New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-29
AMONG COLLEGE ATHLETES.
TERCOLLEGIATE GAMES-wORK OF
THE PRINCETON NINE.

Pennsylvania performances at the intercollegiate
games on Saturday will furnish matter for discus
sion among the athletes OF the track and field for
several years TO come. That the Quakers should
have won first place handily was no surprise. but
that they should capture more points than Harvard
and Yale combined was the startling part OF the
performance The record which the Philadelphia
collegans established of nine first places. Will
probably not be equalled for decade or more TO
come The order for second. third and fourth
places-Rarvard. Yale and Prince.on-was as had
been predicted in The Tribune. and bore out the
previous public performances Of the various con-
testants. Every athlete from Pennsylvania was In
superb condition. and the Ellis once more had cause
for regret in the loss of their old trainer Murphy
The strong and brilliant finishes made by the
Quaker runners was especially noteworthy in more
than contest. Princeton secured fourth place
only by the narrowest possible margin. Syracuse
University whose did excellent work. coming
in only point behind the Tigers. The work Of
both Columbia and Cornell was disappointing to the
supporters OF those colleges.
oUAKERs FORGING AHEAD.
By her work Saturday Pennsylvania passes
Columbia and takes third place in the record OF the
colleges at the games since 1876 Williams moves
from twelfth up to tenth position, while Syracuse
Jumps ahead OF Cornell and shares the thirteenth
position with Georgetown to whom the mighty
Wefers brought renown few years ago. The lead
stand with Harvard Cos 1-6 points. Yale
DO Pennsylvania +Ol 6-6. Columbia SSS 0-S ana
4 good part Of the Harvard and Yale athletes
snd ca9Dbdse IN England de neRt July These
tosts cannot properly be styled international ior
with Pennsylvania showing her present orlliancy
Yale and Harvard cannot lay claim TO the distinc-
ton Of possessing the leading college athletes on
nized by the managers at New-H Haven and cam
bridge. and they wish It to De understood that me
the universities who included in It. They do
RI Of nd
tional" character.
HARVARD SERIES WON BY PRINCETON.
Saturday was Tiger day, so far as the diamond
is concerned. The Princeton nine gave terrific
trouncing to Harvard on the latter's own grounds
while the New-Jersey freshmen pulled out the
game against the Yale freshmen at New-Haven by
O narrow squeak, to 6. in eleven innings The
star Of the Princeton nine is distinctly In the as
cendant and there will be good backing for the
in their first game against Yale at New Haven
strength this year so far and 1t looks as though
there would have to be great development II me
prospects appear dismal. If the nine even though
shape. the outlook would be better But as It Is
no one would be surprised to see Gor o Becora
t donn Bay N the 00N vi" ''o''' '"' ''~ ~
on Saturday, and the form shown by this SECOND
ve s5e% IS capabe o. Of T
New-London one week from to-day accompanied
by a big band of substitutes and coachers IN, me
standard set this year may be indicated by the
fact that two three members OF former Varsi1y
oights could not qualify this year and were forced
content Themselves With places on the 5ksd ou
three months, there having been only one change
made in that time The Harvard crew r on Fr,d Ine
Coach Storrow made another shakeup and I'M
ported one or two oarsmen who have not had seats
before Captain Higginson has been put at stroke
sinony because ne Is the only available timber tor
the place He is sorely needed al No. I. Despne
tho freouent changes the crew has done some de-
ciSedlv creditable work. Last week on the Charles
II rowed a threeand-a half -mile straightaway IN
nrsterate time Tme-rows however count Tor very
little as every old oarsman knows.