Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-27
ANA EUR ATHLETIC UNION
TO SOLVE MANY PROBLEMS
proposed Men Who Have Forfeited
Amateur Status in War Ser
vice BE Reinstated.
TO AWARD MANY EVENTS
Thirty-Ninc Championship Competi-
tons Scheduled for Award for
Coming Icar-To Consider Bar
ring Foreign Entrants in Contests.
fBv Associated Press. :

NEW YORK. October .6.--The annual
meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union.
to be held in Philadelphia on Novcm-
hcT IL and IS, promises to be one Of
me most nnonlentous IN inc history Of
the organization. Questions having 10
do with the REIMBURSEMENT OF trac k and
nc!d athletics after the War, and prob
lens arising from the present conflict
their consideration and decision. Their
verdict will have far-reaching effects.
and the various officers and other rep
rcsentative OF the union are collecting
data in order 10 be prepared to meet
these issues sauarely and fairly.
Among the subjects that are to be
All national championship games. ath-
letes of foreign Affiliations and the
status OF an athlete after the war. who
during the hostilities occupied a posi-
non as coach, instructor or physica |
director at a cantonment or with the
serviGe units abroad. The, question Of
meets at this meeting instead OF later
IN the season will also come Up for de-
cision.
OF these, the most important is un-
doubtedly the one bearing on the
amateur status OF the athlete who. dur
ing the war, has accepted pay for act
recreation director at a service camp.
Under normal conditions such action
would Immediately disGnalify and pro-
present circumstances. however. such
ac, Ion bears an entirely different as.
pect: the work in many cases being
a heavy financial loss. as we'll az at
the eNIpense. Of broken home ties. AS
result. It is confidently expected that
cover this contingency. will be quickly.
adonted;
That in accepting such positions
leaving their homes. families. business.
positions. etc. to go far from home or
over the seas. feeling that in this way
they could be useful in helping to win
WILL RETAIN STATUS HELD
At beginning OF WAR
person who shall have been clicible
to- compete as an amateur at the be.
ginning Of the war shall be considered
as having forfeited his amateur status
ny acceptinG Il position such as men
toned above. unless he shall continue
in said employment after the war is
The matter OF awarding the various
championship events IN the branches
or sport under the jurisdiction of the
=. a. L: ut this meeting is more or
less OF an innovation, and the success
OF the. plan will depend upon the num-
Der or applications received from the
d,Nerent associations and individual
clubs. Some thirty-ninc cha pionship
competitions are scheduled for award.
and it is hoped that majority OF
these can be placed at this meeting
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be fixed for the contests. but n seasonal
range will be fixed In each case. and
the club securing the event will be
1ermited to name the dav or days upon
which it would be convenient TO hold
the competition within the range
stated.
The list OF events is 20 follows:
Track and feld--Nincteen Junior
events, nineteen senior events. all
around and five relay races: decathlon.
Pentathlon-Ten-mi run and seven
mile walk: steeplechase.
Indoor track and 1eld--Thtrteen
junior events. thirteen senior events.
Cross country--Junior race. senior
race
outdoor swimming Senior events:
100 yards stralshta way. 400 yards. $50
yards, ore mile, long distance high
DIVING. Junior events: 400 yards. one
mile high diving.
Indoor swimming Senior events:
yards: back stroke, $50 yards; breast
stroke. 200. yards: fancy diving from
spr!ngboard. nlunGc for distance; relay,
400 yards. four men; water pole. Junior
events: 100 yards, 500 yards: back
stroke, 100 yards; breast stroke. 100
yards; fancy diving from springboard.
miscellaneous - Baseball. boxing.
gyElnastic . wrestling, hundball, tuE-ot-
war, basketball. n