The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
ATHLETICS At OLD Fem!
lnteres. in the Preparations for
Land and Water Sports.
The Annual Intercollegiate and In
tcr>choIastic Relay Races sched-
uied To Occur on April 2S-Numer-
Gus Candidates for the Varsity and
Freshmen Crcwa-Murph,' Efforts.

| PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2O-The anuua
races originated by the University o
| Pennsylvania. will occur on Saturday
April Is next. Invitations are being pre-
pared and will soon be sent to more thar
one hundred colleges and preparation!
schools east of the Mississippi. There viii
| be the usual collegiate championship "a ,es
! at one, two, and four miles, and a cham.
pionship scholastic race at one mile.
| Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Chicago,
Michigan, Cornell, and Pennsylvania will
be represented in the championships, Cor
nell, Yale, and Pennsylvania having three
teams each. Princeton will probably en-
| Ter tW0-mile team, as she has three very
last half-milers in Cregan, Batcheldel-. and
Ferry, each of whom has run less than
Two minutes in competition. This will be
the hrst time the Orange and Black has
been represented at the Pennsylvania re-
lay races. Cornell will send two more
teams than last year. So successful were
their long distance men in cross country
work that Trainer Moakley is confident of
turning out fourmile team that win be
as good as any.
the one-mile championship last year, and
1t is thought they may send one or two
extra teams for the long races. Yale will
nave about the same teams as last year,
when she won all three championships.
Not much Is known about Harvards
teams, but 1t is not likely she will enter
more than one. Pennsylvania will have
last four mile team with Grant, Stuart,
bushnell, and Baillie, but the one-mile
team will not be as fast as last year
Pennsylvania winter baseball practice
began this week in the cage on Frauklin
Field, with seyenty-five promising candi-
dates. Arthur Irwin, Manager OF the
Washington National League team. is
coach He had charge Of the men from
go to '95, when Penn had the fastest
teams in her history. Practice indoors
Will be limited TO batting and throwing to
bases. AS there are but three of last
years nine eligible, Irwin will have TO de-
velop practically a new team. He Is san
guine of success and is much pleased with
the material. The baseball schedule In
cludes games at home and abroad with
Harvard, Chicago. Michigan, Virginia,
Georgetown, Lehigh, Lafayette, Holy
Cross, Brown. and Annapolis. The season
opens about April 10 and closes June 10.
The number of candidates for the
varsity and freshman crews has increased
to more than 100. The men have been di-
vided into squads, each squad having
twenty minutes on the machines. Much
interest has been aroused IN the discussion
the sending OF a crew 10 Hen
ley and Paris. This will neeessitate the
development of two varsity Fights, one for
the shorter European distance, and the
other for the long distance at Poughkeep-
sic.
The intercollegiate race Is regarded as OF
more Importance by the athletic authori-
ties of the University, and their first and
most strenuous efforts will be toward de-
yeloping strong eight for the Pougkeep-
sic course. If there are enough capable
men TO form two fast eights, one for four
miles, and the other for one and one half
miles, the English course. crew will
probably be sent abroad Sacrifice every
hing for victory at Poughkeepsie" is the
Of the rowing committee. There |
VIII probably be final decision in the |
matter in few weeks
Trainer Murphy is bending al! his ener-
sies toward developing track men for the |
indoor meets at New York, Boston, and |
Washington. Owing TO the early date of |
he meet. no men will be entered in the |
Boston College games on the 9th. but |
here will be a relay team and several in |
iividual entries in the Boston Athletic |
Association games the week following. \ |
clay team will also be entered in the |
Athletic Club games at New |
FORK, February 10. and the Georgetown |
University games at Washington. Februa-
y II. During the past week several good |
nen have started training Howard from |
.ndoyer, is a promising pupil Of Kraenz-
Elm in the hurdles. Allen from Penn
'harter has a free movement similar TO
'ewksbury and will be fast in the sprints,
while another good distance runner has |
ppeared in Stark from Providence High
chool. The third of the winter handi-
APPS was held today. the events being
40yard run, shot put, and running broad
lmp. |