The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07
FRANKLIN FIELD TO
Be SCENE OF MEET
Penn Beats Harvard in Vote to
Decide Place Of Next
intercollegiate.
MORE \ MEMBER

At the annual convention OF the In
tcrcollegiate Association Of Amateur
Athletes Of america held at the Wal
dorf-Astoria yesterday afternoon Frank
lin Field. Philadelphia. was selected as
the place for holding the championship
meeting on the last, Friday and Satur-
day in May Harvard was the only
other university to Offer its field, but
there was little argument aud no bitter
ness on the part Of the representatives
OF either institution to sway the dele
gates.
The Crimson representative pointed
out the advantage of the Harvard
stadium over Franklin Field. hut the
Quaker delegate was content to leave
the issue to a roll call without cnlarging
on the suitability Of Philadelphia for the
meet. The peaceful character of the
contest was evidenced further when the
Harvard delegate voted for pennsylvania
and the Penn man cast his vote In favor
Of the rival bidder. The vote was II to \
In favor OF Franklin Field. With the eN-
ception of Williams. whose representa-
tive left before the vote was taken. the
roll call Indicated the colleges repre-
scented at the meeting as follows.
For rennsylvania-Collegs cry of
New York. Cornell. Georgetown, ilar-
ward. Haverford. Johns Hopkins. Univer-
sity of Michigan. New York University,
Princeton, Yale and Rutgers.
essr Harvard-Amherst, Brown. Co.
slsnbia, Dartmouth. Fordham, Massachu-
sets Institute OF Technology, Pennsyl-
vania and Syracuse.
All the amendments to the constitu-
zion, bylaws and laws Of athletes pre-
eented by the executive committee were
passed without debate. These were pre-
Jared to keep the conditions Of compcti-
uen In unison with those recently
adopted by the international Amateur
will be measured twelve inches from he
border instead OF eighteen inches and
the starter will have the right to recall
the men In case of nj unfair start.
A protest was made 10y the Massachu-
sets Institute Of Technology gains the
nethos of scoring in the crosS-countrN
championship last November. At that
time the referee followed the rule OF the
A. A. l.. by gnoring sixth aud seventh
runners for Cornell after that team had
won the title with its first five men.
There was. an excuse for this procedure
IN the ambiguity OF the rules. and the
protest was disallowed. The Tech rem
Yesentatives gained "A moral victory.
however. as in the new rules adopted II
10 stipulated plainly that the remaining
men on a winning team shall he tailed
after the first five men in ascertaining
the positions of the other competing
teams.
The president Of the University NJ
Maine appeared to urge the admission
e his university az a member OF IN"
association for the purposes OF crosse
country running. After a little Il sous
sion Maine was admitted and Lafayette
also was added - the memhersh'p roll
Swarthmnrc. which mad been dropped
fo- not seuiius three men 10 the cham
nj nsnip meei"G Tor tWo successive
wears, made an appeal fpr roinstite-
mrnt. The SwaitEmorc d-leGat" stirred
:ie ~ plthies % those present with a
pathetic story OF how the funds for
serd nr men had disappeared one year
through m~Iut-cr,al carelessncss and
how In the succeeding year strained
bacts. broke colllrhones n pulled
,endons rad depleted the ranks II CONF
pe;!tors. ON his statement that the col
le2c had a dozen men In training for
next May the plea for reinstatement was
srlnted.
Ralph Guinness. an orator from the
College OF the city Of New York, made
an appeal TO have the late entries OF his
college accepted for the indoor meet
last night. He toll how he had upheld
the honor of his college in finishing
seventy-ninth in the cross-country run
Of 1913. He was last in the race, II
was true. but said he would have tried
Il again last year had not running on
the asphalt streets of New York de-
veloped shin splints, In spite Of his
promise that the G. G. y. Y. had no
hope Of winning prizes or dcvelopin-
champions. the meeting refused to make
the entries good by susrending the by
laws.
A resolution was passed approving of
the Intercollegiate contests 10 he held
az the Panama-Paclfc Exposition and
promising the support of the associa-
ton. A rising vote was taken on a
resolution of respect for the memory oi
ehe late James f. sullivan, who for
years was the referee OF the n
championships. The following officers
were elected:
President. Z. Bercham Clark. Colum'
Ota first vce-president, r +, Evans
Dartmouth second vice-president, II
L. Denithorne. Pennsylvania State
secretary. W. ". Draper, New York Uni
versity tr' -urer. d, NJ. Lake. Prince
ton executive committee. J. Hamilton
Cheston. Pennsylvania James Green.
hough. Harvard Edward ]. Stack
pole. Yale Allen MINK. Cornell.