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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.
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