Evening star., 1919-12-30
MAY LIST BOXING
AS COLLEGE SPORT
Graduate Heads Want Ma
tionaI Body to Place 1t in
Regular Competition.
BY II. c. BYRD.

NEW YORK, December 30.-Meet-
ings of athletic organizations held
here yesterday developed two main
purposes. The Asso ociation of Gradu-
ate Managers took up the question of
boxing as an intercollegiate sport and
after considerable discussion resolved
to back what undoubtedly will be
concerted attempt today to get the
National Collegiate Athletic Associa-
tion to recommend adoption of the
sport in the colleges for regular COM
petition. The physical directors at
their annual meeting carried through
a resolution to get each state in the
Union to pass laws making physical
education in the schools compulsory
and to adopt a standardized code for
all public school and high school
physical training.
When boxing was brought up. in
graduate managers meeting as the
possible intercollegiate sport not a
representatives OF most colleges
stated boxing had been carried on for
some time, but only as an intramural
sport. Many points relative to rules.
etc, were brought up for discussion.
One point made was: What could be
done If college in Washington, a
place where boxing may, not take
place with paid admissions, scheduled
a tournament or a series of bouts
with. say, the University of Pennsyl-
vania, Barthelmas of Michigan men,
toned in connection with this that
the state law forbidding goxing in
Michigan exempted educational insti-
tutions and he believed that a
case such as quoted in the District
of Columbia would have to be dealt
with by bringing influence to bear to
change existing laws or get police
conditions.
Regular Tanning Bee.
A great deal of "confabbing" went
on between representatives of the va
ffous institutions about foot ball and
base ball schedules. Numerous base
ball contests were mentioned, and sew
eral possible foot ball struggles talked
over. Graduate managers OF prac-
tically every institution of'any promi-
nence in the east were at the meet
ing except those OF Harvard. Yale
and Princeton.
Fred Moore of Harvard is at Pasa-
dena with his foot ball team for the
game with Oregon. Al Sharpe OF yale
is out in western Pennsylvania with
his basket ball quint, and Murray or
Princeton was not able to be present
because of slight illness.
Just before the meeting closed it was
voted that telegram be sent to Fred
on Thursday. Graduate managers of
Dartmouth. Boston College. Syracuse,
West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Penn State.
Holy Cross. New Hampshire State,
Bucknell. Maryland State. Hopkins.
Pennsylvania. Michigan. Cumberland
University, Lafayette. Washington
and Jefferson. Swarthmore. Colgate
Rutgers, Cornell. Massachusetts, Ag-
ricultural College. Columbia and New
York University were present.
While some of those present at the
meeting of the society of physical dl-
rectors thought it little radlca! to
ask the states to pass some kind OF
law for compulsory education, 1t
was pointed out that six states
already have passed laws of this kind.
1t was made clear that inasmuch as
physical training should be. depended
upon to develop the general educa-
tional attributes of the student. as
Strengthening his will-power, maxi
ing keener his perception. and in
bringing out prominently the quail
ties of obedience. loyalty and per-
severance. the states would be just as
much justified in passing compulsory
physical education laws as laws for
any other kind of compulsory educa-
tion. 1t is understood that this mat
ter will be brought before the N. c.
A. A. meeting today.
Northern Trip for State.
Maryland State has been offered a
foot ball game with Cornell for next
fall The Marylanders desired very
much to play the Ithacans, but were
compelled to decline because the date
was one that had already been ac-
cepted with Princeton. The Mary
landers have about concluded ar
rangements for a northern trip in
base ball. Penn State, Cornell, Ford
ham. New York University, Rutgers.
and probably one other team, are to
be played.
Penn State has scheduled a game
with the University of Nebraska for
next fall. The contest is to be played
at Penn State on Pennsylvania day.
The arrangement does not call for
Penn State to go to Nebraska the
following year, and is purely a one
year agreement.
Neil Fleming. graduate manager Of
athletics at Penn State, said last