South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-12
A. A. j. APPOINTS
ALL COMMITTEES
They Include Finance, Record
Basketball, GymnaStic
Championship, Etc.
Associated Press Service

Associated Press Service.
NEW YORK. Jan. 11.-Samuel j.
Dallas. president of the Amateur
Athletic Union OF the United States,
yesterday announced the full list Of
committees appointed by him TO
look after A. A. L. affairs for the
ensuing year. They include finance,
championship. legislature, record.
registration. basket ball. gymnastic.
playground and recreation and a
special committee for re-districting
the various associations OF the
A. A. u.
In making the announcement
Pres't Dallas said that he looked for
an unusually successful year in ath-
letics and expects these committees
10 be very active. The re-dLstricting
committee is one committee in par
ticular that will have considerable
work 10 do this year. This commit
tee Is expected TO formulate plans
Tor new associations 10 be made up
from territory taken from some Of
the associate which are consid
cred too large at the present time
90 accomplish good results. 1t is felt
that greater interest In amateur
athletics in the United states can
be secured b. making two or more
new district associations from the
territory Of several OF the larger as
sOcia lions now having more territory
than they can properly manage.
IN disc ussing this matter yester-
day, Mr.. Dallas said, The Metro
politan association at the present
time comprises the states OF New
York, Connecticut and New jersey
north OF Trenton. The officials Of
the association feel that there is
room at least for three and possibly
four new district associations in tho
present Metropolitan territory. They
would welcome the organization OF
n Connecticut association, a New
Jersey association, a North Eastern
New York association and a West
ern New York association.
cleveland and Columbus in Ohio
are really too far from the Alleghe-
ny Mountain association headquar-
tiers in Pittsburg to obtain the best
results, and il might be advisable
to develop a new association around
these two important cities. Portions
of Ohio. Indiana and Illinois could
be linked together. with perhaps
Cincinnati or Indianapolis as the
headquarters.
Several new associations might
be organized in the present territory
OF the Western association, which at
present covers an area OF many
thousand square miles. The same
might be said or the Southern, Inter
Mountain. Rocky Mountain and the
three Pacific coast associations.
Amateur athletics can be con-
trolled and regulated in a more sat
isfactory manner with smaller ter
riuories for our district associations.
and the present plan is, I think. a
step in the right direction, and Will
greatly benefit athletics"
The complete list OF committee
appointments are as follows:
Championship: Frederick w. Ru-
bien. New York: chairman; Edward
T.. Babb. Boston: i. di Benedetto.
New Orleans; Everett G. Brown,
chicago: Capt. Joseph +. Conway,
BostOn: Robert W. DOdd, San Fran
cisco; T. Morris Dunno. Portland.
ore. william :. Haddock. Pitts
burg: Herman Meyer, Philadelphia ;
NJ J. Slattery. Philadelphia: George
i. Turner. Baltimore. Robert :.
Weaver, Los Angeles, Barlow S.
Weeks. New York.
LEGISLATION: Justice Barlow :.
Weeks, New York chairman: sol
w. Bowie. jr.. Baltimore; William
j.. Humphrey. San Francisco; Gus
tavus T. Kirby. New York; Col. a.
g. Mills. New York; J. 7. Mahoney,
otew York; NJ. J. Slattery. Philadel-