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...meeting of the board of governors of the B. A. A. Monday opposition to the registration rule of the Amateur Athletic Union took shape in a new form. The B. A. A. will support the union and require registration so long as it is a member of the union, but it objects to the principle of registration. Since the A. A. U. claims that the registration fee is necessary to pay its expenses of administration, the B. A. A. has adopted a resolution which disposes of this claim and makes the registration fee unnecessary. The resolution adopted is in part...
Since this is the first year of this method a special rule will be made so that the luck of the draw among the teams whose exact place was not determined by the final series last year will be as small as possible. The Leiter Cups will not be awarded immediately to the leading team after the series is finished, but a special series will be held between the final number one and any teams which won all their games in the various rounds...
...decisive action taken by the Executive Committee of the I. C. A. A. A. A. in regard to the registration demands of the A. A. U. brings the question of the registration of college athletes to a climax, and we believe clearly defines college feeling. From the beginning a rule making it necessary for an amateur athlete recognized as such by the I. C. A. A. A. A. regulations to purchase recognition from the Union, has seemed farcical to say the least, and now that the rule has had the effect of decreasing the number of college competitors in open...
Taken as a whole it seems better calculated to pick the best men with fairness and accuracy than the old method. Under the system which has heretofore been the general rule, it is extremely hard for the judges to select the best four out of a large number of five minute speakers. Then again a five minute speech in offering little opportunity for rebuttal does not furnish a true criterion of argumentative power. By providing for more than one preliminary trial if the number of contestants is large, the new regulations insure adequate trial to every promising debater...
...track is soft the men will do no speed work for a week or so. This is the earliest in the season that the team has ever been on the track. The 'Varsity and class games will not be held this year until after the spring vacation. A new rule has been made to the effect that the first three men in the events of the 'Varsity games will not be allowed to compete in the class games. The date fixed for the 'Varsity games is Saturday, April 30; for the class games, Thursday...