The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-06
DR.. NATHANIEL K. KING, suit s'E' Co., a. si ~: .si TIL: sixth ';1 !: STREET, !,

held at New Brunswick during the las; of
March.
The prospects of a strong lacrosse team
az HOBART College next year are bright.
The team Will probably be the strongest in
the history OF the sport at Hobart. Games
are pending with Pennsylvania. Cornell,
Columbia, harvard, Stevens. College of the
city. OF New York, Swarthmore. Toronto,
Lehigh, Crescents and Staten Island Ath-
ietic Club
The arrangements for the opening of the
incOC tennis court in the Casino at Prince
ton University have been greatly delayed,
owing To the inability Of the management
of the Lawn Tennis Association and the
Casino committee to decide upon the neces-
sary plans. Among the prominent players
who have entered the indoor tournament
which will be held during the winter in the
Princeton Casino are r.. p. Fischer of the
West Side Tennis Club. the metropolitan
Champion; II. II. Hackett, the champion OF
Yale; H.. =. Avery. the ex-champion OF
Canada; Hugh Tallant. the ex-champion
Of Harvard; j. A Allen. the indoor cham
pfon; %. VI. BOstwtck. the ex-champiOn of
the West Side Tennis Club. and J.. u. Paret,
the Southern champion.
The opening year OF the new century
promises 10 he a successful one in all
branches Of athletics at the University of
Pennsylvania The track team has suf-
fored many losses. as only two of last
years po!nt-wtnnerS are III college. For
this reason Turner. the new trainer. will
have To develop an almost entirely new
team to send 10 the intercollegiate cham
piorshiT.
There seems 70 be plenty Of good material
on hand. however. \ formal call for all
track candidates will be made early next
month. and training will begin on the COW
cred track. Handicap games will be held
every week until about March i for the
benefit Of new men. II is also probable
that several of the more promising men
will be sent TO the various indoor meets
in Boston, New Work and Washington.
During the Christmas vacation a new sur
face OF fine cinders will be laid on the COW
cred track. 50 that IL will be in the best
possible condition for the winters work.
IL aaI. 2a-~ -.
dition for practice. which will begin about
January IL. Arthur Irwin will again have
charge of the nine. The schedule this year
will be changed somewhat from peryiouS
years.
The Southern trip will be much larger
and earlier than usual. in order to give the
men the full benefit OF the warm Southern
climate. The schedule has not yet been
completed. but IL is known that the South
ern trip will be taken early in April. last
ing about two weeks. and including games
with Georgetown. Virginia. North Carolina
and probably the University OF Maryland
and the naval cadets. Thu remainder of
the schedule will include games on Frank
lin Field with Harvard. Brown, Lehigh.
Lafayette. Cornell. Georgetown. and pos
sibly Dickinson. Manhattan, Chicago.
Princeton and Michigan.
There viii also be a Northern. trip, but
IL Is not likely the team will go West this
year. T. Brown. the famous pitcher of
again this year. is just recovering from an
attack Of typhoid fever. and will probably
give up baseball entirely. Le3ry and Lay
ton. pitchers; F1avell. catcher; Jones. Col
liar, Orbin and W. Brown CT the inheid.
and White and GawthrOp. all of last years
university nine. will play again. and with
the addition Of Newman. who was barred
b. the residence rule last year. the team
should play a much stronger and faster
game than last season
Ellis Ward has just signed another four
year contract to coach the crews. He says
ne hopes TO develop another strong varsity
eight for next season. as he was impressed
with the number Of men who turned out
this fan and the quality of their work. The
owing machines will be put in position at
the Franklin Field clearinghouse next
week. and Captain call for an
.didates will be posted a few days after va
cation. Machine work will. as usual, COM
tinue until the first week In March. when.
II the weather permits. actual owing VIII
begin upon the ~Schuylkill-
There are no changes in the rowing pro-
eramme for 1901. and tire races will be the
same as this years. That Is. the varsity
and freshmen crews will meet the Annap-
oils Naval A~cadssny's varsity and second
crew on the Severn. probably on Nav II;
then comes the secOnd-crew race on Deco-
ration Day. with Cornell and Columbia.
which will this year take place either on
tie Harlem course or on CaSuea Lake. and
finally the intercollegiate regatta at PouSh-
keepsie-
been brighter The university eight starts.
as last year, with five old men as a nucleus
Gardner. Captain F1ickwir, Davenport.
Allyn and Crowther-and there are plenty