The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-04
ATHLETIcgEr OLD PENN.
Probable Makt-tpSof Teams for =,
furr lsssl0Or Meets.

turc. lss.lopr Meets.
| PHILADELPHIA. Feb 9,--There ha;
been slight iuiTGn<the athletic activity
at the tniversity-of Pennsylvania the past
two weeks. owing to the continuance Of the
inidyear examin9tiqrH. With the begin.
ming of the new ltsrH next Monday. how
ever. there pronlselh TO be more activity
than at any timI liass year The candi-
dates for the variqus teams will have
more time to devote.to training and large
| number OF men viii report who have rot
| yet been ont. Especially will this be
| true in baseball and on the track teams.
| Mikr Murphy and Coach Irwin are rot sat
| isf.el with hundred men trying for the
1 places on the teams, Murphy especially
| wants more men. because he realizes the
necessity for men to take the place Of
| those who graduate next June. He has
] asked for another hundred candidates for
| the tra.k and field events and there has
been a favorable response to his call
The work of the relay team against Har-
, ward at Boston last night was creditsble.
considering the fact that the runners were
all new at indoor work. and three OF them
entirely new at relay racing. The same
team that ran at Boston will probably run
in the intercollegiate relay at the Knick-
erbocker Athletic Club games in Madison
Square Garden New York. next Saturday.
Pennsylvania will probably send the follow
ing men 20 New York besides the relay
team: Grant stuart Baillie. and Bush
nell in the distance runs; Remington. in
the hurdles: Billiard. in the sprints. and
prumheier and Metzgar in the quarter
mile rim.
The entries for the Georgetown meet at
Washington have not been decided upon
bur il is practically certain that Penn
sylvania will not send a relay team. BaX-
ter. although he has re-entered the law
school. is not in training. and will not
represent Pennsylvania in any open meets
this year. He may go to Europe on the
Exposition team. Murphy has been care
fully watching two finds for the past
few days Zimmerman of the football
squad in the hammer. and Henderson. of
Washington. formerly student at Column
bian University. in the hurdles Murphy
says Zimmerman ought to throw the ham
mer 40 feet in the spring, and that Hen
derson takes TO hurdles like veteran. al
though this is his first season in athletics
Bowen of Providence High School in the
mile, and Westney. OF Drexel Institute. in
the No. have been doing fast work re-
Gently. All the track men have been han
dicapp d by the severe weather this week
and the training has been in the baseball
cage.
Coach Ward has changed the seats in
the varsity and freshmen rowing squads
three times in the past week, in line with
his declared Dclicy of getting the best
crews possible together before going on
the river. Weeks, who rowed in the IS
varsity, and who was practically sure of
place this year. has dropped out for good
owing 20 studies Van kRthoreE is the
most likely OF then men for this posi-
ton In the FRESHMEN squads, W. Z.
Gardiner. brother iof;Hhe varsity stroke,
has been promoted to stroke in the first
baot, and Bsrtolucci Ind Block have been
changed from fhecsecond to the first boat.
There are now three varsity and two
freshmen eight squads, and two var
sity -four squads The freshmen seem
to be especially strong this year. and are
expected TO makeB good record in tho in
tercollegistc regatta.
The rowing committee has announced
that the crew will not be sen. 10 Henley.
and probably noe TO Paris. although the
latter trip is stili a possibility. Neither
the committee nor The coach favor the for
eien trip. and Inc committee appointed by
the undergraduates 70 persuade them of
the necessity OF sendiiiE crew to Henley
and Paris hid no effect The rowing com
mittee said IL Considered the intercoIlegl-
ate regatta more IMPORTANT than ten Hen
leys. and arc willing to sacrifice everything
for victory at Poughkeepsie.
Under the coaching of Arthur Irwin the
baseball candidates have improved won.
derfully in the two weeks Of practice. r.
win has devoted most OF his instruction TO
batting and base running. and the men
have proved apt pupils. The ennsylyania |
schedule will be complete III 4 few days
and will include the usual Eastern and
Southern trips. with the addition OF one
or two games in the West with Chicago.
PENNSYLVANIA will be represented at
Paris in the worlds championship swim |
ming races by Sehseffer. the national |
swimming champion. at 100, go. and ii0 |
yards. and in the single souls by Ten |
Eyok. Both OF these men are medical stu |
dents.