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FKDDERICK W. KUBIKNSt. George's Club

Vice-President

JACOB W. STUMPFGrace Club

Secretary-Treasurer

H. OBEHTUBBESINGWest Side Y. M. C. A.

Reg-istration CommitteeFRED A. XILES, JR., Chairman

JAMES T. McINERXEY E. WETMORE KINSLEYEDWARD P. CARR MARTIN A. KLEIN

LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATIONCorrected to April 11. 191 S.

Alma Club, 585 Sycamore Street, Buffalo, N. Y.Alpha Physical Culture Club, 126 West 131st Street, New York City. ,Aland Atliloti(; Club, 19 St. Marks I'lace, New York City..\uierican l'2xpress Employees' Association, 67 Madison Avenue, New

York City.American Walkers Association, c/o Harry R. Ilertzel, 149-1 Rosedale

Avenue, New York City.Anchor A. C, 506 Central Avenue, Jersey Citv, N. J.Annunciation A. C, 555 West 129th Street, New York City.Atlantic Yacht Club, Sea Gate, Brooklyn, N. Y.Atlas A. C, ."^G Davis Avenue, Kearny, N. J.Automobile Club of Buffalo, Lafayette Hotel. Buffalo, N. Y.Bohemian (iymnastic Association 420' East 71st Street, New York City.Boys' Club. 161 Avenue A. New York City.Bronx Athletic Leat'ue, 2716 Third Avenue, New York City.


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Bronx Church House, 1511 Fulton Avenue, New York CitvBronxdale A. C, 1677 White Plains Avenue, A'an Nest, N. YBrooklyn A. A., 253 Reid Avenue. Brooklyn, N. YBrooklyn College A. A., 1125 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, N YBrooklyn Park Playgrounds A. A., 5th Street and Prospect Park West,

Brooklyn, N. Y.Brooklyn-Queens Police A. A., 72 Poplar Street, Brooklyn N YBuffalo Central Y. M. C. A., 45 West Mohawk Street. Buffalo, N. Y.Caldwell Field Club, Caldwell, N. J.

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Catholic Athletic League, c/o Holy Cross Lyceum, .321 West 43rd StreetNew York City.Catholic Y'oung Men's Diocesan Union of Newark, c/o J. T. Owens 3'-'8

South 19th Street, Newark, N. J.Central Branch Y. M. C. A., 55 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, N YChurch Athletic League, 207 East 16th Street. New York CitvCity A. C, 50 West 54th Street, New York City.City College of New York, 140th Street and Amsterdam Avenue New

York Citv.Claremont A. C, 232 East 5Sth Street, New York CitvCohiniMa University A. A.. Broadway and 116th Street, New York CitvCompany D, Second Infantry, N. G. N. Y., Trov, NYCompany E, Third Infantry A. A., Niagara Falls, N. YDeal Beach Swimming Club, c/o Arthur McAleenan, 194 Eighth Avenue,New York City.Diocesan Union of Catholic Young Men's Societies of Brooklyn 701

Dean Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.Eastern New YoiT? A. L., Schenectady, N. Y.East Side House Settlement A. A., 540 East 76th Street, New York Citv.East Side Y. M. C. A., 153 East 86th Street, New York Citv.Educational Alliance, East Broadway and Jefferson Street,' New York

City.Elizabeth Sunday School Athletic League, c/o D. Ellv, 38 DeHart Place.

Elizabeth, N. J.Elizabeth Y. M. C. A., Elizabeth, N. ,T.Emmanuel House Athletic Association, 131 Steuben Street Brooklyn

N. Y.Entre Nous Lyceum, Oliver Street, Paterson, N. J.Federation Settlement. 240 East 105th Street, New York CitvFinnish-American A. C, 209 East 124th Street, New York CityFirst Bohemian Athletic Club, c/o L. Laznovsky, 1356 First AvenueNew York City.First Regiment A. A., Newark, N. J.Fordham University A. A., Fordham. N. Y,Fort.y- seventh Infantry A. A., Brooklyn, N. Y.Fourteenth Infantry, Eighth Avenue and 15th Street, Brooklyn N YFourth Infantry A. A., Jersey City, N. J.

.Franklin A. C, Blondell Avenue and Chesbrough Street, Westchester,

General Electric A. A., Schenectady, N. 1'.Glencoe A.

C, 247 East 126th Street, New York City.Grace A. C, 415 East 13th Street, New York City.Greek-American Athletic Club, 313 West 53d Street, New York CityGymnasium League of Young Women's Christian Association "lO

Franklin Street, Rochester. N. Y.Harlem A. L., c/o William Niccols, 43 East 132nd Street, New York Cit\Hollywood Inn Club, Yonkers, N. Y.Holy Cross Lyceum. 321 West 43rd Street, New York City.Holy Name Societies of Orange, Bloomfleld and Caldwell, N. J e/o

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Hudson Guild. 436 West 27th Street, New York City.Hungarian-American A. C, 511 East Q\)th Street. New York City.Insurance A. E.. c/o Ered Metz. Prudential Insurance Co.. Newark. N. .T.Inter-Settl^ment A. A., c/o C. H. Warner, Clark House, Cannon and

Rivington Streets, New York City.Irish-American A. C, 159 East 60th Street, Ngw York City.Jersey Harriers A. A., 15th Street and Avenue A, Bayonne, N. J.Johnson & .Johnson A. .V., New Brunswick, N. J.Kaleva A. C. 7r,4 4()th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.Kings County A. A., 211 Buffalo Avenue, Brooklyn, N. \'.Knights of St. Antony, 723 Leonard Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

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way, New York City.Michelin A. A., Milltown, N. J.Millrose A. A., 784 Broadway, New York City.Mohawk A. C, 158th Street and Walton Avenue, New York City.Momingside A. C. 107 West 130th Street, New York City.Municipal .V. A. of the City of New Y'ork, Room 1l:45 Municipal Build-

ing, New Y'ork City.National A. C, 11 Cedar Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.National Turn Verein, 211 Bruce Street, Newark, N. J.National Women's Life Saving League, 25 Clint^in Street. Brookl\n,

N. Y.Navy Y. M. C. A., 107 Siinds Street. Brooklyn, N. Y.Newark Y. M. C. A., Ill Halsey Street, Newark, N. .1.New Haven .\mateur Athletes, 69 Church Street, New Haven, Conn.New West Side .V. C. 329 West 54th Street. New York City.New Y'ork A. C, Central Park South. New York City.New Y'ork Turn \'erein, Lexington .Vvenue and 85th Street., New York

City.92nd Street Y'. M. IL A., 92nd Street and Lexington Avenue, New

York City.Norwegian-AmericaTi A. C, 208 East 128th Street, New York City.Norwegian Turn and Athletic Club, 708 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.Orange County A. C, Middletown Chamber of Conmieree, Midilletown,

N. Y.Orange 1'. M. C. A., Orange, N. J.Ozanam Association, 5 Beekman Street, New York City.Park View A. C. 5098 Hudson Boulevard, West New Y'ork, N. J.P.issaic Vallev Canoe Club, Paterson, N. J.Pastime A. C, 114 East 159th Street. New York City.


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Paterson Public Schools A. A., c/o A. U. Jenkins, Public School No. 2,Paterson, N. J.

Paulist A. C. 10 West fiOth Street, New York City.Pennant A. C, 2716 Third Avenue, New York City.People's Palace, 380^ Bergen Avenue, Jersey City, N. J.Perth Amboy Y. M. C. A., Perth Amboy. N. J.Presentation A. C, 1661 St. Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.Public Park Playground Athletic and Recreation League, Room 1016,

Municipal Building, New York Citv.Public Schools' A. L., 157 East 67th Street, New York City.Recreation Centers A. L., 500 Park Avenue, New York City:Red Star A. C, 156 West ."iSth Street, New York City.Rutgers College A. A., New Brunswick, N. J.Rye Beach Club, Rye, N. Y.St. Andrew's Scottish Society, c/o A. B. Gunn, Elec. Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y.St. Anselm's A. C. 67.3 Tinton Avenue, New York Citv.St. Bartholomew A. C, 209 East 42nd Street, New York City.St. Bona venture's Lyceum, Ramsey Street, Paterson, N. J.St. Christopher's Club, 215 West 13.3rd Street, New York City.St. Dimula;-! A. C, Orange. N. J.St. (T.'orge's Club, 207 East IGth Street, New York City.St. John's Club, 348 East 56th Street, New York City.St. John's College A. A., Brooklyn, N. Y.St. Joseph's Young Men's Association, 40O West 126th Street, New

York City.St. .Joseph's Y. M. Association, New Britain, Conn.St. Peter's Club, 134 Grand Street, Jersey City, N. J.St. Vincent Ferrer A. C, 145 East 65th Street, New York City.Salem Crescent A. C, 102 West 133rd Street. New York City.Scandinavian-American A. L., 214 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.Seventy-first Infantry A. A., Park Avenue and 33rd Street, New York

City.Seventv-fourth Infantry A. A., Buffalo, N. Y.Shinnecoek Club, Flushing, L. I., N. Y.Sixty-ninth Infantry A. A., 68 Lexington Avenue. New York City.Smart Set A. C, 550ia Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.Sporting Club GJoa. 92d Street and 4th .\venap. Brooklyn, \. Y.Steinway Civic and Athletic Association, Steinway, L. I., N. Y.Sunday Schools A. L., 55 Hanson Place, Bi-ooklyn, N. Y.Swedish-American A. C, 214 Fifth .\venue, Brooklyn. N. Y.Telephone A. A., 353 West 17th Street, New York City.Third Field Artillery A. A., 29 Masten Street, Buffalo, N. Y.Thirteenth Artillery District A. A., Sumner and Jefferson Avenu>'s,

Brooklyn, N. Y.Trinity Club, 157 Montague Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.Twenty-second Corps of Engineers N. G. N. Y., Fort Washington Avenue

and 168th Street, New York City.Twentv-third Regiment A. A., 1322 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.TwentV-third Street Y. M. C. A., 215 West 23rd Street. New York City.Union Settlement A. C, 231 East 104th Street, New York City.Walkers Club of America, c/o Alexander Jessup, 112 West 103rd Street,

New York City.West Side Y. M. C. A., 318 West 57th Street, New York City.Yale- University A. A., New Haven, Conn.Yonkers Y'oung Men's Christian Association, Youkers. N. Y.Yorkville A. L., 1245 Lexington Avenue, New York City.Young Men's Christian Association of New York, 215 West 23rd Street,

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OFFICIAL AMATEUR ATHLETICUNION CHAMPIONSHIP

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Spalding's Athletic Library

Group VII. No. 12A

Official Athletic Rulesand

Official Handbook

of the AmateurAthletic Union ofthe United States

Constitution, By-Laws, General and AthleticRules of the Amateur Athletic Union in

force April 11, 1918.

Articles of Alliance with Allied Members.

PUBLISHED BY

AMERICAN SPORTS PUBLISHING COMPANY45 Rose Street, New York

Copyright, 191S, by Auericuo Sports Publisliiiig Company.


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CONTENTS.PAGE

Officers 3

Constitution 7

By-Laws 30General Rules 35

Athletic Rules 59Combined Competitions 83Special Events 91Swimming Events 93Diving Events 95Water Polo 105Boxing IllWrestling 114

Gymnastics 116Decathlon, How to Score the 118AU-Around, How to Score the 127

Specifications for Official Implements 131Specifications of ApiJaratus 133

Articles of Alliance

With North American Gymnastic TJniou 135With Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America 136With Military Athletic League 136With National Cycling Association 137With Amateur Fencers' League of America 138With Federation of American Motorcyclists 139With International Skating Union of America 139With Union Internationale des Societies Sportives Egyptiennes 140With United States of America Foot Ball Association 141With Amateur Athletic Union of Canada 141With Canadian Amateur Swimming Association 142With Catholic Young Men's National Union 143With National Amateur Casting Association 144

Form of Constitution for Active Associations 145Form of By-Laws for Active Associations 150When an Amateur Becomes a Professional 153Special Legislation Authorized by the A. A. U 155

Formof Club Application for Membership in an Association of the A, A. U. 16*

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Amateur Athletic UnionOF THE

United States

President,

CHARLES A. DEAN,Central Association.14 East Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, III.

Vice-Presidents.

SAMUEL J. DALLAS,Aliddle Atlantic Association.

L. Di BENEDETTO,Southern Association.

JOHN T. TAYLOR,Allegheny Mountain Association.

T. MORRIS DUNNE,Pacific Northwest

Association.

Secretary-Treasurer,

FREDERICK W. RUBIEN,-Metropolitan Association,

290 Broadway, New York.


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Gustavus T. Kirby 2 E. 23d Street, New YorkVerne R. C. Lacey...3i8 Municipal Courts Bldg., St. Louis, Mo.W. H. Liginger 420 Cass Street, Milwaukee, Wis.Alfred J. Lill, Jr 387 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.Joseph B. Maccabe Argus Advocate, East Boston, Mass.

J. T. Mahoney 51 Chambers Street, New YorkDavid J. Main E & C Building, Denver, Colo.Herman Meyer 312 Lincoln Building, Philadelphia, Pa.C. S. Miller University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.

A. G. Mills 559 W. 26th Street, New YorkA. W. Moeller Third Street, Bayside, L. LDr. H. J. Morlan 30 No. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111.Harry McMillan 1815 Wallace Street, Philadelphia, Pa.Col. Frank Norton Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C.H. Obertubbesing 340 West srst Street, New YorkW. Scott O'Connor 55 Broadway, New YorkBenjamin B. Osthues Route 6, Boston, Mass.R. G. Parvin Denver Athletic Club, Denver, Colo.Prof. L. H. Peterson. . .Brigham Young University, Provo, UtahW.'lliam C. Prout 60 State Street, Boston, Mass.

W. T. Rawlins Judd Bldg., Honolulu, T. H.L< -.-.is B. Rcitnan 29 So. La Salle Street, Chicago, 111.Wallace L. Robb 321 West Seventh Street, Los Angeles, Cal.Frederick W. Rubien 290 Broadway, New YorkM. J. Slattery 704 No. 63rd Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

J. F. Soper P. O. Box 617, Honolulu, T. H.C. W. Streit, Jr..c/o Birmingham Ath. Club, Birmingham, Ala.Jacob W. Stumpf 27 Cornelia Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.John T. Taylor 228 Oliver Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Col. Robert M. Thompson 43 Exchange Place, New YorkGeo. J. Turner. 116 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Baltimore, Md.

A. L. Wanamaker 312 Lincoln Building, Philadelphia, Pa.

Fred C. Ward 3919 Papin Street, St. Louis, Mo.Thomas G. Watts 621 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Mo.

R.S.

Weaver1205 South Olive Street, Los Angeles, Cal.

Justice Bartow S. Weeks 51 Chambers Street, New YorkMichael F. Winston 114 Eutaw Avenue, Lynn, Mass.


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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 Northwest 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 Inter-Mountain Association of the A.A.U.The Allegheny Mountain Association of the A.A.U.

Allied Members.

North American Gymnaistic Union.Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America.Military Athletic League.

The Amateur Fencers' League of America.National Cycling Association.

The Federation of American Motorcyclists.The International Skating Union.United States of America Football Association.

Amateur Athletic Union of Canada.Canadian Amateur Swimming Association.Catholic Young Men's National Union.National Amateur Casting Association.

Holding Membership In.

International Amateur Swimming Federation (FederationInternationale de Natation Amateur).

International Amateur Athletic Federation.


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CONSTITUTIONOF THE


United States

ARTICLE I.This organization shall be known as the Amateur Athletic

Union of the United States.

ARTICLE II.objects.

The objects of this Union are:1. The encouragement of systematic physical exercise and

education in the United States.2. The improvement and promotion of athletic sports among

amateurs.3. The union of all eligible amateur athletic clubs, organiza-

tions or groups in the United States into such separate associa-tions, with active membership and representation in this Union,as may, from time to time, be deemed best adapted to advancethe cause of amateur athletics throughout the United States, andto foster and promote the interests of the several members.

4. The establishment and maintenance, by allied membershipor otherwise, of alliances with associations of general or special

jurisdiction, 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 athletic 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 playgrounds, gymnasia,

baths and fields for amateur sports in the United States.8. The institution of a Bureau of Records covering all

branches of amateur sport in the United States.


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ARTICLE III.JURISDICTION.

This Union recognizes all amateur sports and claims jurisdic-tion over the following classes :

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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 f oUovkrs

.\cw England Association Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,Massachusetts, Rhode Island.

Metropolitan Association New York, New Jersey, north ofTrenton ; Connecticut (transferred from New England Associa-tion to Metropolitan Association, August, 1905).

Middle Atlantic Association (Formed 1906) New Jersey,south of and including Trenton ; Delaware, Pennsylvania, east ofand including Potter, Clinton, Center, Blair and Bedford Coun-ties.

South Atlantic Association Virginia, District of Columbia,Maryland, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Central Association Ohio, west of and including Erie, Huron,Crawford, Marion, Union, Madison, Fayette, Highland andAdams Counties; Illinois (except St. Clair and Aladison Coun-ties; Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota; Campbelland Kenton Counties, Kentucky (transferred from WesternAssociation to Central Association, November, 1911).

Pacific Association California, north of Tehachapi PassNevada.

Pacific Northwest Association (Organized June, 1905) Wash-ington, Alaska. Oregon.

Rocky Mountain Association (Organized November, 1906) Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico.

Southern Association Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas (transferred back to SouthernAssociation November 20, 1916, when Texas Association organ-ized March, 1911, consisting of State of Texas, was disbanded).

Western Association Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, SouthDakota. Indian Territorv, Kansas, North Dakota, Nebraska ; St.Clair and Madison Counties, Illinois (St. Clair County trans-ferred from Central Association to Western Association, Novem-ber. 1905, Madison Country transferred November, 1916) ; Ken-tucky (except Campbell and Kenton Counties).

Southern Pacific Association (Organized November. 1909) Arizona: California, south of Tehachapi Pass; Panama CanalZone (added November, 1914)

Hmivaiian Association (Organized November, igio, bv territorytaken from Pacific Association) Territory of Hawaii, the fiveislands, Oahu, Hawaii, Maui. Kauai, and Molokai.

Inter-Mountain Association (Organized October, 1913. by ter-


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ritory taken from Pacifi.c Northwest and Rocky Alountain Asso-ciations) Idaho, Montana and Utah.

AlleghenyMountain

Association(Organized November i6,1917, by territory taken from Central, South Atlantic and Middle

Atlantic Associations) All counties in Pennsylvania west ofPotter, Clinton, Center, Blair and Bedford Counties; all coun-ties in Ohio east of Erie, Huron, Crawford, Marion, Union,Madison, Fayette, Highland and Adams Counties, and the Stateof West Virginia.

ARTICLE V.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 in addition to those named in ArticleIV may at any time be admitted in the following manner. Anyfour or more clubs, organizations or groups of the characterprescribed in sub-division 4 of Article II, desiring to form anassociation, may make an application therefor in writing to the

Secretary-Treasurer stating:(a) The territory which they desire included in such proposed

association.(b) The names of the clubs applying for the creation and

admission of such association and whether or not they or any ofthem are members of an existing association of this Union.

(c) The reasons why the creation of such proposed associS*lions is desired or desirable.

3. The application must further contain a request that upon.the organization of such association it may be admitted tomembership on conditions to be named by the Board of Gov-ernors of the Union.

4. If the territory proposed to be included in said associationis a part of that already assigned to any existing association,such existing association shall have ten days' notice after thefiling of said application before any action is taken thereon bythe Board of Governors.

5. If said application shall be passed favorably by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Governors voting, the President andSecretary-Treasurer of the Union shall call a meeting of all theclubs so applying and all other clubs, members of an existingassociation located within the territory of such proposed asso-ciation, upon not less than thirty days' notice, for the purposeof organizing such association and adopting the Constitutionand By-Laws prescribed by the Union therefor.

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Secretary-Treasurer of the applying association that its organiza-tion has been completed and the Constitution and By-Laws havebeen adopted, said association shall be admitted to membership,said admission being granted upon the following express condi-

tions which are a part of said act of admission :(a) That such membership shall be subject to suspension or

forfeiture in the event of failure to comply with any require-ments of this Constitution or of any By-Law hereunder, or anydecree or ruling of the Board of Governors or of the NationalRegistration Committee ; and that any decree of suspension orforfeiture, when affirmed by two-thirds of the Board of Gov-ernors voting, shall be final and binding.

(b) That it shall not make any amendment of its Constitutionor By-Laws without fi.rst submitting the proposed amendment to

the Board of Governors of this Union, and that any such amend-ment made without the vote of a majority of the Board ofGovertnors shall be void.

(c) That in the event of its club membership being reducedto less than four organizations, its membership in this Unionshall cease, and this Union shall be entitled to allot its survivingclubs and territory to any other active member.

(d) That in the event of any clubs making formal applicationto be admitted, as a separate association, to active membershipin this Union, this Union shall be empowered, in its discretion,

by a two-thirds vote of its Board of Governors voting, to admitthe same as an active member, and to allot its territory.

(e) That all games or athletic meetings given by such member,and the qualifications of all persons competing at such meetings,either as members of its clubs or as unattached athletes, shall bein conformity with the "Conditions of Competition" prescribedby this Constitution, and the By-Laws and Rules adopted andprescribed by the Board of Governors.

7. The prescribed form of Constitution and By-Laws of eachof the Associations is appended to this Constitution.

ARTICLE VLOBLIGATIONS, SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION OF MEMBERS.

1. The acceptance of allied membership in this Union by anyallied 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 may befixed in the terms of alliance, shall voluntarily withdraw there-from.

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forth in Section 6 of Article V 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. The membership of any active member which shall violateany of the provisions of the Constitution, By-Laws or Rules ofthis Uniin, or any decision of the Board of Governors, or of theJMational Registration Committee, may be suspended by theBoard of Governors until the next annual or special meeting- ofthis Union, to which meeting said action of suspension shall bereported by the Secretary-Treasurer, when such suspension may

beremoved by a majority vote of all the active

membersvoting,

or by a two-thirds vote of all the active members voting, suchactive member may be expelled, and the territory thereof be re-organized or assigned to one or more members of this Union,consistently with the Constitution.

ARTICLE Vn.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 mustbe members of any of its own or of any other active member'sclubs, except that no member of the Board of Governors shall

beelected an alternate, and in no case shall any delegate or

alternate represent more than one active or allied member. AHthe representatives of one active member shall collectively haveone vote.

3. The election of every delegate and alternate with theiraddresses shall be duly certified by the principal executive officerof the active or allied member to the Secretary-Treasurer of theUnion at least twenty days before any meeting which he may becalled upon to attend, and for failure to make such certificationthe delegate or his alternate may be refused his seat at suchmeeting.

4. Any allied or active member may at any time, on noticeaddressed to the Secretary-Treasurer of this Union by the prin-cipal executive officer of such member, withdraw any or all of itsdelegates or alternates, provided a like number of delegates or


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alternates be at the same time substituted for those withdrawn;and if any delegate so withdrawn be at the time a member of theBoard of Governors, the Board shall till the vacancy as providedin Article VIII.

ARTICLE VIII.GOVERNMENT.

1. The government and general direction of the affairs of theUnion shall be committed to a Board of Governors constitutedas follows: 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.AU\ club ; three representatives from each active member andone additional representative from each active member for everytwenty-five clubs belonging to said active member in excess ofthe four clubs required to constitute an 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.All members of the Board

ofGovernors shall be elected

from the duly certified delegates. No alternate shall be electeda member of the board.

4. The delegates of any active member present at the annualmeeting may unanimously nominate at the time of such electionrepresentatives to the number to which it is entitled. The repre-sentatives .so nominated shall be declared elected unless by a two-thirds vote of all the delegates or alternates voting anotherselection is made. In default of such nomination election shallbe had by a majority vote.

5. At all meetings of the Board of Governors the member ormembers present from any association shall be permitted to castthe vote of the absent member or members unless such absenteeshall have revoked this power by notice to the Secretary-Treas-urer. If the members present do not agree, the votes of absenteesshall be divided in the same proportion as the votes of themembers present.

6. The Board of Governors, so elected, shall convene imme-diately following the annual meeting at which they shall havebeen elected and elect from their own number a President, fourVice-Presidents and a Secretary-Treasurer, each of whom shallserve for a term of one year or until his successor is chosen, andeach of whom shall perform the duties prescribed by the By-Laws.


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7. The Board of Governors, upon the occurrence of a vacancytherein from any cause, may elect, by a majority vote of mem-bers voting, a new member of said Board, but only from themember's delegation in which the said vacancy shall have oc-curred. Such member so elected shall, if he continues eligible^serve until the next annual meeting thereafter.

8. 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, exceptthat the five delegates-at-large so appointed shall, collectively,have only one vote. The ex-Presidents with the ex-Secretariesof the Union shall, collectively, have one vote at all meetings ofthe Amateur Athletic Union and of the Board of Governors.No ex-President or ex-Secretary shall be permitted to vote assuch, if he is representing at such meeting an active or alliedmember.

9. 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 IX.DUTIES AND POWERS OF BOARD OF GOVEKNORS.

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 associationeligible 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.

3. To impose and enforce penalties for any violation of theConstitution, 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 organ-ization.

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 fiiteen 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.


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*f. By a majority vote to declare vacant the position of anytnember of the Board of Governors (a) who shall have ceasedto be a delegate, or {h) who shall have ceased to be a member

of any club belonging to the member which elected him a dele-gate, or (r) 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 expendthe same.

10. To call regular and special meetings of the Union and tofix 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 X.AMATEUR DEFINITION.I. Kn amateur sportsman is one who engages in sport solely

for the pleasure and physical, mental or social benefits he derivestherefrom and to whom sport is nothing more than an avocation.

ACTS OF DISBARMENT.

A person shall cease to be eligible to compete as an amateurby committing any of the following acts

(a) Fraud By participating in any competition or exercisein any sport under an assumed name or by being guilty of anyfraud or other grossly unsportsmanlike conduct in connectiontherewith.

(b) Competing for Money By directly or indirectly receiv-ing pay or financial benefi.ts in consideration of or as a rewardfor participating in any sport in any public competition orexhibition or disposing of prizes for personal gain.

(r) Coaching for Money By directly or indirectly receivingpay or financial benefits in consideration of or as a reward forinstructing or preparing any person in or for any competition,exhibition or exercise in any sport when such act was notmerely an incident to his main vocation or employment.


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(d) Capitalisation of Athletic Fame By granting or sanc-tioning the use of one's name to advertise or promote the sale

of or to act as the personal solicitor for the sale, or as theactual salesman, of sporting goods, prizes, trophies, or othercommodities for use chiefly in or in connection with games orexhibitions in any sport, or

By engaging for pay or financial benefit in any occupation orbusiness transaction wherein his usefulness or value ariseschiefly from the publicity given or to be given to the reputa-tion or fame which he has secured from his performances inany sport rather than from his ability to perform the usualand natural acts and duties incident to such occupation ortransaction.

(e) Competing Against or With Ineligible Persons 1. By participating in any public competition or exhibition as

an individual and not merely as a member of a team againstone or more persons ineligible to compete as an amateur in thesport in which such participation occurred, without having ob-tained as a condition precedent special permission to do so fromthe organization governing such competition or exhibition, unlessit is the general practice or custom in such sport for suchcharacter of competition or exhibition to take place,

2. By participating in any public competition or exhibitionas a member of a team upon which there are one or more mem-bers who have received, do receive or who are to receive directlyor indirectly, pay or financial benefi.ts for participating, withouthaving obtained as a condition precedent the consent in writingthus to participate from the National Registration Committee or,in the case of a college student, from the proper faculty authorityof the university or college of which he is at the time of suchparticipation a matriculated student.

3. By participating in any public competition or exhibitionas a member of a team against another team one or more mem-bers of which are ineligible to compete as amateurs in the sportin which such participation occurred, unless the team competedagainst represents a well-established organization and also unlessthe contest or exhibition is in a generally recognized sport andeither between groups of players participating at one time orconsists of a series of individual contests which, both as to thenumber and character thereof, constitute a generally recognizedseries of standard events.

PARDONING POWER.

The Board of Governors shall have the power to relieve ajaerson of the effect of his commission of any of the acts by.teason of which he would cease to be eligible to compete as an


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amateur, when it is shown to its satisfaction that such act wascommitted through ignorance (of the character not conse-quencesthereof), inadvertence, or excusable error or was com-mitted in a sport in which there was at the time of commission

no general competition by amateurs or was made obligatory bymilitary authority.

REINSTATEMENT TO- ELIGIBILITY TO COMPETE AS AN AMATEUR.2. (aa) One who has committed an act set down in Clause a

of Section i shall never thereafter be permitted to compete as anamateur.

(hb) One who has committed an act set down in Clause bof Section i in connection with any of the sports or exercisesenumerated in Article III of this Constitution shall never there-

after be permitted to compete as an amateur in any of the sportsor exercises over which this Union has jurisdiction; but wheresuch act was not committed in connection with any of thesports or exercises enumerated in said Article III. the Board ofGovernors is empowered to reinstate such person to eligibilityto compete as an amateur in the sports and exercises over whichthis Union has jurisdiction upon it being shown to the satisfac-tion of said Board (i) that five years have elapsed since thecommission of said act and (2) that the said person intendsnever to commit any further act or acts which would render him

ineligible to compete as an amateur.(cc) The Board of Governors is empowered to reinstate to

eligibility to compete as an amateur in the sports or exercisesover which this Union has jurisdiction one who has committedan act set down in Clause c of Section i upon it being shownto the satisfaction of said Board (i) that the instruction orpreparation was not given in connection with any of the sportsor exercises enumerated in Article III of this Constitution, or,if it was, that five years have elapsed since the giving of suchinstruction or preparation and (2) that the said person intends

never to resume such instruction or preparation or to commitany other act or acts which would render him ineligible tocompete as an amateur.

((id) The Board of Governors is empowered to reinstate toeligibility to compete as an amateur in the sports and exercisesover which this Union has jurisdiction one who has committedan act set down in Clause d of Section i upon it being shownto the satisfaction of said Board (i) that such person has ceasedto commit any of the acts, or to engage in any of the pursuits orpractices set down in said clause and (2) that said personintends never again to commit any of the said acts, or to engagein any of the said pursuits or practices.


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(ee) The Board of Governors is empowered to reinstate toeligibility to compete as an amateur in the sports and exercisesover which this Union has jurisdiction one who has committedany of the acts set down in Clause e of Section i upon it beingshown to the satisfaction of said Board (i) that his said com-petition was not in any of the sports or exercises enumeratedin Article III of this Constitution, or, if it was, that one yearhas elapsed since such competition, and (2) that such personintends never again to commit such act.

ARTICLE XI.

CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION.1. It shall be a condition precedent to the right to compete in

any athletic meeting, game or entertainment given or sanctionedby this Union that such competitor be an amateur who has notviolated any of the provisions of the preceding Article definingamateur standing, except that any person who may have beenguilty of a violation thereof and who has been duly reinstatedas therein provided, may, from the time of such reinstatementonly, be deemed an amateur.

2. No amateur shall be allowed to compete or exhibit at any-athletic meeting, game or entertainment given or sanctioned bythis Union unless he shall be a duly registered athlete, exceptthat cadets of the United States Military Academy and mid-shipmen of the United States Naval Academy shall be eligible tocompete in any athletic meeting, games or entertainment givenor sanctioned by this Union without registration, but all entriesfrom such cadets or midshipmen must be accompanied by a cer-tificate signed by the officer in charge of athletics at suchacademy that the entrant is an amateur according to the rules ofthe Amateur Athletic Union of the United States and is eligibleand authorized to compete as a representative of such academy.

3. No amateur shall be permitted to represent an organiza-tion of which he is not a member, and no member of any clubin this Union, or of any club in any district in this Union, shallbe allowed to compete as a representative of such club in casehe has within one year competed as a member of any other clubthen in this Union, unless such other club shall have disbandedor practically ceased to exist, or unless he has taken a bona fide

residence in a district of this Union other than that of hisoriginal registration.

4. No amateur 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 within


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the territory of said active member at least four months priorto the (late of said competition.

5. No amateur shall be eligible to enter or competo in anydistrict championship meeting unless he, shall have been a bonatide 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 LJnion shall for one year after suchresignation be entitled to compete in the championship meetingsof the district in which he has been a bona tide resident for atleast six montiis prior to the holding of such cliampionship meet-ings and provided also that any association may provide that noperson shall be allowed to compete at a district championship as

a representative of a club who was not a member of such cluboa November 20, 1911, unless he resides within a radius fromthe headquarters of such clul) of such number of miles, not lessthan one hundred, as may be determined by the By-Laws of suchAssociation.

6. No person who has been registered in any association ofthe Amateur Athletic Union shall be eligible to compete for anyclub in the territory of any other active member of this Unionuntil lour montlis after filing his application for registration, andshall not be eligible to compete in a district championship until

six months after filing his application for registration.7. The restrictions contained in Sections 3, 4, 5; and 6 shall

not apply to undergraduates of an educational institution recog-nized as sucli by the Board of Governors when representing suchinstitution in competition.

8. A student in actual attendance at an educational institu-tion may represent either such institution or a club belonging toan active or allied member of this Union or may compete unat-tached. Such student shall not be required to register for com-

petitions neld underthe rules of

arecognized intercollegiate

orinterscholastic association, but such student must be registeredfor competitions held under the rules ot the Amateur AthleticUnion. When such registration is required he must be registeredfrom his place of actual residence unless he elects to representsuch institution in such A. A. II. competitions, in which case hemay elect to consider such institution his residence for the pur-pose of such registration and he may thereafter transfer hisregistration to a club or other organization belonging to anactive or allied member of this Union located in the districtof his actual residence as follows: (a) between the first dayof June and the first day of October, unless such institutioncloses prior to June first, in which case said period shall runfrom the close to the opening of the scholastic year as estab-


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lished by the certificate of the registrar of such institution filedwith the Registration Committee at the time of applying fortransfer, and (b) during the period of a semester in an insti-

tution permitting the attendance,in

regular course, of studentsin semesters not consecutive, provided a certificate of the regis-trar of such institution is filed with the Registration Committeeat the time of applying for transfer that such student is regularlyenrolled in such institution, but is not required to attend suchinstitution during said semester.

For the purposes of transfer of registration from the scho-lastic institution under this section the residence of such student,if he be a minor, shall be the residence of his parents, if any, orof his guardian, if his parents be dead, or, if he be an adult, hislast place of abode at the date of the commencement of thesemester immediately preceding his application for transfer.

At the termination of the period during which such student ispermitted to represent a club or an organization other than hiseducational institution his registration may be retransferred tosaid institution. If he competes for any club or other organiza-tion after the expiration of such period he forfeits his right tarepresent the educational institution in competitions governedby the rules of this Union.

Astudent who has been transferred from his educational

institution under the provisions of this section shall not beeligible to compete in any junior championship unless he hasbeen registered for the club for which he desires to cornpete atleast three months before the date of said junior championship,unless he has been previously registered from said club and hisregistration has been transferred to his educational institution,

in which case he shall be eligible to compete immediately uponthe transfer of his registration back to his club.

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

10. During the existence of an actual state of war, commis-sioned officers and enlisted men in the United States service shallbe permitted to compete among themselves, or to participate inany public competition or exhibition as members of a teamagainst another team all members of which are eligible to com-pete as amateurs in the sport in which such participation occurs,without registration, and without the amateur status of a con-testant being affected by the fact that he competes with or

against aprofessional, provided such competitions or exhibitions

be for prizes other than money. And during the same period oftime, such officer or man shall be permitted to represent h smilitary or naval organization in open competition without regi -

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teur according to the rules of the Amateur Athletic Union ofthe United States.

ARTICLE XII.PRIZES.

1. No prizes shall be given by any individual, club, committeeor association, or competed for or accepted by any athlete, exceptsuitably inscribed wreaths, diplomas, banners, bad5j;es, 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 $io 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.

2. 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 organ-ization; provided, that if any person shall, at any time afterApril I, 1891, sell, pledge or exchange for any other thing, any-such 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.

ARTICLE XIII.SANCTIONS FOR MEETINGS AND REGISTRATION OF ATHLETES.

1. All games, meetings, benefits or entertainments of any kindwhere athletes compete or exhibit must be sanctioned, exceptwhere the same are held by a club which -is a member of anassociation of this Union, or by an allied member of this Union,and the entries are confined to members of the club or of theallied member.

2. In no meeting, game, or entertainment that has been sanc-tioned as an open athletic meeting shall an athlete's entry beaccepted 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 a club, organization or group that is a member of any Asso-ciation of this Union.


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3. Each athlete to whom registration is granted shall receivea card on which shall be plainly written his name, his number

and the date of expiration of his registration.4. All organizations giving open games or competitions under

Amateur 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.

5. The committee in charge of open athletic meetings mustdisplay the registration number of each competitor in a conspic-

uous manner beforeor after his name on the program.

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 theconduct 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, provided 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 forsucli purpose.

8. All applications for registration must be signed by theapplicant ?,nd be accompanied by a fee of 25 cents and endorsedby the Secretary or other official of the club pi which saidapplicant is a member, unless he applies for registration as anunattached athlete. Should the applicant for registration not bea member of an athletic club, he must procure the endorsernentof three reputable citizens of the locality in which he resides.All applications must be approved by a member of the Registra-tion Committee within whose jurisdiction the applicant resides.

9. Such Committees can require an itemized statement of

expenses, with receipts and vouchers, from any registered ath-lete or from any organization holding an athletic meeting underAmateur Athletic Union rules.

10. 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 in


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writing filed with the Registration Committee, which change, tobe effective, must be approved by the Committee ; upon suchapproval the change of registration shall be effective from thedate of the receipt of the notice by the Committee, or if he has

competed within one year as a representative of a club in thisUnion, then from a date not less than one year subsequent tosuch competition. In all cases the athlete shall be officially noti-fied of the change of registration.

11. The President of each active member shall be empoweredto appoint athletic commissioners, each of whom shall haveallotted to him territory within the territory of said active mem-ber and whose duties shall be such as is defi.ned by the Presidentand by the members of the Registration Committee and who willact

astlie

representative of the Registration Committee, withpower to grant temporary cards of registration and to grantsanctions and to temporarily disqualify athletes, and in the caseof such disqualification to investigate and try the suspended athleteand report his findings to the Chairman of the RegistrationCommittee of such Association for final action.

12. All registrations shall be in force for one year from dateof registration, and to renew the same every athlete shall be re-quired to fill out and sign a new application and he shall thenbe given a new number if registration is granted. The renewalapplication need not be endorsed, unless required by the Regis-tration Committee.

13. 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 the application for transfer andthe date of expiration of his registration, upon presentation ofwhich transfer a new registration card for the unexpired period

of his origip'd registration, which shall be dated according tothe date of ihe application for transfer, and shall be issued tohim, free of charge, by the Registration Committee of the dis-trict of his new residence.

14. 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 particular handicap district showing his last three per-formances and his last three performances in the events forwhich he is entered. It shall be the duty of such handicapperto furnish such certificate on request of a registered athlete.

15. It shall be the duty of each Registration Committee tO'furnish to the Secretary-Treasurer of the .\mateur AthleticUnion on the first day of each week a list of all registrations


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granted during the preceding week, with numbers, names andaddresses, and to forward duplicate lists to the official handi-cappers.

i6. Each Registration Committee shall have the right in con-sidering and determining questions that afifect the amateur statusof any athlete to act upon any kind of evidence, direct, circum-stantial or hearsay, and may receive and act upon affidavits andin its discretion may consider common report sufficient basis forsuspension or disqualification and shall have power to suspendpermanently any amateur athlete who neglects within thirty daysto answer to the satisfaction of the committee questions touching

his amateur status.17. 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 one or more members of the Committee. Pending inves-tigation, the athlete against whom charges are brought may besuspended. Suspicious circumstances, which are sufficient in thejudgment of any member of the Committee, to make the statusof any athlete a matter of reasonable doubt, may be the basisof investigation in the absence of formal charges. The memberor members to whom the investigation is assigned shall immedi-ately notify the athlete either in person or by registered letter,of the charges filed against him or set forth the circumstanceswhich lead to a reasonable doubt and require an answer to thecharges or a satisfactory explanation of the circumstances to bemade at a time fixed in said notice. If the Committee shall findthe athlete guilty it shall inflict such punishment as it may deemjust.

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subject only to appeal to the Roard of Managers of the Associa-tion and tliereaftcr to tlie Board of Governors of llie AmateurAthletic Union. An appeal to the Board of Managers must betaken within live days after notice of the rendition of the de-cision. An appeal to the Board of Governors must be takenwithin ten days after notice of the rendition of the decision.Any person interested may appeal.

21. In all cases where notices are required to be sent to aregistered athlete, it shall be sufficient to mail the same in apostpaid envelope, addressed to him at the residence Riven inhis application for registration; or, if he has lUed with suchCommittee a written notice of change of residence, then at suchchanged residence.

22. The Registration Committee shall collect from applicants(in advance), except Amateur Athletic Union members. FiveDollars each for granting saiictions 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.

23. 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.

24. On the tenth day of each month, the Treasurer of eachactive and allied member shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer ofthe Amateur Athletic Union the sum of (Ive (5) cents for eachcertificate of registration issued during the preceding month, andone-third of all moneys received for sanctions granted duringthe preceding month.

25. Registration shall be granted to women for swimmingevents confined exclusively to women, but only for such events.

ARTICLE XIV.DUES AND EXPENSES.

1. Allied members shall be exempt from the payment ofdues.

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 tlie amount of its annual dues, and shall not again be


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liable 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 XV.MEETINGS OF THE UNION.

1. The annual meeting of the Union shall be held at 10 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. Not less than twenty days' notice of suchmeeting shall be given.

2. Special meetings of the Union may be called by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Governors, or upon the written re-quest of at least one-quarter of all the members of the Unionmust be so called. Not less than ten days' notice thereof shall begiven, such notice to C(5ntain the date and a statement of locationof such meeting and the object thereof.

3. Notice of every meeting of the Union shall be sent by theSecretary-Treasurer of the Union to all delegates and alternatesand to the Secretary-Treasurer of every allied and active mem-ber thereof; and every such member shall promptly notify theSecretary-Treasurer of the Union of any change in office oraddress of the Secretary-Treasurer ; and a notice sent by theSecretary-Treasurer of the Union to the address last given tothe Secretary-Treasurer of the Union shall be deemed a fullcompliance on his part with the Constitution and By-Laws as tosending such notices.

4. At all meetings of the Union a quorum shall consist ofrepresentatives from five members of the Union.

5. At all meetings of the Union the following shall be theorder of business

:

1. 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.


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6. Tn 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 fi.les.

ARTICLE XVI.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.

Atany meeting of the Board of Governors a quorum

shall 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 the

members 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.

ARTICLE XVII.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.

(fc) 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.


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with the request that each member send his vote thereupon to

theSecretary-Treasurer of the Union ; and the said request shall

state upon what day the voting with the Secretary-Treasurershall be closed (which shall not be less than thirty-five daysafter the 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 theSecretary-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.

Bythe 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), para-graph I, of this article. The Secretary of each member shall at oncesubm.it 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 for


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and in opposition thereto, with a statement of whether saidquestion has been carried or defeated.

ARTICLE XVIII.REPORTS FROM ASSOCIATIONS.

Each Association of this Union must, within ten days aftereach meeting of the Association or its Board of Managers, maillo the Secretary-Treasurer of the Union a copy of the minutesof said meeting. The Secretaries of the several Associations ofthe Uniori must forward to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Union

copies of all official notices issued from their offices, at the timeof such issue, said notices to include all those sent to the mem-bers of the Board of Managers, as well as to the clubs of theAssociation.

ARTICLE XIX.Wherever tne word "club" is used in this Constitution or in the

By-Laws adopted thereunder, it shall be construed to include anyorganization or group which is eligible to membership in anactive member of this Union.

ARTICLE XX.AMENDMENTS.

No amendment shall be made to the Constitution except at theannual 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 fiity days before the annual meetingand forwarded immediately by the Secretary-Treasurer to the

Chairman 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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BY-LAWSOF THE


United States

LELECTION OF OFFICERS.

The officers of the Union, viz. : President, four Vice-Presideni.and Secretary-Treasurer, shall be elected by ballot, by p. 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 all thepowers and perform all the duties of President, in the absence

or inability to attend of the latter.3. The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep the records of the

Union 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-Lav^rs and Rules of saidUnion.

The Secretary-Treasurer shall receive all moneys of the Union

and payall

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 and


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turn 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 to

be fixed by the Board of Governors at not less than $i,ooo.

III.

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, and

mayin such cases require the Secretary-Treasurer to turn over

to 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.

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