Evening star., 1922-12-25

This association. under the pres.
| dency of Gen. Palmer f. Pierce. APP
| points the rule-making bodies q:
| many of our important sports, nota
| bly, that one which has grown to bulk
] largest in college affairs, namely
| foot ball.
There are other minor meeting
held at practically the same tim.
! which enable delegates to the Ma
| tional Collegiate Association to at
| tend these other meetings without
making additional trips. Such bodies
are the Athletic Research Society.
| studying the manners. morals and
/ ethics OF collegiate athletics.
! Then, too. there are more newly
| formed bodies like the Foot Ball
| Coaches Association, the Association
! of Professional Trainers and the AS
sociation of Foot Ball Officials.
New Body in Field.
There is a new organization which
has come into the field, and which
will be something of factor in these
meetings. 1t was started through the
: instrume tality Of the Secretary OF
War. Some of the literature Of the
organizati was sent out together
with the call for the meeting OF the
| National Athletic Association. Few
| people understand very much about
| this new organization. called the Ma
| tionai Athletic Federation of America,
the United States a permanent Or
ganization representative of amateur
| athletics, to establish and maintain
the highest ideals of amateur sport
promote the development of physical
| education, and to encourage the
| standa rdiza ton of rules. and in some
| way to guide the participation OF TINS
| country in international Olympic
games.
of
| tional in scope. to formulate stand
| ards and rules governing games. ana
| to foster interest in the international
! Olympic games. 1t requires two.
thirds vote Of the members OF tha
board of governors of this federation
| to admit any organization to member.
ship.
Run by Governing Board.
| Its government is vested in a board
| of governors elected by the con-
| stituent organizations. and an exec
! utive committee having all the pow
ers of the board of governors when
| the latter is not in session. TN:
organization has adopted An amateur
rule and classes the amateur as one
| who engages in sport solely for the
pleasure and physical. mental and
| social benefits, and to whom sport II
| only an avocation.
| 1t bars out all' those who have
| taught or coached athletes for pay
| competed under salary for fee oI
| for a cash prize. or for a stake bel
| or anything else than approved med
ais or trophies. or any one who has
accepted anything more than actua!
expenses or a share of gate receipts
or who has sold his prizes, competed
| under an assumed name, misrepre.
| sented facts regarding ability. com.
! peted against ineligible or non-ama,
| teurs as an individual, made any
|
| contests or led astray any othel
| amateur.
1t readily can be seen from THU
| rather brief resume of the orcaniZa.
| tions which Will gather this wecA
! that at these meetings ii will he
| possible to gain something OF the
| viewpoint of the faculties athletic
committees. coaches, trainers and
officials. By the time those attend.
| ing have absorbed all this data they
will certainly feel that they need
| week or two to digest it thoroughly
| (Copyricht 1922