TIIK OMAHA SUNDAY ItKK: JITXR 2. 1907.
S
W ITU THE COLLEGE ATHLETES
Deioti it th ri:d of Eport in ths Itit
tid Writ.
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YOUNG OF CORNELL ON NEEDS OF SPORT
Increase la Kiabtr of t'omnetltlon
Entered Into by the Collea Per
former and Ex
tent of Athletic.
Overdevotlon to atheletlc sport Is com
nlained of bitter! by educators wlw dls
cuh college problem of the present day.
They aay that there are too many students
whose chief interest In colics activities
seems to be In athletics and that the re are
too many forma of sport for the student
to take part In. Compared with the games
of the college man of some years ago, there
vera to be not a little Justice in trio latter
part of th statement. Where there were,
say twenty or thirty years ago, three or
four branches of sport, there are now nine
teen or twenty, all .represented by 'varsity
teams. All colleges and universities, of
course, do not subscribe to all these forms.
But most colleges are Interested In at least
half a dosen and likely more.
Bowing, base ball, foot ball and track
porta are, of course, th major branches,
la th first place, however, ther are many
ollnge which by the nature of their geo
graphical situation cannot have rowing.
Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Columbia. Penn
sylvania, Wisconsin, Georgetown, Syracuse,
Randolph-Macon. Minnesota, Stanford, Cal
ifornia, Washington and perhaps one other
Institution have regularly established
crews. Annapolis has a crew, but that
bardly comes under the head of a college.
Hase Ball and Foot Ball Lead.
Base ball la the national game and there
I practically no college which does not
support a team. The sole exception which
Suggests Itself Is Haverford, where cricket
la the spring sport. Foot ball Is practically
the same. The sole exception of promi
nence in the east is Columbia. Tills Is, of
course, speaking of the American Rugby
game. Stanford and California on the Pa
cilio coast exist without foot ball of the
' native variety.
There Is no one particular institution
which la not represented In track athletics.
Even If the Institution has not a competing
team, there are at least Interclass meets.
Track athletic sport has the best hold on
college men of all the sports.
These are well established sports and
have been popular for years. Added to
these, however. In the list of a well regu-
lated university are many others. Harvard,
for Instance, as the most athletically de
voted university ' In the country, ' supports
practically everything except polo. Harvard
Is characterized as the most athletically
devoted because the Harvard athletic
squads are universally larger than those at
any other Institution. Harvard has basket
ball, gymnastic, swimming, fencing, lawn
tennis, hockey, 'cross-country, golf, shoot
ing, lacrosse, soccer, wster polo and cricket,
cricket.
Tale has all exoept cricket and has beside
wrestling, hand ball and polo. Hand ball
la not very often Intercollegiate' In char
acter, although Yale Is mentioned in con
nection with It because Columbia and Yale
on occasion have dual hand ball competi
tions. The Yale squads which report for
athletic teams are pot as large as they are
In Harvard.
Pennsylvania is very well equipped In
numbers of athletic competitions. It has
Seventeen on It's lists at Philadelphia, hand
ball and polo being the exceptions. Hand
ball, cricket and lacrosse are the only ex
ceptions at Princeton.
The smaller colleges are devoted mostly
to the major sports, although, naturally
enough some of them play hocky and bas
ket ball, as conditions permit. In most of
them there Is no chance for many. oth?r
porta, although gymnastics, wrvstllng and
lawn tennis all arc favorites. A review of
thirty or forty of the smaller colloges of
th country probably would show 11 at o'ut
ide of base ball, foot ball and track ath
letics time Is devoted In many of them ti
at least ten sports. With the limited num
ber of students and an equally limited
capital for the athletic associations, this
la quite a drain on the vitality of the stu
dent population.
Coat of the Sport.
What the total cost of athletics Is In the
tolleges of the United States would reach
a figure of appalling dimensions. There
Ere many large universities in the country
here thousands are spent every season.
Toot ball costs J30.000 or $40,000 In a year
In the biggest Institutions; rowing totals at
least 110.000. Base ball costs, say about
IS.OOO and track athletics about J3.000. Tak
ing a college where fifteen or sixteen sports
flourish. It Is not hard to Imagine that
1100.000 may be spent in a year on athletics.
There are several colleges which maintain
port on so lavish a basis, and If It were
leclared that the college men of America,
Where there are 300 or 403 Institutions of
the college grade, paid about tlO.'OOO.GOO a
year for athletics, It would be decried as
an Impossibility.
. However, taking' twenty or thirty Insti
tutions, It does not seem so impossible. )
The sums spent by Harvard, Yak', Prince- .
ton, Pennsylvania, Cornell, Columbia, Wis
consin, Chicago, Michigan, Minnesota, Illi
nois. Syracuse, Georgetown, Amherst. Wil
liams, Dartmouth, Brown, Virginia, Stan,
ford and California, taken aa Instances,
-would amount to more, than 2.C0Q.0OO alto-
Western League Batting Record
Autrey, Omaha's rapid left fielder, main
tains his hold on the batting honors of
the league with an average of .&. A few
Irregulars top him, but since he hss played
In thirty-six gomes and none of them
over eight, ho Is the king batter. IJo
grlever of Dps Moines Is the next a gular
with an average of .333. Autrey Is not
only the leader of the league, Jie is the
only Oinnhan Just now batting above .,
Dolan comes second with an average of
.29-J. and Welsh follows with .2X4. Both
Dolsn and Welsh have fallen from the
standard they established at the outset.
Graham ' trails the regulars for Omaha
with an average of .2:3, which is better
than he did for a while. Incidentally,
t'nrle Bill Schlpke of Des Moines has quit
batting. He thinks .171 Is enough for a
fast third baseman who looked so good at
one time that Lajole grabbed for him.
Hall of Omaha, up to the making of this
record, had Just one hit, and Sanders had
two.
Player. Cluh.
Cadwallader, Sioux Clt
Wright, Denver
Shannon, Des Moines..
Davis, Pul)lr
Autrey, Omnha
McDonnugh, Denver....
Townsend, Omtilia.
DaRrutid. Omaha..
Ketchem, Lincoln
Rsday. Denver
Ztnran, Lincoln
Ryan, Pueblo
Cook, Pueblo
Hart, Sioux City
Fox. Lincoln i....
t'nrkhlll, Des Moines
Sullivan. Lincoln
Campbell, Sioux City...
Klwert, Pueblo
Dolan. Omaha
Wheeler, Denver
Melcholr, Pueblo
J. Sheenan, Sioux City.
Bauer, Sioux City
Foster. Sioux City
Welsh. Omaha.
Fenlon, Lincoln
Oranvllle, Sioux City
Franck, Omaha
Weed. Sioux City
Goehnaur, Des Moines.,..
Davidson. Lincoln
McLaughlin, Des Moines..
Williams. Sioux City
Moore, Denver
Regan, Omaha
Relrlrn. Denver
Tonneman, Pueblo.'....
Nobllt. Sioux City
Oondlng. Omaha
Austin, Omaha
Dexter, Des Moines...
Kngle, Denver
Cnrlmn, Pueblo
McHnle, Denver
Andreas. Des Moines..
Spels. Sioux City
D. Sheehan, Sioux Clt
McNertey, Omaha
Graham, Omaha
McKay. Lincoln
Reddlck, Denver
Yeaer, Des Moines...
Aflams, Denver
Pntffe, Denver
Thomas. Lincoln
SnMth. Pueblo
Zalusky, Denver
Gilbert, Piieblo
Poorer, Des Moines...
Clcotte, Lincoln. ,
Hatch, Pueblo
Jones, Lincoln
Zackert, Lincoln
Harmes. Pueblo
Pahwood. Des Molnei
Seen. Lincoln
Clark. Des Moines..,
Toman, Denver
Corhett, Fioux Cltv..
Jarrott, Sioux City.
Jac''son, Pueblo
Morgan. Pueblo
Sanders. Omaha
S'lmmel. Rloux Clty-Llncoln.
Newlln, Sioux City
White, Denver
Oldsteart Denver
FHnerald. Pueblo
Hall, Omaha
P. At Bat. Runs Hits. IB. tB. H.R. SB. 8.H. Tct
..2 ' 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 ' .
.4 11. 0 t 0 0 0 0 0 .4f.4
.. t K V. 3 9 X 0 0 0 0
..2 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .S7S
.. 141 31 52 1 4 1 10 2 .JiW
-.10 . 35 10 13 2 1 2 0 1 ,3
. -5 (I 8 1 0 1 1 .3M)
..10 :h 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 .348
..1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .H3
.31 114 24 SK 5 0 0 7 6 .33
..35 139 25 4i 2 0 0 9 7 .3.11
.11 fO S 14 2 0 2 0 J .320
..27 1"0 17 32 6 0 0 4 6 .3:0
.32 142 23 45 B 3 0 7 6 .311
.21 73 13 23 2 1 0 2 s .318
..19 7 8 21 0 0 0 0 .313
n ISO fS 47 4 I 1 7 10 .313
..35 134 33 42 10 1 0 12 .313
.11 42 8 13 2 14 9 1 .ft"
.32 113 1 34 6 1 1 11 IS .m
.33 127 25 3H 8 3 0 4 I .209
54 4 M 0 0 0 0 1 .m
.33 1W 23 40 J04I .234
2 W 14 28 2 1 8 t .24
.31 123 22 3H ft 1 0 8 1 .292
.31 137 1 8 37 3 8 2 8 4 .291
,.33 128 26 87 4 0 9 ft .2
.22 77 8 22 . 3 0 0 0 ft .25
.28 109 . 16 81 8 1 0 8 4 .?4
.2 7 0 2 0 0 0.0.0 . 284
.30 118 1 S3 1 0 1 7 8 .24
.mm 11 23 1 0 1 7 8 .2M
.32 132 19 87 4 2 2 8 ' 4 .20
.M 143 2 40 7 2 0 9 8 . 279
.33 118 . 12 33 4 0 0 4 4 .271
137 31 37 0 1 11 9 .S70
.33 1 35 . 21 38 7 2 7 3 .28
.24 79 6 21 8 0 0 1 4 .2S5
.32 128 10 34 6 0 0 8 ft .26
.28 103 10 27 ' 2 11 7 4 .22
.22 . 78 1 2 20 3 1 0 2 2 . 2M
.31 99 15 25 7 1 1 (1 7 . 252
.3 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .20
.14 44 7 11 0 2 2 1 0 .250
.20 72 11 18 3 0 0 2 4 . 2f0
.22 ' (W 10 17 6 0 0 1 1 .M
.88 132 22 87 . 0 11 1 .245
.32 112 19 27 ft ' 0 0 4 4 .241
.38 134 21 S2 8 2 0 10 6 .228
.32 . 114 18 27 2 1 0 9 - 8 . 238
. 8 17 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 .235
.34 130 7 80 ft 1 0 11 ft .231
.31 130 2S 30 I 1 0 6 .231
.83 121 11 29 ft 0 0 14 9 .231
.2 12 22 0 0 0 4 2 .23
.23 87 11 20 8 0 1 1 . 9' .229
.15 48 9 11 2 0 0 1 1 .229
.30 111 19 25 0 0 0 13 .225
.14 40 5 9 3 0 0 0 2 .225
.31 103 12 23 , 1 1 1 J ft .223
.21 . 63 7 14 S 0 0 2 0 .222
.10 27 4 8 8 1 0 0 8 .222
.7 14 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 .214
.32 133 22 . 28 4 1 3 ft .211
.34 128 15 27 8 2 0 8 1 .211
.23 S? 12 17 4 2 0 7 1 .?"7
.10 29 3 a 0 0 0 0 .20
.8 50 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 .200
.8 20 0410002. 200
12 31 1 1 0 . 0 0 0 .193
.10 28 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 .192
. 8 22 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 .181
.18 50 2910041 .180
.12 S9 8 7 2 0 0 0 .179
.33 1 40 18 24 ft J 1 3 1 .171
.11 30 I 80 0 0 0 0 0 .186
.18 58 ft 9 1 0 0 8 1 .181
.8 25 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .130
.7 .28 4 4 0 ' 0 0 I 1 .153
.10 78 2 4 0 0 1 0 2 .142
.12 31 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 .129
.8 18 3 2 0 0000 .125
.2 8 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 .125
.14 43 t 8 1 0 0 2 1 .118
. 7 18 S 2 0 0 0 0 S .111
. 7 18 1 2 4 0 1 1 .in
.7 18 12 0 0001 .111
.15 39 4 . 4 0 0 0 0 0 .102
.6 II 11 1 000 1 2 .0R1
.8 201 1 1 0 0 0 0 .050
.8 24 1.1 . 0 1 .042
Des Moines hav mad no hits
Western l.enitar Fleldlnsr Average.
The fielding averages for th entire
league shew better results than the bat
ting. Old Johnny Gondlng, the records
show, Is still playing his great game. Out
of thirty games lie had but three errors.
All Omahans have good reports to make
to the fans In the fielding line. Here are
the averages of the league:
CATCHERS.
GP. PO. A. K. TC.Pct
27
10
41
IS
32
29
3t
17
9
10
14
21
Yeager, Des Moines.. 14 67
Mcl'nnouh. Denver.. 11 36
Smith, Pueblo 32 ltv
Rulllvan, Lincoln 15 76
Gomllng, Omaha 30 19S
Zalu'iky, Denver .21 144
,'rran, Lincoln lii
Wolfe, Dea Moines 7
Pashwood, Des M 11
Shannon, Des M 7
J. Sheehan, 8. Cltv...l2
Spels, Sioux !tv. ...... 18
ITl K.ST HAbKMKN.
Hart. Sioux City 84 9
White, Denver 3 88 ..
Thomas, Lincoln 30 328 12
Dexter, Des Moines..' 315 25
llPams. 15. City 12 120 8
Dolan, Omaha
Wheeler, Denver
Yeuger, Des Moines
Tonneman. Iieblo..,
Mcllale, Denver
Autrey, Omaha
McGilvrny. Pueblo.
Bohannan. Denver.... 4
Spels. Sioux Clly 7
O'Haean. Denver 6
SKCOND BASEMFN.
Fox. Lincoln 30 93 124 9
Andreas. 13. Moines.. 32
Weed. Sioux City 31
Graham, 0.naha 29
Reillck, Denver 28
Ryan. Pueblo 32
White, Omaha 7
THIRD BASEMF.N
D. Bhcehan. S. City. ..19 34 40
Austin, Omaha 30
Schlpke. Des Moines.. 30
Granville, S. City 19
Stee-i, Lincoln 11
Wheeler. Ienver 22
Mooret Denver 7
Holmes. Liner In 8
Wwert. Pueblo 23
84 1"00
46 10C0
Curry, Pueblo ( 14 3 T .714
SHORTSTOP.
Steen, Lincoln 6 9 18
Tomani Denver 7 9 23
Granville, 8. City 12 18 39
Franck, Omaha 34 70 &6
Williams. 8. City 8 17 15
Gsanlor. Lincoln 26 65 82
Corhan, Pueblo 32 60 104
Moore, Denver 2J, 27 53
Goehnaur, D. Moines.. 23 4 3 U
22
34
62
189
35
OITFl ELDERS.
16 163
20 184
13 93
24 116
3 3T3
1 H
3 233
8 178
2 102
99.)
99
.987
.WW
.9i0
.856
88 .955 ! Belden
Hogrlever. D. Moines. 27
Woodruff, D. Moines.. 5
Ketchem, Lincoln 30
McHale, Denver 29
Noblit, Sioux City. ...81
Cook. Pueblo 32
Harmes, Pueblo 18
McGllvray. Pueblo. ...11
Cassadv, Denver 19
Campbell. 8. City 31
Cookrell. D. Moines.. 31
Davidson, Lincoln. ...30
7 .948
.28
. 7
. 3
.12
. 9
. 4
.22
342
848
131
201
78
34
137
H4
49
240
40
81
62
220
78 104 8 190
109 87 10 m
63 76 8 147
71 65 13
87 93 15
9 16 4
281
72
32
124
75
44
217
36
70
55
93 1000
88 1000
149
195
29
..10
3
45 68 8
S5 6T 11
82 54 10
17 16
25 31
10 10
7 11
25 42
5 9
77
121
111
M
37
64
23
21
82
20
.9SS
.977
.977
.975
.974
.971
.971
.9tf
.939
.929
.925
.914
.9C3
.980
.989
.951
.948
.926
.923
.803
.96
.934
.901
.892
.892
.875
.870
.857
.X17
.750
Omaha 35
Welch. Omaha 35
Murphy, Denver 28
Fenlon, Lincoln 30
McLaughlin. D. M es..27
Melcholr, Pueblo 32
Autrey. Omaha 31 64
J. Sheehan, 8. City.... 6 8
Bauer. Sioux Clt v.... 20 40
PITCHERS.
Btlmmel, Sioux City.. 7 1
Corhett, Sioux City.. 7
Newlln, Sioux City.... 8
McNeeley, .Omaha 9
Ragan; Omaha 10
Gehrlng, Des Moines.. 11
Miller, Des Moines.... 8
Bngle, Denver 6
Page. Denver..,.. 7
Jones, Lincoln.... 10
McKay, Lincoln M
C Icotte, Lincoln 8
Gilbert, Pueblo 8
Jarrott, Sioux City.... 8
4S 13
(ether. That la only a very small part of 1 Frost, Lincoln
the whole because If many other c.illejes
spend only a little money, at least there
ar so minv which snenrt amAll inmi that t students of ul the colleges of the eonntrv
In th aggregate the sum Is worthy of con- I have been candidates for places on 'varsity
(deration. In fact It seems aa If $10.C0,0ft1 ' teams. Going lack a few years. It does not
rer a very small estimate for the total i seem possttile that such could be the case.
Hatch. Pueblo 12
Sanders, Omaha 7
Morgan, Puehjb 8
Clark, Des Moines.... 7
Olmstead, Denver ft
Zackert, Lincoln 7
Hall. Omaha 7
Forer. Des Molncs... 7
Fltxgerald. Pueblo
Hall. Sioux City 3
Adams, Denver 9
Thompson. Omaha. ...10
Wright, Denver 4
7
t
3
22
19
27
19
30
46
16
24
13
36
31
25
20
25
21
37'
15
16
13
28
22
19
15
7
24
18
3
31
4
64
42
67
61
29
28
42
40
49
46
45
68
51
66
54
67
82
13
61
iooo
.941
.919
.917
:
.891
.880
.733
1000
I0")o
.9N4
.974
.970
.969
.986
.9H4
.952
.950
.939
.935
.913
.921
.922
.911
.907
.96
.890
.846
.843
23 lono
19 lOXi
31 1UO0
21 1000
32 lOOu
63 1000'
18 1000
' 25 l1t
15 1000
37 lOfO
88 lllflO
29
28
27
27
40
30
19
16
1)1
23
22
19
8
31
23
ft
.986
.9fet
.98:1
.93
.9.7)
.950
.947
.937
.936
.920
.9i
.8
.875
.871
.870
.800
pending on athletics.
but It must be remembered that there are
In view of the number of sports and the so many more branches of snort for the
mount spent on them, the athletic sltua- . men to compete In now than there used to
lion Is believed to have got beyond theb that the figures perhaps do not show
control of the student. It Is contended how much change there really has been,
that It Is harmful for young men to devota ! There are some men who are fitted for one
so much of their time to games and, fur- I spot' which nowadays Is made a means
thermore, that It Is bad far them to hav I f intercollegiate competition and formerly
the handling of great sums of money j was merely a test of skill within the ranks
Th careful supervision of athletic funds!1' their college alone. Such a sport, for
by a graduate manager in most 'Institu- instance, s gymnastics. That makes a
tlons makes peculation unlikely, If not Im- man member of an intercollegiate team
possible. In on way It is an excellent
thing for th undergraduate to have In
liaig funds of such dimensions. It makes
It necessary tor h'.m to Improve and de
velop th business sens which he has to
llsplay when he gets out of college.
Ptreestsre nf Participants
Another angle of view of the athletic
now, and hence an athlete, although for
merly that would not have been the case. .
(IlKWJ GUTTING DOW TO WORK
Men Who Will Ron at PooKhkeepsle
Ai on Final Tralalna;.'
NEW YORK. June 1. I-at week saw the
problem Is the percentage of men In the 1 bt rtnnlng of final work In training at
Institutions who take part In ports. It j Oeort'etown. Coach Russell,, who has had
-as figured out not long ago that on the ' son.e dimculty in selecting a crew this
basis of the total registration at Columbia I year,1 is making every preparation which
for instance. 38 per cent of tne students foresight can suggest to get the men In
Were Interested In athletics to the extent ' shape for fucln? tbe starter at Pough
of being candidates for teams ' The total keepsie. There Is some doubt as to George
registration at Columbia, neatly 5.O.10, con- town's showing In the four-mile race, as
tains many women as well as f.:er stu- j so. far this season the crew has only rowed
dents who are not strictly eligible for ath- two-mile stretches. The men. however,
letlrs. It Is conceivable that at many lure in g.Kd form and should Improve fron.
It Is likely that Farley will remain at
stroke In place of Tappan. who has been
laid off because of lack of condition. Far
ley Is a more rugged man than Tappan.
with much greater endurance, besides being
rteadlcr and stroking with more dash and
drive than Tappan.
HENLEY STEWARTS AGAINST TITIS
other Institutions the perceptsge would be
much greater.
Harvard s percentage would not be so
grtat, prhap. as Princeton's. Dartmouth
now on. Since the race whli the Middles
at Annapolis the crew has been doing light
work only, but this week see a redoub
ling of efforts to make a winning crew for
would come nearer having the largest nurn- 1 th southern university
ber of athletes In proportion to studmt ' TV Harvard and Cornell trews also canm
than any other Institution. In fact, the ; In fvr a final shakeup. The change In
Dartmouth percentage mUht well be over j the Itason crew ram about partly as a
60. Cornell Is strongly devoted to Inter- result f t!e race with Col jmbla and partly
t.olWlata and Intraunh entity aport. and.becau further ohslsclcs hav arisen to
for that reason would make a greater embarraa Coach Wray and Captain Bacon,
showing of athletic students than most The final makeup of tho crew which will
other college, although they would not bo race against Cornell and Yale Is still un
candldatea for Varsity teams. (decided akd success for the Crimaon look
On th basis u a hasty estimates It 1 'doubtful, 'fh men ar not In condition for
af t say that 88 or 49 par cent of th hard work and hav had llttl coa-jhlng.
WUI Retarm Eatranea of American In
Diamond Senile.
NEW YORK, June l.-lf It Is true, as
reported, that the Henley stewards have
decided to return the entry of Constance
8. Titus for the Diamond Sculls on the
ground that his expenses are to be paid
by contributions, a great Injustice will be
done to the American champion. Although
entered formally by the Nonpareil Rowing
cluh of Harlem. Titus was to pay his own
expense to England and not a penny of It
was to come from other Individuals or or
ganizations. Titus Is a genuine amateur
HH only fault Is that ho refuses to com
pete against Frank Greer, the former
champion, who is anxious to meet him
afloat. But that his entry should be
turned back for that, or for ttje mistaken
Idea that' hi expenses wre to be defrayed
by club contribution, la a mockery upon
the spirit of fair play, which Is alleged to
exist In England, but which spirit does
not exist.
It Is true that the entry of Titus Is not
endorsed by either the National Association
of Amateur Oarsmen or the American Row
ing association, th chief ruling bodies nf
tills country, but, then. West of Philadel
phia went to Henley last year without
official endorsement, other than the I'ndinc
Boat club of the Quaker City, and if West
why not Tit uT The latter is a better
sculler than West, however, and that may
b on of the chief reasons wny they do
not want him along th noble Thames.
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WARSHIPS AT P0UG0KEEPS1E
Monitors to Attend Becatta When the Nary
Lieht Rows.
MIDSHIPMEN TO HAVE WARLIKE ESCORT
Poaalbly the OInipla May Ba There.
Too, If the Draught la All Hlht
for Trip lomethlog
About the Crew.
It ia going to be a warlike scene at Pough-
keepsl this year at the Intercollegiate re
gatta on .June 36, and the coming of the
midshipmen is the cause. If present plans
hold good there will be regular fleet
on the Hudson. Ther will certalrrly' bo
three monitors, the Nevada, the Arkansas
and the Florida. Possibly, too, the crulsur
Olynipla, Admiral Dewey's flagship at the
battle of Manila bay, will be there. It Is
only a question of making its passage up
the Hudson. It may be that going up the
Hudson as far as Poughkeepsie la not pos
sible for a cruiser. In addlon to these
craft will be the president's boat, aa h
will likely go to Poughkeepsle by water to
ee the race.' '
Added to the chance for a spectacle
aqorded 'by the entry of Annapolis there
also is the likelihood that the race of the
varsity eights will be more stirring becaus
the Naval academy crew Is there. Much
was written and said at the time that the
midshipmen received permission to com
plete at Poughkeepsie about the chances
that their presence would Improve the
quality of the race. Mostly ' on the basis
of past work, it was predicted' that An
napolis was booked to do something has been
monotonous succession of Cornell victories.
Bine the announcement by Secretary Met
calf, however, the presumption that An
nupol was booked to do something has been
greatly strenghened by actual work on the
water.
The victory over Georgetown li the
early part of the season did not count for
so much in the minds of many persona,
because th Washington oarsmen were
slight and were rowing under extremely
adverse conditions. However, when An
napolis defeated the Columbia crew a
length and a half In two miles, directly
after the New Yorkers showed their quality
by defeating Harvard, It began to look as
if there were a solid and sensible basis
for the predictions that the midshipmen
were likely candidates for flrst place.
Rowing la one ol the old established
sports at the Naval academy, probably
the oldest. It is not unnatural that It
should be so. Long yrars ago, when the
academy waa established, there were
cutter crews which represented the In
stitution. They had racea with cutter
crew of boat clubs from Baltimore and
occasionally a race with a war vessel's
twelve. Later the popular four oared sweep
races took hold at Annapoll. Sweep rowing
I In eights, however, Is a rather rec.-nt ln
stltutlon at Annapolis, although the aenlor
of th crew development in either George
town or Syracuse.
I Winston ChurchlH. Blnce better known
as a writer and incidentally s a ponmiaii,
was a member of the class of 1884 at An
napolis. He was captain of the '91 crew
of the Naval academy, and that was the
beginning of eight oared rowing there.
The best seasons of rowing at Annapolis
have be.en In the last three years. That
Is to ssy.ttho great Improvement In rowing
ther Is coincident with the arrival of
Richard Glendon to take charg of th
! oarsmen.
It is due to Secretary Metcalf that the
midshipmen are competitor this year. His
remembrance of hla old rowing day at
Yale probably wr strong In his mind when
It first was suggested to him that he give
permission to the Annspolis crew to go
to the Hudson. Th affair, strictly speak
ing, was directly In th hands of the head
of the bureau nf navigation, but naturally
th final decision rested with Secretary
Metcalf. H considered the matter from
tb point of view of th later wellar of
th midshipmen who took part In rowing
and decided that their scholarship and
subsequent rank In the service would not
be unfavorably affected by a race on the
Hudson.
Incidentally It was suggested to Secre
tary Metcalf that one good reason for let
ting the crew, go was that Annapolis
boasted of an exceptionally line squad of
big men. Secretary Metcalf said that going
back to his rowing days he remembered
thut great weight was unnecessary In
crews. He Instanced figures and statistics
of older Yale crews, and all In all showed
so lively and Intelligent an Interest In row
ing matters that those who hud a chance
to hear htm congratulated the Annapolis
men on having been fortunate enough to
have that kind of a man at the. head of
the department when they made their ap
plication for permission to go to Pough
keepsie. The graduation exercises at the Naval
academy this year are to take place next
Thursday. After the exercises some of the
r.ien leave for the Jamestown exposition,
where they will be for a snort time. . The
crew men leave for Poughkeepsie to ar
rive there on June 15. That will give them
about nine days of actual rowing work
on the Hudson. The midshipmen will come
up from Jamestown in the monitors men
tioned. Those who have opportunities to
be away from duty the first part of th
summer doubtless will be among the land
purties. i
- Incidentally, this will cut out th col
legians from a great share of their promi
nence - In the activities around boat race
lime. The hearts of the fair Poughkeepsie
maids are likely to be greatly disturbed by
navy blue cloth and gold buttons. The
fickle fair doubtless will desert their col
lege associations to applaud the navy.
Two elght-oared crews are to be taken
to Poughkeepsie. It was at flrst sug
gested by the Annapolis men that they be
permitted to enter their second 'varsity
boat In the freshmen race. This was
abandoned because the crew was not
actually composed of flrst year men m
tiic academy. Then it was proposed by
outsiders that Annapolis break up the
second crew to form a four to take part
In the ( 'our-oared race.
There Is no four-oared shell In the An
napolis equipment, and as time was lack
ing to train a four it waa decided that
only one crew should be entered and thut
the second 'varsity should go along to af
ford competition for the senior boat In
training on the Hudson. Next year it Is
very, likely that Annapolis will have a
four. If vermlsslon again la granted to
visit the Hudson. "No use spreading out
too much the, flrst year," one midshipmen
put it.
The cost of rowing is not so gTeat at
Annapolis as at most of the other Institu
tions. For one thing, the Annapolis men
' hang on to their old boats. Money Is not
1 - 1 .!... 1 -. . U n V. ..... 1 t tha nrhlatll.
association. One boat served for three
years. With the Poughkeepsie rac in
view a ri'w shell was bought this year
from John Hoyle, the Cornell boat builder.
Altogether, rowing costs about t&SOO at
Annapolis. The trip to Potighkeepst will
cost J2.500. Compared with most institu
tions this is not great. Both Columbia
and Cornell pay about $13.0(0 for a season's
rowing. Pennsylvania is not far behind.
The expenses of Wisconsin and Syracuse
will be greater this year than before, and
probably both Institutions will pay'abui
twice as much as Annapolis.
There la absolutely no Income from
sports at Annapolis. In fact, there Is
nothing to do but pay out. In track
athletics this season, for example, Anna
polis met. Johns Hopkins, Carlisle Indian
School and Swarthmore In dual meeta. The
expenses or partial expenses of the visi
tor bad to be paid. In base ball ther
was an expense of bringing collfge teams
to th Naval Academy grounds, and this
yeur an added expense In traveling to
West Point for the game there. Foot ball
puts a heavy drain on tha student athletic
association.
There are no gat receipts and no re
turns whatever. To meet this the Navy
Athletlo association collect a fixed small
sum from all officers In tha navy, a well
as students and graduate of the academy
not actually In the servlc. This I volun
tary. - Colonel . Thompson I a very large
Individual contributor, this being, a baa
been set forth, only a small part of hla
gift to athletlca at the academy. The
many source of outgo, fencing, foot bail.
base ball, basket ball, track athletics and
rowing, with expenses of visiting team.
uniform and coaches, make up a consid
erable sum.
Incidentally, the Annapoll men ar pin
ing to take on a race between their coach
ing launch and that of Cornell. Th steam
launch, the Ezra Cornell, ha been the
fastest thing on the river, barring, per
haps, the, Syracuse boat, the Brown, for
some years. The Manley, the Navy's boat.
Is a Yarrow built torpedo boat with a de
signed speed of 17.6 knot an hour, but It
can do more than twenty knots, the mid
shipmen say. That, they think, would give
the Cornell launch some work. It Is an
Inspiring sight to see th Manley with
black smoke pouring out of ft funnel
dashing after the crew. It throw a ter
rific swell.
BOOKIES TO HAVE MORE TIME
Steward of the Jockey Clab wfll
Rescind tho Ten-Mloote
Betting; Rale.
NEW YORK, June X. The stewards of
the Jockey club have not rescinded their or
der allowing the bookmakers but ten min
utes In which to do business between races.
This rule was established at the recent
meeting at Belmont park for tha purpose,
so It was stated, of preventing as much as
possible the sending out of racing Infor
mation from the track. It was at flrst
thought by many patron of the race track
that the stewards acted rather hastily In
the matter and without giving the subject
proper consideration, and that a aoon as
it was made apparent to them that the en
forcement of the rule would work a great
hardship to the players the order would be
rescinded. The fact, however, that the rule
Is being strictly enforced would seem to
indicate that the stewards Intend to stand
pat and make the ten-minute rule a perma
nent fixture of the betting ring for the fu
ture. It has already been brought to the
attention of the stewards that their order
allowing the bookmaker but ten minutes'
time In which to book on a race was most
unfair to the players, for the reason that
it compelled them to accept prices far be
low what they should be.
There Is, under the present system, vir
tually no competition among the bookmak
ers. The betting ring to all Intents and
purposes la nothing short of a syndicate
ring and the longer the present system
lasts the shorter the odds will get and tha
fewer the player will become. UnUss a
better Is fortunate enough to get hi money
from home he cannot possibly survlv very
long and play against the percentage the
bookmaker now have over him. There I
no one to blame for this state of affairs
but- the stewards, who hav very unwisely
sought to govern the betting ring by a
rule which has placed th race-going pub
llo at a very great disadvantage. The
stewards may feel that they ar Justified
in establishing any rule that will erv to
keep racing Information from being sent
from the track to the poolroom of th city,
but at the same time they should not over
look the fact that those who patronise the'
race tracks for the purpose of putting
down a small bet on their choioe in a rac
ar entitled to some protection.
The practice of permitting added starters
In stake race or early closing handicap
ia on that fair-minded racing men hav
decried for year on th ground that in
justice is thereby worked to the racing
public, to whose support th existence of
the sport is due. If it is now Intended to
add overnight handicaps to the list of
vents in which starter may be added,
racing will undoubtedly suffer a loss of
popularity possibly a serious reverse. The
innovation opens up n avenue for tb
concealment of form that will, plac th
ordinary track visitor at a tremendous dis
advantage. Ther Is nothing to prevent a
sharp owner or trainer preparing a hors
for a killing In an overnight handicap,
after a long letup, in which It form will
have been entirely forgotten, and getting
away with a coup at long odds. With the
new order of things. It will not be neces
sary to enter In stake and handicap fix
uua io crea.ni 01 cue maxaeu mat, ai
least. Is the way It looks after some re
cent experience.
The ten-minute betting interval haa al
ready succeeded in handicapping the play
er and helping the layer of odds to an
extent that is causing a rapidly growing
dislike of present methods of conducting
racing. With the twenty, or even fifteen
minute allowed for speculation, there was
formerly a chance for the market to set
tle down and give the racegoer some-'
thing like an even break in percentage. At
present, with only ten minutes for betting,
some of the book hold their first sets of
odds from the start to the finish of the
betting, except that they cut down the fig
ures against the horses that are being
supported. It is an actual fact that some
of the slates displayed at the Gravesend
meeting figured nearly 200 per cent for the
layer.
Horse and jockeys are non too kind to
th people, anyway. It I hard enough to
try to beat them, when one ha plenty ot
time to dope them out and look around tb
track a bit, but when a horse is sprung in
the lost few minute then there Is hardly
any chance at all, unless one ' I In th
know." And fewi people "know."
PUNNSY MAY MEET WITH YALE
Chance for A not Iter Blar foot Ball
Game la Good.
PHILADELPHIA, June 1. Captain Rob
ert C. Folwell of th University or Penn
sylvania foot ball team. In an Interview
dealing with the foot ball prospects ano
situation at Pennsylvania, admitted that
th Quaker and Yale ar trying to gl
together In a gam this fall upon one ol
the open dates of th season. Ther U
little doubt that Pennsylvania is anxioui
for this contest and that Yale men ir
Philadelphia, almost to a man, would like
to see it played. Folwell said: "My onlj
regret la the scarcity of big gamis. O.
course, we will play Michigan and Cornell
but Chicago Is doubtful, as their facultj
will only allow them to play five games.
Probably we can arrange a gam with
Yale for on of our open dates. If wr
could ther would be no annual argument
aa to which was the intercolegiate cham
pion. This spring foot ball pacllce is a
farce. It gives the men too much foot ball
and they get sick of It. We must hav
foot ball weather to play the game. U '
help to get a Una on new candidates."
Kerne's BIT Winnings.
NEW YORK. Jun 1. Th racing seasor
Is only about two month old, yet th tbl
of James R. Keen already stand ou
as most formidable. With such early win
tiers as Superman, Transvaal, Sepoy, Suf- '
frage and Philander, Mr. Keen seemi
destined to win more honors than any
owner on the eastern circuit. Besides
these, which have shown superiority over
tha fields they hav met, the white and
blue spots will be represented capably In
future event by th t-year-olda. Masks and
Faces. Frlsetto. Cltlsen. 'Chaplet, Hesom,
Incognito, Earl' Court, Cool, Peter Quince,
Masquerade and Red Bonnet. In the
t-year-old division, beside Superman and
Philander, there are Gretna Green, Veil,
Peter Pan. Orlmalrtt, Cabochon, . Zambesi,
Kurokl, Court Dress and other, who will
surely add to th list of th season s stake
winners. Court Dress, a t-year-old of ex
ceptional promise, and Veil, who as a
t-year-old was a lata season star last year,
ar expected to do wonder. Mr. Keen 1
well represented In all th big stakes.
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