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Show COLLEGIATE ASS'N VOTES FORJPORTS AVashlngton, Aug. 3. Retention of collego athletics during tho war was decided on by tho National Col-leglata Col-leglata Athletic association nt a conference con-ference hero today after Secretary Baker had declared In an addretis to tho delegates that competltlco sports tihould "ho continued to equip young men for the reception of military training." Nearly all tho eastern colleges and many from tho mlddlo west and tho coast woro represented, nnd It wbb said afterward tho decision meant that, with the exception of Yalt. Harvard, Har-vard, Prlncoton nnd possibly Virginia, all tho larger Institutions will play Intorcollegioto football this fall. Abandonment of the sport by tho Institutions In-stitutions named wa3 ascribed to lack of material, most members of last year's squads now being In some branch of the military service. The conference adopted tho following follow-ing resolutions: "Whereas, collego athletics, as stated by Secretary Baker In his address ad-dress to the conference, aro of great uso in developing the qualities of a good soldier. "Resolved, that wo recommend to tho colleges thnt tho program of athletic ath-letic sports for tho coming year bo continued with Increased offorts to develop athletics for nil students rather than for n chosen few, and that the schedule of Intorcolleglato sports bo carried out as far as local conditions allow, enro being taken not to Interfere with tho military training train-ing of the students or to conflict with tho military Interests of tho nation." |
