Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-13
.LIVE SPORTING NBES.
An Effort to Abolish Athletics at
Cornell University
PROF. WILDER CREATES A STIR
By an Attack on All Sports-The
Students to Have Their Say.
Yale Ignores Pennsylvania.
Will Play Princeton and Har-
vard-A Cup for a Good Player.
Race Results and Entries-Gen-
eral Sporting News.

ITHACA, n. Y, December IA
much mooted question which is now
agilating the student body of Cornell
and the faculty as well, is a resolution
which is up before the faculty. Shall
athletic teams be given leave of absence
to play out-Of-town games? or TO be
more exact, it means in other words,
"Shall inter-c collegiate athletics be
abolished at this institution" The
author of the resolution is Prof. Burt
G. Wilder. The professor is a
strong advocate OF Cornell taking
the iniatiVe and sbolishing inter
collegiate contests. In a recent issue Of
The Journal, the professor used nine
columns to make his case. 1t is but
fair TO state that he gave logical rea'
sons for his position, and delivered
sledge-hammer blows, but it is safe 10
predict that beyond a good deal Of dis
cussion nothing will come of mis- pro-
test. The resolution was TO be debated
at the last meeting Of the faculty, but
owing TO the absence OF several pro-
fessors, who are much interested In the
question, IL was put on the table until
the next meeting, which will be held
next Friday afternoon. Pending the
action of the faculty the question has
become one of discussion
AMONG STUDENTS GENERALLY.
The official organ Of the students, The
Cornell Sun, has taken up the battle and
an anonymous communication is printed
in to-day's issue In answer to Professor
Wilder, which, however, is indorsed ed
itorially by the paper.
Professor Wilder has been a con-
sistent enemy Of intercollegiate athletics
for years, and his article contaiend an
astonishing list Of statistics and eX-
cerpts from speeches and writings OF
prominent professors. The doctor ven
lures to guarantee, however, that
all Of the students in the uni
versity out one-third care for the
continuance of the intercollegiate
games, and the other two-thirds are to-
tally disinterested. To settle this point
the students are to hold mass meeting
tomorrow, at which every student will
be requested to cast vote as TO his
position in the matter. As the faculty
will meet on Friday, the result OF this
vote will have very material result ou
the way the faculty disposes of the reso-
luton in question. There seems, how
ever, to be little doubt that there will
be but very few votes against intercol-
legiate games.
RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, December 12.-Fourth
dav winter meeting. Weather fine; track
slow; attendance good. First, six and one
half furlongs, Miss Mamie; :264. Sec
ond. seven furlougs, Ten Spring; 1885.
Third, one mile, Young Arion; :464
Fourth, handicap, mile and sixteenth,
Renaud :54. Fifth. six and one-halt fur
longs, Galen Brown; :2514.
Following are the entries at New Or
leans, La, for December l3: First, sell
ing, 5 furlongs, Vocality, Toss Witt, Cara
Mia. Stack, POmegranite 3, Pisa ., My
Dutch, Red Top, Black Jack 6, Verdi TO-
Second. selling, mile eighth. WOOlsley,
Billy Mckenzie IS, Bustup, Peytonia /,
Charter ,, Hattie Cant :. Hot Spur, Bur
rels Billet, Bob Campbell 10. Third,
Handicap, Is furlougs, Longorook
Is, Gold Dust l, Bessie Nichols II,
King Craft 4, Dollie %. Fourth, ! BIO,
Tippecanoe, Clara Bauer 99 Cyrus ,, Dan
Collins, Lank, Issie o, Jardlne. Vancluse,
Lottie Mills I, Metropole 8. Fifth, seven
furlongs, Joco 100, Dick White 3, PhllOpena
4. Denver, Ze6e Hardy, Press Connolly,
Masonic Home, Texas Star ., Canaryville
6, Danube S, Silver Prince 9, Royal Flush
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