The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-01
EFFECTS or WAR ON
COLLEGE ATHLETICS
WILL Be DISCUSSED
Meeting Is to Be Held in Washing.
ton Tomorrow to Discuss the
Status of This Important Mat.
ter Opinion Is Divided.

BY Assoristed Fress
New York, Aug. while the es
ecutivc committee Of the National
Collegiate Athletic association holds
only an advisory position in It's rela.
,ious with the individual members Of
the association, tho result of tho
coming conference to consider the
status Of college sports during the
war win haVc "a far reaching effect On
~intcrNarsity athletics. The organiza
ton. with a membership OF close to
two hundred NJ the leading colleges
and universities OF the country, in
cludcs on It's roster the names of al
the principal institutions aud section
al groups.
~ a result the conference at Wash
ington on August . VIII In reality he
a gathering Of the athletic authorities
~ the am, c~rSitics and colleges uf tho
country Tor a national varsity cN-
preston ~ opinion regarding what
form, II any. college athletics shal
take during the commit collegiate
ear. II is quite evident from Nari-
Gus forecasts Of individual sentiment
among the prospective delegates that
there Is To- lie a wide difference 90
opinion upon this subject and u
would not be surprising IL the dis
QUESTION was both lengthy and COM
picked
Sectional sentiment is certain to
have an important bearing ON IN" at
tttudc of the various delegates. CON
sidorcd broadly the middle and far
west may be said to he In favor of "A
continuation Of iutcrvarsi'y sport,
even though limited by certain re-
trlotian, deemed necessary IN view
of wal conditions In the east there
rs not the same unanimity OF opinion
on tins point u the mere number oi
colleges we're to be considered II ~
probable that those an favor Of contin-
uinG athletics would hc found to be-
In the majority.
Those institutions which are "p.
posed to this coursC. however, rscludt
several of the lai scst and oldest ~
the country and the absence OF theli
so-,allcd classic interNarsity con
tests b. expected "a some quarters i,
set % fashion which VIII have q de.
cidcd effect upu nan forms of mtcr'
collegiate competition Cornell au'
pcuu~ylNtula are believed tu support
IA continuation oi sport while Hat
iAdfu. 1dlc ana |lflutttbu are nlN'FtN
so Tar ls varsity football Il concern.
ed al least, aud It Will bc ON this gam,
the most popular Of all college con.
tests, that thc battle ~ opinions wIi
wage.
FuotuaU "a not, noWcycr he onI!
Varsity sport which VIII bee discussed
The conference may decide To whaI
NNtcui baseball rowing track athiet.,.
aud other outdoor sports should Dos
provided a. rnoXt spring Whlir wint''
competition iu basketball ho'kc,
wrestling. gymnastics. etc viii al
bee considered The question "
Abandoning temporarily a. least th'
'unc-ycar and the freshman rui"s vii
come uu fut discussion and a /.
probable that any recommendation
mdac 10, the executive committee %
the y e. a \. will carry much weigh
with ,he numerous colleges holding
membership ~ the organization
one of the most popular furcis.
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