THIRD ANNUAL I. C. A. A. A. A. MEET TO BE HELD MARCH 3

The Third Annual Indoor Meet of the I. C. A. A. A. A. will be held March 3, 1917, according to the plans just drawn up by the Executive Committee. The definite place will be decided upon later, but it will probably be at Madison Square Garden, where it was hold this year. The great success of the 1916 meet has encouraged the officials and they believe that these games will develop into athletic events of importance. They realize that there is room for improvement and are at work to bring it about.

The first change of note will be the installation of a large electrical scoreboard at next year's meet. This will be operated from the finish line and on it will be flashed the starters in each event, the numbers of the winners, the correct times and other points which would be interesting to the spectators. Heretofore the great difficulty has been for everyone to hear the announcers in the noise and confusion and the new arrangement will supply the spectators and press box with the desired information more accurately and promptly.

Another change which is being considered is the running of trial heats in the afternoon so as to reduce the number of men competing in the evening to a more convenient number.

Suggestions have been received by the committee concerning the question of emphasizing the scores in order that the intercollegiate indoor championship might be settled in the same way as the outdoor ones in the spring. This point was considered at one of the meetings when the plans for the first indoor meet were being drawn up, and it was decided then that the present non-scoring system would cause the smaller colleges to enter, and make the competition keener. It was also felt that it would be unfair to the coaches and track athletes to have them trained to their topnotch form in March and again in May. In consideration of this general feeling the committee will probably make no definite change in the scoring system at the present time.

The committee is sure that the indoor games will develop slowly but successfully and combine the interests of the athletes and spectators as well.