New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
may not be nasrant but they stu exist, and !,

would hardly be fair to ignore them One OF the.
table" system. that by some clubs seems N Ia 'ning
RED to excess The idea OF the Training table o,,s
inAy was 10 provide means at the periods i,,s,
cedIng important contests sor .he atheIic pre-
to obtain more nourishins food. Those Who had
not felt necessary 10 tax the poorer menobers Vas
this plan had Teen under way for some tIms ~, ,%
around and some Of the athletic msnb,r year
practically free access to it continually Then son mao
should provide any special clothing tnat was r. cuo
sary for some Of the me nb"rs And so on iItiIs ~
little. customs began gradually spring into vo0 uy
that, taken altogether, have seemed 10 brino sn
athletes fairiy near to the line Of proft ssionss svne
rules OF the Amateur Athletic Union do MAJ na mo
pressy forbid such practices have been desrrsa1s
declare that the limits Of strictly amateur ch n
nd i Clearly from What "a dre oeG to
creep m if at al on the whole. American m asS,
instance are totailv dferent TSsTnn a,heiic- for
field sports are nextrcably mixed up with ho sno
mskinE and ne ,s mos Is quite dnersn, from
the social side OF athletic life is only sliebti Sd
esnce w tbs s sPendor t Of bc
club and the Influence that It wclds ''''enc
IMPORTANCE OF THE COLLEGES
Anything written on the subjec; OF athletic, =.
America would be wholly incomplete without anor,.
reference being given 10 collegiate and t,,s
collegiate athletics. The organizations a, -.
colleges have done an immense amour, o..
the betterment OF athletics and MANI. -, A..
most scientific methods have been adop,es
from the colleges and put into practice ,u
Is, too. always an unusual and almost romantic a.
terest attaching to the achievements OF college
men on turf and aeId Who does not recall tie
each year on some beautiful May-day upon the Old
Field? And what graduate Of the larger colleges
cannot recall the deeds OF the heroes who uos
glory and glitterng medals without ondq W. All
Baker Evert Wendell lanes Leo W {; nnenoel
John Corbin; Richmond Fearing. HOLSTER ana
Williams OF Yale: Luther Garey' Wa hok' IL n, L.
ard Boreherng Of Princeton; the Mapes brothers
are almost equally well known. ~
LEADERS AMONG THE COLfrGrs
For many years Harvard had the suprom,cv
among the colleges in track athletics. this branch
of sport being apparently about tho onv ono in
which the Crimson could excel. Blu. Of late Years
the other colleges have come so RAPIDLY To tia
front that Harvard's record has been a lul.
dimmed. The men from Cambridge however in
number Of points won still lead all tho others with
Yale second. COLUMBIA third and the University OF
Pennsylvania fourth. The amazing strides ihs,
three years have been ono Of the most noteworthy
points about intercollegiate athletics. The meth.
DDS used by the colleges have been the whole
scientific than those useG az the ordinary
athletic clubs. and the consequence IS that the
college youths have broken records year By year
with almost mOnOtonOus regularity. These para.
graphs are not intended a compilation Of re-.
Ords and there is Therefore no need Of setting
down the constantly Improving performances Of the
college men but it rlay not be amiss to mention
the wonderful records % - seconds IN the ls)-
yard dash and q ID seconds i'm the 220-yard dash,
made by the mighty Wefers. ~ Georgetown Uni
Versity. whose records for these distances have
never been surpassed.
4 WARNING TO SCHOOLBOY ATHLETES
The youngsters always emulate m" deeds Of ;hsIr
elders and It Is surprising that nterscholas,i.
athletics should have come 10 the front. In fact
boys Of from fifteen eighteen years old row
accomplishing what college men OF from nineteen
10 TWENTY-FIVE years did a few years ago This IL
certainly an admirable showing bur with IL comes
q clear note of warning. Several ~ the school,
boy athletes IN the last year or Two have broken
down completely from the training. and u should
be kept plainly in mind that the boy OF fifteen
has not an iron constitution and cannot always
stand the severe training Of his elder brother tn.
inevitable consequence OF Ove-trdinng he boy AZ
school IL that he will be no good when be- gets
college Also his constitution may have been
knocked So the people m control " inter-
scholastic athletics should restrain the ardOr ~
their youths somewhat There better things
FOR boy Of fifteen than the winning Of race az
all hazards and at all risks What should be laugh,
to the schoolboy is the spri, Of true sport and
friendly rivalry-that spirit that fow years ago
made The OXford-Yale games IN England an event
actually OF international interest and sympathy
In word. track and fed athletics IN America
should be conducted as tn build mp the BODY and
at the same time bring genuine recreation 10 the
mind As the Greeks in the days Of their vises;
rulers found that the races and struggles Of their
OF future generations. so with zeal ana moders-
ZION I'm athletics We shall be able IN America 70
build up a full Of endurance and strength FOR
good things.