Evening star., 1921-12-30


Of the delegates thought that the
ther the fight of the Y. NJ. c. a. or
ganizations. il such fight exists
against the A. A. L., and because
many thought that the colleges
and universities should not mix up
in any of the shoddy political
squalles which have been taken be-
tween and among some of the gov
erning boards concerned with ANA
teur sports. the resolution as it was
presented was killed and rather
senile substitute favorng the forma-
tion of an athletic federation was
passed. the resolution mentioning no
specific federation or kind of fedora
tion or purpose for such a federation
Need Seen for Change
To tell the truth about the situa-
tion. it generally is recognized that
the olympic committee did not func-
tion properly in its arrangements for
the last Olympic games. Much criti-
cism has been heard in the press and
more privately. and it generally has
been conceded that some new organi-
Za'ion for controlling Olympic en-
tries and arrangements for the Olvm-
pic games should be effected. This
was done last November but not III
way to satisfy the Y. ". c. 4. fed
GRAFTON and the colleges and univer-
stiles. as it seems that the consti-
tuition of the organization gives the
a. 4. L. control In linking up the
Army and Navy with the program to
form new federation il was evil
dent that those back of the organiza-
tion hoped to have it appear that
the government was behind the new
federation. if il We're formed. and
that the International blmpic com
mittee would accept entries Cor the
: Olympic games from the orga II liza tion
which seemed to have government
sanction and not from the already
formed Olympic association which al
WAYS has controlled them
This method of handling the situa-
tion did not meet with thr approval
of more than ii few representatives of
the colleges and universities. as it
savored too much of petty politics and
got too far away from the original
purpose of the association which was
and is almost entirely to better con-
ditions in irtercollegiata athletics.
Meets With DisapprovaI.
The proposal OF the new constftu-
tion met with disapprovai also. two
mair objections being registered
against it 1t was felt by many that
it was an attempt to take over the
administrative control of all college
athletics and others thought that it
was inherently wrong in principle TO
accept a constitution which Travelled
70 its ,i.s: no ton on railroad
p";~c'"~ "v"r won't g" ia" as = say
Princeton even went so far as to say
~ l. it w: N5ra from the ssoria ton
il the constitution wcrc adopted.
II seemed to be the aim of the form
erS of the new constitution tn set UP
a kind of super conference. a kind of
admin iStrative nationwide orgarlza-
ton which would be paramount over
all other conferences ard be the
orr
world of athletics. So confident We're
the p"ogenitors oT this new cons'itu-
tion that it would he SHOT through
without much trouble that AL COM
mittee reports and all actions of the
executive committee Were taken un-
der the provisions of the new code
before. the new code even had been
presented to the association. II could
not bc expected that such method
OF handling would obtain the ap-
prov.l OF Independent thinking III
telligent men.
Has OutGrOwn Its PURPOSE.
To get down to basic facts. the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic Association
has outgrown the purpose for which
it was created: the country is in need
of som ekind of national athletic
federation which Will secure tee CO.
operation of all amateur athletic or
ganiza zat!onS. But neither of the prof.
e,.tS will ever be put through eXcspt
on a basis of cooperation. Had the
matter of an athletic fedora tiou heen
presented yesterday in a different way
il proba bly, would have gene through
without much trouble. and if the
members of the association were
brought together to adopt II new con-
situation. article by article. and work
ed out for themselves. a cooperative
relationship. the result probably
would he very similar to that which
yesterday WAS turned down fiat.