Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-15
WANT M|DD|ES ON TRACK
AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION
Is ASKED TO AMEND RULE
DIR. Hnzcn, of Richmond, to Attend
Meeting In New York-E'Ight
for Presidency

DIR. Iinzcn, of Richmond, to Attend
Meeting In New York-EIght
/ for Presidency.
When the Amateur Athletic Union
meets in annual session this after
noon ut tho Waldorf-Astoria, in New
York. constitutional amendment
making the cadets OF West Point and
Annapolis eligible to compete without
| registration in games sanctioned By
the union. will be proposed. 1t will be
| offered by DR.. c. NJ. Hazen. president
OF the Richmond Amateur Athletic
Federation, and representative OF tho
South Atlantic Association. The amend
ment was offered last year and was re-
jectcd. II is thought that it will have
ittle chance TO go through at this
| meeting.
/ The annual convention Will meet
TINS afternoon and it will PROBABLY be
J lively session. successor will be
named to President Alfred J. Lii. Jr..
4 of Boston. For some time it seemed
/ That George J. Turner, Of Baltimore,
WAS the logical man to succeed LII.
William iiumphries. of San Francisco.
withdrawing as Il candidate. but now it
Is evident that Turner will have much
/ for.
/ In certain faction In New York the
| general impression prevails that the
far West. because of the admirable
manner In which the last champions
| ships ut San Francisco were conducted
Is entitled TO its first presidency. ana
! strong favor for Seward Simons of tho
! Los Angeles Athletic Club, formerly OF
| BuHalo has been manifested in the last
| few days. Simons stands a good chance
| or winning IL George l.. Pawling Of the
!, Middle Atlantic Association polls the
| big vote he expects. Pawling Is sure TO
be a candidate. unless the trouble
! which has arisen within his associa-
ton III the last two months causes him
/ to give up his ambition to become lead
/ er OF the Amateur Athletic Union.
! The presidency never has b4en held
west OF Milwaukee. Philadelphia.
/ Washington. I:ew York Boston and
, Chicago each have had representation
in the office. California has taken
+! quite an active interest in athletics in
! the past four years, and there are
/ those in the East who believe the cleo
| ton Of Westerner would bind the
j Eastern and Western associations of
! the Amateur Athletic Union closer to-
/ gether.
Pete Carney. of Philadelphia. may
/ stir up things when he goes before the
meeting and protests the Middle At
/ lantic Association delegates on the
i grounds that they were illegally select
| cd, and places before the board or
| governors his charges. now In the
! hands of the secretary-treas urer Fred
| erick w. Ruben. that prominent ath-
/ letes are permitted to compete In the
! amateur ranks when II has been proved
| they are professionals
GOVERNORS ARE ASKED TO
Decide klyIAT APPEAL
Another matter which tho governors
| will have to decide is the appeal for n
new trial by Abel Kiviat and Harry j.
Smith. Athletic followers expect Smith
and kic!at will receive little more con-
sideration from the governors than
) they did from the board OF managers
| OF the Metropolitan Association. The
! case will be closed so far as the 4. A.
! L. is concerned if the governors decide
! that the athletes had been lawfully
! convicted of professionalism.
The national championship committee
! will take definite action on the
quest of Newark TO hold the outdoor
/ title meetings next year in connection
! with its 250th anniversary. The junior
and senior track and field champions
! ships have practically been allotted TO
! Newark, but the award must be rati-
| fed Newark will ask for practically
! every championship that the Amateur
! Athletic Union will have to offer next
year.
! AZ il is by no means certain that the
/ indoor championships Will he con-
! tested in New York. local athletic en-
( thusiasts will watch with interest the
I
( floor title meetings. Secretary Ruben
/ is inclined somewhat toward sending
| the Indoors" TO Boston some other
/ city where they could possibly be made
profitable. lie does not believe the
/ games received the proper support
! from New Workers..
! The recommendation from the Met
ropolitan Association that Charles
! Boughton. the Newark athlete. be re-
! instatcd will come before the National
| Registration Committee. Boughton.
/ who was n champion intcrscholnstic
distance runner ut the time he was
declared ineligible for membership in
/ the Amateur Athletic Union, is now a
/ student n, the University of Pennsyl-
| vana. lie was declared ineligible for
working as n playground attendant in
Newark.
various committees and officers of tho
union. Few. if any, radical changes
are to be recommended. but Ii Is eX-
pected that definite action will he
/ taken by the board of governors, which
was recommended last year. The
South Atlantic Association delegates
will again ask TO have the Amateur
Athletic Union constitution amended so
| that cadets of West Point and An
/ napolis shall be eligible TO compete
without registration in games sane
toned by the union. The officers OF
the South Atlantic Association. i'm
/ whose territory the Naval Academy is
situated, feel that the Amateur Ath-
letic Union should allow tile midship-
men TO compete in sanctioned meet
ings when their entries are accompa-
MED by certificates signed by the off,
GERS in charge OF athletics at their
school. vouchng for their amateur
| standing.