The New York herald., 1921-12-30
Proposal to Make College Association Administrative
Brings On Internal Strife at Annual Convention
Dean McClenahan of Prince
ton Leads Fight Against
Changing Purpose.

debate and all other proposed changes in
abeyance for year.
In connection with the debate it is in
teresting TO note that early in the after
noon the association voted TO hold another
rational Intercollegiate championship
meet in Chicago. The first meet was
held there last June and was not as big
a success as had been hoped.
In his address of welcome Col. Pierce
attacked various important topics, in
cluding improper prosclyting. He also
made an appeal for more regional
leagues and sectional conferences in all
sports. In speaking Of the evils Of
proselyting he said
IF this practice of proselyting is not
discontinued of materially curtailed It
may be necessary to go so far as to in
augurate rule which will preclude par
ticipation in athletics by any transferred
student during the first year Of his at
tendance at the new institution and yet
count that year as one OF the three years
during which he may engage in inter-
collegiate sport.
You will note that ! have said three
years. for I specifically believe that
freshmen should not engage in college
athletics as varsity players. ! base my
contention primarily upon the fact that
they would be Of far greater value to a
college during their remaining three
years IL they restricted their first years
efforts to freshman teams
The rules or all intercollegiate sports
now specify the number of players on a
given team. and II would by ITO means
be impossible to extend the restriction to
cover the fundamentals of eligibility as
well as the mere number of players, for
it strikes at the very vitals Of college
sport"
There was quite a sti.. when =. w.
Luchring read his report az chairman
of the swimming committee. He in
formed the delegates that the n. c.
A. A. swimming committee was being
fought by the Intercollegiate Swimming
League, most Of the members of which
also belong TO the national association
lie declared that the league was pub
fishing it's own rules. He added that
either the league or the committee had
to yield.
summer Baseball Up Again.
DR.. Meylan of Columbia made most
interesting report with stress on sum
mer baseball. He said that of twenty
eight colleges in the second section
which takes in New York. New Jersey
and Pennsylvania and West Virginia
only thirteen had stringent rules against
summer baseball. THE answers to
questions about summer baseball in
dcate that there is not yet clear ma
jority of colleges committed to the
policy of maintaining the same high
standards of amateurism In baseball as
In other sports" he said. DR.. Meylan
advocated the formation OF more
leagues i'm the district.
Or. r. TAFT Mckenzie OF Pennsylvania
reported on boxing and appealed for
universal code. He asserted that feared
ADVISES had not cropped up Commander
Richardson of the navy followed with
the announcement that there would be
national intercollegiate boxing carnival
in Philadelphia on March Is. He added
that the committee had appointed CEN
trail board of boxing officials. composed
OF men who know the college rules
Nnockouts are forbidden in the college
ruler. and the referee is not permitted to
touch the contcste nts.