New-York tribune., 1903-03-09

night should he presented with one The record
for roughness was broken. and broken thoroughly
1t was the last match of the Amateur Hockey
The hsd an eSnibtion of iqSt v"H h%w
two of the players INDUCED in a fist hight ana
used hy both teams that looked like a combination
of wrestling and boxing Every f6W minutes a
gnnS' gainS WAS @S deycd about haIr an would
be a WS' lGClo' ol 70 o tbn STa better nexf sea
son. for If not. the sport which has been beconl- ]
ing more popular each year may lose popular
favor.
The present typhoid epidemic at Cornell. when
is now abating will hamper athletics greatly this
year. No branch. however. will probably suffer 50
much as the crew. Courtney. who always mates 10
make excuses. either before after contest. ad-
nfts he is worried in regard to the varsity eight
Last fall there were we'll founded reports that
Merrill and Van Alstyno of the record boat OF last
year would not row on account OF pressure OF
n several more of the best oarsmen i'll the uniyer-
sv will not try for seats. or If they DO trE 'l5tt
consdsra 4. bic faith however that the freshman
crew this M HfaF Kinds T Of 0f faith n the old and
they not wholly discouraged over Ite tlld"N'9
of victory this year in the varsity contest
There has been lively baseball practice at Prince
ton the last week to show WHIT ability Is In each
PLAYER and whether he possesses QHihtlfS winch
will develop into varsity material. Harder prac-
tfce will begin a week before tile first game IS
plaved with the Rutgers team. on March 23 The
work thus far has apparently shown that the
freshman ma teria this season is much better tnan
that Of the last three years OF the thirteen hrst
wear men retained. the following are promising
players: IarneG. Bates Doyle, dillehrdnd hlGI-
rdso9 z IS b9os h2 aa part a IN the the
games With Yale Among the new ca nd!aaes nrn2 from
ins tif tanidate for the outeId, and H T. kays.
'03, a candidate for first base.
The baseball SQUAD at Yale has now been cut
down to the promising thirty-odd men. ana a
further cut will be ordered shortly Ihe team inns
wear will have to look for only one fielder and d
ntcher all the other positions being supplied with
veterans or first class substitutes from last years
squad The pitching department viii probably oa 1 6e
sgan 9o t na ns~comers ssST captain Raerty Of
next years football team oB5sp 5 the ATd4Tsr 1Pt
hdeid, last years frst baseman. and Patton substi.
last r9m among the P
expects to be aDif fe snrn OUT a'
Yale Is intercollegiate basketball champion. with
seven games won and one lost; Columbia Is second
with four and three lost; Princeton thlro' win
with two victories and five defeats and Harvard
last. with two victories and six defeats
Handicans in the amateur handicap billiard tour
nament to begin at the Montauk billiard rooms
Brooklyn this evening as follows: Frank Gray
100: H. W. Beecher 100: c. R. Lewis loo Z. G'aro-
ner 80: George Wesley, So; C. RoDInson, .o' y,
irving 70: P j. Riddell 60 George H sutton, the
ar billiard
ing game and act marker. Robinson ana tIorooh
will play their challenge pool game tnls evening
Yachtsmen in all parts Of the country are maklns
preparations earlier than usual for a season fhat
promises to be a record breaker In every sense
The coming race for the Americas Cup between
Sir Thomas J. Liptons Shamrock III and the new
syndicate boat being built at Bristol will necessarily
attract the attention of the public from the time
both yachts are launched but this match. which is
to be sailed in August will not detract from the
interest in the regular among the members or
eluhs that between the opening or the season
and the international races ,,, l., 49,
There are more yachts built and building In the
various one-design classes than ever ana the races
Of this type of boat to be popular. on ac-
count of the large number Of young yachtsmen
who rightly regard these boats as the school or
Yachting where they learn sell. RELIANCE In the
York Yacht Club are having a number oE these
boats built and the seawanhaka Corinthisn Yacht
SIuh has Also q fleet of them nearly ready TO 1T
out for the coming season
II seems to be definitely settled that Sir Thomas
J. Iiptons yacht Shamrock III is to be launched
on St Patrick's Day March ID. and the American
boat on April II. as that date as possible.
when there is a very full tide The new yacht IS TO
have four mainsails OF which. 1t s said, Is al
ready finished and there is unomcial report
that haE fetal sail spread E1Q p o1osa e sixteen