New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
GRADUATE RULE
WINS APPROVAL
OF SOCCER WIEN
Association
Debates Eligibility Code
for -Four Hours.

The annual meeting OF the Intercol-
legiate Association Football League, tho
governing body in college soccer. was
held at Columbia University yesterday
All seven members Of the organization
were present and debated for more than
four hours questions Of eligibility
rules. together with a tentative SEIZED
ule Of games for the 1915 championship
series.
Efforts were made to have the league
adopt rules barring graduate students,
freshmen and players VINO had repre-
scented n college for more than three
years, but Of the three propositions only
tho graduate rule was adopted. The
proposed regulations were based on the
.. gibility code adopted by the Inter
collegiate Basketball League last win
ter and put into effect this year for al
colleges. save for the three-year and
graduates rules, which do not apply TO
Columbia until next year.
By the new soccer rules student
holding q degree from his own or an
other institution IL ineligible 70 play IN
O game in the soccer league, whether
he Is eligible by reason OF the four
year playing rule or not. In other
words. the soccer league nlans TO limit
NhFlltlfAA iDI lH I'D baAhts ~ bV'tN ''NN
undergraduates.
When the proposal TO adopt a rulo
barring freshmen from the varsity
teams was brought up it was looked
upon fav0rably by Princeton. Cornell,
and Harvard, but Columbia and Hayer-
ford stood out in open opposition and
Pennsylvania and Yale adopted neu-
trail attitude. The result was that the
rule ia led 10 pass when vote was
taken. The proposed rule barring men
who had played any three years was de-
feated. too, with the colleges voting az
they did in the case of the freshman
rule.
After long discussion the league
decided to shorten the time Of halves
10 thirty-nve minutes. The rule hith-
erto has followed the English code.
which calls for two playing periods Of
forty-fye minutes each. The league
officials made a careful study OF the
effects Of the game on the players in
the last season and came TO the CON
clusion that the shorter game would be
more beneficial TO the players aud
would not in general produce any
change in the relative standing Of the
teams at the end OF the season.
II was decided that the Harvard
I ElHNtlOi game " UlAu was iNAN vi
played at the end OF the season should
not count for or against either team.
Princeton defeated Harvard early IN
the season and then discovered that
three players were ineligible. The
Tiger authorities Immediately rescind-
ed the results Of the games in which
these three men had taken part, and
all were replayed save the Harvard
Princeton contest, which was counted
as being defaulted 10 Harvard. The de-
cison of the league to let the game
stand as undecided changed the tnal
listing Of the teams.
The all-colleglate eleven which IS
selected annually by the delegates at
the convention was named. Neither
Columbia nor Yale il represented on
the eleven, and Haverford, the cham
pionship team, had only two players
Carey and Stokes. Pennsylvania had
3, Princeton 1, Harvard | and Cornell |.
This is the team as selected: jack
son Princeton, goal Thomas Cor
nelD, right back; Moore (Princeton),
left back: Haskins (Prnceton), right
halfbsck; Hirst Pennsylvania, centre
halfback; Nohr Pennsylvania, left
halfback; Stokes (Haverford), outside
right: Gates (Princeton). inside right;
barron (Pennsylvana), centre forward:
Carey lHayerford), inside left; Weld
Harvard, outside left.
The team championship was awarded
20 IIaver'ord and the final standing
was determined as follow: Haverford,
10; Pennsylvania, 9; Yale, 7; Colum-
tia, 6; Princeton, B; Harvard, 2, and
Cornell, l.
j. K Hoyt, of Harvard. was elected
president Of the league for the year
l9i6-I7. r. ID. Stevens Of Pennsyl-
vania. was named vice-president and II.
Chaplin. OF Princeton, secretary.
The delegates at the meeting were:
Haverford, Maxwell and Greene; Penn
.ylyania. Mohr. Wende ard Stevens:
Yale, Tucker, Robin and Ely; Column
bia, Franklin and Schwartz; Harvard,
DIXON. ard Cornell, Thomas, Grinnell
and Brandt.