The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-01
HARVARD AGAIN
GETS TRACK MEET
INTER ASSOCIATION
OF AMATEUR ATHLETES HOLD
OUTDOOR GAMES MAY 1880.
COUNT FIVE PLACES
AMENDMENTS ADOPTED MAKE
THIS CHANGE-INDoOR
MEET IN FALL-CUP
AT STAKE.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2s.--After
close fight with Syracuse and Johns
Hopkins. the contenders, the intercol-
lesiate track and field championship
meet was again voted to Harvard. and
viii be held in the stadium at Cam
bridge on May 18th and 3oth. This
decision was reached at the annual
meeting of the intercollegiate associa-
ton of amateur athletes of America,
haid in the Waldorf this afternoon, at
which amendments were adopted pro-
viding for an indoor athletic meet in
March of each year. and changing the
scoring at the championship games.
so that five places count instead Of
four
PENNSYLVANIA and Cornell each had
four victories, SO that the present cup
is likely to be won outright at the
neXt games.
The delegates decided to vote on
Harvard and Syracuse IN the final bal
lot with the result that Harvard won
by lively" votes TO zine. In the early
discussion. Johns Hopkins. which has
osse Of the best fields In the country,
YVES mentioned, but the delegate from
that university stated that there was
insufficient accommodation for spec
tstors, and that Baltimore would wait
awhile before seeking the games.
amendments Adopted.
I'll the proposed amendments had
been submitted by the executive COM
iIitGee. aud had been thoroughly de-
hated They were PASSED without
reading, with the exception of the
amendment dealing with the number
- points to be scored by the men fin
lsainS in the first five places in the
=. ~ hn - NJ atfas n ~ hft
charge called for i've for first, four
.1r second three for third. iva fer
tsnrsn, ana ne for fifth
The little argumen on the pies
tea O. points developed a strong GER
t.yg,e.1t Il favor of keeping the score
at tic crack athletes down 10 the MIR
.n1Dni, ana PENNSYLVANIA was the OF IS
so lege to support al amendment. II
the aEe adutcnt that called for tns
FRA !3as sc 10 count SIX the second
f..v. af,d then grade the other places
ttss1-i 10 enc for nth. West Fraziat,
ID 4 Pennsylvania. was in the chair
aad when he called for q vote not a
dissenting voice was heard against the
penis Of Ave. four. three. two and one.
ss o. iginally suggested
Exclude Indoor Meet.
The indoor meeting will not figure
as q team com petition. and has been
Included more to bring the athletes
ttss EfitF III a SbfIal way KHAN LOT lHe
purpose Of serious competition. though
pr.zes viii he given To the placed men
i1A tlia different events The indoor
sasnes Will be held on tho first sat
uiaaay In March. and the constitution
was amended SO that the annual meet
ING Will be held on that day hereafter
irvtead Of the last Saturday in Feb
runry. The events at the indoor
meeting viii cnsist largely Of relay
races with high jump, shot put, and
paic vault fo- teams If FIVE men from
eaGh college.
u; account of not having been rep
~eeefted at the annual games for TWO
rerrs. fNordham was dropped from the
list NJ members of the association. but
there vas a good attendance of dele
gates. twenty one of the twenty-seyen
sner beers being represented.
4 .near the colleges represented and
their delegates. were: G. A. Phiiegor.
California. j. r. Bryan. ale: r. X.
Eog'mau, Franklin and Marshall, G. i.
Sdrshos Harvard. III. W, Taylor. Hay-
erfc*a. G.. T.. Dorsey. Johns Hopkins.
e. a. Croweli. Michigan: g. Riggs,
I'sr.aytlania and T, t. Crews, Cor
reN
ahe officers elected were, President.
r. H. Crews, Cornell: secretary, John
F. Merits, New York university. treas
nFse, r II Clark. Columbia vice
PR eiderts II, @. Porter, Syracuse. and
". < Thomas, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. Executive committee
~ T. Bryan. Vale C. c. Suuibhs
Harvard g. n. Heath PENNSYLVANIA.
a,sd G. r. Goldsmith, Princeton.