Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-20

nERKELEY, Calf, as the set
X Ing for the 1882 I. C. A. A.
IL A. A. meet is a strong prob
ability. Opposition to the
jaunt exists in this great track
and field organization, but 1t is
felt that the proponents will pre-
vail when the issue comes up for
final decision on March 7.
Prior to the annual convention of the
/. c. A. A. A. A. on the above date the
Advisory Committee, supplemented by
representatives Of several important
members Of the association, will meet
at dinner Is guests of Gustavus Kirby.
This dinner will be held next Wednes-
day evening in New York.
Various matters are to be brought M
chiefly the project Of holding the 1882
meet at the University Of California
Such decisions as are reached will be
submitted to the executive committee
CT the I. c. A. A. A. A. on the rliaht
before the convention, March 6.
Tip Educational.
1t is felt by those in favor Of the
transcontinental journey that the edu-
cational factor is paramount MANY
athletes have never been very far from
their own sections, If indeed they have
ever been any distance from home, and
II the I. G. A. A. A. A. were able to give
the boys an opportunity Of seeing the
country 1t would be doing, It Is felt. A
service as signal as it would be val,ia-
pie. In this connection the attitude of
the three great California institutions
IN sending their athletes to the Middle
West and the Atlantic Seaboard every
year is taken into consideration.
No inconsiderable element, Of course.
Is that relating to finances. But there
seems no doubt that they could be
swung without difficulty. First of all,
the CaIifornians have assured the asso-
citation that gate receipts would not fail
below $65,000. Probably this Is con-
sentative; any one who knows the tre-
mendous interest in track on the West
Coast will feel that it Is. The I. G,
a. A. A. A. conducts the meet, runs It
absolutely and takes all the receipts
over and above certain expenses which
the host must meet.
Gate Pays Expenses.
Taking a group of athletes number
ing 212-about the usual number in
volved in an I. C. A. A. A. A. meet
1t is estimated that SIS, 900 would cover
all expenses. Colleges would be asked
to contribute only the sums of money
which they would spend in sending
their teams to the Harvard Stadium
and to Franklin Field. The I. C, A. A.
A. A. would defray the balance out of
the gate receipts. and it is assured this
could be done with money left over
even II the gate receipts were not more
than $4,000.
= Another point to be met Is the date
OF the meet. Usually it Is held on May
90 and May 30. Students, of course.
cculd not be taken from their studies
and sent across the continent But the
I. G. A. A. A. A. constitution has been
so adjusted that July date could be
substituted for the usual week end.
1t should be noted that the Olympic
finals are to be held in Chicago In the
middle Of July. Inasmuch as the I. C.
A. A. A. A. meet is to all intents and
purposes q part Of the Olympic trials,
winners and runners-up would have to
trek to Chicago after the collegiate
meet. But this is not regarded as an
objection.
It is felt that, aside from educational
to the athletes, q visit to
the West Coast would be a handsome
recognition of the attitude Of Pacific
slope universities toward a meet which,
after all, is a sectional affair and has
not the slightest ambition to be any
hing else