New-York tribune., 1922-12-29


was not voted without debate. In fact,
the unfortunate wording Of Clause II
led some Of tho members 70 suspect
that a little joker had been inserted BY
msans of which the \. G. A. A. was 20
be locked IN a death struggle with the
present I. c. A. A. A. A. which super
.isss. controls and conducts what the
ordinary athletic followers call "the IN
terrollceiates, meaning che annual
ssetionsl and so-called national inter
collegiate track and field champion
shipa
6can Howard McClcnahan, Of Prince
tos was one Of the first speakers on
tho question as soon as the Offending
phrases were brought 20 light. The
bursts Of Oratory came after many
hours Of more or less perfunctory
reading Of reports from the various
seetional committees and further re-
pnrts from the chairmcn OF the com
initecs which have been investigating
HE general welfare Of the various in
diyidUai sports.
clause In I'm tho old constitution OF
the 4. &. A. A. merely set forth the
general aims Of the association as
dciiberative and advisory body. IL was
cory lengthy and equally harmless.
clause n - found IN the new constiiu-
ton offered for adoption read IN part
~ follows
the supervision Of the regulation
and conduct by rs eopstituent members
% intercollegiate sports and regional
and national amateur athletic contests
and the preservation Of intercollegiate
athletic records"
Wording Il Changed .
In this form. 70 seemed that the
clause contained not only az attack on
.he domains hitherto ruled BY the ]. G.
a. A. A. A. but even on the A. a. u
In that words "amateur athletic con-
tests" were used without any quality
ine adjective General Palmer D.
Pierce. president of the y. {. A. A.
Immediately announced that very evil
dently a mistake had been made either
iu the wording Of the sentence or in
me printing OF the document. On tne
suReestion Of Dean Howard McClena-
Ian. the word collegiate was inserted
no the proper place and the "casus
belli' was removed.
But u was still felt that the !. G. A.
A. A. A. might feel thst its province
lad been encroachcd upon. With
Few deft changes, Dean McClenahan
amended the offending clause TO read
nthe supervision Of the regulation and
conduct by its constitutnct members Of
intercollegiate sports In tnstead OF
"and") regional and national collegiate
IirqcrtcdJ amateur athletic contests
and the prescrvation Of intercollegiate
athletic records.
In this modified form, the clause
was found fairly satisfactory and after
"a casual debate on other points the
new constitution was adopted unan-
ifhously.
The Committee on Resolutions then
came 90 the fore with an oleyen-point
oroposal that was finally whitfield down
10 an even tcn.point resolution. As
oresented by Dean d. W. Morehouse
% Drake University, tho resolution
called for the support Of the y. {. a. A,
ON the following propositions:
1. The idea Of sectional conferences.
2 More rigid enforcement Of amateur
regulations.
g. freshman rule for ell colleges
belonging TO the association.
4. Condemnation and exile o. "tramp"
athletes.
6. 40 college athlete 20 play more
than three years Of intercollegiate
sports
6. No graduate students 70 be
eligible Tor intercollegiate sports.
Z. No freshmen contests TO be sched-
uled between colleges.
E. No college athletes 20 engage In
outside competition except with faculty
consent.
.. Abolition Of the gambling evil in
college sports.
10. Absolute faculty control Of
sports.
II. A general roundup proposition
In support Of the foregoing.
Smaller Colleges willing
The indorsemcnt Of a one-yehr rule
came up for discussion on the question
that Il has been contended that the
rule prohibiting tie playing OF fresh
men badly Handicapped many OF the
smaller colleges where the supply Of
players was verJ small. Much 10 the
surprise Of some of the Representatives
from tho larger universities, the men
from tho smaller colleges arose and
stated that they were heartily In favor
% the onc-ycar rule and that those
who had tried 10. notably Trinity, suf-
fcred By temporary sctbacks on the
athletic field and gTidiron, but have
fince progressed 90 the point where
they consider IL a positive benefit.
All other points IN the resolution
were we'll received except the PROPOSE
tion 20 condemn freshmen contests be-
tween colleges. To many of the men
attending the convention, this was a
novel idea, and they called for an ex-
PLANTATION. Members OF the committee
then explained that. as educators. they
we're deeply Interested in seeing
that the boys entering college should
not forget Jus; why they were at
tending an institution OF learning.
They pointed out the fact tha. fresh
man athletics were always tending to-
ward q wider field. that three-game
schedules one year became four game
schedules the following season until it
hss comc TO the point where the fresh
men now talk Of playing for cham
pionshiP."
Ths argument waxed warm, but in
view Of the fact that IL was q new
angle in tho discussion OF college ath-
letics the conservatives finally won a
victory by eliminating the debatable
point, which was respectfully referred
10 the executive committee for inyesti-
CATION and report % the next annual
meeting. The original resolution,
pruned down 10 q ten-poirt finish, was
then passed unanimously.
z. X. Hall read q three-page report
fer the Football Committee IN which
he raked several Of the existing evils
fore and aft. In his opinion the game
itself Is satisfactory under the present
rules n played according 70 The spirit
of those rules. In part, be said; "Last
rear ne expressed our opinion that
no Fundamental changes IN the raies
seemed 70 be required. Nothing IN