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Show COLLEGE SPORT BODY TO EXPAND new Vukk. Juft io. (By the Associated As-sociated Press.) Expansion of the In-i tercolleglate association of Amateur Athletics .it America into . nationwide nation-wide organisation and Maglng of the' annual championship sarnoa In .sections of tho country other than tho east appear ap-pear to be likely developments at cho annual meeting here on .March A WILL BROADEN KNTRY Proposed amendments to tho constitution con-stitution and statements made at the Jolr." meeting of the executive and I ndvisorv committees here last week) are said to indicate a broadening of the scope of the oldest colJVgiate tpoiij governing body at America. One of live most imporwint amendments would provide chm a college holding membership mem-bership in the t, C. A. A. A. A. would not be dropped in cube it were not! represented In the titular track and' cross-country championships at least I once In two consecutive years. This, it is explained, would open tho way for uermunent membership , for such Institutions as California andli Lei and Stanford on the Pacific coast) jnd BUchjgan in the middle west 1 which have competed In the past asM ' south, souhvvest and the Rocky moun t;un sections with standard universities ! eligibility rules. Competition would hinge entirely 'upon membership and conformity U the I C. A A. A. A reputations ana eligibility code wthout compulsory re-I re-I strlction relative to continuity on such ! competition. iNVii vnoY WITHHELD That the adoption of such amendment amend-ment might result In the ISL'J cham-! cham-! plonshlp games being held hi the middle mid-dle west is not unlikely It is reported that the first id in this direction j will be made in the presentation of an Invitation from the University of I Michigan to stage the- trfular meet at ! Ann Arbor next Mai' or certainly not later than 1923. Nominally the I9i'2 games would go to the University Univer-sity of Pennsylvania in the ordinar;. alternation between Harvard and Last year's games were held in the Haryard s'.adlum and were won by the University of California by half a point from Harvard Pennsylvania athletic! authorities have stated, however, that owing Co the reconstruction of the Franklin field stadium this spring, the usual Invitation will not be extended, i Work will start immediately alter the annual Pennj lvanla relav carnival i ivnd tho field will not be suitable fori further track competition until next fall. WOLVERTVE FTELD GOOD The University of Michigan has an up-to-date stadium and llrld which compares favorably with tho hest In the east. The Wolverines hav e competed many times In tho oastern I. !, A. A A A meets, soorlng well up among the leaders. lead-ers. With California holding the trade and field title, won last spring, It is thought that delegates to the meeting here in March will glvo far more than casual cen.'dderaUon to he Invitation I rrom Michigan, should It be presented with the. sanction of tho athlotlc council coun-cil of the Ana Arbor university. oo |