| Show Cleaner leaner C ana and Broader Basis For This Th i Country New York Dec SO Harmony out of ot discord and more compact organization out out of ot disruption a new national and International birth for tor sport Is what James K Id I Sullivan former president ot of the tue American Athletic union believes b 3 the future holds hold In store All HAil these he lie said to today toda today day da referring to tho the breach between the tho cast east and west CHt In golfing tennis lentils skating and anti some somo of ot the tho lesser lessel departments ts of or national sport aro JirO much to be ba regretted but mark murk tItle this They rhey will III all nil result In a J cleaner and broader basis for tor athletics In this titis country countr Although this winter has seen moro dissension than in several years It Is III Mr Sullivans thin nun belief bellet that tho the present sectional division of dr sports will constant constantly ly I broaden toward the national n Idea Iden Aud Ad Adone Audone one necessity to effect this growth ho he holds Is a J supreme court of ot appeals In sport There ore lire three or tour Lout millions of ot people pe plo In organized athletics of ot all sorts aorta In this country said s ld Mr Sullivan and the tho center of or that thai athletic population la Is constantly moving westward Thirty years cara earll ago It was as concentrated in and around New York but we have havo been forced to acknowledge that tho the west vest Is rapidly effecting n a balance balanco In time s athletic interests Tho Time A A U this year had its na nil national championships champlon In Seattle In the coming year eal they will be bo held In Now New Orleans and a Chicago mutt mon Is now pres lrea president ident blent of the union These Thello concessions came naturally und and have resulted In gen general en eral oral benefit benent to IU sports la Yo We must have and shall ahall have some someday someday day do an International board of ot full tull con control control control with International rules and regula regulations regulations ions It was ivas evident nt sit the tho headquarters of or orthe the tho Eastern Amateur Skating association today that there thero was much indignation over oer a report from Chicago that the In International Skating union had eliminated It from the tho governing body ot of That announcement Is irs premature said Bald President J C Hemment of ot the eastern association Nevertheless Mr Hemment was noti lied tonight by b Fred II If Tucker Tuckel Jr see sec secretary of ot the tho International Skating union of ot America that the tho Eastern Amateur Skating association had forfeited its membership In time the International union for tor faIlure to comply with orders of ot otI tho parent body I Secretary Tucker er In his letter Jetter sall sa III that he has been placed temporarily In charge of all nil contests contest formerly cc cl eel trolled by the ho eastern association Edmund Lamy whoso disqualification by the tho eastern association precipitated the present disagreement will start at scratch in races to be bo held on Jan 8 S 1910 at Saratoga park Brooklyn rooklyn under tinder tho the auspices of or the International union Mr Hemment tool the position that the tho whole dispute which has now de tie developed Into mb a lIght tight originated In the alleged failure of Edmund Lamy Lam the tho na no national lr skating n champion h to pay 25 cents feh fe nE nt I fee in iii the Eastern t Skating k The Tho fact that the h western association has hns broken off relations with tho the eastern body bony Is III completely Ignored here We shall continue continuo to send our skaters west said President Hemment and amid shall continue to recognize westerners hero here But Dut In the matter of ot the Int rna unions rights In this case calle of ot Lamy Iam you yon may ma rest assured that we shall fight to the Though tho tennis and golf olt situations havo hare developed no new now phases In Imi tho the lost last few fw days It Is IA evident dent leaders say sn that tho tim breach brench between east cast nail and west Is Ii wide Ide Especially It appear appel at that lint If It the National Lawn Lw Tennis association tion ton which meets hero hera soon does not recognize the tide western demand for tor a clay cay court national tournament the western westerners westerner ers era er will wi withdraw Mr r Sullivan Sulvan Is Inclined to favor the I western wel tern attitude though thou h tho time matter ia is admittedly outside the jurisdiction of or I the tho A A U |
