The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11

There is such an unusual lack of in
terest in the class rowing at Harvard
that there are barely enough men out
to make up crew for each class
Wisconsin athletes believe that Han
Will lower the C0lOrs of kellogg, Mlchl-
gans great runner, in the conference
meet this year.
The work of the Cornell crew has not
been progressing as smoothly as Coach
Courtney desires. Practically no crew
training has been done within the past
two weeks.
Sweetland, the Cornell guard, and two
years past coach of the Syracuse uni.
versity football team, has been engaged
to coach the team of Hamilton college
during the next season
Eddie Bald is contemplating a trip to
Europe this sumner. He is now train
ing at West Baden. Ind. Bald was in
Europe last fall, and easily won the
championship of the continent
over IS 600 will be expended at Charles
Riyes park, Boston. this spring in the
erection of new stands and new five
lap track. This track will be almost
oval and will be steeply banked
Warren Zurbrick, the Buffalo rider.
will enter the field of paced cycle racing
this season. Zurbrick has been fighting
with success ali winter. and doing nice
~ in that field. He followed pace con-
siderably as an amateur.
Bobbie Walthour is trying to induce
1EEAAE AAut1iDE 10 TIE iilS team ND "a III
the siX-day race which is to be held at
Atlanta this month. Waithour and
Munroe are both southerners, and if
paired would make a hard team to de-
feat
Major" TAYLOR. the famous eolored
cyclist, is a great favorite with the pat
r0ns of wheeling in Australia, where he
is now racing. Taylor has been compel
ing in many meets in various parts of
Australia. He is to receive nearly $40
1.fr
this winter.
Marcus Hurley. the amateur bicycle
champion of America, has been rein
stated by the registration committee of
the Metropolitan a. A. IT. Hurley was
suspended two months ago for playing
with an unregistered basket ball team
after he had been cautioned by the A. A.
u. officials.
Jimmy Michael. the crack American
pace follower is now in Paris, and is
already in hard training for the season.
Michael viii ride free lance in Europe.
1t is probable that he viii not return to
America for the season. He has num-
Der of engagements carrying him well
into the summer.
Judging from the new lively balls that
are to be put on the market this year,
IN addition to the American rubber
covered bail, which created such a SEN
satiOn in Great Britain last year. golf
will be brought down to such a science
lndL IN the future II Will be something
on the order Of "drive-and-a -putt''
for a hole.
A movement is on foot to secure an
athletic field for Columbia university
IN New Jersey just across the river
from the university campus. The New
Workers have always had a hard time
TO ind suitable grounds for their ath-
letics. Those they have II present at
Willlamsbrldge are maintained at a
yearly loss of nearly $1,000
There is no longer any disposition to
question the record of seven and a fifth
seconds which ". A. Schick made in the
seventy yard dash at New York on
February Is. Because this was a new
worlds record it was thought that the
course might have been short, but when
measured it was found to be four and a
half inches over the fnll distance