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RULES CHANGES HELPHave Bettered Football, Says I. A. A, A. Conference.NAMES THE HEW COMMITTEELatter to Meet Later With Seren From Independents to Take Up Matter of Changes, if Any—B°4y Will Operate Under New Name, Showing National Scope, From Date of This Gathering*Sped*! to The Waahfatton Pott.New York,! Pec. 29.—A big: day's work was cleaned up today by the National Collegiate Athletic Association* at its fifth annual meeting, held at the Hotel Astor. It was the Intercollegiate Athletic Association up to today, when the name was changed The association got through in one day by putting in a larger part of the time between 10 a. m. and 7 P. m.Football came ip for more attention than any other sport, with summer baseball, basketball, and traek athletics also subjects for discussion. The trend of opinion* gathered from many sources, regarding football, was that the new rules haa brought a big change for the better, especially as pertains to a decrease of injuries. A couple of changes were made in the personnel of the football committee of seven to amalgamate with the independent seven, the whole to compose the football rules committee*Lambeth Off tie Committee.The N. C. A. new footbaJI rules committee will be Dr. H. L. Williams, Minnesota; Dr. James A Babbitt, Hav^rford; E. K. Hall, Dartmouth; Lieut. V. W. Cooper, West Point; W. L. Dudley, Vanderbilt; C. W. Sdvage, Oberltn; S. C. Williams, Iowa. Lieut. Cooper takes the place of Hlt; H. Hackett on the committee, and 9. C. Williams succeeds W. A. Lambeth, of the University of Virginia.Besides the six new members taken in by the executive committee, as reported on Wednesday night, two were taken fn today, Manhattan, College and Western Reserve.Capt, Pierce, president of the association, suggested an alliance with the J« C. A- A A. to handle track athletics In the colleges. When the .seven dlfltr’et representatives, read their reports most of them had a good word to say for football, and one district rqpresentatl%re, Dr. Ehley, of Wisconsin, told how he had investigated seven deaths the past season laid to football and found that only a few of the seven could be ascribed to football.Thinks Officials Should Train.In the mpmlng, Dr. McKeMle, of Pennsylvania, read a paper on A 'Chronicle of the Athletic Spirit,1' in which he said: Dr. Williams* chairman of the football committee, said In his report that the different sets of the amalgamated rules committee had worked together in perfect harmony and accord. The goal of greatest safety In the play was kept constantly In mind. At Minnesota this fall not a single man wee taken out of the game on account of injury until the finalcontest of the season. He believed that this experience was not unique and that others could bear similar testimony.Dr. Williams paid a tribute to the fr-abttlty of the game's officials, and BUg-gestad that they take a course of lightStS'training to help become fast thinkers, fast runnare, and efficient workers. He said such men should receive a highrate of compensation.A basketball rules committee, consisting of the following, was appointed; Ralph Morgan, Pennsylvania; Dr- P. D, Glaas-ford. U. S. A.; James Nalsmfth, Kansas; A H. Sharpe, Yale; Harry Fisher, Columbia* and Oswald Tower, Williams.New Track Athletic Committee.Prof. A. A Stftgg, of the University of Chicago, chairman Of the track rules committee, recommended the appointment of a special committee to supervise this branch of athletics, pass on records, modify rules, Ac. His committee was empowered to carry out the plan.These officers were elected; President, Capt. Palmer E. Pierce, West Point (reelected); vice president. Prof, A. G, Smith, Iowa State College; secretary and treasurer, Prof. P. W, Nicholson, Wesleyan University; executive committee. Prof. F. G. Chase, Tufts; Prof. George L. Maytan, Columbia University; Prof. W. C. Riddick, North Carolina College of Agriculture; Prof. George E, Ehler, University of Wisconsin, and Prof. George Norlln, University of Colorado.
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Fri, Dec 30, 1910
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