New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-05
HARVARD GETS
OUTDOOR COLLEGE
GAMES THIS YEAR
|. c. A. A. A. A. Champion
ships TO Be Held in Sta
ium May 26 and q.

Undergraduate delegates in their an
nua! meeting held at the Waldorf-As
toria yesterday afternoon voted unani-
mously 10 hold the forty-frst annual
outdoor track and field championships
OF the intercollegiate Association Of
Amateur Athletes OF America in the
Harvard stadium The meet will be
held on Friday snd Saturday, May %
and o.
Leland Stanford University. one OF
the leading figures in Pacific Coast col
legiate athletics, was taken into the ma
tionsl body yesterday, but the applics-
ton OF the University Of Pittsburgh
was dismissed.
The California institution mas main
tanned a standard Of eligibility in keep
ing with the ideals Of the I. c. A. A.
A. A.. and its application WAS gladly &c
cepted.
The University o; Pittsburgh, Oh the
other hand. was said not 20 have adopt
ed the same uLcompromising attitude
in it sallegiance TO the amateur props-
gands. Summer baseball has been
sanctioned there. and II vas otherwise
asserted that the general standard o.
Pittsburgh's athletics did not At this
line warrant i. being taken into the
association.
D 80,
at Pittsburgh, made an eloquent APP
peal q behalf OF his school, bu, With
out avail. Penn State College, Penn
sylvania and the College Of the City o.
New York were the only three OF IF
teen colleges represented at the meet
ing that favored Pittsbursh'S sdmis-
sion.
K. Lindley Murray, the young indoor
tennis champion, presented Leland
Stsnford's request for adm ssiou. He
assured the conference that his alma
mater would cndesyor to send a team
20 me outdoor championships each
year and that summer baseball Rad
been expunged from the California in
stitution.
The executive committee WAC in
creased from membership or Eve 10
seven after an extended debate. Gus
tsvus T. Kirby spoke asains. enlirging
the bodr upon the ground tha' eff
cheney was not gained b. numbers. but
tho motion carried by a vote of 10 20 3.
TIE committee appointed and the
votes polled by the respective members
follow: ?. !. Sanborne, Cornell. 10; (.
y. Clement. Harvard, Is; y. Z. Tour
telot,e. u. I. T.. IS; F. L. Starrett,
Browg. Is; Casper ". B. Townsend.
Pennay lrsnis, II, and A. II. Bunker,
Yale. II. They are 10 act with the
president
Douelson ". Lake. OF Princeton, was
elected president TO serve for the ensu-
ins year. Roger F. Evand, Of Dart
mouth. aud George H. Kimber. OF syria
cusc. who obtained nine and four votes
respectively for places or the exc itiye
BODY. were chosen presidents.
George g. Brown, Of New York Uni
vcrsity, was selected az secretary, with
Creigh ". Heydecker, Of Columbia. ss
treasurer.
a discussion regarding the forfeiting
% students amateur standing rhen
ne assumed playground duty came up
Tor slight talk. II was said a rule
10 cover this would be framed later.
Il was too deep a question to decide
Wlfnout covering al the phases OF tho
situation. The ruling regarding the
definition OF an amateur which was
agreed upon a. the general conference
OF the various sport organizations re-
Gently was adopted by a unanimous
vote.
/, was brough. out that tie iirs. eff
fort % the association in conducting
the indoor team races las. year ret.ed
a loss os s, 900. This ras attributed
20 the miniature BLIZZARD that prevailed
on 'ho night OF the games. A clear
pront OF more than $4,000 was realized
on the outdoor championship. at Frank
lin Field last year.
The members presen. were +. Z. Star
rctt. Brown; Loring ?. Jones. College
Of Tho City Of New York; {. ". Hey
decker ard ". p Pfeifer. Columbia:
?. +. sanborne. Cornell: L. +. Evsnd.
Dartmouth; F. J. Feurbach, Fordham;
+. T. Clement. jr.. Harvard; y. +. Tour
'ellotte. n. 7. +; J. ". Finkcnstead,.
Michigan; George G. Brown. y. r.
stroud. IL. and W. II. Draper. Now
York University; n. II. Smith. Penn
State; {. ". h. Townsend. Pornsyl-
vunia; d. II. Lake. Princeton: g. II.
F.mber, Syracuse, and A. u. Bunker,
Yale.