New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
REVIEW OF YALE A ATHLETICS.
WHAT THE UNIVERSITY DID IN SPORTS
IN THE YEAR JUST CLOSED

IN THE YEAR JUST CLOSED
New-Haven Conn. July CSpeciaD-The athletic
season which has just closed has been one of the
most Interesting in Yale's history Beginning last
nan with the championship football team developed
by +. Gordon Brown, the year has been one of re-
hiarkable ups and downs The football team made
a wonderful record. being scored or but twice by
Coumbia and by Princeton. and winning all its
games. ending with the great Harvard game at
haie Field Perhaps never has Yale got together
such football team as that of last fall It is GER
tam that no better team will be produced at Yale
for some time to The track team started
ont with Mike" Murphy again at the helm and
under his guidance developed several star track
ana HELD performers. In Clapp. the kurdler; Har-
grave. the sprinter Sheldon the hammer thrower
ana Sprakcr. the jumper. Yale got together team,
OF individual stars that the dual meet with
Harvard after one Of the hardest fights ever seen
at Yale Field. The injury sustained bv Boar6man
the quarter runner. and by Captain FIncke:
the protesting of Spraker and the failure TO qualify
by Stiilman In the hammer throw. gave Yale but
a poor chance In the intercollegates and the end
of most successful season OF developing new men
was an unexpected defeat
Yales baseball season was unsuccessful There
Is little to say about II except that a team that
started out early In the season as heavy batters
and with every prospect of success failed igno-
miniously. Yale played remarkably fine hall up to
the championship series. With the Princeton game
o..
Not single one of the championship games was
played in the style that characterized the earlier
games. ard the heavy batting for which the team
had been famous went to pieces before Underhill,
OF Princeton, and Clarkscn. of Harvard. The base
ball season has not been a success.
When It comes to reviewing the work of the
Yale crews there is another story to tell. The
athletic season finished in grand form tho
Thames with victory the Crimson oars
that has not been duplicated in score OF years.
ThHrx hp,-a ,,f,
have been better and faster crews. but Yale never
won a race with Harvard that by such
pure grit and courage that. Harvard deserves.
also all the credit that be given her for a
hard and gritty There loafng by
either crew from start 10 finish The credit for
Yale's victory belongs in large degree to Cameron.
who nearly collapsed at the three and half mile
mark but pulled himself together by a supreme
effort and put the stroke up a figure that won
the race. Yale oarsmen will never forget Cam
eron's magnificent showing
The freshman a victory for Yale. but
the victory Is tempered with some regrets. 1t must
be said that Yale men. rule do not back up
the spirit that prompted the choice OF for the
freshman crew. Captain Weymouth. Coffin and
Verrll not freshmen in the strictest under
standing of the word. Weymouth spent three years
at Bucknell College before he came here aud
caught Mathewson. New-YorA's pitcher. while there
only oy stretch OF the Imagination could he be
called first year at Yale. Coffin has been In
tOAuH.Ola TWO yours anu IN 1879 rOWeNl On the CO.
lumbia varsity crew. Verri IS n Law School
freshman and is Yale's intercollegiate strong man.
These three formed the nucleus OF Yale S
boat. Harvard grumbled over the admission OF
these men TO the race. and made formal com
plaint the day OF the sending
ttVes 10 Gales Ferry TO protest 1t Is said that a
mint from 1ales coaches regarding a certain mau
in Harvard's varsity changed the Harvard
delegation minds in short order, and nothing more
was heard OF the freshman protest This is given
for what it Is worth, but is said by ono well ac
qualnted with the facts.
Now that the season OF 1901 is over Yale men are
what they believe will be a much more success
ful season than the present one. OF the varsity
stroke: Mitchell. No &. and Waterman bow. Cap
tain Blagden OF this years crew will return next
years boat. This Will leave OF the present var
sity. Blngden No. 4 Captain Kunzig. No. 6: Bogue.
this splendid veteran nucleus. and Coffin and Wey-
mouth. OF the freshman crew. bona lde candi-
cared for II ought 10 be first class eight Bogue
is likely 10 be moved 20 stroke unless Johnson
goes up.
In the summer YaIe's track team Will train for
the International meet with England. to be held
IN New York September 81 Just where the men
will train is not decided. They Will probably go
town. Richard Sheldon. OF New-York. the weight
throwcr will captain the team IN the international
meet. Boardman. Clapp. Hnrgrave Speaker, Goss
BecA. Thomas. Sheldon and Dupee will form
Yales nucleus. the final choice of be de-
layed until late in August. Training will begin
about August J.
Football viii come 70 the front again as the
when Captain Gould Will order the first set OF can
d!dates into training. Work will begin In New
Haven by September O. 1t Is announced that OF
colt last years centre has decided to return this
year and will play the team. or last years
great eleven Captain Brown viii leave college as
will Stillman. tackle Coy, end: Fincke. quarter
back and Perry Hale. fullback. Captain Brown
however will probably return 10 coach the team
The eleven will In fact. he pretty well broken up