Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30
MAJOR COLLEGES
MAY QUIT n. C.A.A.
Sensational Measures Advo-
Gated at New York Meeting
Bring Protest From Within
DECLARES WAR ON A. A. u.

New York, Dec. 30.--By withdraw
ing from the American olympic Asso-
citation and declaring war on the Ana-
teur Athletic Union with the adoption
Of n resolution favoring the organiza.
tion Of new national amateur ath-
letlc federation, such az has been ad-
vocated by Secretary Of War Weeks,
the National Collegiate Athletic Asso-
citation, at its annual convention in the
Hotel Astor, assumed q new and rather
not without protest from the inside.
Some of the leaders of the asso-
citation, headed by Colonel Palmer T.
> Pierce, its president, and DR.. Nc
Curdy, Of Springfield. indicated that
they were tired Of the somewhat passive
and altogether recommendatory atti-
tude taken by the organization since it's
formation sixteen years ngo. They de-
clared themselves in favor Of taking
hold Of things-plungins into the big
national collegiate and even interna-
tional athletic arena and assuming q
governmental and administrative part.
The departure from the purely talk
ing roll to the highly active was reso.
mated by Dean McLenahan, Of Prince
ton; Major Fred Moore, of Harvard,
and Romeyn Berry, Of Cornell. It was
evident that the big colleges intended
to stand by the Intercollegiate Asso-
citation of Amateur Athletes Of America,
which has complete control of track and
field sport in the East, has members all
over the country and exercises a strong
national and international influence.
They felt that the association was
treading on dangerous ground and.
through Dean McLenahan. inKcated
that If the y. G. A. A. did not recede
from Its new position the major insti-
tutions OF the East would withdraw
from the association. This threat, as
sisted by some powerful arguments from
many Of the delegates. succeeded in
blocking the adoption OF q series Of
amendments to the constitution and by
laws. Some of these changes would
have transformed the association into q
big national organization, with the fully
expressed idea Of staging national meets
IN various sports and controlling ma
tional Intercollegiate athletics in gen.
eral. These amendments went over until
next year.
The sensational part of the afternoon
session came rather late in the delibera-
tions. 1t was brought on by Colonel
Pierce's report on the proposition of
staying In. the newly formed American
Olympic Association and the idea of
organizing a new athletic federation to
govern American sport in general, and
to represent this country in interna-
tional conclave. 1t will be recollected
that this idea was proposed by Secre-
tary of War Weeks some time ago and
that it was taken up at congress in
this city in November.
At that time the Olympic Association
was formed, but the federation idea was
passed on to q committee. which, by
the way, Is composed in the main OF
men who are hostile to the Weeks pro-
poSal. The federation. no doubt. will
die in committee. But the National
Collegiate Athletic Association appar-
emily proposes to take the lead In the
movement for the formation Of such q
body.
That football officials are intimidatcd
by certain colleges and led to shut their
eyes to infractions Of the rules because
of the understanding that the inflction
OF penalties would bring about their
being barred from games played by
eevens from these institutions was the
charge made this morning by Il. X.
Hall, chairman Of the intercollegiate
Football Rules Committee.