New-York tribune., 1903-03-02
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Sp6RfsF'eN i
IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS
Hockey Season Nearly OUer-RoHgh-
ness IN College Games.
FOR AMATEURS AND PROFESSIONALS.


The hockey season in this city and Brooklyn is
fast coming a close. Only few games are yet
to be played in the Amateur Hockey League cham
pionship, the most important Of which Will be held
this week at ST. Nicholas Rink when the New
York Athletic Club will meet the Crescent Athletic
Club. There Is not as much interest in the match
as the lovers Of the sport would wish, on account
OF the big handicap the latter team has gained
The Crescent seven has yet to be beaten, ana judg
ing from the exhibitions Of both clubs in the season
there is little probability of the Winged Foot play
ers spelling their record The New-York Athletic
Club has already lost two games The Crescent
Athletic Club has won the championship for sew
eral years. and their playing this year has been as
good as ever. The local team has not done so well
as was expected.
Saturday night the close of the nterco'-
Iegfate championship series, when Harvard, by de-
fsang Yale on the 5s or6S The y5oTS 6 ACCIDENT 60T n
the fact that 1t has not been beaten once IN TINS
strong one and in each game played it has shown
its superiority The Hazard seven 9ntPsyrn @ 1h
nights games at every stage Of the contest SoIn IN
eonF5ness gafS ~f on each SIDE % Hitchcock who was
one OF the principal offenders in Friday evening
xaTds payers IN an reeSed some of his own
cine by falling himself and suffering panrI 4ccf
s9other % ms mar that should be made TO undsrsand
cn9 ru,es q sc le roughness as has
the in number Of the matches TINS season s y;
ii5 crippie teams chances Especially when few
DlayerS
Eesides this 1t causes vexatious delays and cuts
short the time Of the spectators VINO WISH 10 Shd'
after the game
Athletic affairs are nearly at stancstin at Cor
nell on account Of the exodus Of students because
Of the prevalent typhoid fever Many OF the var
sity candidates have left town Several promising
athletes have been lost. too. result OF the mid
winter examinations. Among the numoer were
Bunny" Larkin. the freshman end on the varsity
football team, and a capable baseball catcher;
ard vi
tute for CAPTAIN Warner last fall; and Matt Fen
nell, captain of the freshman football eleven IN
spite OF the present lack Of men, the coaches ana
captains have kept at work with the few available
The crew has been the severest sufferer one Gay
last week not single varsity man Tepo~rted, ~ a
thing which has not happened 3eIore In, IN ~ RE
'O8 crew however. Courtney feels hopeful OF nllinB
the other three places. ,- r,.,, r,,v,, Or,
the machines Of late in the following oraerj 6o@
sebrinE: s. Frenzei; + Hazlewood: stroke Conn
Courtney has begun to weed out the tTesnnen;;
in combinations to row at regular times As yet
the first year men seem to be behind tnose OF last
Baseball practice has been going on with only
from en fTGg Tfesn the he csnddes only rdmentsry
in batting and light fielding spsclat pains pains i nsEe
tIons There is no good catcher available as Tyde-
man. the substitute OF sTao aff year fes6man IN has
been doing we'll however With pitcneTs - me fb Ie ~
nines is in better shape than ever, and there are
several freshmen who may be counted upon 70 ~
well in the minor games.
Athletes from Temple College PENN prep
school Berkeley. Cutler, De La Sale, Dwight Ham
uton. Horace Mann De Witt Clinton and q dozen
other schools will compete at the annual indoor
games OF the Barnard School A. A. in the Sth Reg1-
ment Armory, on Saturday next at s:p p n M me me
SO Yards and one mile shot put and pole vault 1or
Eteen yes Of 1 age high jump soyard yard
and 440-yard, for novices-
The Pastime Athletic Club will hold its election
Of officers tomorrow evening The following are
the candidates: A J. Murberg. president u j.
Brennan vfce-president: J. A. Lappin treasurer;
financial Secretary: Ernest Splitter. captain. and
James J. Brown. lieutenant captain. The Cup 70
PLAYED on Saturdays. Sundays and holidays.
Scratch men in the amateur handicap billiard
tournament at the Montauk billiard rooms Brook
Ivn will play 10 points in each game Entries for
the contest will close this evening. and the num-
Der Of contestants will be at least ten insludinx @
game viii be played on March when Cilnt ,o K20 t
silver challenge loving cup given by Green
Announcement has been made by President But
Ter that at his invitation conference on atheticS
was held at Columbia University last Friday. The
conference gave an opportunity for full inter-
change OF opinions among the representatives OF
the bodies interested in athletics at CoIu1nod-
There were present members OF the IacuIty COM
nfttee on athletics and officers Of the college IN
terasted representative alumni and the captains or
managers of the teams The discussion was on the
question proposed bv the president should the
existing form Of atets 999tFoi TO be e
unanimous agreement that the graduates and uL.,
SaGfe 6a Tins 9na IN Control Of atne
ters At end OF the discussion FtesldTi
con3cii on wi which the control OF athletics was
based required him t9 some s6aT after
taking into consideration what he had lea'neU H'
the conference.
The lawn tennis tournament for the champion
ship of the South Of France VIII De pla!eo aI
Nice, beginning on March 9. This year Amer
leans are chiefly interested IN The meeung Dc
cause the Doherty brothers hold the champion
ship titles in both the singles and doubles n
L. Doherty is the singles champion ano' pdlFeu
with r. F. Doherty. holds the douoles- AS the
Dohertvs are sure to lead the challenging English
team this wear the Americans are naturally anx-
ious to see what their form will be thus early IN
tho season The courts at Sce are Of dirt An
other for The interest OF Lem 5ysrs Is Tbon
sand francs to he used in the puTcnase OF pel1e; @
At Monte Carlo. which began yesterday: and the
meeting at Mentone. which Is scheduIed lor 'he
week Of March II.
All along II has been evident that the Americans
vould he hard dressed this year TO find a lawn
,aris team for the doubles against the challenging
Englishmen. There have been the most persistent
runors that Dwigh. F. Davis and Holcombe Ward
would not again play together. Then the Nrenn
brothers have 50 many and varied interests in Wall
Street that it is unlikely that they will be able TO
make any move toward the defence of the Amert-
can trophy. Recently the name or "ylie g. Grant
tho simmer of the indoor championship. has been
mentioned in connection with Harvard player as
making I'D the best doubles that this country
could nroduce Last year Grant played abroad in
all Of the important tournam ments In ~. ENGLAND la Ire
and the great Harold Mahoney in doubles and