New Britain herald., 1916-11-21
WOMEN ATHLETES
Are NOT BARRED
A. A. U. Votes to Continue Regis
tratiOn Of Fair Performers

At late hour last night the dele
gates of the Amateur Athletic union
who assembled at the Astor hotel yes
terday in their annual meeting had
failed to get around to the business of
electing the officers. In all probable
ity, however, President George J. Tur-
ner Of Baltimore will be reelected, as
it is customary in the A. A. U. to have
its executive serve TWO terms
The delegates were called to order
at 10 a. m. and after the reading of
the various reports much time was
taken up in arguing sports suffrage"
| The delegates argued pro and con
whether or not women should be al
lowed to register in the A. A. u. 1t
finally was decided to amend section
| 20 of article IS of the proposed
changes in the constitution to read:
! Registration shall be granted to wo-,
men for swim ming events confined ex-
clusively to women, but only for such
| events"
The amendment was passed, but,
only after a, lengthy debate. One of
the delegates cited that registration
had been issued to women in the last
year, and 1.-The women had made no
trouble for the A. A. u" Whereupon
an "anti-suffrage' rival jumped to his
feet and snapped: Then the A. A. u. X
Is the only thing in the world the wo-
men haven't caused trouble for
While the A. A. U. officially will
recognize women amphibians and
hold jurisdiction over the swimming
events for women, the female track
and field and basketball athletes are
still without the pale.
ry-Treasurers Report.
The report of the secretary -treasur-
err showed that there would have been
profit of $1,72t.s6 had not the Anna
teur Athletic union contributed
50, 500 to the James E. sullivan Me-
mortal fund From dues, registrations
and sanctions s2,559.39 was realized. .
In receipts the boxing championships,
which were held under the auspices
of the Boston A. A., Melted the lars
gest sum, s3,523.11. The Junior and
| senior track and field pionships
resulted in receipts of 1925 and the
senior indoor title meet netted $464.-
II, the senior indoor swimming cham
pionships sos, the outdoor aquatic
championships s76. The total receipts
, were Suisse and the disbursements
{ s9,896.86, including the Sullivan Me-
mortal donation of $4,000, resulting in
: net loss of $778.34. The Amatetr
, Athletic union has a balance of $15,-
567.42 In the bank.
The report of the national registra-
ton committee showed that there are
1922 athletes registered in the ANA
: teur Athletic union, that s3S athletic
meetings were sanctioned and that
46s clubs hold membership in the or
|
citation has double the number = of
registered athletes of any other asso-
citation Of the A. A. u. There are
SEAS athletes registered in the Met
ropolitan association against 2,s37 for
the Middle Atlantic association, the
next in order.
The New England association boasts
2O67 registered athletes, the Central
association 1891 and the Pacific asso-
citation 1857. All the other assoSia-
tions' boasts have registrations Of iees
than 1000.
Texas Association Abolished.
| The Texas association only had one
! registered athlete. On account of the
Texas association failing to enroll
| more than three clubs the delegates
! yesterday voted to abolish the Texas
association and place its territory On
| der the jurisdiction Of the Southern
| association.
There were few changes made in
! the new constitution framed by the
| legislative committee, of which JUS
| tice Barlow s. Weeks is chairman.
| The delegates voted against the pro-
posal to disbar professionals from
holding office in the A. A. u, striSing
! out all reference to amateurs" in ar
J ticle VII Article VII was so changed
as to limit ex-presidents and ex-sec-
retarics to one vote, voting only in
the capacity of delegates. Heretofore
ex-presidents and ex-secretaries col
lectively had one vote in addition to
their vote as delegate or alternate
from the association they represent