New-York tribune., 1899-04-30
ATHLETICS.
COLUMBIA CREWS MAY NOT TAKE PART IN
THE HARLEM REGATTA-FiELD
AND TRACK

Tho liabilities are that the Columbia crews
will not be seen In the races OF the hariem
regatta on Decoration Day. There mas oeeh
growing sentiment among the students on Morn
ingside Heights that good Is obtained from 1hese
races The men are trained for a three-niie race
and their stroke throughout is unified Tor spur'
OF mile Those who saw the race two years
ago will recall the magnificent impression made Dy
the collegians, with a better development ana
cleaner style than any OF their competitors ie"
along with a. Yale eight they were beaten oy 'he
Bohemian crew. using a Harlem River stroke
victory would bring no honor TO Coiumpia' an"
the only advantage-that OF starting-can De oo-
ta,ned In races between the varsity and the fresh
men.
The most noticeable improvement IN the varsity
this week was In the blade work and body swing
This may be credited the new rigging OF the
boat which allows more comfort to the men, Di
Peet has been putting the men over two-m''e
course. using twenty-sx stroke, which ne oi1e"
raises to twenty-eght and occasionally to thirty
without hanging the boat between strokes. The
tendency to feather under water, when became
epidemic a fortnight ago. has entirely disappeared
The crew has been rowing In the following order'
Bow Thomas and Maclay; @ Maclay and Mitche"'
3. Meyer; T. lie Prince 5. Nash; 8. Mackay (cap-
taln); T. Erdal stroke, Lawrence and Falconer'
coxswain, Bogue.
CAPTAIN MacKay spent Thursday at Pough-
keepsie. and there obtained an option on quarters
half mile below the finish line, on the east BANK
OF the Hudson The house and grounds are the
most spacious that Columbia has yet nad, ana
will probably be secured this week.
In the last month Coach Sanford was with the
football candidates every day from 1So to o;o
drilling them In the elements OF the game, until
Saturday when spring practice ended. The num-
Der OF candidates increased largely In the last three
weeks. and the prospects for Columbia's hrst sea-
son are bright. william E. Mitchell. the manager
made trip through the eastern end OF Long Island
on wednesday In search Of summer quarters tor
the candidates He was most impressed with
house and grounds at Quogue and these will prob
ably be obtained. The fall practice season VIII
commence on September T. and 1t Is expected that
forty men will then go into training
The records that have been laid down by Trainer
Mack and Captain Stevens. OF the track team. as
a test for candidates going into quarters at Will
Iamsbridge are as follows: One hundred yards.
10 3-5 seconds 220 yards % 15 seconds; 40 yards
SO seconds; $50 yards 20I mile run, 446; two-mile
run. 1880: l20-yard hurdle. II seconds; 22o-yard
hurdle 26 As seconds; high jump, fest ., inches;
broad lump, 20 feet 6 inches; pole vyult. feet 6
inches hammer 100 feet; shot, IS feet inches.
Stevens has been running the quarter In 30 SS sec
Columbia's best sprinter. In the intercollegiate
games. o
In the intercollegiate cable chess match Coum.
bia won one and a half Of the two and a half
points scored by the Americans, Meyer winning his
game and Falk drawing.