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66 THE NEBRASKAN i i atactics. into two classes. In class A the rider is limited to the old restrictions, but in class B, a professional may compote, and for a cash The Oxford crew has decided not to ac- ,)riPi The hoard claims that it was ncces- cept the challenge from Cornell University sa,.y l0 fornl j,js second class in order to keep the crack riders in the L. A. W. 1 he rules are being censured by all amateur to row a race in the United Stairs. Yale's new gymnasium was formally pre sented to the Yale corporation by the gym nasium committee, Jan. 23. Many prominent graduate!! were present. racing men. There is a great row at Yale over the action of the captains of the various teams The World's Fair committee will attempt pledging themselves to allow only under- to arrange a series of races, between the graduates of the Acadmic aid Scientific dc- crews of the world, to be held in Chicago partments to become members of their teams, next summer. Oxford has already written This action throws out the law students, of asking information and expressing their whom are Bowers and Norton of the base willingness to compete. ball team, Graves and Balliett of the crew, In the recent skating contest between and many candidates who have attended Evans, Donoghue and Franklin, Donoghue other colleges before coming to Yale. In won, covering the distance, one hundred tense indignation has been aroused in the miles in 7 hours, 1 1 minutes, 38 1-5 seconds, students and a meeting of college men will Fy.o the seventeenth mile up to the one probably be called to resent this action, and hundredth all records were broken. the captains will be asked to resign. The Peter Berlo, the crack Boston bicyclist, Acuity have taken a hand in the light and has made application for a license to become have urKed the captains to use moderation, a member in the National Cycling associa- The outcome of this light will have great sig- tion. This will make Berlo a professional "Seance on college athletics in the future. rider. He is the first L. A. V. man to take the step, but he expects Zimmerman and other cracks to follow him. J. S. Johnson, of bicycle fame, has chal lenged Joe Donoghue, the World's champion amateur skater, to a race for the world's championship. Johnson is credited with having broken the world's mile record re- IPorlb's $air Holes. The exhibit of Great Britain will occupy 600,000 feet of space Japan will send seventy tons of fish and fishing tackle as an exhibit. It has been announced that the Infanta cently. Donoghue says he will not accept Isabella will represent the royal family of ic challenge. opain at tne lair. The Chicago athletic club has organized a Senor Don Caloo, minister for Costa Rica aseball team, which consists of famous plav- nas completed arrangements for the exhibit rs from the old college teams of the country. OI nis government. os. A. Murphy, a graduate of the St. Louis The first shipment of the Krupp trim ex- University, has been chosen captain. The hibit, consisting of fifteen cars, reached Jack team will probably play with the eastern col- son Park, Monday, leges during the spring. A reproducllon , sak f om. r . . , Atarecent meeting the racing board of Liberty is being made at Winstead, England, ic League of Amc.'ienn Wheelmen formu- for exhibition at Chicago. ited a new set of rules to govern amateur v, .,,.,,. .,11., 1 -i 1 , , .- , ... . . b ... Vene.uella has compiled and published an :ii111fr I 11 Ihncii iiilu 1K.1 .,.. ...... ,11. .1-1 1 ... fa " .-"-.".:. ...uumuuu uiusn-ated description ol the Expositi tl er J ti on MWMMHiMM III MM ! IIMII II !! I I , , . IMBu' . . 2-, imiwiiii 1 ii 'jWjapRiMEBMPjqpHHMlHWNrjM