Evening star., 1897-01-28
PRESIDENT ELIOT's OBJECTIONS.
Harvard Athletes Have Been Over
trained and Have Lost in Consequence

trained and Have Lost in Consequence
The annual report of President Eliot of
Harvard University appeared yesterday,
and with the accompanying reports from
heads of the various schools makes up a
volume of $50 pages. The president does
not as usual make any sweeping recon-
| mendations, such as the abolishing of foct
ball. as he did two years ago. but he pays
his respects to Intercollegiate athletics in
the following paragraphs:
THE conduct of intercollegiate sports
during the year proved afresh that the
mai agement of these sports at Harvard
has be en- for some years unintelligent. and
for that reason unsuccessful. The evils Of
over training and excessive eXertion on the
part Of the members of the principal teams
were exhibited in high degree.
"A fundamental defect in the athletic Or
ganization has been that coaches Of limited
experience who may be either unobsery ant
| or obtuse. can override ur the spot the at
vice of the trainer and physicians. The re-
suit Is that the principal players of foot
ball are almost ali more less injured
early in the season, and are then brought
to the principal games in a crippled or ex-
hausted condition: while the crew comes to
the final races less capable Of endurance
than they were a month earlier
The remedies are the Subordination of
coaches to an expert in training TO IA
medical adviser, and the general adoption
Of more reasonable views about all training
FOR athletic sports. 1t must be perceived
and admitted that trainn, which goes be-
yord pleasurabe strenuous exercise is
worse than useless, and that so-called
sports which require a dull and dreaded
! ration for few exciting crises are not
worth all they cost. They pervert even
courage and seif-sacrifice, because these
hign qualities are exercised tor no ade-
Guate end
The remarks were unfavorably received
by number of prominent college athletes,
but are highly approved by those gradu-
ates who remember the customs of early
times, "nen iiaintlg was not nearly so
excessive. English oarsmen DO not train
nearly so hard as Americans =
Interstate Base Bsll League.
President Charles b. Power of Pittsburg
| called the meeting of the Interstate League
| at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Toledo.
There were present the following base ball
managers: Charles J. sefoebel Toledo: J.
| E. Nelson. Springfield; sE j! Torrenson,
Springfield; J. A. Mckee, New Castle. Pa
A. A. Anderson, Youngstown; George
Black. SAGINAW, and GA, Yanderbeck of
Detrtot. Western League The following
cities were selected for next season: Toledo,
Youngstown. Fort WaynBj Dayton. Spring
field and New Castle. The other cities will
DE selected from Bay City. Saginaw, Akron
and Wheeling. The SELECTION of the two
mittee. with full power TO aet. The elec-
tion Of officers resulted as follows: Presi-
dent, secretary and treasurer, Charles B.
Powers; second vice president. Charles j.
Stroebel. Toledo. The session lasted about
three hours.
Toronto to Play Here.
Manager Irwin Of the Toronto team has
arranged the following early games: Pat
erson. April 1O. IL; Washington. April II.
| 13. IA; Philadelphia, April Is. 16; Balti-
more. April IT, 10: Athletic, April 90. q /;
Reading, April %, %; Newark, April p, %.
De Orc to P1ay Stewart.
Alfredo de Orc. the pool champion, has
accepted the challenge of Herman E. Stew
art of Binghamton to play a match for
| the worlds championship. $50 a side and
| the diamond medal, now in possession of
| De Orc, about the middle of February.