New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02
Kirby Puts Check on the
Move to Have Games
Held at Franklin Field

The intercollegiate track and field
championships for 1919 were awarded
to Harvard University to be held in
the Stadium at Cambridge on May 80
and 81, at the annual convention Of
the |. {. A. A. a. A. held at the Column
bia University Club yesterday after
noon. The award of the games to Cam
after an eleventh. hour revolt of the
smaller colleges, especially in the
Pennsylvania section. which desired to
send the meet to Franklin Field, Phla-
delphia.
The suggestion that it might please
the Southern colleges of the associa-
ton better to hold the meet in Phila-
delphia was made by Y. J. Wyckhof.
Of Johns Hopkins. who said that the
matter of expense in sending a team
from Baltimore to Boston would weigh
heavily upon the athletic association
of his college and upon other colleges
as we'll. He suggested. therefore, that
unless it was too late il might be ad
visable to hold the games at Franklin
Field which was more central than
Cam bridge
Kirby Squclches Revolt
The proposal, however, WAS nippcd
in the bud by Gustavus T. KIRBY, of
Columbia, a member of the graduate
advisory committee, who said that in
asmuch as the 1918 games were held
IN Philadelphia, 1t was not deemed
advisable to hold them on the same
field again this season.
Mr. Kirby also spoke at length upon
the policy of the association to rotate
the meets from college to college, and
expressed the hope that such plan
could be worked out without delay.
He made it appear very conclusive,
however, that the meet should not be
held at Pennsylvania again this year.
and when the question was put to
vote the result WAS unanimous for
holding the games in Cambridge, IA
Lad been recommended by the OK
ccutive committee.
The association adopted without a
dissenting vote the amendments to the
constitution adjusting the rules of
organization to square with the alb
normal conditions that prevail IN the
colleges as result Of the war. One
of the most vital changes made was
an eleventh hour provision whereby
colleges and universities which were
not represented at last years meet
and do not contemplate sending teams
to this years games will not forfeit
their membership.
The rule has been that where col
lege was not represented by at least
three athletes in two consecutive
championship competitions it would
lose its membership in the association.
Under amendment adopted yeste rday,
eligibility for the 1919 games is to be
determined by whether or not n college
/ was adequately represented in the 1915
and 1916 meets and in like manner
eligibility for the 1920 meet viii be de-
tcrmined by the record OF the college
in the 1916 and 1919 meets. Thus the
1918 meet is dropped from the reckon
ing altogether
This action by the association will
make it possible for Michigan. Cali
fornia and Stanford University to retain
their membership in the association
this year if they do not send team
TO this years championship and viii
not bar them in 1920 either, because all
three were represented in the 1915
games.
Meet Not Essential
1t was also decided for the present
year to dispense with the rule requir-
ing each member of the association to
furnish evidence that in the preceding
year it held an athletic meet. The rule re-
garding this was changed so as to make
it eliminate the necessity for furnish
ing this evidence for the years 1917
and 1918.
There was little further tinkering
with the rules regarding the eligibility
of athletes who were in the S. A. T. {.
or in the service last fall. Under the
old rule an athlete had to be registered
in his college on October 10 of the
calendar year preceding the meet. but
this was sdctrackcd for 1919 and the
requirement changed to read that "A
student to be eligible must have been
in the S. A. T. c. and thereafter in h :
college or university continuously, or
If in the service that he must have re-
turned to his university and become a
student in good standing on February
10. or after his discharge have been
admitted to regular standing not later
than April l.
The section requiring registration
within three weeks after discharge
from the army was stricken out The
date February 10 was originally set at
January s. but Dartmouth wanted it
changed 70 February ! and Pittsburgh
airy 10.
The treasurer's report showed that
the association had on hand in the
treasury only s12996, the smallest
amount II has had at any time since
the knickerbocker Trust Company fail
ure dozen years ago. when all the
associations funds were tied up in that
institution.
That there will be no bonuses this
season for members represented by ten
or more athletes in the championship
games was plainly stated by the off
GERS, who showed that it was necessary
to purchase new championship cup
to take the place of the one carried of
by Cornell when it won the champion
ship last summer
Rowland &. Fenner, of the Iniver-
sity OF Pennsylvania, was elected presi-
dent for the ensuing year. while VIII.
lam r. Swanson. of Pittsburgh, and +
y" Snodgrass. of Syracuse. were named
wee. presidents. Louis Owens, of Co
Iumbia, was elected secretary. and El.
dred Halscy. Of New York University.
treasurer. The new members Of tho
executive committee are: Laurence a
Leonard, Harvard; Sherman Baldwin,
fale W. T. Downs, Princeton; Leon
-. Clay. Cornell; Paul n. Anderson,
Massnchnse'ts Institute Of Technology
and Max A. Norton I)n ~ mouth