New-York tribune., 1918-09-17
A.A.U.Rejoiices
Over AidCiven
To Win War
Delegates to Annual Meeting
Learn | 500 Out of 2,627
Are in Service

The Metropolitan Association Of the
A. A. L. held its annual convention
last night at the headquarters Of the
Nlencoe A. {. In the conclave were
the representatives. Of 14O clubs com
prlsing the organization. The matter
before the meeting was review of the
seasons work for the fiscal wear. This
included the finances, the work of the
registered athletes in all branches Of
amateur sport, and. most important Of
all the doings Of the athletes in the
army. and the other war activities.
!, from the figures made known to
'hose present last night it could he
seen that no athletic body in the East
10 man, has contributed more zen
uine war work. Out of the registered
athletes now on the books, total Of
;I'o1f, more thar 800 are on the firing
llne The New York A. c.. the biggest
club IN the organization. has contrib
uted about GOO men to the battle zone
not to talk OF the number of medical
men and others from the social side of
the Mercury foot body
Pledges More Aid to L. S. A.
When the meeting was called to or
der Frederick W. Ruben, of the St
george A.. C., the present PRESIDENT
occupied the chair, and he was subse-
quently elected unanimously for an
other term Owing to the lengthy re-
ports to be disposed Of he made no
address, but hinted that during the
season of 1919 the war activities would
be in the hands of separate and big
ger committee. which will be requested
TO do even more than the general body
dld last season to help win the world
conflict
The first report submitted was that
tubeslng During the term which
ended on August 81, last. the total
receipts amounted to Sl,7S6.14, while
the disbursements reached the formid-
able sum of $2,82S.34, leaving a loss
of S1,042.20. This loss can easily be
accounted for by the fact that only
three branches of sport resulted in a
profit They were the boxing, wrcst-
Ing and gymnastic championships
From the boxing the sum to go tow
ard swelling the exchequer was S147.Ss
from the wrestling. s8Os4 and from
the gymnastics, SS7.41. Although there
was loss of more than 81 900. the
financial condition does not mean that
the Metropolitan Association is bank
rupt. glance at the balance sheet
conveyed the information to the dele
gates that the cash on hand amounted
TO S2.949.l8, IN which is included L. S.
Liberty bond No. s2,o9S for 81 900
The report of the registration com
mittee showed that in that department
alone there was a deficit Of $75O.O4. 1t
was pointed out that the war was the
main cause Of the shortcoming. The
registration for the year was 2,Sl7,
against 4,279 for last year, a decrease
Of 1,462, which at 25 cents per man
amounted to s365.5O. The falling off
in the number of sanctions of games
helped the loss to the sum of $3.50.
Three items which greatly con-
tributed to the deficit were the sum
Of $3.50 toward the athletic equipment
the national A. A. u. for its share of
the registration and $500 as a salary
TO the ecretarytreasurer
Tribute to Major Mckenna
In the body of the secretary-treas-
urer's report there was a touching
allusion to the gallant conduct of
Major James A. McKenna. Of the old
69th Regiment, who fell while leading
his men in the recent battle Of Chateau
Ihlerry. For several years he rep
resented the Ozanam Association on
the "Met" board of governors
The only suggestion Of note passed
upon which Will be recommended to
the national A. A. u. convention in
November was that in future all dis
trict associations should have four
vice presidents. These nominated last
night We're Jacob Stumpf, New York;
Lester Stevens, New Brunswick; John
Collins, New Haven, and Adam Gum.
Buffalo. George Matthews was again
chosen as Handicapped The only con
tested seat was that of secretary
treasurer, j: 7. McInerney, Of the st.
Anselm's Club. the regular nominee,
being opposed by Charles Elbert, of the
Anchor A. c., of Jersey City. McIn-
erney won.