SPORTING COLUMN.

THE INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONVENTION.

The sixth annual convention of the American Intercollegiate Athletic Association met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, on January 22 last, the Vice-President, Mr. G. B. Thayer, of the University of Pennsylvania, in the chair. Representatives from nine colleges appeared.

The Treasurer, Mr. Porter, Lehigh, '80, reported a balance in the treasury of $197.86, the total receipts, including a balance of $100 from 1879, being $603.34, and the total expenses $408.48.

The convention adopted the rules of the National Association of Amateur Athletes, and chose the New York Athletic Club Grounds at Mott Haven for this year's meeting, which comes off, under the constitution, on the last Saturday in May, - the 28th. It was also passed that a committee of two be appointed by the chair, to expend not more than $150 in the purchase of a championship cup, to be held each year by the college taking the greatest number of first prizes, the names of the college and the individual winners to be inscribed on the cup. $25 additional was subscribed by the College Athletic Association to be added to this fund. The chair appointed Messrs. W. B. Parsons, '79, Columbia; and W. G. Twombley, '79, Harvard. It was then moved to omit the standing high and standing broad jumps from the programme, but after a heated discussion, the former motion was lost, the latter, however, eventually being passed. The aggregate weight of the tug-of-war teams was limited to 600 pounds. Lafayette College, of Easton, Pennsylvania, was admitted; and the Executive Committee were given power to admit McGill College, Montreal, should she apply. The following officers were then elected by acclamation: President, Walter I. Badger, Yale, '82; Vice-President, Evert J. Wendell, Harvard, '82; Secretary, Alexander Harvey, Columbia, '82; Treasurer, H. F. I. Porter, Lehigh, '80. Executive Committee: the President; G. H. Taylor, Columbia, '81; W. P. Field, Princeton, '83.

Above will be found a full account of the sixth annual Intercollegiate Athletic Convention, held last week in New York.

For the benefit of our jumpers, we would say, that the adoption of the National Association rules changes the manner of running broad jumping, and makes this event somewhat more difficult than under last year's rules. By the Association rules the competitor must take off behind the scratch, and the measurement will be taken from the scratch line to the first break of the ground made by any part of his person. Stepping over the line in an attempt will be "no jump," but will count as a "try." In the Intercollegiate rules the competitor was allowed to take off where he pleased, and the measurement was taken "from the toe of the extreme forward foot-print from which the rise is taken, to the backward heel-mark made in descending." This distinction, it will be seen, is a most important one, and those who have been practising under the Intercollegiate rules will have to be very careful to avoid disqualification. It is of service to the collegians, however, in that their records will now be accepted by all amateurs as genuine, which before has not always been the case.

The limiting of the weight of the tug-of-war teams to 600 pounds ought to bring out a goodly number of entries. Last year we did not send a team for this event, as our heavy men were all engaged in trying for the 'Varsity; but this year no such objection exists, and we ought to be able to find four good men who fulfil the above conditions to represent us, especially as it counts one point toward the championship cup, which will be sent to us for safe keeping as soon as it is made, owing to our last year's Mott Haven victories.