New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
College Men !
OF L.C.A.A.A.A,
Aid Olympics
Association Will Devote
Quarter of Meet Receipts
to Sending Team Abroad
By A. c. Cavagnaro

The intercollegiate Association OF
Amateur Athletes of America will aid
/, defrsying the heavy expense Of send
ing an American team to the olympic
games a. Antwerp. The organization
yesterday voted to donate one-quarter
Of the receipts from the outdoor cham
pionship games, atsits forty fourth an~
nual convention, which was held at thu
Columbia University Club. This projec,.
was unanimously approved, as was thu
granting of the outdoor title games tr.
the University of Pennsylvania. Ths
games will be held May 28 and 20 on
franklin Field.
Four institutions were admitted 70
membership, the University of Clncin--
natl, Williams College. Holy Cross Cei-
lege and Boston College. bringing the
total members up to thirty-two. At the
meeting Of the executive committee
Friday evening the admission OF the
two Massachusetts, colleges was not
recommended. as neither clearly defined
its entrance requirements. But the
delegates from these colleges yester-
day satirted the association in this re-
spect.
Fenner Succeeds Berry
Henry R. Ashton, Of Cornell, was
elected president, succeeding Roland c.
Fenner. of Princeton. who in turn
takes the part OF Romeyn Berry, of
Cornell. as a member OF the executive
committee. Berry declined renomina-
ton because of his duties as director
OF athletics. Thongs Fitzgibbons, OF
Columbia, was elected the secretary, re-
placing L. c. Owens jr.. OF Columbia,
while J, II. Potter, New York Uniyes-
sitv. is the new treasurer
The constitution and bylaws, which
were redrafted and recodifed by the
executive committee, were adopted.
The new provisions call for the drop
ping of the two vice president posi-
lions held by Paul Snodgrass. Syracuse,
and William Swanson, Pittsburgh
adding of the three e-mile freshman
cross-country run to the years pro-
gram, and the election of an advisory
secretary and treasurer The latter po-
sit!on was rendered to a. j. H.
Magrath, New York University. upon
! the recommendation of the executive
body.
Whether the indoor meet, abandoned
since 1916, should be resumed was left
to the discretion of the executive corr
nlittee. 1t was intimated that this
| body was in favor Of restoring the in
door games, and that final decision
would be made at meeting held prior
to the outdoor championships Johns
Hopkins formally extended an invita-
tion to the association to hold the
games in Baltimore if it was decided TO
hold the indoor carnival
Following the usual custom Harvard
University fled an application TO conf
duct the outdoor games along vita thd
University of Pennsylvania. However
as these contests were held IN the
Crimson Stadium last year, it was
unanim ously voted that they be awarded
70 Pennsylvania. Gustavus Towne
/ Kirby. Columbia, was selected to act as
referee and Elmer C. Slagle,s Pennsyl-
vania, manager.
New Advisory Committee
In addition to Fenner, the advisory
committee, new venture, will be COM
posed of Gustavus T. Kirby, Columbia,
and Thornton Gerrish, Harvard The
new executive committee is made I'D Of
/ Yale: W. H. Downs, Princeton; 5. j.
/ Newcomer, Dartmouth; C. H. Talcott,
Massachusetts, Technical, and Elmer c.
Slagle, Pennsylvania. Former mem bers
of the executive committee who were
not reelected were II. r. Ashton, Cor
nell; Paul Anderson, Massachusetts,
Technical, and ]. c. Bolton, Harvard
Owing to the storm. the represent
tive assigned to submit the appiica-
tion of the University of Cincinnati for
mem bership was not present, but the
delegates acted upon letter from the
president of the Western institution.
! Williams was represented by j. A. Coo
/ jr., F. A. Reynolds was on hand for
I Boston Colleoe. while A. b. Kelly was
present in the interests Of Holy Cross.
| Several other college missionaries
were on hand. among them George
town, and it was intlmated that the
Washington college would be ready to
| join the association next year.
| The colleges represented were Brown.
/ NJ. P. Bishop; Columbia, L. c. Owens
jr.; Cornell, H. r. Ashton; Dartmouth.
S. J. Newcomer; Fordham, Raymond P.
Whearty; Harvard. Dennis O'Conneli;
I Massachusetts Institute Of Technology,
C. H. Talcott; New York University,
Elmer Halsey; Pennsylvania. E. c.
Slagie; Pittsburgh, H. c. Cow; Prince
ton, W. H. Downs; Swarthmore. c. II.
Holdeman; Yale, w. b. Marshall;
Johns Hopkins, ]. Bartels; Lafayette,
W. Albertson; Boston, F. A. Reynolds;
Holy Cross, A. B. Kelly; Williams. J.
A.. Coe jr.