The New York herald., 1921-01-17
Cross-country Change wanted.

Another change recommended was in
the method of conducting the annual
cross-country championship. Speaking
for Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy Thomas NJ. Taylor suggested that
the hill and dale title race be held here
after on a Monday instead Of Satur-
day, at the same time recommending
the Monday before Thanksgiving as the
most desirable date. NJ. l. It's conten-
ton. supported by n majority of the
committee members present. was that
the practice of holding the cross coun-
try race in the morning of some leading
football game had failed of its purpose
that instead of helghtening interest In
tie event, the procedure had robbed the
event of good deal of its attractio'
from a spectators point OF view. Foot
ball crowds usually arrive just befor'
game time. II was argued. and few II
any OF the gridiron fans attend the
cross country spectacle. II they did
they scarcely would have time for
luncheon before the gridlron tussle. Be
sides, they are too engrossed in foot
ball to give cross country much thought
The suggestion appeared to win i'm
mediate favor among the committee
members. Princetons Representative
Irvine o. Hockaday. then bobbed UP
with the additional recommendatic
I1dL Ifc CTOSS-tOnillIy NidiiiplonSiip bt
held annually over the same course. n
standard course. The method to date Of
shifting ro''rses, declared Mr.. HoclSa-
day, compelled coaches to train their ath-
letes differently each season. and at the
same time always gave the home squs
OF hill and dale runners n tremendou
advantage. No standard course in par
ticular was mentioned. although severs
Of the committee members unofficially
thought the Van Cortlandt Park course
in this city would be acceptable to u
majority OF the colleges.
So much for the championship side of
yesterdays proceedings. The adminls-
trative recommendat ton comes as de-
cided surprise and no doubt will occa-
sion considerable comment during the
seven weeks intervening before the an
nual convention OF the l. c. A. A. A. A.
on March 8. To date the graduate ad-
Visory committee. at present consisting
of Gustavus T. Kirby. Thornton Gerrsh
and Roland G. Fenner together with the
Undergraduate executive committee. has
constituted the administrative body.
Faculty athletic officials have had their
say. but not in the councils Of the admin
strative group which always took the
recommendations of the faculty commit
tee under advisement.
AdNtce IN sought.
The advisory members have now ar
rived at the conviction, however, that II
would be advisable to admit as admnis-
traitors men closely identified with sport
in the colleges and recognized through
out the country as leaders In the prog
ress OF sport in the universities-men
whose counsel in athletic matters Is
sought frequently as authoritative The
advisory committee has had the matter
under consideration for number of
years. and now Is prepared to advise
immediate merging Of the advisory and
faculty committees into a new advisory
committee. Such will be the recommen-
dation TO the delegates at the annual
convention.
The amendment, n Il goes through.
viii mean the admission Of such men as
Joseph Il. Raycroft OF Princeton, Alonzo
A. Stasg OF Chicago. c. Meylan OF Co
1umhia. II. TAFT Mckenzie of Pennsylva-
MIA and Dean lie Baron r. Briggs Of
Harvard as administrators The execu-
tive committee Is 70 hold another, meet
ing at the Columbia University club on
the night preceding the annual conven-
tion. Those present at yesterdays ses-
sion we're:
Executive Committee 49, Charles e
Bailey. Cornell. president; sydney u
Croley. ". y. ", treasurer; Thomas o.
@. Fitzgibbon. Columbia. secretary: A.
1ocelyn II. Magrath, n. <. T.. graduate
secretary-treasurer william r.. Marshall
of Yale. Joseph II. Lane OF Dartmouth
irvine O. Hockaday of Princeton Will
lam NJ. Seidel of Pennsyivana. Thomas
AL Taylor ~ NJ I. r. and Davis Merwin
of Harvard. Advisory Committee Gus
tavus r Kirby. Thornton Gcrrish and
Roland G. Fenner