HAA 'NOT INTERESTED' IN MOVE FOR INTRA-CITY SPORTS LEAGUE

Announcing that the present intercollegiate athletic program would be continued until definite instructions to the contrary were received from Washington, William J. Bingham '16, director of the H.A.A., said last night that the College was not interested in a proposed intracity athletic league.

First suggested by the Boston University "News," the league was to include Harvard, B.U., Boston College, Tufts, Northeastern, and the armed services. It was proposed as a means of perpetuating collegiate sports contests for the duration, by circumventing the expected ODT ban on unnecessary travel, which would prevent squads from participating in out of town games.

Bingham Uninterested

Bingham, however, said that the future was so uncertain that the H.A.A. would make no such plans at the present time. While he admitted that it would probably be necessary to give up the College's present program eventually, he said that he was not interested in intra-city games until that time.

As first announced in the "News" last week, the scheme was to include in the program all regular intercollegiate sports. It was hoped that with the cooperation of the athletic directors of the various colleges concerned, the contests could get under way with the opening of the basketball season.

Enthusiastic support for the plan, the "News" reported, has come from Army and Navy detachments around Boston, who welcome it as a "fine morale builder both for the soldier and the college student." In addition, the plan has aroused interest in most of the colleges affected.

Another plan to consolidate Harvard's football schedule was proposed recently by the "Daily Dartmouth," which urged that a real Ivy League be formed after the war to give added importance to the traditional football encounters.

They stated that "whenever a member of the mythical Ivy League takes on a team outside its class, the results have been rather sad."