The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
COLLEGIATE 4 THLETIC ASSOCIATION UPHO
". (. 4. 4. MAINTAINS RIGHT CONTROL COLLEGE ATHLETES

.betting menace" and asserted that it could be rooted out of the schools and colleges if the public would be- have"
 Prof Charles ". Wendell of Yale. representing for New England, de- ciared that proselyting and ''the per enniai difficulty in connection with summer baseball presented the greatest problems of his section.
 Dr. S. V. Sanford, University of Georgia, speaking for the Southern conference, agreed with him on the baseball question and added the opin- ion that there is growing belief that the time has come when one of two positions must be taken. One position is to prohibit students from play ing summer baseball in any game where an admission fee is charged and the other is to permit students to play for money except on league team and disqualify them from participation in that sport in coll lege. Dr Sanford also declared the migrant college athlete was menace to the path of sports.
 Tried To Heal Breach.
 The troubles of the National Ath lettc federation in trying to reach working agreement with the A. A. U were reported by the college associa-
 
 containing the statement that while negotiations to this end would in all likelihood continue the attitude of the A. A. U. was certainly discourag- ing" and that 1t had been active the past year in trying to prevent the formation of local federations.
 The trend of college athletics was strongly decried by Dr. c. w. Savage of Oberlin college, who also related the progress of his school with it's athletics under faculty control.
 It seemed perfectly clear" he de clared, that in practically all of the great colleges and universities of the country there are being built up great intercollegiate machines, great athle- tic systems, commercialized and pro- fessionalized in spirit, that are fast assuming the proportions Of stupend- ous uggernauts-jugg which are threatening to crack every bone in our academic bodies and to crush out of our scholastic veins every drop of the blood of idealism and i'm spiration."
 NEW HAVEN. Conn.,, Dec. 2s.- William c. Prout. president of the Amateur Athletic union, declared here tonight that statements in report submitted to the National Collegiate association at Atlanta, Ga, in which there was charge that the A. A. U. had tried to pre- vent the formation of local fedora tions were not based on fact. He said that the charge to the effect that a coach elected by the 4. A. .. to accompany the American Olympic team had advocated boring from within" policy in dealing with the National Amateur Athletic fedora tion was absolutely untrue"
 President Prout said that no coach hw fha Athletic union made any statement regard mE the federation at the meeting of the Amateur Athletic union.
 "Furthermore," said Prout, mo coach from the south was even pres ent at the meeting. No efforts were made by the A A. ': men to dis courage the formation of local federations. In some instances A. A. U men actively assisted in the mis- sionarT work being done by Elwood g. Brown in forming new local federations as MT. Brown admitted in his report.
 "The person responsible for mak- irg these statements has apparently confused the real situation: A re- port was made at the meeting of the Amateur Athletic union that in one of the local A. A. b. districts the federation supporters had gained con- 1rol and had refused to admit IS new athletic associations, mus ser1ously interfering with the. work of the Amateur Athletic union. At the meeting of the A. A. U. at Detroit no action was taken which could be interbreted In any way as intended to interfere in any way with the federation.
 The National Collegiate Athletic association adjourned tonight with out taking any further action on the Paddock case.
 Only minor changes were made In the association rules, chief of which was a decision to limit participants in ". C. A. A. swimming meets to two entrants In each event from each of the member colleges participat- ing.
 A committee of three was appoint ed to investigate athletic conditions in European countries. The men named to serve are II. McCurdy of the International Y. M. c. A. col lege, Dr. R. Tatt Mckenzie of the University of Pennsylvania and George L. Meylan of Columbia uni versity.
 Gen. Palmer F. Pierce was re- elected president of the association for the coming year and Frank w. Nicholson of Wesleyan college was elected secretary treasurer. The nine d4strict chairman were re- elected.