Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-24

legiate sport which will occupy the
attention of the delegates were not
named. The conference itself WAS
said to have been decided upon at a
meeting of Presidents Hibben. Angel
and Lowell held in New York re-
Gently.
That conference followed President
!1owetls remarks about the spectacle
lar tendencies of foot ball and suS-
gesti0nS from other sources of the
need for restrictions in sports. in
Guiding. the debarulent from competi-
ton of athletes transferring from one
college to another.
Announcement Net SpecfAc.
The only announcement of plans for
the conference was contained in the
following statement.
The men appointed have been
CHOSEN to represent the broader IN
tereStS of athletics in their relation
to university education quite as much
as the technical problems connected
with the practical administration OF
the various branches of college sports.
1t is hoped that, as result of the
deliberations of this body. a new
and better spirit may be introduced
into the conduct Of athletics and that
ways may be found to eliminate or
minimize any abuses which may nave
crept in. The delegates will meet at
the Yale-Princeton Club in New York
conferences. if necessary, until their
work is completed"
Papers join In Movement.
Three undergraduates newspapers,
the Harvard Crimson, the Daily
Princeton, and the Yale News. also
have decided upon common editorial
policy designed "to correct the over
which to a certain extent has spread
to other sports as we'll" According
to an announcement published in the
Crimson. this policy was decided upon
at Il meeting of Representatives of the
three newspapers held March 1S-
The platform. according to the
Crimson. follows:
There shall be no foot ball prac-
tice organized under the supervision
of either of the three colleges before
the formal opening of college in the
fall.
Against International Games.
THE so-called intersectional games
shall be abolished No foot ball games
shall be played by Yale. Princeton or
Harvard except at New Haven, Prince
ton or Cambridge.
"A committee of the three colleges
on eligibility shall be formed. to
which all candidates for major sports
must submit signed statement of
their amateur standing and of the
sources Of their financial maintenance
at college. This committee shall draw
up an eligibility code and pass on
the standing of every man before he
enters competition. The one-year
eligibility rule shall continue in eff
feet.
No athlete transferring from an
other college may compete in a
major sport until he shall have passed
the entrance examinations of Yale.
Princeton, or Harvard, as the case
may be.
No coach shall sit on the sideline
bench or communicate with players
on the field or on the bench during
the periods of play.
"Organized scouting shall be abol-
fShed."
Would CurtaI Schedule.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, March "a
The Yale News. in an editorial on
foot ball policy, said:
THE question arises as to whether
the nineg game schedule is an asset.
Last fall eighteen days of practice pre-
coded the initial kick -off. If this prac-
tice was eliminated. the first game
would come the third Saturday Of the
school term. The schedule would
comprise six instead of nine games.
ball would be less top-heavy.
preseason work undoubtedly in
sVreS a perfection of technique in
November. but this is necessary only
because Princeton and Harvard come
equipped with it. With an even start
october 1. the odds would all be equal