Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-11-20 | Page 8 | A. A. U. will Boost for Army Athletics

il.U.lLLlOOLf" FOR JtHMHTHLHICS; Record Made by Larsen Is Disallowed; No Competition, Com-petition, Is Claim. ST. TA11IIW, Mo., Nov. IP. The board of .-ontrol of the Amateur Athletic union today Hilopti'd an ann-ndmont to the rules Permit thip wmatonr nthletrs In army and navy r;tm.s to t'ompeu- with professional athlr-tns in the ranipa without losing their ;t m;i lur Ht;i ndiiiB. n p propria ted f r0fn) to promote athletic- artivitic-s at the camps and ellminart-d registration fees for athletes ath-letes 1 lui t ta ke part in contests at the ch ii ton merits. A coirunit tee consist iner of .Tur-tioe B. S. Weeks of Xe i- York, Georpre Turner and '. I'routt was appointed to confer con-fer with Serretnry of War Baker as to the spending of the fund to encourage irmy athletics. The money will be used to huy medals for athletic winners. The hoard voted also to expend a n y Funis in add it ion to the $3000 deemed necessary to encourage athletics among the men in the national service. The boa I'd rejected an amendment offered of-fered by the -Southern Pacific association, associa-tion, which would abrogate the rule preventing pre-venting basketball players from competing compet-ing for rival clubs in their district after they have deserted another club In that district. The board also rejected an amendment proposed by the Metropolitan association, providing that athletes engaged in playground play-ground act Ivi ties during the summer , months might retain their amateur- standing. stand-ing. The old rule, which is retained, provides that a thletes who engage in playground work become professionals. The board denied reinstatement to the following athletes: Paul Monaco, .Schenectady, X. Y.. who took part In a professional race; I.eo J. Ziclinskl and A. J. Borgelt, both of Milwaukee, Mil-waukee, who competed against professionals profes-sionals in M llwaukee Inst summer. The athletic records submitted by the record commit tee were approved with a few exceptions. In the case of Clinton Larsen of Bngham Young university, who made a running high jump of ri feet 77h Inches at Provo, Utah, on June 1, 11 1 7. the board ruled that the mark was made in exhibition and not In competition competi-tion and therefore could not be allowed as a world's record. The board recommended that hereafter no noteworthy performances be recognized recog-nized unless they equal or excel previous records made under similar conditions.