The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-01
tudies will no doubt fill his old position

studies, will no doubt fill his old position.
II these three men play they will make a
strong set Of backs. Other candidates are
Fearing, who, owing to his recent illness,
will probably not be allowed to play long by
the coaches; Gray, new man, who is
vigorous pushing player, promising well
for another year, If not for this. and Sher-
win, who, if he were wise, would wait
until next year to gain strength and weight
and recover from his injured knee. There
is the possibility in Sherwin of making the
finest running half-back that any of US
have ever seen on football field.
The eleven, as a whole, has great lack
of team play" 1t wants impetus and
vigor; that feeling which Mr.. Adams put
make one inch of ground if they could not
do better; and that one inch was a great
gain, since it would only be question of
time when they should win If they could
keep that up"
Other sports at Cambridge are for the
moment overshadowed by the football
work. The men are not idle, however. Mr..
Perkins, captain of last years crew, will
undou ntedly give great deal of attention
to assisting Mr.. kelton in getting his crew
out. The scratch races Of the fall are
over and within q month candidates for the
crew will be working in the gymnasium
and in the "tank-boat."
The crew starts at the beginning of the
year in more favorable condition than
formerly, Perkins being the only man out
of the boat. Inst spring the eight seats
were filed by ]. G. Powers, stroke; Kelton,
Z; Vail, Z; Cummings, 5; Lyman, 4; Ran
tou, B; Perkins, ., and Newell, bow. All
remain to try their places again except
Perkins. Vail, Rantoul and Newell are
working on the eleven, and there is al op-
portunlty for Kelton to try the new men
that offer themselves. The interesting and
old discussion has of course come up again
as to whether an "old" crew or ':newn
crew is better, more likely to wln-of
which much might be written, but it
would be the oft-repeated unauswerable
argument of both sides.
In track athletics Fearling, who has the
indoor record of feet go inches in the
running high Jump, will be one of the Mott
Haven contestants, and there are over a
hundred men ready to put themselves
under Mr.. Lathrop's care. N. T. Cook,
the captain Of the team. is 10 2-5 hundred
yard dash man bnd holds p 2-5 in the
straight away 320-yard dash. G.. Lowell,
A. White, Collamore and Nichols will enter
for training for the mile run and general
long distance running.
AS whole the fail meeting on the 23d
was satisfactory to moderate degree aud
d
good one.
TIE most important movements in
athletics this year begun last year-more
important. perhaps, TO graduates than
many Of the smaller particulars--is the
final development of the athletic commit
tee. -Four or i've years ago, and from that
time back into history, Harvard athletes
have been in cor ta..s with the faculty to q
greater or less degree When the present
committee was appointed the same results
were expected, and it was supposed that
the new arrangement was q mere changing
of responsibility. Bat the care that this
committee has taken to look seriously into
all questions. the admirable report which
they prepared in 1889, and the firmness
with which they have maintained their
decisions, have won for them universal
respect that has helped matters exceed
ingly. They recognize the Importance OF
| athletics as regular part Of college life;
they recognize also the necessity that no
man below certain mark in his studies
should be permitted to take part in the
sports, and moving on these two princi-
pies they are avoiding difficulties, facilitat-
ing the business part Of athletic sports and
raising the standard of scholarship among
athletic students. SEARS.