. as chis gives a great opuH ' ,
for the smaller institutions 10 SHOW -
strength I'm This one man VII 90
yards. one 800. on 500 and on. 10000 30
tina; II will not BE- nercssa'v for '.
lege % have \ strong turn out co. :
sprinters or middle distance M" '' o.l'
, to win.
After the games a dinner vii 20 so 81
: in the concert hall Of the Gard.~ t.. !
, this the seating arrange ncn' W' '.A-
she minglirC OF the athletes o. go q :.
fsrent colleges There Viii boz n
jumpers table with II L. Goy-i." N.''-
of the intercollegiate in lN11, r"r ~,
a hammer ;hroweis table uu.,. o.. 10 -
ershp OF Alex Coke, the Yale tN~0nr y
the sos and so on. Thus tho NOV Wa
have jus; met in competition Sc ga
their battles over again t. 'he accom- '0'
- ment OF knife and fork.