The Washington times., 1903-01-08
COLLEGE ATHLETES
DOWN TO HARD WORK
Harvard AbandOnS WEED
ing Out System.
I PENNSYLVANIA HAS HOPES
Cornell Takes Interest in Basketball
Jennings Coaching Baseball
Candidates.

Harvard athletes, having returned from
their Christmas holidays. are now ready
to take up their athletic training and
compete for places on the big teams 10
represent The Crimson the coming sea
son
Baseball, crew. track and lacrosse
men viii start IN earnest. and there bids
lair to be unbounded interest in all
branches Of sport. The determination
70 defeat Yale has the effect of stimu-
Iating everg branch Of sport. and VIII
do muca to put the athletes on edge.
Contrary 20 the policy pursued in tia
past. Harvard viii choose her varsity
teams as soon as possible Every man
viii be given fair snow. but the weed
ing out process viii be abandoned The
candidates have five months Of long.
/ hard work before them
That interest in lacrosse. is on the
/ increase is shown by the sact that a
game has been arranged with oxford and
/ Cambridge. to be played in June. Tne
prospects OF a return match with the
/ Britons in England next year VIII also
have The result Of bringing many men
cut
The Crimson crew is 20 be developed
along a new line. and in accordance
with Courtney's advice The prospects
of a return contest in England with than
country'z best will bring out many ali
around athletes.
The prospects for a strong baseball
team are promising The candidates
take the field practically the same as
last year. with the addition Of good
/ battery Captain Clarkson viii take part
/ in the important games.
. Pennsylvania's candidates are also
/ hard at fl. Their work viii center around
/ baseball track and aquatfcs The can
tafns OF the departments have been quI-
( city canvassing the university for new
material. as on the infusion OF fresh
blood depends I'D q great measure the
success Of the teams. The crew men
have already started work Until thew
! can get oUt on the water, Coach Ward
viii driu the principles Of his stroke
into the candidates and get them into
/ some Kind of shape on the machines.
The class races last fan were the best
that have ever been held at the univer-
sity. as far as the calibre Of the men
/ is concerned. and from this fact Cap
tain Gardiner hopes TO get out a good
varsity crew Of four and a strong fresh
men eight
The baseball men have also started
work in tho cage. but for the present
only the new men viii be given hard
practice The regulars may not be
called upon until after the examinations
in February Thomas. of the Phil
lies a graduate Of Penn is TO havr
charge Of the team Thomas. It is he
lieved. VIII make good coach. as he is
q brainy player and a batsman OF tn.
i Keller type The prospects for a fast
+ aggregation are bright
The track men. and they are legion.
/ have been at work some time getting
in shape for the games in Boston and
/ New York Penn Is to be represented IN
all OF the big meets
Winter VIII see no sIackening in the
I Efforts Of those who are ambitious for
athletic honors at Cornell Immediate
team and the organization of a good
/ baseball nine
The first game Of basketball in the In
/ teTcoleRiate series viii be played be
tween Columbia and Cornell on Janu-
airy u Coach Townsend viii. there
fore. have but little time to put his
men IN shape This game seems to
have come into its own at Cornell at
last.
There have been times when the var
sfty athletes looked down on the sport.
This year however. all prejudices have
been cast aside and men from all
branches have entered into the game
with the whole hearted desire to make
a strong team.
The freshmen class IS furnishing a
number Of men who have played the
game in preparatory schools. Some Of
these VIII put up a lively tussIe With
the older men for positions on the team
-Four games have already been played
and Cornell has won all Of them.
Hughey Jennings. who looks after
the baseball squad. has returned to the
university and set about his task OF Gull
ing a credjrable nine. to represent
Ithaca An aruory is used as the train
ing ground. Daily practice is possible
in the winter months. There is room
enough for pitcher. catcher. and batter
to work at the same time Prospects
for strong team are favorable.
Candidates for Columbia's crew are
already at it. The men confne their.
work to the machines There are six
of last years crack varsity crew back
to form a nueIeus for the new one Ed
ward HanIon is in charge of the WORT,
of the oaTsmon-
The lacrosse team has already ar
ranged several games for the coming
season. The matches decided upon are
with the Orange Athletic Club, Stevens
Institute. Pennsylvania. Cornell, and
Harvard.
ANOTHER JUDGE HEARD FROM
Judge Boyd. of Cumberland. Nd.
where prizefgh5s have been pulled of