The New York herald., 1922-12-29
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CONFERENCE MOVE
NHllifies Amendment Aimed
at Eastern Control of
Track Classic.
REFORMS ARE APPROVED
Ten Points to Improve Col
legiate Sports Framed by
Delegates.
BY DANIEL.

"Ye shall not poach on our pre-
serves" For the second successive
year that warning was set up by the
intercollegiate Association of ANA
teur Athletes of America at the an
nual convention of the National Col
1egiate Athletic Association at the
Astor yesterday. 1t was warning
directed mainly at the Western Con-
ference, which. without question, is
Jealous of the position of the 1. c. A.
A. A. A.. which conducts the annual
intercollegiate track and field cham
pionships. The warning was not only
set up. but was approved by ma
jority of more than two to one.
The sentiment of the convention of
IT'S delegates from all sections of the
country was made known In a vote
taken on an amendment to the constitu-
ton proposed by the executive commit
tee This change would have empowered
the ". G. A. A. Ito conduct and Supervise
national amateur athletic contests" BY
many of the delegates it was regarded
as another attempt to convert the asso-
citation into q governing and admins
trative body.
Led by Dean Howard NJ. McClenailsn
OF Princeton. the opposition attacked the
proposition with enough vigor tosput it
down for the full count. Dean McCen-
ahan made few deft changes in the
offending clause which made it entirely
innocuous and practically superfuous,
and ii was this amended amendment
which the convention adopted.
Gen. Pierce Enters Disclaimer
Dean McClenahan, Romeyn Berry of
Cornell and DR.. Thomas B. Story of
c. c. y. Y. charged that the original
amendment contained little joker which
would have paved the way for those who
seek to convert the ". c. A. A. from
purely advisory organization into the big
governing body In American intercol-
legiate sport. For the executive COM
mittee Gen. Palmer E. Pierce, president
of the association. disclaimed any inten-
tion to bring about the condition which
Dean McClenahan declared would result
II the proposed legislation were passed.
We have no intention to change the
purpose for which this association was
organized" declared the General
In making his attack on the Joker
Dean McClenahan said: There is no
reason why this association should devil
ate from the purposes for which it was
organized seventeen years ago. Those
who think that eligibility conditions in
the United States are satisfactory live
In FOOLS paradise. 1t is up to this as
ISOLATION to improve conditions. There
Is plenty OF work in that direction with
out seeking new spheres OF activity.
II want to ask again: What Is the
purpose of the National Collegiate Ath-
letic Association? II 1t is to become
competitor Of the A. A. U. and like
carnations its usefulness will be i'm
paired"
Berry also asked for another Con
fession of faith" by the ASSOCIATION. and
appeared to be the spokesman of the big
Eastern colleges in their opposition to
the third annual national championship
track and field meet, which the n. c. a.
A. practically has handed over to the
Western Conference to conduct in Chi
cago on the second Saturday in June.
Berry questioned the right of a Western
committee to go over the eligibility of
athletes entered. and altogether demon
strated that the /. G. A. A. A. A. does
not look with favor on the N. G. A. A.
meet. which Is regarded as an invasion
of the sphere Of the track and field body.
"Ten Points, Adopted.
The sentiment OF the association on
the many big. problems which were dis
cussed during the day was put on record
with the adoption of a resolution Of ten
points drawn up by Dean ID. w. More
house Of Drake. This was as follows:
RESOLVED, That this association
urge upoH member institutions and
associate members
1. The orga,nsotion OF sectional
conferences.
2. Thn amatcuTisni as defined by
this association be taught and
strictly adhered to.
3. The general adoption Of the
freshman r,de.
4. THAT each conference adopt
strict rule against participation bU
migrants.
s. That participation be for
period OF three years.
g. That participation be denied
graduate students.
Z. That playing on any team
other thcn Que representing his own
Institution, iUheth~,' Va term or Udcd-
ton, be prohibited oIcept by faculty
consent and under strict supervision
s. That the ,choie moral force OF
faculty aud athletic Organisation be
directed toacard suppressbto the bot
ting evir
.. Absolute faculty control.
10. That the district representa-
tives make u an important part Of
their duty 10 visit the colleges OF the
district 10 advocate the principles Of
this association.
DR.. Morehouse presented an eleventh
point. which deplored intercollegiate
/ contests between freshman teams. but
there was quite fight against this and
II was tabled for consideration by the
council and perhaps reconsideration In
1923.
WOuld Clean Up Baseball.
One Of the bright features OF the day
was provided by the report of the spe-
cial committee on baseball, prepared hr
Dr. Paul c. Philips of Amherst and
George Huff Of Illinois, who win he re-
membered as one time manager of tho
Boston Red Sox. DR. Phillips. who read
the report, called on the colleges to
stamp out certain unsportsmanlike prar-
Seocs. II was proposed that the ~ G.
A. A. issue a special rule book which
shall contain code of ethics similar to
that In the football rule book. and two
special provisions. as follows:
/. For nnsportsmdnHke language or
action by player on team in the