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Official Handbookof the AmateurAthletic Union ofthe United StatesConstitution, By-Laws, General and AthleticRules; also the Rules of Gymnastics,Swimming, Diving, Boxing, Wrestling,Water Polo, Tug of War, Steeple-chasing,Relay Racing, Throwing the Javelin, asadopted by the Amateur Athletic Unionand Revised by the Legislation Committee,

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4 8PALIMNCS ATHLETIC LIBRARY.Board of Governors.

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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 5W. T. Rawlins Hui Nalu, Honolulu, T. H.G. F. Low. .Hawaiian Ass'n Foot Ball League, Honolulu, T. H.Lorrin Andrews Trail and Mountain Club, Honolulu, T. H.T. Morris Dunne Multnomah A.A.C., Portland, Ore.George James 28 Geary Street, San Francisco, Cal.Lieut. O. E. Michaelis. .U. S. A., Presidio of San Francisco, Cal.Herbert Hauser 4670 San Sabastian Avenue, Oakland, Cal.R. G. Parvin : Denver Athletic Club, Denver, Colo.J. L. Gartlan University of Denver, Denver, Colo.Dr. O. C. Lester Care University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.Seward A. Simons. . ..812-14 Security Building, Los Angeles, Cal.R. W. Horning Y. M. C. A. Los Angeles, Cal.Wallace L. Robb 214 W. Third Street, Los Angeles, Cal.Dr. Chas. G. Plummer.465 E. So. Temple St., Salt Lake City, UtahFreeman Bassett. . .2J Second Street South, Salt Lake City, UtahWilliam E. Day Deseret Gymnasium, Salt Lake City, UtahEdward E. Babb 93 Federal Street, Boston, Mass.Joseph B. Maccabe Argus Advocate, East Boston, Mass.W. H. Liginger 416 Van Buren Street, Milwaukee, Wis.Harry McMillan 1815 Wallace Street, Philadelphia, Pa.Major John J. Dixon 82 Fulton Street, New YorkEmanuel Haug 463 W. 159th Street, New YorkA. G. Mills 559 W. 26th Street, New YorkCharles H. Carter 101 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.Dr. Luther H. Gulick 118 E. 28th Street, New YorkCol. Robert M. Thompson,

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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY.Active Association Members.

The New England Association of the A.A.U.The Metropolitan Association of the A.A.U.The Middle Atlantic Association of the A.A.U.The South Atlantic Association of the A.A.U.The Central Association of the A.A.U.The Southern Association of the A.A.U.The Western Association of the A.A.U.The Rocky Mountain Association of the A.A.U.The Pacific Association of the A.A.U.The Pacific North West Association of the A.A.U.The Southern Pacific Association of the A.A.U.The Hawaiian Amateur Athletic Association of the A.A.U.The Texas Association of the A.A.U.The Inter-Mountain Association of the A.A.U.

Allied Members.North American Gymnastic Union.Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association of Amcica.Military Athletic League.The Amateur Fencers' League of America.National Cycling Association.The Federation of American Motorcyclists.Union des Societies Francaises de Sports Athletiques.The International Skating Union.Catholic Amateur Athletic League of the United States.Union Internationale des Societies Sportive Egyptiennes.United States of America Foot Ball Association.Amateur Athletic Union of Canada.

Holding Membership In.International Amateur Swimming Federation (Federation

Internationale de Natation Amateur).International Amateur Athletic Federation,


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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY.CONSTITUTION

OF THEAmateur Athletic UnionOF THE

United StatesARTICLE I.

This organization shall be known as the Amateur Athletic' tnion of the United States.

ARTICLE II.objects.The objects of this Union are:

1. The encouragement of systematic physical exercise andeducation in the United States.

2. The improvement and promotion of alhletic sports amongamateurs.3. i he incorporation of all eligible amatmr athletic clubs in

the United States into such separate associations of clubs, withactive membership and representation in this Union, as may,from time to time, be deemed best adapted to advance the causeof amateur athletics throughout the United States, and to fosterand promote the interests of the several clubs.

4. The establishment and maintenance, by allied membershipor otherwise, of alliances with associations of general or specialjurisdiction, and composed of clubs or otherwise designatedbodies of individual members, devoted wholly or partially tophysical culture or to some specialty in athletics.

5. The establishment and maintenance throughout the UnitedStates of a uniform test of amateur standing, and uniform rulesfor the government of all athletics sports within its jurisdiction.

6. The institution, regulation and awarding of the amateurathletic championships of the United States.

7. The promotion of National, State and local legislation inthe interest of the institution of public gymnasia, baths and fieldsfor track and field amateur sports in the United States.

8. The institution of a Bureau of Records covering all branchesof amateur sport in the United States.


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8 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. >ARTICLE III.

MEMBERS.1. This Union shall consist of allied and active members.2. Allied members are such associations (described in Section

4, Article II., of this Constitution) as may enter into alliancewith this Union, as hereinafter provided.3. Active members are the associations of the Amateur Ath-

letic Union clubs, known asThe New England Association of the Amateur Athletic Union.The Metropolitan Association of the Amateur Athletic Union.The Middle Atlantic Association of the Amateur Athletic Union.The South Atlantic Association of the Amateur Athletic Union.The Central Association of the Amateur Athletic Union.The Southern Association of the Amateur Athletic Union.The Western Association of the Amateur Athletic Union.The Pacific Association of the Amateur Athletic Union.The Pacific Northwest Association of the Amateur Athletic

Union.The Southern Pacific Associationof the Amateur Athletic Union.The Rocky Mountain Association of the Amateur Athletic Union.The Hawaiian Amateur Athletic Association of the AmateurAthletic Union.The Texas Association of the Amateur Athletic Union.The Inter-Mountain Association of the Amateur Athletic

Union.And such other associations of the Amateur Athletic Union clubsas may, from time to time, be admitted to membership, as here-inafter provided.

4. Until, by two-thirds vote of the Board of Governors ofthis Union, a change or changes shall be made in the allotmentof territory, the territory of the several active members shallbe as followsNew England AssociationMaine, New Hampshire, Vermont,Massachusetts, Rhode Island.Metropolitan AssociationNew York, New Jersey, north ofTrenton ; Connecticut transferred from New England Association

to Metropolitan Association, August, 1905.Middle Atlantic Association (Formed 1906)New Jersey, southof and including Trenton; Delaware, Pennsylvania; Jefferson,Columbiana and Belmont Counties, Ohio (taken from CentralAssociation and added to Middle Atlantic Association, November,1912). Hancock, Brooks, Marshall, Wetsell, Ohio and Mononga-hela Counties in West Virginia (taken from South AtlanticAssociation and added to Middle Atlantic Association, Novem-ber, 1913)-


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SPALDING'S ATHLETIO LIBRAE?. 9South Atlantic AssociationVirginia, District of Columbia,Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia,

except Hancock, Brooks, Marshall, Wetsell,- Ohio and Mononga-hela Counties.

Central AssociationOhio (except Jefferson, Columbiana andBelmont Counties) ; Illinois (except St. Clair County) ; Indiana,Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota; Kentucky (Powell andKenton Counties transferred from Western Association to Cen-tral Association, November, igi i).

Pacific AssociationCalifornia, north of Tehachapi Pass;Nevada.Pacific Northzvest Association (Organized June, 1905)Wash-

ington, Alaska, Oregon.Rocky Mountain Association (Organized November, 1906)Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico.Southern AssociationAlabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,

Mississippi, Tennessee.Western AssociationMissouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, SouthDakota, Indian Territory, Kansas, North Dakota, Nebraska ; StClair County, 111., transferred from Central Association to West-ern Association, November, 1905 ; Kentucky (except Powell andKenton Counties).

Southern Pacific Association (Organized November, 1009)Arizona ; California, south of Tehachapi Pass.Hawaiian Amateur Athletic Association (Organized November,iqio, by territory taken from Pacific Association)Territory ofHawaii, the five islands Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, and Molokai.Texas Association (Organized March, 1911, by territory takenfrom Southern Association)Entire State of Texas.Inter-Mountain Association (Organized October, 1913, by terri-tory taken from Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain Asso-ciations)Territory of Idaho, Montana and Utah.

ARTICLE IV.CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP.

1. An allied member may at any time be admitted by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Governors of this Union, upon suchconditions, consistent with the provisions of this Constitution,as may be agreed upon between such proposed allied member andthe Board of Governors.

2. An active member may at any time be admitted upon thefollowing conditions: (a) That application in writing, in theform prescribed by the By-Laws of this Union, be made to theSecretary-Treasurer of the Union, (b) That such membershipshall be subject to suspension or forfeiture in the event of failureto comply with any requirements of this constitution or of an\


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10 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY.by-law hereunder, or any decree or ruling of the Board of Gov-ernors or of the National Registration Committee; and it isexpressly stipulated that any decree of suspension or forfeiture,when affirmed by two-thirds of the Board of Governors voting,shall be final and binding, (c) That it shall not make anyamendment of its Constitution or By-Laws without first sub-mitting the proposed amendment to the Board of Governorsof this Union, and that any such amendment made withoutthe vote of a majority of the Board of Governors shall bevoid. (d) That in the event of its club membership beingreduced to less than four organizations, its membership in thisUnion shall cease, and this Union shall be entitled to allot itssurviving clubs and territory to any other active member, (e)That in the event of any clubs making formal application to beadmitted, as a separate association, to active membership in thisUnion, this Union shall be empowered, in its discretion, by atwo-thirds vote of its Board of Governors voting, to admit thesame as an active member, and to allot its territory. (/) Thatall games or athletic meetings given by such member, and thequalifications of all persons competing at such meetings, either asmembers of its clubs or as unattached athletes, shall be in con-formity with the "Conditions of Competition" prescribed by thisConstitution, and the By-Laws and Rules adopted and prescribedby the Board of Governors, (g) That such membership shalltake effect upon the election of the applicant by a two-thirds voteof the Board of Governors voting. (/;) The prescribed form ofConstitution and By-Laws of each of the Associations, specifiedin Section 3 of Article III. of this Constitution, upon their assum-ing active membership in this Union, is appended to this Con-stitution. ARTICLE V.

OBLIGATIONS, SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION OF MEMBERS.1. The acceptance of allied membership in this Union by any

allied Association shall operate as an agreement binding upon thisUnion and such allied member that both will abide by the termsof the alliance until either party, upon such notice as agreed uponin the terms of alliance, shall voluntarily withdraw therefrom.

2. The acceptance of active membership in this Union shallbind such member to abide by all the conditions thereof as setforth in Section 2 of Article IV of this Constitution, and also allother provisions of this Constitution and of the By-Laws andRules of this Union; and to accept and enforce all decisions ofthe Board of Governors and of the National Registration Com-mittee.

3. Any violation of the Constitution, By-Laws or Rules ofthis Union, or decisions of the Board of Governors, or of the


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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 11National Registration Committee, by any active member of thisUnion shall render such member liable to. suspension by theBoard of Governors until the next annual or special meeting ofthis Union, and to expulsion by a two-thirds vote of all the activemembers voting at such meeting. In case of persistent defiance ofdirections of this Union, such active member may be expelled,and the territory thereof reorganized or divided between theother members of the Union, consistently with the Constitution.

ARTICLE VI.REPRESENTATION OF MEMBERS.

1. Every allied member shall be entitled (unless otherwiseprovided in the terms of alliance) to be represented at everymeeting of this Union by not more than four delegates or alter-nates of such delegates, having, collectively, one vote.

2. Every active member must elect annually six delegates torepresent it at meetings of the Union, and such delegates must bemembers in good standing of clubs belonging to such member,and may also elect six alternates of such delegates, who must bemembers of any of its own or of any other active member's clubs.except that no member of the Board of Governors shall be electedan alternate, and in no case shall any delegate or alternate repre-sent more than one active or allied member. All the representa-tives of one active member shall collectively have one vote.

3. The election of every delegate and alternate shall be dulycertified by the principal executive officer of the active or alliedmember.

4. All members of the Board of Governors shall be electedfrom the duly certified delegates. No alternate shall be electeda member of the board.

5. Election of members of the Board of Governors shall occurat the annual meeting and by majority vote of representativespresent and entitled to vote. The Board of Governors, upon theoccurrence of a vacancy therein from any cause, may elect, by nmajority vote of members voting, a new member of said Board,but only from the member's delegation in which the said vacancyshall have occurred. Such member so elected shall, if he con-tinues eligible, serve until the next annual meeting thereafter.

6. Any allied or active member may at any time, on notice ad-dressed to the Secretary-Treasurer of this Union by the chiefexecutive officer of such member, withdraw any or all of its dele-gates, provided a like number of delegates be at the same timesubstituted for those withdrawn ; and if any delegate so with-drawn be at the time a member of the Board of Governors, theBoard shall fill the vacancy as provided in Section 5 of thisArticle.


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12 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY.ARTICLE VII.GOVERNMENT.

i. The government and general direction of the affairs of theUnion shall be committed to a Board of Governors constituted asfollows : One representative from each allied member and fivedelegates-at-large, and each ex-President of the Union who shallhave served a full term and is a member in good standing of anA.A.U. club ; and each ex-Secretary of the Union who shallhave served a full term and is a member in good standing of anA.A.U. club; three representatives from each active memberand one additional representative from each active member fortwenty-five clubs above the four clubs required to constitute anactive member, belonging to said active member.

2. The Board of Governors shall be elected at each annualmeeting of the Union for a term of one year, or until their suc-cessors are elected.

3. The Board of Governors, so elected, shall elect from theirown number a President, four Vice-Presidents, a Secretary-Treasurer, each of whom shall serve for a term of one year oruntil his successor is chosen, and each of whom shall performthe duties prescribed by the By-Laws.

4. At the first meeting of the Board of Governors after eachannual meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union, the President,with the advice and consent of the Board of Governors, shallappoint from among the membership of the active and alliedmembers of the Union, five delegates-at-large, who shall haveall rights and privileges of other members of the Board. Thefive delegates-at-large so appointed shall, collectively, have onevote, and the ex-Presidents with the ex-Secretaries of the Unionshall, collectively, have one vote at all meetings of the AmateurAthletic Union and of the Board of Governors.

5. Whenever the Union shall be entitled to representation inan allied member, the President shall appoint such representativefrom among the membership of the active members of the Union.

ARTICLE VIII.DUTIES AND POWERS OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

The Board of Governors shall, in addition to the powers else-where in this Constitution prescribed, have power :1. To admit to allied or active membership any association

eligible under this Constitution applying therefor, if by a two-thirds vote they deem proper.

2. To prescribe and amend By-Laws and Rules for the gov-ernment of the Union, not inconsistent with or beyond the scopeof the provisions of this Constitution.


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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 133. To impose and enforce penalties for any violation of the

Constitution, By-Laws or Rules of the Union.4. By a majority vote of members voting to remove any sus-

pension or remit any penalty, pertaining to any person or organi-zation.5. To reject any entries to competition (if deemed objection-

able) at any national championship meeting, and to delegate thispower to its sub-committee.6. By a two-thirds vote to remove from office on fifteen days'

written notice any member of the Board of Governors who, byneglect of duty or by conduct tending to impair his usefulness asa member of such Board, shall be deemed to have forfeited hisposition.

7. By a majority vote to declare vacant the position of anymember of the Board of Governors (a) who shall have ceasedto be a delegate, or (b) who shall have ceased to be a memberof any club belonging to the member which elected him a dele-gate, or (c) when the member which elected him a delegate shallhave ceased to be a member of this Union.

8. To fill vacancies in the Board of Governors occurring fromany cause.9. To collect the dues or funds of the Union and to expend

the same.10. To call regular and special meetings of the Union and to

fix the time and place for holding all meetings not fixed by thisConstitution.

11. To institute, locate, conduct and manage all amateurnational championship meetings.

12. To establish and define rules for the government of ath-letic sports.

13. To explain, define and interpret any provision of this Con-stitution or any By-Law or Rule.14. To appoint committees from its own number and frommembers of clubs within this Union or from its allied members.

ARTICLE IX.JURISDICTION.

This Union recognizes all amateur sports and claims jurisdictionover the following classes1. Basket Ball. 7. Pole Vaulting.2. Boxing. 8. Putting the Shot and throw-3. Gymnastics. ing the Hammer and4. Handball. Weights.5. Running, including hurdle, 9. Swimming.obstacle racing and 10. Tugs of War.

steeple-chasing. 11. Walking.6. Jumping. 12. Wrestling.


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14 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY.ARTICLE X.

CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION.i. No person shall be eligible to compete in any athletic meet-

ing, game or entertainment given or sanctioned by this Unionwho has (i) received or competed for compensation or reward,in any form, for the display, exercise or example of his skillin or knowledge of any athletic exercise, or for rendering per-sonal service of any kind to any athletic organization, or forbecoming or continuing a member of any athletic organization,or received or accepted any prize or reward for an exhi-bition, or otherwise than in a recognized competition ; or(2) has entered any competition under a name other than hisown, or from a club of which he was not at that time a mem-ber in good standing; or (3) has knowingly entered any compe-tition open to any professional or professionals, or has know-ingly competed with any professional for any prize or token ; or(4) has issued or allowed to be issued in his behalf any chal-lenge to compete against any professional or for money, or hasagreed to become a professional, or has agreed to enter employ-ment of any kind that would make him a professional, or (5)has pawned, bartered or sold any prize won in athletic competi-tion, or (6) is not a registered athlete. Nor shall any personresiding within the territory of any active member of this Unionbe eligible to compete for or to enter any competition as a mem-ber of any club in the territory of any other active member ofthis Union, unless he shall have been elected to membership insuch club prior to April 1, 1891.A student representing a university, college, school or othereducational institution must consider such institution his resi-dence for the purpose of registration, to represent such institu-tion in competition; such student between June 1st and October1st may transfer his registration to a club or other organizationNote. The following interpretation of Article X., Section 1, isgiven for the guidance of college athletes : A question having arisen

in December, 1006. as to whether undergraduates competing in eventsopen only to college students would thereby affect their right tQ rep-resent the club in which they are registered, the Chairman of theNational Registration Committee after consultation with the Presidentand the Chairman of the Legislation Committee advised members ofthe National Registration Committee and of the various districtregistration committees that under construction of the rules to befound under heading "Summary of Tests which have been applied inthe determination of questions of amateur standing" in the OfficialAthletic Rule Book, such competition would not affect the under-graduate's right to subsequently represent an athletic club, providedthe event is open only to members of collegiate associations.


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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 15belonging to an active or allied member of this Union located inthe district of his actual residence, which for this purpose shallbe the residence of his parents. or guardian, if he be a minor,or his last place of abode before entering his educational insti-tution, if he be an adult and upon the opening of the scholasticyear he may be retransferred to his educational institution.

2. (a) No one shall be eligible to compete in any athleticmeeting, games or entertainment given or sanctioned by thisUnion unless he shall be a duly registered athlete and a memberof the organization from which he enters; nor shall any memberof any club in this Union, or of any club in any district in thisUnion, be allowed to compete as a representative of such clubin case he has within one year competed as a member of anyother club then in this Union, unless such other club shall havedisbanded or practically ceased to exist, or unless he has takena bona fide residence in another district of this Union.

(b) No person shall be eligible to compete for or enter anycompetition as a member of any club in the territory of anyactive member of this Union unless he shall have resided withinthe territory of said active member at least four months previousto entering for competition.

(c) No person shall be eligible to enter or compete in anydistrict championship meeting unless he shall have been a bonafide resident of such district at least six months prior to theholding of such championship meeting; provided, however, thata registered athlete who has resigned from a club that is a mem-ber of the Amateur Athletic Union shall for one year after suchresignation be entitled to compete in the championship meetingsof the district in which he has been a bona fide resident for atleast six months prior to the holding of such championship meet-ings, and provided also that any association may provide that noperson shall be allowed to compete at a district championship asa representative of a club unless he was a member of such clubon November 20, 191 1, or unless he resides within a radius fromthe headquarters of such club of such number of miles, not lessthan one hundred, as may be determined by the By-Laws of suchAssociation.

(d) No person who has been registered in any association ofthe Amateur Athletic Union shall be eligible to compete for orenter any competition as a member of any club in the territory ofany other active member of this Union until four months afterfilling his application for registration, and shall not be eligibleto enter or compete in a district championship until six monthsafter filing his application for registration.


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16 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY.(e) These restrictions shall not apply to undergraduates of an

educational institution when representing such institution in com-petition.

(f) No person shall be eligible to compete in a championshipmeeting of more than one district in one year.

3. No prizes shall be given by any individual, club, committeeor association, or competed for or accepted by any athlete, exceptsuitably inscribed wreaths, diplomas, banners, badges, medals,timepieces and mantel ornaments, or suitably inscribed articlesof jewelry, silverware, table or toilet service, unless authorizedby the Registration Committee, and said prizes shall not exceedthe cost of $35 for first, $20 for second, and $10 for third prize,unless by special permission challenge trophies or other similarprizes are authorized by the Registration Committee and a recordkept of such authorization. Suitable team and individual prizesmay be awarded for team competitions in a single specialty.

4. The prohibitions of this article shall not apply to tokens orprizes (other than money), composed in whole or in part ofmetal, and bearing inscriptions denoting the event or contest,in any case where such tokens or prizes shall have been givenor sanctioned by this Union, or any of its members, or prior tothe formation of this Union, by any recognized amateur organi-zation ; provided, that if any person shall, at any time afterApril 1, 1891, sell, pledge or exchange for any other thing, anysuch token or prize, he shall thereafter be ineligible, and heshall likewise be ineligible if at the time of the competition orentry therefor he be disqualified or under suspension by thisUnion, or any of its members, or any organization allied with orapproved by it.

5. Persons not debarred by any of the foregoing provisions ofthis Article, or who, having become ineligible by violationthereof, or of any heretofore recognized rule of amateur stand-ing, have been duly reinstated, and shall, in other and all respects,conform to the rules and regulations of this Union and its mem-bers, will be deemed by this Union and by its members amateurs.

6. The term "any athletic exercise," as used in the first sec-tion of this Article, shall be held to include such sports or exer-cises, athletic in form or substance, as the Board of Governorsmay determine.

ARTICLE XI.REGISTRATION OF ATHLETES.

1. In no meeting, game or entertainment that has been sanc-tioned as an open athletic meeting shall an athlete's entry be


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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 17accepted unless he shall have received a numbered certificate ofregistration, stating that he is an amateur and eligible to com-pete in amateur sports. The provisions of this paragraph do notapply to events that are "closed," that is, open only to membersof the club giving the said games, or open only to members of agroup that has been elected a member of any Association of theAmateur Athletic Union.ENote.The following resolution was adopted in November,

1913:Resolved, That any Association may provide in its Constitu-

tion that any member of a club or group in its district competingin closed events who is not registered shall be ineligible to registeras a member of any other club or group in said district until theexpiration of one year from the time of competition in suchclosed event.]

2. All organizations giving open games or competitions underAmateur Athletic Union rules and sanction must state on theirannouncements and entry blanks that no entries to open eventscan be accepted except from registered athletes, and that noexhibition can be given by an athlete unless such athlete isregistered.

3. Each athlete to whom registration is granted shall receivea card on which shall be plainly written his number and thedate of expiration of his registration.

4. An allied member may provide its own system of regis-tration, not in conflict with the Constitution, By-Laws and Rulesof the Amateur Athletic Union, as to amateur status, and avail-able only to those actively affiliated with such allied member, andmay impose such fee for registration as it may see fit.

5. The President of each active member shall be empoweredto appoint athletic commissioners who shall have alloted to themterritory within the territory of said active member and whoseduties shall be such as is defined to them by the President and bythe members of the Registration Committee and who will act asrepresentatives of the Registration Committee, with power togrant temporary cards of registration and to grant sanctions andto disqualify athletes, and in the case of disqualifications, toinvestigate and try the suspected athlete and report such findingsto the Chairman of the Registration Committee of such Associ-ation for final action.

6. Every active member of this Union shall elect a Registra-tion Committee, to which shall be referred all matters within itsterritory pertaining to the registration and competition of athletes,and such Committee shall have power to govern and control the


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18 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY.conduct of all meetings held by members of the Union or underthe sanction of the Union.

7. Such Committees shall receive, examine and decide uponall applications for registration and shall have the power togrant or withhold sanction for athletic meetings and to imposepenalties upon promoters of athletic meetings and upon athleteswho compete or exhibit at the same without sanction of theCommittee, and shall have the right of censorship on the charac-ter of prizes offered at athletic meetings and may withhold orwithdraw the sanction, providing its decision in excluding anyprize is not complied with. All sanctions must be signed by amember of the Registration Committee and a record thereof mustbe preserved by said Registration Committee in a book kept forsuch purpose.

8. Such Committee shall have the right in considering anddetermining questions that affect the amateur status of any ath-lete to act upon any kind of evidence, circumstantial or direct,and may receive and act upon affidavits and in its discretion mayconsider common report sufficient basis for suspension or dis-qualification and shall have power to permanently suspend anyamateur athlete who neglects or refuses within thirty days toanswer questions touching his amateur status to the satisfactionof the committee.

9. Such Committees can require an itemized statement ofexpenses, with receipts and vouchers, from any registered ath-lete or from any organization holding an athletic meeting underA.A.U. rules.

10. It shall be the duty of the Registration Committee tomake or have made, inquiry regarding any athlete whose amateurstatus is questioned, and all charges shall be entered with theChairman of the Committee, who shall provide for an investiga-tion by a member or members of the Committee. Pendinginvestigation, the athlete against whom charges are brought maybe suspended. Suspicious circumstances, which are, in the judg-ment of any member of the Committee, sufficient to make thestatus of any athlete a matter of reasonable doubt, shall be thebasis of investigation in the absence of formal charges. Themember or members to whom the investigation is assigned shallimmediately communicate with the party under suspicion, eitherin person or by registered letter, lay all charges before him orset forth the circumstances which lead to a reasonable doubt andcall for an answer to the charges or a satisfactory explanationof the circumstances which gave rise to the doubt. If the ath-lete cannot satisfactorily prove his innocence, the Committeemay inflict such punishment as is in their judgment fitting.

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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 19tration Committee, or to answer any question which such Com-mittee shall rule to be proper, shall be liable to suspension orsuch discipline as the Committee may determine until he haspurged himself of such failure or refusal.

12. Where the entry fee of any athlete remains unpaid forten days after the meeting is held, the Games Committee maynotify the Registration Committee, who shall immediately sendnotice by mail to the delinquent athlete, notifying him that onand after ten days from date of notice, he is suspended fromcompetition unless and until the fee is paid.

13. It shall be within the province of the Registration Com-mittee to suspend from competition for such a time as it maydeem proper any person guilty of unfair dealing in connectionwith athletic competition or for violation of the rules of theAmateur Athletic Union.

14. The following, among other things, shall be considered asunfair dealing and ungentlemanly conduct.

Suppression of true figures from the handicapper ; the use ofobscene or profane language on the track or field, or any otheract which tends to disturb or obstruct a competition.

15. The decision of the Committee shall be final in all cases,subject only to appeal to the Board of Managers of the Associ-ation and then to the Board of Governors of the A.A.U. Ap-peals to the Board of Managers must be taken within five daysafter a decision and appeals to the Board of Governors withinten days after a decision. Any person interested may appeal.

16. All applications for registration must be signed by theapplicant and be accompanied by a fee of 25 cents and endorsedby the Secretary or other proper official of the club of whichsaid applicant is a member and approved by a member of theRegistration Committee within whose jurisdiction said club islocated. Should the applicant for registration not be a memberof an athletic club, he must procure the endorsement of threereputable citizens of the locality in wmich he resides and theapproval of a member of the Registration Committee withinwhose jurisdiction he resides.

17. In all cases where notices are required to be sent to aregistered athlete, it shall be sufficient to mail the same, ad-dressed to him at the residence given in his application for regis-tration ; or, if he has filed with such Committee, a written noticeof change of residence, then at such changed residence.

18. Every athlete when he registers shall state his residenceand the club he wishes to represent, and he shall not be allowedto change his registration in any respect except upon notice inwriting filed with the Registration Committee, which changemust be approved by the Committee, and the athlete officiallynotified before he can represent the new club in open competition.


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20 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRART.19. When any registered athlete changes his residence fromone district to another, he shall notify the Registration Com-

mittee of the district wherein he is registered and surrender hisregistration card, and such Registration Committee shall issue atransfer, showing the date of expiration of his registration, uponpresentation of which transfer a new registration card for theunexpired period of his original registration shall be issued tohim, free of charge, by the Registration Committee of the dis-trict of his new residence.

20. All registrations shall be in force for one year from dateof registration, and on renewal every athlete shall be required tofill out and sign a new application and shall be given a new num-ber. Such new application need not be indorsed, unless requiredby the Registration Committee.

21. Every athlete, when competing in handicap events outsideof the territory of the Association from which he is registered,shall forward with his entry a certificate from the handicapperof his own Association showing his last three performances. Itshall be the duty of such handicapper to furnish such certificateon request of a registered athlete.

22. It shall be the duty of each Registration Committee and ofeach allied member to furnish to the Secretary-Treasurer of theA. A. U. on the first day of each week a list of all registerednumbers, names and addresses, and to forward duplicate lists tothe official handicappers.

23. The Registration Committees shall collect from applicants(in advance), except Amateur Athletic Union members, FiveDollars each for granting sanctions for road races or cross-country races where no money is received for admission fees andfor open swimming meetings, and Ten Dollars each for grantingsanctions for all other open athletic meetings, but RegistrationCommittees shall grant free sanctions for basket ball games goodfor a limited period, not exceeding one year, and may grant freesanctions for municipal games and games given for charity.

24. It shall be the duty of each Registration Committee to payover all moneys received for registration fees and sanctions tothe Secretary-Treasurer of its Association on the first day ofeach month.

25. On the tenth day of each month, the Treasurer of eachactive and allied member shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer ofthe A.A.U. the sum of five (5) cents for each certificate of regis-tration issued during the preceding month, and one-third of allmoneys received for sanctions granted during the precedingmonth.

26. The committee in charge of open athletic meetings mustdisplay the registration number of each competitor in a conspic-uous manner before or after his name on the program.


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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LlPRARY. 21ARTICLE XII.

DUES AND EXPENSES.1. Allied members shall be exempt from the payment of

dues.2. Each active member shall annually pay to the Secretary-

Treasurer, on or before the annual meeting, as annual dues forthe ensuing year, a sum equal to $2.50 for each club member ofsuch active member; provided, that every applicant for activemembership shall remit with its application to the Secretary-Treasurer the amount of its annual dues, and shall not again beliable for the payment of dues until the year following the nextensuing annual meeting.

3. A failure to pay such dues within the time prescribed shalloperate to forfeit the right to a representation of and a vote bythe delinquent member at any meeting of the Union, and a con-tinued indebtedness for dues or other charges for a period of twomonths shall operate as a loss of membership by the delinquentmember.

4. The receipts from dues and from all other sources shall bedevoted to defraying the expenses of national championshipmeetings and other necessary expenses of the Union.

ARTICLE XIII.MEETINGS OF THE UNION.

1. The annual meeting of the Union shall be held at 11 o'clocka.m., on the third Monday of November of each year, in a placeto be designated by a majority of the members of the Board ofGovernors voting.

2. Special meetings of the Union may be called by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Governors, upon not less than tendays' notice to all members, or upon the written request of atleast one-quarter of all the members of the Union must be calledupon like notice, such notice to contain the date and a statementof location of such meeting and the object thereof.

3. Notice of every meeting of the Union shall be sent by theSecretary-Treasurer of the Union, at the time provided by theConstitution and By-Laws, to the Secretary-Treasurer of everyallied and active member thereof; and every such member shallpromptly notify the Secretary-Treasurer of the Union of anychange in office or address of the Secretary-Treasurer; and anotice sent by the Secretary-Treasurer of the Union to theaddress last given by such member shall be deemed a full com-pliance on his part with the Constitution and By-Laws as tosending such notices.


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22 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIORARY.4. At all meetings of the Union a quorum shall consist of

representatives from five members of the Union.5. At all meetings of the Union the following shall be the

order of business1. Roll Call of Delegates.2. Reading of Minutes.3. Treasurer's Report.4. Reports of Committees.5. Resolutions, Orders and General Business.6. Election of Board of Governors (if annual meeting).7. Adjournment.

6. In the interval between two annual meetings of the Union,any action that might be lawfully taken at a special meeting maybe so taken by mail or telegraph vote ; provided, that where thisConstitution requires a majority vote, the vote so taken must, tobe effective, be a majority of all members of the Union voting,and where this Constitution requires a two-thirds vote, the voteso taken must, to be effective, be a two-thirds vote of all mem-bers of the Union voting; and provided, further, that in everyinstance such mail or telegraph vote shall be taken by the Secre-tary-Treasurer, and the ballot of each member must be preservedin his files.

ARTICLE XIV.PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

1. The annual meeting of the Board of Governors shall beconvened immediately after the adjournment of the annual meet-ing of the Union.

2. Special meetings must be called by the President uponrequest of not less than five members of the Board, not less thanfifteen days' notice being given by the Secretary-Treasurer toeach member of the Board, of such meeting and the objectthereof. At any meeting of the Board of Governors a quorumshall consist of those who answer the roll call.

3. In the interval between two annual meetings of the Board,any action that might be lawfully taken at a special meeting ofthe Board may be so taken by mail or telegraph vote ; provided,that where this Constitution requires a majority vote, the voteso taken must, to be effective, be a two-thirds vote of all themembers of the Board voting; and provided, further, that ineverv instance such mail or telegraph vote shall be taken by theSecretary-Treasurer, and the ballot of each member of theBoard must be preserved in his files.


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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 23ARTICLE XV.

REPORTS FROM ASSOCIATIONS.Each Association of the A.A.U. must, within ten days aftereach meeting of the Association or its Board of Managers, mail

to the Secretary of the A.A.U. a copy of the minutes of saidmeeting. The Secretaries of the several Associations of theA.A.U. must forward to the Secretary of the A.A.U. copies ofall official notices issued from their offices, at the time of suchissue, said notices to include all those sent to the members ofthe Board of Managers, as well as to the clubs of the Associ-ation.

ARTICLE XVI.AMENDMENTS.No amendment shall be made to the Constitution except at the

annual meeting and by a two-thirds vote of the members voting.All proposed amendments must be presented to the Secretary-Treasurer in writing at least fifty days before the annual meetingand forwarded immediately by the Secretary-Treasurer to theChairman of the Legislation Committee, and all proposed amend-ments, together with the report of the Legislation Committeethereon, must be mailed by the Secretary-Treasurer to each dulycertified delegate and to the chief executive officer of each alliedmember at least twenty days before the annual meeting.


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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY.BY-LAWS

of theAmateur Athletic Union

of theUnited States

i.ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

The officers of the Union, viz. : President, four Vice-Presidentsand Secretary-Treasurer, shall be elected by ballot, by a majorityvote, at the annual meeting of the Board of Governors.

II.DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

1. The President must order meetings of the Board of Gov-ernors upon request of not less than five of the members thereof;shall preside at all meetings of said Board and of the Union, andgenerally shall perform such other duties as appertain to theoffice of President.

2. The Vice-Presidents in their order shall have al! thepowers and perform all the duties of President, in the absenceor inability to attend of the latter.

3. The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep the records of theUnion and the Board of Governors, conduct all official corre-spondence, issue notices of all meetings of the Union and saidBoard ; keep a complete record of all athletic events held underthe auspices of the Union, and perform such other duties as maybe prescribed by the Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of saidUnion.The Secretary-Treasurer shall receive all moneys of the Unionand pay all bills approved by the President or the Board of Gov-ernors, provided that necessary minor expenses which may neces-sarily be paid by any committee, may be turned in to the Secre-tary-Treasurer as cash, if recorded in detail, duly attested bysuch committee and approved by the Board. He shall, wheneverrequired by the Board or its Finance Committee, submit andturn over to said Board or Committee all moneys, accounts,books, papers, vouchers and records appertaining to his office, andshall turn the same over to his successor when elected.He shall be bonded (at the expense of this Union) in a sum tobe fixed by the Board of Governors at not less than $1,000.


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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 25III.

COMMITTEES.1. At the first meeting of the Board of Governors after eachannual meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union, the President,

with the advice and consent of the Board of Governors, shallappoint the following committees : Finance, Legislation, Records,Championship and such other committees as the President maydeem advisable. With the advice and consent of the Board ofGovernors the President shall also appoint a National Registra-tion Committee, composed of the Chairmen of the RegistrationCommittees from each Association of the Amateur AthleticUnion, an official representative of each allied member that usesa registration plan in co-operation with the Amateur AthleticUnion, and an additional member who shall be Chairman of theCommittee, and who must be a member of the Board of Gov-ernors of the Amateur Athletic Union.

2. The Finance Committee shall, within two weeks next fol-lowing the first day of November in each year, audit and examinethe accounts of the Secretary-Treasurer, and make its report tothe Board of Governors prior to the annual meeting next ensu-ing said date, for the fiscal year ending on said first day ofNovember. Said Committee shall also at any other times whenrequested by the Board, make an examination of the accounts ofthe Secretary-Treasurer, and report to the Board thereon, andmay in such cases require the Secretary-Treasurer to turn overto it all moneys, accounts, books, papers, vouchers and recordsappertaining to his office.

3. To the Committee on Legislation shall be referred all pro-posed amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws. All suchamendments the Committee shall consider and present in properform for action, but this provision shall not prevent the Boardof Governors from acting upon any amendment of which legalnotice has been given if the Committee fail to consider the sameand report upon it.

4. The Championship Committee shall prepare the annualschedule and shall have power to appoint sub-committees, whosemembers need not be members of the Board, to conduct andmanage the various championships.

5. The National Registration Committee shall have powerto determine all matters delegated to it by the Constitution, andshall take action in all cases involving the interpretation orenforcement cf any article of the Constitution, By-Laws, rulesand regulations which affect or relate to two or more membersof the A.A.U., and the decision of said Committee must be fol-lowed and obeyed until overruled by the Board of Governors ofthe Amateur Athletic Union.


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26 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY.6. The duties of other committees shall be such as are speci-

fied in the Constitution and By-Laws, or may be delegated tothem by the Board.IV.

MEMBERSHIP IN UNION.1. Any collection of four clubs which might as an Association

be eligible for membership under Article IV. of the Constitution,may make application therefor in writing to the Secretary-Treas-urer, stating

(a) The territory which they desire included in such proposedAssociation.

(b) The names of the Union or other clubs applying for thecreation and admission of such Association.

(c) The reasons why the creation of such proposed Associ-ation is desired or desirable.

2. If said application shall be passed favorably by a two-thirdsvote of the Board of Governors voting, the President and Secre-tary-Treasurer of the Union shall call a meeting of all the clubswithin the territory of such proposed Association, upon not lessthan thirty days' notice, for the purpose of organizing suchAssociation, and adopting the Constitution and By-Laws pre-scribed by the Union therefor.

V.VOTING BY MAIL.

I. By the Board of Governors.(a) The President may of his own motion and upon the writ-

ten request of any active or allied member of the Union, or ofthree members of the Board of Governors, must submit to a voteby mail any specific question or matter which might be passedupon at a special meeting of the Board. Such request shall bedelivered, to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Union and by himat once laid before the President.

(b) Where a vote by mail is required or decided to be takenas above, the Secretary-Treasurer shall mail to each member ofthe Board a clear statement of the question to be voted upon,with the request that each member send his vote thereupon tothe Secretary-Treasurer of the Union ; and the said request shallstate upon what day the voting with the Secretary-Treasurershall be closed (which shall not be less than twenty days afterthe mailing of said question). In cases where the Board ofGovernors may deem it necessary, a vote may be taken by tele-graph instead of by mail ; in such cases the vote to close withinforty-eight hours. All mail and telegraph votes received by the


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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 27Secretary-Treasurer shall be preserved and filed. The Secretary-Treasurer may at any time when sufficient votes have beenreceived to either carry or reject a mail or telegraph vote,announce the result of the same and the result so announcedshall be decisive.

(c) Within five days after the closing of said vote with theSecretary-Treasurer, said Secretary-Treasurer shall mail to eachmember of the Board a copy of the question and the result ofthe vote thereon, to wit: the number voting for and in opposi-tion thereto, with a statement of whether said question has beencarried or defeated.

2. By the Union.(a) The President may of his own motion, and upon the writ-ten request of not less than three members of the Union, ordirection of the Board of Governors of the Union, must submitto a vote by mail any specific question or matter which mightbe passed upon at a special meeting of the Union. Such requestshall be delivered to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Union andby him delivered to the President.

(b) In such a case the Secretary-Treasurer shall mail thequestion to the Secretary of each active and allied member ofthe Union, with a request in form as set forth in clause (b) ofthis article above. The Secretary of each member shall at oncesubmit the question to its duly appointed and registered delegatesto the Union (or alternates in proper cases), who shall indi-cate in writing thereupon, and said Secretary shall at once for-ward the same to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Union, whoshall preserve and file all votes. Each active and allied member'svote shall count one, except that if, in any case, the voting dele-gates or alternates of any such' member shall not agree, theproper fractional part of one vote shall be credited as cast uponthe question or matter at issue.

(c) Within five days after the closing of said vote with theSecretary-Treasurer, said Secretary-Treasurer shall mail to eachactive and allied member of the Union a copy of the question andthe result of the vote thereon, to wit : the number voting forand in opposition thereto, with a statement of whether saidquestion has been carried or defeated.

VI.ORDER OF BUSINESS.

The order of business at all meetings of the Board of Gover-nors shall be as follows:


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VII.CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS.

1. A field and track championship meeting shall be held annu-ally at such time and place and including such events as may bedetermined by the Championship Committee.

2. The Annual Track and Field Championships of the Ama-teur Athletic Union shall consist of a senior class and juniorclass. The senior class shall be open to all registered amateurathletes and the junior class shall be open to all registered ath-letes who have not won a first prize at any A.A.U. Track andField Championship Meeting, a Canadian Championship Meeting,a Cross-Country Championship, Intercollegiate Championship orthe Championship of any foreign country. The winner of anyevent in the junior championship shall be ineligible for furthercompetition in the junior class. Nothing shall prevent an ath-lete entering in both senior and junior championships and com-peting in both classes the same day, providing he has not previ-ously won a senior championship.

3. All entries shall be sent to the Chairman of said Com-mittee, which Committee may reject any entries it may deemobjectionable.

4. Said Committee shall choose the officers at all champion-ship meetings deliver all prizes and decide, for that event only,all objections to eligibility and qualifications of entries, but mustreport the same to the Board of Governors at its next meeting.

VIII.TRIALS.

I. Original jurisdiction.(a) In such cases as do not come under the jurisdiction of

the Local Registration Committee and Board of Managers ofany Association of the A.A.U., and where the Board of Gov-ernors has original jurisdiction, the complainant shall submit tothe Board his charges in writing and in detail, signed by himself.In case said charges are not deemed worthy of investigation theBoard shall dismiss the case unless it shall see fit to requestfurther information from the complainant.


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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 29(b) In case the Board shall deem such charges, either as

originally submitted, or as amended, worthy of investigation, itshall forthwith send a copy thereof to the person charged, whoshall, within fifteen days after the receipt thereof, file with theSecretary-Treasurer of the Union his answer in detail thereto,himself.

(c) The Board may, upon such charges and answers, dismisssuch case ; but if not, shall refer the same to the Committee onReinstatement, which Committee shall, upon not less than tendays' notice to both parties, appoint a time and place when evi-dence will be taken upon such charges, and shall have discre-tion to adjourn such hearing from time to time, as may seemjust and proper.

(d) Within ten days after the closing of the evidence, suchcommittee shall make and file its report with the Secretary ofthe Union, which report shall be submitted to the Board ofGovernors at its next meeting, at which due notice of theintended submission of such report can be given, unless a mailvote shall be taken upon the acceptance of the report, as herein-before provided, in which case a copy of the report and the evi-dence shall be mailed to each member of the Board of Gover-nors, except the Trial Committee. In case no decision has beenreached by the Board within ninety days after the charge wasfirst filed by the complainant, the person accused shall be deemedto have been acquitted, and said charge shall stand as dismissed,as though formal action had been taken to that effect by a voteof the Board.

(e) Should the person charged fail to appear and defend, heshall be considered as having admitted the truth of the charges,and in case of such default, or his conviction, he shall suffer thepenalty fixed by the Board of Governors under the Constitutionof this organization.

(/) Should the accused be found innocent, he shall at once beso declared and the fact made public by the Board of Governorsin such manner as it may determine. And in that case theexpenses of such trial, or so much thereof as shall be determinedby the Board of Governors, shall be paid by the complainant.

2. Appellate jurisdiction.(a) In cases of appellate jurisdiction, all papers and docu-

ments, and the facts in writing upon which the decision ap-pealed from was made, together with, a copy of such decisionshall, on the request of the appellant and at his expense, be pre-pared and certified by the original trial tribunal and submittedto the Board of Governors.


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30 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY.(b) The Board shall thereupon, upon not less than ten days'

notice to the appellant and respondent, hear argument itself, orby its committee, upon the question or matter involved, andmay call for other or further evidence or witnesses, but suchevidence or witnesses must be produced within a period to befixed by the Board or its committee, which shall not be morethan thirty days from the date of such first hearing.

(c) The final decision of the committee (if the trial be beforea committee) shall be filed with the Secretary of the Unionwithin fifteen days after the final hearing, and, in any case, thedecision of the Board of Governors .shall be rendered withinthirty days after such final hearing, the vote being taken by mail,or at a special meeting, as shall be proper.

(d) In case either the appellant or respondent fails to appearat the first hearing, the appeal shall go against him by default,unless both should fail to appear, in which case the appeal shallstand dismissed. The Board of Governors may adjust thatihe expenses of the appeal, or so much thereof as shall seem tothem proper, shall be paid by the unsuccessful party. The de-cision upon such appeal shall be at once transmitted by theSecretary to every member of the Union, and shall be otherwisemade public in such manner as the Board of Governors shalldetermine.

3. Refusal to testify.Any person who shall refuse to testify before the Board orits committee, or to answer any question which the Board or itscommittee shall rule to be proper, or to declare in writing hisbelief as to the amateur standing of any individual upon trialby the Union in the exercise of either its original or appellatejurisdiction, or any party who upon appeal shall fail to pay theexpenses adjudged against him, shall be liable to suspensionfrom competition until he has purged himself of such failure orrefusal.

IX.AMENDMENTS.

These By-Laws may be amended at any meeting of the Board,or by mail or telegraph vote, by a majority of the membersvoting, provided that at least twenty days' notice shall havebeen given to every member of the Board of the proposedamendment.


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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 31GENERAL RULESRULE I.

Any amateur athlete, not a resident of the United States,desiring to compete in any athletic competition under the rulesof the Amateur Athletic Union, must apply to the NationalRegistration Committee of the Amateur Athletic Union of theUnited States for registration. He must submit to said Commit-tee, through the Secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union, acertificate from the recognized governing body of the countrywherein he resides that he is an amateur, eligible to competein any amateur competition.

RULE II.Any amateur athlete, a resident of the United States, desiring

to compete in amateur competitions in any other country, must,before such competition, secure from the National RegistrationCommittee of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United Statesa permit on petition of the club of which he is a member and ofthe District Association wherein such club is located, that willauthorize him to compete as an amateur in any other country.

RULE III.Any club, a member of any Association of the Amateur Ath-

letic Union of the United States, which sanctions the competi-tion of any member, or any team, under its club name or its clubemblem, in unregistered sport or professional contest, or whichpersists in playing disqualified athletes, or which permits profes-sionals to compete under its auspices in any competition in asport over which the Amateur Athletic Union assumes jurisdic-tion, where such competition is announced as a competition be-tween amateurs, shall be liable to forfeit its membership in suchAssociation. RULE IV.

SUSPENSION OR DISQUALIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS.i. Any person competing or exhibiting at open sports, or any

athletic entertainment that is not given under the sanction ofthe Amateur Athletic Union or of one of its allied members,shall thereby disqualify himself from competing at any sportsgiven under sanction of the Amateur Athletic Union.

2. The Registration Committee of the Association in whoseterritory the offence was committed shall have the power toreinstate anyone so disqualified, if it shall think fit.

3. Athletic meetings promoted by companies, incorporatedbodies, individuals or associations of individuals, as private


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32 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY.speculations or in conjunction with a benefit, social or picnicentertainment, are not, unless with the sanction of the Registra-tion Committee of the Association in whose territory such meet-ings are to take place, recognized by the Amateur AthleticUnion, and any athlete competing at an unsanctioned meetingshall thereby suspend himself from all games held under Ama-teur Athletic Union Rules.

4. No person shall be allowed to compete or exhibit at anymeeting, open or closed, held under Amateur Athletic UnionRules while disqualified or under suspension of this Union, orany of its active members.

5. Any person knowingly competing against one who is dis-qualified or under sentence of suspension by 'this Union, or anyof its active or allied members, shall be held to have suspendedhimself until the expiration of such sentence, or for such periodas the Registration Committee of the Association in whose ter-ritory the offence was committed may deem proper.

6. No person who, at any time since the organization of theA.A.U., has knowingly become a professional, shall be reinstatedas an amateur.

7. No application for reinstatement to full amateur status shallbe entertained unless the applicant shall have abstained fromall professional conduct for two years, and can be acted upononly at a meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union or of theBoard of Governors. A two-thirds vote shall be necessary forreinstatement.

8. Any person receiving compensation for services performedin any capacity in connection with athletic games, or in an athleticclub, will be ineligible to represent such club in games under therules of the Amateur Athletic Union until he shall have per-manently abandoned such employment. The abandonment of suchemployment shall not entitle a person to compete as an amateurwho is not eligible under Article X of the Constitution.

9. Any member of any club of either of the Associations ofthe Amateur Athletic Union who shall have been expelled fromsaid club for unpaid indebtedness shall not be eligible to competein any games given by any Association of the Amateur AthleticUnion, or by any club of any Association of the Amateur Ath-letic Union, until such indebtedness is liquidated.

10. In all cases where an athlete receives money to covertraveling expenses, whether from his own club or any otherorganization, he shall immediately, upon his return home, send tothe Chairman of the Registration Committee of his own districta signed statement showing the amount received and an item-ized account of his expenses. When any money is paid to anathlete for traveling expenses, the organization or committee


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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 38making such payment shall be required to take a receipt thereforin duplicate, containing an itemized statement of such expenses,and forward immediately one copy thereof to the Chairman ofthe Registration Committee of the Association in which theathlete is registered, and one copy thereof to the Chairman ofthe Registration Committee of the Association in whose districtthe meeting is held, such receipts and statements to be kept onfile by said Chairmen respectively. Any athlete failing topromptly forward the statement, as required above, shall beliable to suspension ; and any organization failing to secure andforward the receipt, as above provided, shall be liable to sus-pension or refusal of sanction, as the case may be.

ii. The traveling expenses which an athlete is allowed toask for, receive or accept are limited to first-class railroadfare, including parlor car and single berth sleeping car faresactually paid, and the amount actually paid for meals and lodg-ing, which amount for meals and lodging shall not exceed $6.00per day in any case during the time necessarily occupied in goingto and returning from a meeting, and which amount for anysingle meal shall not exceed $1.50. No traveling expenses orpayment of any kind for trainer, rubber, friend or relative, andno payment for loss of time or wages, shall be asked for orreceived directly or indirectly. Any athlete violating this ruleshall be disqualified from further competition as an amateur.

12. An athlete who permits anyone other than an officer ofthe club which he is entitled to represent in competition to makearrangements for his appearance at an athletic meeting shallthereby disqualify himself from further competition as an ama-teur. RULE V.

OFFICIAL HANDICAPPERS.It shall be the duty of the official handicappers to keep books

containing the names and performances of all registered athletesin their districts and to handicap all handicap games or events.These books shall be the property of the respective Associationsof the Amateur Athletic Union. The official handicappers shallcheck the entries of all novices without charge, being sure thatthey are registered.They shall receive and handicap all entries furnished them bythe proper parties up to the time they return their lists, but noentry shall be handicapped on the day of the games.The Committee in charge of all open handicap games or eventsgiven under the rules of the Amateur Athletic Union must em-ploy the official handicapper, and must furnish him with theoriginal entry blanks and also a list of all entries in duplicate,and the handicapper must mark the handicaps on such lists as


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84 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY.well as on the original entry blanks, and return one copy ofsuch list with the entries to the Committee, retaining the othercopy for comparison with the program.No competitor shall be allowed to start, unless his name ison the printed program, unless his name is omitted through print-er's error, and no change shall be made in the handicaps as shownon the program, unless the handicap was erroneously printed, orunless the handicapper makes the change, by written notificationto the Clerk of the Course, before the competition starts in theevent in which the change is made.The total number of entries in all handicap events, addedtogether, shall determine the number of entries, each name ineach event counting separately, and the handicapper shall receiveten cents for each separate entry, but no meeting shall be handi-capped for less than Five DolFrs, and all fees for handicappingmust be paid before the handicaps are delivered.The handicapper shall not be required to handicap an entry,unless the entry blank is properly filled out, showing past per-formances and registration number.When for any reason the official handicapper shall fail to han-dicap any set of games, the entries shall be sent to the localmember of the Registration Committee, who shall see that theyare properly handicapped and returned.

RULE VI.Championship Meetings.

1. The annual Track and Field Championships of the Ama-teur Athletic Union shall consist of a Senior Class anda Junior Class. The Senior Class shall be open to all regis-tered amateur athletes and the Junior Class shall be open to anyregistered amateur athlete who has not won a first place at anyAmateur Athletic Union National Track and Field ChampionshipMeeting, a Canadian Championship Meeting, an Olympic Cham-pionship Meeting, a National or Intercollegiate Cross CountryChampionship Meeting, an Intercollegiate Championship Meeting,or the Championship Meeting of any foreign country.

2. The fact that an athlete has been on a winning cross-country or relay team shall not disqualify him from the JuniorClasses.

3. The winner of any event in the Junior Championships shallbe ineligible for any further compeiition in the Junior Class.Nothing shall prevent an athlete entering in both Senior andJunior Championships and competing in both classes the sameday providing he has not previously won a Senior Champion-ship.


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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 354. The annual Track and Field Championships shall he as

followsa. Outdoor Field Meeting. Order of events.

100 Yards Run. Trials.100 Yards Run. Semi-finals.880 Yards Run.100 Yards Run. Final.120 Yards Hurdle. Trials.120 Yards Hurdles. Semi-finals.One-Mile Run.440 Yards Run.120 Yards Hurdle. Final.220 Yards Run. Trials.220 Yards Run. Semi-finals.220 Yards Hurdle. Trials.220 Yards Hurdle. Semi-final.Five-Mile Run.220 Yards Run. Final.220 Yards Hurdle. Final.Pole Vault for Height.Running High Jump.Running Broad Jump.Running Hop, Step and Jump.Putting 16-lb. Shot.Throwing 16-lb. Hammer.Throwing the Discus.Throwing the Javelin.Throwing the 56Tb. Weight.

If enough athletes do not answer roll call to make more thanone heat in an event, such heat shall be considered the final.b. Ten Mile Run.c. Indoor Supplementary Meeting.

75 Yards Run.150 Yards Run.300 Yards Run.600 Yards Run.1000 Yards Run.Two-Mile Run.Standing Broad Jump.Standing High Jump.Three Standing Broad Jumps.Running Hop, Step and Jump.Pole Vault for Distance.


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16 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY.Throwing 56-lb. Weight for height.Putting 24-lb. Shot.70 Yards Hurdle, flights 3 ft. 6 in. high.440 Yards Hurdle, 10 flights 2 ft. 6 in. high.

The order of events shall be determined by the Committee.d. Individual General Athletic Competition. Order of

Events.Scoring on the percentage basis.

100 Yards Run.Putting 16-lb. Shot.Running High Jump.880 Yards Walk.Throwing 16-lb. Hammer.Pole Vault for height.120 Yards Hurdle, 10 flights 3 ft 6 in. high.Throwing 56-lb. Weight for Distance.Running Broad Jump.One-Mile Run.

5. The annual Cross Country Championships of the AmateurAthletic Union shall consist of a Senior Class and a Junior Class.The Senior Class shall be open to all registered amateur athletes,and the Junior Class shall be open to any registered amateurathlete who has not won a first place in running at a distance oftwo miles or over, at any Amateur Athletic Union NationalTrack and Field Championship Meeting, an IntercollegiateChampionship Meeting, an Olympic Championship Meeting, orthe Championship Meeting of any foreign country, or who hasnot been a member of a team winning the Cross Country Cham-pionship of the Amateur Athletic Union, or of any foreigncountry, or an Intercollegiate Cross Country Championship.

6. The fact that an athlete has been on a winning crosscountry team shall not render him ineligible to the Junior Indi-vidual Cross Country Championship, unless he shall have won afirst place in such Championship.

7. In the Cross Country Championships the prizes shall con-sist of individual prizes to first, second and third, and a teamtrophy for the team scoring the lowest number of points,counted as follows

First place to count one point,Second place to count two points,Third place to count three points,

and so on, each contestant having scored against hin* a numberof points represented by the place in which he finishes. Team


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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 37entries are to be limited to eight men and the score of the firstfive members of the team only to count.- In case of a tie onpoints the team whose individual member finished nearest to firstplace will be the winner.

8. The annual Swimming Championships of the AmateurAthletic Union shall consist of a Senior Class and a JuniorClass. The Senior Class shall be open to all registeredamateur athletes and the Junior Class shall be open to anyregistered amateur athlete who has not won a first placein the class of events as hereinafter defined in any NationalSwimming Championship of the Amateur Athletic Union orof any foreign country, or a first place in an Intercollegiateor Olympic Swimming Championship.9. For the purpose of defining^ eligibility to the JuniorClass, aquatic events shall be divided into five classes, asfollows:

1. Free Style Swimming.2. Back Stroke.3. Breast Stroke.4. Diving.5. Plunge for Distance.

10. The winner of an event in the Junior Championship inany of said classes shall be ineligible for further competition asa junior in such class.

11. The fact that a swimmer has been on a winning waterpolo or relay team shall not disqualify him from the juniorclasses.

12. The annual Swimming Championships shall be as fol-lows:

a. Outdoor Swimming MeetingSenior Class.440 Yards "]880 Yards I .One Mile f Known as Free Style Swimming EventsLong Distance. JHigh Diving.

b. Outdoor Swimming MeetingJunior Class.One Mile ( Known as Free Style Swimming Events.High Diving.

c. Indoor Swimming MeetingSenior Class.50 Yards -\220 Yards f Known as Free Style Swimming Events.500 Yards )


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d. Indoor Swimming MeetingJunior Class.- 00 yards \ ^nown as Free

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