The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-29
. ATHLETICS AT HARVARD.
The 'vsrrity Crew Hard st Work Urder
Coach George Mumrord.

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CAMBRIDGE. March os.-The past week has
been a lively one with the Harvard athletic
teams. All the crows are on the river. the
varsity and freshman mines are hard at work on
temporary diamonds. which have been laid out
on Soldiers Field. and the track men, to the
number of about one hundred. are train
ing daily on the cinder path. The football men
will begin their spring practice on Monday.
Ten OF tho men went to the varsity train
Ing table ON Wednesday night. The for
tunate ones are: Bullard. Jennings, Sprsguo,
Goodrich, Duf1eld. Stillnan, Perkins, Hollister,
Moulton, and Hayes. The men have, of course,
rowcd 80 far In the barge, with Mumford ana
Capt. Billiard doing the coaching. Hollister,
who has been rowing at No. 4. has been tried at
No. 9. changing places with Stillman. Dufiold,
who has been out only q few weeks, has had a
chance in the boat, rowing In Capt. Billiards.
place at No. g.
The men seem to take very kindly to Mum
ford's coaching. They are In better spirits than
they wero at any time last spring. and their
rowing shows q corresponding snap and dash.
That Is the most encouraging thing that can be
said about them at present. AS they have rowed
In the barge there has been a noticeable break In
tho middle OF the boat, caused. doubtless. by the
constant shifting of positions. Mr.. watson's re-
turn from England will be so late in the spring
that 1t is probable for the remainder of the year
Mumford will have quito as much voice as the
head coach.
The freshmen have had three days on the
water. and. with the exception OF the usual
splashiDg, have appeared we'll. Capt. Thomson
has been at home, sick, but there has been no
radical change in the makeup Of the eight since
last week.
The Meld Boat Club. an organization of Har-
ward students, have purchased the shell which
tho '9l varsity won the New London race In and
will train II racing eight for the New England
Rowing Associations regatta, to be held on the
Charles. on either May 10 or Juno II. Placesi In
this boat will be open to all university members,
including students In the professional schools.
who are graduates or other schools.
Capt. Wrightington Is certainly going to start
off the next football season under most favor
able auspices. Manager Jenney 10 fast filling
out his schedule. Dates are already fixed with
Princeton, Pennsylvania. Cornell, and Brown.
and II is pretty certain that games will be fixed
with the Carlisle Indians and the Orange A. G.
Annapolis and West Point are also anxious to
play Harvard. All possibility of a game with
Yale in the fall seems now to be gone, but there
Is a common feeling in Cambridge that n recon-
~ciliation will in some way be brought about be-
fore another year passes.
1t this spring. The inter. class championship
will take place on April -. and the varsity
games on April II. The relay team will race at
Philadelphia on April %, and the rest OF tho
team will rest during the spring recess from
April Is to 25. On May o will come the big
open handicap meeting: on May III the dual
games with Pennsylvania: on May 90 the dual
games with California, and on May 80 the Inter
collegiate championships.