Evening star., 1922-12-29

tremendous pressure to win.' the re,
tic temptations are very great, bot
tees or policies which are directly
and amateur sport, and which. if i
bring the game into disreputc."
As an illustration, the report de-
elared. there have been several dis
tTcssing and one or two disgraceful
Instances during the last season of
failure to accept in anything like a
sportsmanlike spirit rulings of COM
pctent officials. and of failure to see
To it that officials were accorded
proper treatment during and after the
game. Institutions which are guilty
Of such failures should he relegated
promptly and exclusively to inter
mural contests until such time as
;h"y can give some assurance that
they are entitled to once more par
ticipatc in intercollegiate games.
Some Things to Consider.
"Proselyting. absence Of the one
year rule, the tramp coach who think
only of the successful season ana
considers that he has no responsipli-
fly for the protection of the game or
tha good name of the institution W hose
team he is coaching, and the sched-
Nling of games with teams from III.
stitutions which make no pretense OF
maintaining decent amateur sport
standards are now questions for the
rules committee, but they are ques.
tons which must he considered ana
rightly answered if we are to MAIN
tain the good name of foot ball.
The responsibility for proper
standard and policies in connection
with tho preparation for and conduct
O. intercollegiate sports and TOT
proper standards of play is, in the
last analysis, squareiy up 10 thos'
" ho are responsible for the acaneth,c
administration of the schools and col
1eEes.
II should like to repeat and en-
phasize the statement made in our
report year ago that 1t VIII req
the concerted efforts of all irienas ~
undermining tendencies which are
almost certain to develop from the
conditions under which the game rs Is
played today. The game itselt rs az
right. 1t is in the outside innuamue ,e
that the danger lies. The rules com
roittea stands ready to do its part,
AVID the colleges, am sure, are reaGy
and anxious to do this. but 1t Is onIs
the close cooperation petWeen ~
two that will assure the preserEasis",i s,,i
of and integrity in this "on0
sport
Association Advances.
After a years reflection the mem .,l
ne ef the National Collegiate Attn
1s.ic Association yesterday Foteu ~
lift the organization out OF
Theoretical status under W!.tth ~
has been laboring since lls oii
1906 and make it over INTO an .prac-
date working body in whacn =,
1icr'' and theory" are piayrelio"s.
Rv voting to adopt the amendmeh.ss
70 The constitution and bylaws on
the organization the delesates " a; Az
seventeenth annual conNen.'ou uir
inaI purnose and aims. changing II
from a purely legislative organlIaILon u
cf athletic officials to one whlcn mas
also certain Administrative functions; :;
Aims Of the association were s'@'eo
The purpose OF this association Is
@he supervision of the regulation anu
conduct, by its constituent mehueas;
Of intercollegiate sports ana Ieslonai
tests. and the preservation VI eo
lcgtate athletic records
DceoIutions were presented ny Dedn
y " Norchouse of Drake University
urging member institutions 10 or
izc sectional conferences. teaeh anu
adhnre to principles of anlateuriSn';
ndort the freshman. migratory aru
thrre-year eligibility rules. dtnH
graduate students the right 10 corr
pete on athletic teams, oppose ,ntel
collegiate contests between freshman
teams. prohibit particlpatlon ol. go" |'y
other than college teams except Wy
Faculty permission, fight the bet1ihs
eTl declare for faculty control and
advocate and spread the amateur
principles of the association.
r'he resolutions were adopted win
tho exCeption of the part relating to
futercolIegiatc contests for freshmen.
,;.n. Palmer Z. Pierce was re-elect-
cd president OF the association LOT
the coming term. as was Dean fTahh
w Nicholson of Wesleyan IN the PoSe
Cf secretary-treaSurer. Dean u. ".
Bevcr of Ames was elected vice presi-
dent and the following named as rep
rcsentatives of the nine regional dis
fricts: First district. Prof. &. w. Mem
dell. Yale; second. Prot. n. n. len
dali Rutgers; third. II. G. Byrd, Mary
land: fourth, DIR. :. V. Sanford, Geor-
Eia; fifth. rrof. Ralph Aigler, Michi-
gan: sixth, Prof. NJ. F. Ahern, Kansas
Arricultural seventh. Dean George
c. Manley, University OF Denver,
ninth, Prof. Leslie J. Aver. University
o. Washington.
The meeting came to a close Win
BANQUET, at which the speakers were
Col. Henry breckenridge. former
assistant secretary of war; acung
an University: Fielding ii. iost. di-
rector of athletics at the University
of Michigan: Walter Camp. dean OIL
American foot ball. and Prof. Roger !.
Lee of Harvard.
Camp Points Out Dangers,
camp pointed out the dangers in
fhe path of overorganization, asking
The physical directors, coaches ana
faculty men to remember that their
ooiut of view is not that of the boy
Of today and pleading for liberation.
C,ommenting on changes brought
about in the physical well-being OF
men. he said: To-day a man around
middle age Is in the prime of life:
years ago q man at the age OF nifty
looked like a ruin or a pubic ouiIo-
Modern industry and the modern
city are q challenge to the physicai
condition of the race" declared Breck-
erridge. who outlined the aims OF the
new National Amateur Athletic Fed
Grafton of America, of which he Is the
head
That athletics Of all ages have con-
fributed greatly to civilization was
the statement made by President
Olin. who pointed out that interna.
fional law. sculpture and art were all
sfshoots of the interest in athletic
sports AS the result of the part ath-
1etics have played in the relation,
ships between the United States and
England, he said: The hands across
the sea weren't OF much use until
they had tennis rackets In them or
boxing gloves on them"
Yost discussed the problems OF ad-
aninistration in connection with in
fercollegiate sports, particularly foot
pail.