The New York herald., 1921-01-16
NAVY WOULD JOIN
LACROSSE LEAGUE
WITH PENN STATE
Applications Are Received
at Annual Meeting in
This City.
TITLE GAME ARRANGED
Champions Of North and South
Sections to Meet for
Crescents' Cup.
TITLE GAME ARRANGED
by DANIEL.

That the Navy is intent upon gain
ing admission into every varsity ath
letic company for which it feels it is
eligible was made evident yesterday
afternoon when the midshipmen ap-
piled for membership in the Inter.
collegiate Lacrosse League. The An
napolis application. along with one
from Penn State. was received at the
annual meeting of the league at the
Hotel Pennsylvania Both were re-
ferred to the executive board. which
refused to Indicate how it would ham
die the Navy effort.
The Navy's application for member
ship in the intercollegiate Wrestling
League has been held up for several
years because of the fact that the mid
shipmen cannot engage in meets away
from home. 1t may be that this OBJ
lection will be raised by the Lacrosse
League. too. Penn State. no doubt, will
be accepted as certain objections in
regard to eligibility rules which We're
brought up when State made a previous
effort to enter the league have been
removed.
Most OF the meeting was devoted to
a discussion of proposed changes in the
rules. The chief proposition is to shorten
the field so that the game viii be faster
and more interesting to the onlooker.
The halves may be shortened too. The
executive board is empowered to make
final disposition of all matters concern
ing the playing code.
Crcscents Oner Cup.
Cyrus G. Miller Edward Ditmars and
L. =. Nicklas. representing the Cres-
cent Athletic club which is the biggest
non-collegiate power in lacrosse in this
country. offered a trophy to be known
as the Championship Cup. which is to
be awarded to the ational title winner
each spring.
The trophy was accepted and pro-
vision was made for the playing Of n
post-season contest between the win
ners in the Northern and Southern
halves Of the league each yeer Here
tofore the league title usually was lett
without an owner and separate cham
pionships were awarded TO the leaders
in each section.
The Northern division includes Haf-
ward, Yale. Cornell. Hobart and Syra-
cuse while the Southern section con
ssts of stevens Tech. Pennsylvania.
Lehigh. Swarthmore and Johns Hor-
ner in the North and Lehigh in the
South.
The league was informed by Fred
Ruben. Of the Amateur Athletic Union.
that It's effort to have IA crosse Included
in future Olympic programmes had
met with favor here ana that the propo-
sition would be placed before the In
ternational Olympic Committee at ITS
next meeting. The league passed a
resolution which provides that when
a league member plays noH-league
twelve the chief referee OF the asso-
citation. William c. schmeisser. OF Johns
Hopkins. must approve the referee. ne
chief reason behind that move Is the
desire FOR uniformity in construinS ana
enforcing the rules.
Princeton to Have Twelve.
Word was received from Princeton
that IL would have both a varsity and
freshman team in the spring. and
that it intended to go in for lacrosse
stronger than ever. The value OF la
crosse as 2 conditioning sport. par
ticularIy FOR football men, is being
recognized more each year. Princeton
intends to Join the league in 1872.
Colgate. Rutgers Penn state, Navy
Army and Baltimore City College also
notified the league OF their intention
to have teams i'm the spring, so that
there will be seventeen institutions OF
varsity rank playing lacrosse on the
Atlantic seaboard this year.
Roy Taylor of Cornell. who was vice
president last year. was chosen presi-
dent in place of r. G. Campbell. Albert
b. Baker. OF Swarthmore. was elected
vice. president. while T.. :. Barber OF
Harvard retained his position as secre-
tary-treasurer. Mr.. Miller. Crescent
A. c.. and Milton L. Erlanger. Johns
Hopkins. were chosen as the additional
members of the executive board.
Those present. the first named repre-
sentative being a graduate and the
second an undergraduate. were as fol-
lows:
Johns Hopkins, W. c. Schmeisser and
B. Griffths: Lehish. Charles Lattig
and G.. l.. Childs; stevens. T.. Strachan
and G. l.. Brune: swarthmore. T. Feni-
more Baker and T. 6. McAllister; Yale.
John r. Woodhouse. Jr.. and Lester -.
Strobel Harvard r.. :. Barber and
4. j. Grant: Cornell. Roy Taylor and
NJ. "A. Forster: Hobart. 4. l.. Bennett.
undergraduate; Pennsylvania. Clarence
u. Goldsmith and $. NJ Dreher. and
Syracuse. l.. u. Cox and II. r. Gould.
Rutgers was represented by j. NJ.
Johnson and r. w Burbank. Penn
state by n. r. stevens. Baltimore City
bv /. B. German. Mount Washington l..
g. Baltimore. by A. s. Baker. and the
Crescent A. G. by Messrs. Miller. Dit
mara and NfCNlae