COMMITTEE ON ELIGIBILITY, N.C. A. A. TRACK MEET

President Owens has appointed the following to serve as an
Eligibility Committee for the Track Meet to be held at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota in June: Professor 'T. E. French, Ohio State
University, Dean R. L. Sackett, Penn. State College, Professor
H. C. Willett, University of Southern California, and Professor
Henry Rottschaefer, University of Minnesota.

REPORT OF THE N.C. A.A. BOXING TOURNAMENT

The Fourth N.C.A.A. Boxing Tournament was held at the
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, on March 31st, April Ist and
2nd, 1938, with 54 contestants from twenty-one colleges and uni-
versities located in fifteen different states. ‘The first session of
the preliminary bouts was held at 3:00 p. m. on Thursday, March
3lst with 12 bouts and the second session of the preliminary bouts
was held at 8:00 p. m. on March 31st with 12 bouts. The semi-
finals were held at 8:00 p. m. on Friday, April 1st with 16 bouts,
and the finals were held on Saturday, April 2nd at 8:00 p. m. with
8 bouts.

The tournament was well attended and the financial outcome
was satisfactory and up to the expectations of the tournament
manager. After meeting the costs of the tournament, there were
sufficient funds left to defray the railroad and pullman expenses
of all contestants and coaches.

While the tournament was in itself quite a success, and this was
well borne out by “after tournament” comments, it was felt that
two other phases of the affair went far to mark the 1938 tourna-
ment as a “high light” in the annals of the N.C. A.A. boxing
tournaments. ‘The first was the large number of meetings of the
N.C. A.A. Boxing Rules Committee. All nine members of the
committee, consisting of Chairman W. H. Cowell, University of
New Hampshire, Dr. Carl Schott, Penn. State, Capt. E. J. McGaw,
U. S. Military Academy, Com. O. O. Kessing, U. S$. Naval Acad-
emy, George Little, Rutgers, Dr. W. J. Bleckwenn, Wisconsin,
T. M. Carruthers, Virginia, Claude Simons, Tulane, and I. F.
Toomey, California Aggies, assembled on Tuesday, March 29th for
their first meeting, and during the course of the following five days,
12 meetings were held. During these meetings practically every
phase of college boxing was discussed and numerous recommenda-
tions and changes made in the rules. However, even though the
Committee was in session for many hours, it was impossible to
complete the work and they voted to re-convene at the U. S. Naval
Academy (at the invitation of the U. S. Naval Academy Athletic
Association) about June 20th to complete the work of revising the
tules. Every member of the committee signified his intention of
being present at this meeting. It was also voted that the 1939
N.C. A. A. Boxing Tournament be held on Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday, March 30, 31, and April 1, 1939.

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