New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30

t.lNrN IIlt tlN NAtA "a sAtaNiiN.
or snort which aid most directly in the
apldrc Of efficient soldiers-riiic
shooting wrestling. boxing, fencing.
hand grenade throwing and wall seal
inc. The executive board had carte
Blanche authority from the general
bod. TO go abcad,with the appointment
.r mon 90 specialize on these several
.sc,tor, Who would have power 70 act.
md q list of them may be forthcoming
within the next week or SO.
j. was decided that the Football
Cu'cs Committee will hold its usual
meetings this season. DR.. Harry L.
Williams. of Minnesota. chairman Of
the committee, had suggested the day
before that the expense OF the meeting
done away with. but the ideas Of
Walter Camp. Or. Lambeth, Of Nir-
.iris and others were followed. and
The meeting will be held because II was
considered advisable 10 get the footoalI
mon together TO swap suggestions
which might be useful TO the nation IN
various ways at this time.
Personnel Is Unchanged
The personnel of the football COM
mittce was left unchanged, with the
lone exception of Captain Geohrey
Tevcs. coach OF the 1917 team OF the
limited states Military Academy. who
,enlaced Lieutenant G. II. Francke, OF
NJ ,tPoirt. There we're minor changes
also ON the swimming and bias ketDall
committees. on the latter John X.
Bender. of the university, replaced +;
l.. Frost OF the same lnstlidlioh' anu
on the swimming board were added tne
name. Of 4. /. Mathews. Of CnlVersl'!
Of Utah. and Walter VI. Christ'e; VI
tho University Of California, IN place
.tF q carter. of the Colorado School
OF Iiucs. -..;rod
.tr same as before. with four eNcep-
,l,rs CA. Huff. University OF limos
Tho new chairman of the tiith Dls-
..srt. ~. 4. Mesnwell, University o.
Missouri. is the SIXTH j. {. FulIaiI'
University OF Arkansas, ln the seventh,
rrdiu the fourth some representatlNe vi
Georgia Tech Is 20 suppiant Fro!essot
d r buchanan. O. the University o.
Tennessee. u U
A. The instance Of Professor ": +.
Reeves. Of Kenyon College, presIGeH'
81 The Ohio state Conference, resoIu-
..oD WAS adoutd encouraging rlfe com
reiuons both within and between the
COLLEGES. under control Of the National
Eifc Association, which is gulueu j!
Secretary Of Var Baker. ..-
Before the members Of the commiIl we
t.r.r,sd for their several homes they
came TO sort Of general unders1anuiin my
,b.t New York would be favored loI
animal C0nNEH-
zion dcspite strong pressure from -
Touisans TO bring the meeting 70 the!r
ritv 4 tacit agreement was reacneo
,lso to the effect that all were Wiling
hi oct together in a quickly called spe-
.ieI conclavc in the summer months il
i we're found necessary or cEPe0iehL 70
u. so In that event, Washington
probabiy would be the convention cit!'
,p yicr of the fact that further oplh-
ions from heads Of government de-
partments are desired.
Atmosphere of IncOngruity
Tbroughout the entire deliberations
Of Inc collegiate Association there vas
n certain atmosphere Of incongrully'
II rouId not exactly be likened TO the
old story Of "the tail wagging the
DOG" hut IL did seem somewhat as
things ought not to be. Here was the
BIGGEST collegiate athletic gathering
of tbe entire year. and yet the So
called Bic Three Harvard, Yale and
procoton- took absolutely no part as
institutions. and their ideas on the
paramount subject of national policy
i presented by others, were entirely
sntitbetic. diametrically opposed TO the
consensus that all sports should ne
sncoyrsocd 10 the maximum in war
time.
". II. Nicholson. Of Wesleyan, sec
rctary-treasurer Of the organizatioh'
summarized the situation yesterday
with the statement: I'VE have an
agreed that intramural sports on big
scale constitute our immediate goal,
but that this goal cannot be at'Glneo
without the greatest stimulus OF IN
tcycollcgiate games
Most OF the delegates 20 the conven-
ton we're present yesterday afternoon
when the annual meeting Of the Soci-
ETY. Of Directors Of Physical Educa-
ton i'm Colleges was held at the Aston
The meeting was featured by striking
addresses by DR.. J. +. Raycroit, OF
Princeton. and Dr.. K. TAFT Mckenzie,
Of Pennsylvania, on topics closely re-
lated 20 me war situation.
DR.. Rayeroft explained what IS be
Ing done 20 make expert bayonet hght-
ers IN our army through first teaching
the men how TO box. Motion pictures
now are being utilized effectively IN
this work. and DR.. Raycroft explained
them while they were thrown on the
screen. Seven sets Of these Minis, nc
said, have been made for use at naval
training stations aud thirty-two Tor
he army
Benny Leonard, Johnny kilbane and
hid Mccoy, now leaders among the
boxing instructors at army canton
ments. were pictured with the gloves
on going through various training eF-
oreises and Illustrating different
phases Of expert boxing. In striking
manner the pictures presented these
men making certain boxing maneuvres
while bayonet wiclders at their side
performed the corresponding cyolu-
non with their weapon. The captions
on the pictures were such as 90 make
mem self-eXplanatory II no expert
Vas present 10 do so, their feature
beng reiteration that bayonet sighting
net"
For Injured Men
d.. Mckenzie went into the matter
retaining injured men for mill
er service after FIRST showing how
ne undeveloped physical specimen
nay be reclaimed and soldier made
oW OF him. By aid Of stereopticon
less he showed how the British had
Se'isfd exercises for each physical de-