The New York herald., 1922-12-10
RUTGERS ADMITTED
TOLACROSSE BODY
Scarlet and Penn State Enter
intercollegiate League as AS
sociation Members.

Though barred from full membership
in the United States Intercollegiate La
crosse League for the season of 1923
at the annual convention of the league
held yesterday afternoon at the Hotel
Pennsylvania, Penn State and Rutgers
were unanimously elected to associate
membership, a provision made especially
for the two colleges by an amendment
to the bylaws of the league.
Penn State and Rutgers VIII not be
eligible to compete for the sectional and
intersectional championships OF the
league but will be included in the league
schedule.
The decision to withhold full member
ship from both colleges was not due to
the standing OF the teams at either Rut-
gers or Penn State but to the disclina-
tion of the southern and northern
sections to extend the sectional league
games by adding another member TO
either division.
The geographical location of Penn
State was the principal objection raised
by the delegates to it's admission. Both
the graduate and undergraduate dele
gates present held that their teams could
not stand the expense or spare the time
for playing games at Penn State. With
the bar thus raised theN delegates voted
TO admit the college on an associate
membership. the hope being that in the
near future another section of the league
would be created that would permit
Penn State to acquire full membership.
Rutgers. which had applied for mem
bership in the southern section. had
the support of all except Johns Hop
kins. The latter opposed Rutgers ad-
I 4 I0..T..
| which has lacrosse team, would later
! Join the league. and with Rutgers in
the southern section there would re
no place for Princeton. which would
! be more acceptable to the southern
members.
The northern section was not opposed
to the admission Of Rutgers, but thu
discussion Of the probable admission
OF Princeton at a later date brought
from the Yale and Harvard delegates
the opinion that they would oppose
the admission OF Princeton in other
than the northern section. Harvard
and Yale delegates said that the big
! Three" should play together in la
| crosse as in football. This led TO a
| protest from the small colleges In the
southern section, who announced tina:
they would oppose any big Three"
combination in lacrosse.
A new section that would include
| Rutgers, Stevens Institute, which Is al-
ready in the league: Columbia. and
| New York University Is considered likely
| OF formation shortly.
! An undergraduate and a graduate
| delegate from each OF the colleges
were present. Those represented we e
| Harvard. Yale. Syracuse. Hobart and
| Cornell OF the northern section. and
Lehigh, Pennsylvania. Johns Hopkins,
| Stevens. and Swarthmore OF the south
ern section. II. f. Baker. Jr., Of
Swarthmore. president of the league,
| presided.
The principal business transacted dur
ing the protracted afternoon session in
cluded the adoption OF several amend
ments TO the constitutions and bylaws,
the awarding Of the championship In the
southern section for 1922 and the elec-
tion Of officers.
Penn, which was tied FOR the southern
/ section title with Lehigh and Johns
Hopkins. was awarded the title on a
motion by Johns Hopkins. Syracuse was
northern champion, but because OF the
tie in the southern section no play-ofl
was held this year.
The officers elected were IT, +. Baker
| Jr., OF Swarthmore. president: u. D.
/ LawtOn Johns Hopkins, vice president
T. S. Barber, Brooklyn. secretary-treas-
urer: Cyrus c. Miller. Crescent A. c..
and William iWalther. Lehigh. members
OF executive committee. and William II.
| Fries. Cornell. head referee.
The schedule Of the league Will be an
nounced by the various colleges The
season will begin the first Saturday in
/ April and end the last Saturday In May,
with the play-off FOR the intercollegiate
/ title between the two sectional cham
ing the end OF the season. Tho 1923
| play-off will be held on the grounds OF
the northern winner.