New-York tribune., 1905-01-23

rFah% b. croker, following the accident that killed
LIS driver on Saturday. Mr. Croker had made a rep
| utation daring sportsman on land and water,
| and his death was felt by many to whom he was
/ only name. The Florida authorities have
hornced that the course wll be kept clear through
OUT the days of racing, and a determined effort will
be made TO lessen the danger Of the 1oO-mile race
py having two-minute controls established at each
| end of the course.
The annual field meeting of the intercollegiate
Athletic Association will be held in the stadium at
| Harvard. May 26 and 81 Last year the cham
pionships were decided at Franklin Field Phia-
delphia. In the years previous the games were
| held times at Berkeley Oval and three times
at the old Manhattan Field. At the present time
there is place in the vicinity of this city where
these games could be run of. There is two
twenty -straig ghtaway'' at Columbia Oval, Williams
bridge, but the lack of adequate stands and dress
ing quarters and the poor transportation facilities
throw Columbia Oval of the question. The
games at Cambridge this year should draw record
breaking crowd. the Harvard-Yale meet comes
off at New-Haven.
The announcement that the executive committee
of the association has made appropriation 70
improve the quality and appearance of the cham
pionship medals will be welcomed by the college
athletes. This decision is one that should be fol-
lowed by several OF the athletic organizations in the
country. As a rule the medals awarded by the big
associations inferior to those given at many OF
the open games.
The important game of the present week in
hockey of the amateur league Is the Wanderers
Crescent match which will be played on Friday,
at the C1ernont Avenue Rink, Brooklyn. Great in
terest is being taken in the struggle, and the
tire rink has been sold out in advance. 1t should
prove TO be the best game Of the season. and will
have a marked bearing on the championship as,
should the Crescents win. senior honors, which
they held for FIVE consecutive years until they
the Wanderers last year will again be theirs.
On form. TO date, the Brooklyn have ad-
vantage and playing the fast game they put up
against the Hockey Club OF New-York a couple
OF weeks ago, and again on Saturday night with
the Montreal team their opponents, II is hard
to how they be beaten on their own ice.
If the New-York men come out victors on Friday
the may result in a three cornered tie on the
part of Hockey Club, Wanderers and Crescent.
Whatever the outcome of the contest those who
are fortunate enough witness it will be sure to
see a great game of hockey. HalOcks reap
pearance at goal in the Crescent lineup has mate
rally strengthened the defence. he is playing
star game. He will have 10 keep his eye on the
puck Friday night the Wanderers are noted
for their hard and accurate shooting. and they
are stronger on the defence than the Brooklyn
team.
Considerable criticism heard after the Mon
treal-AH New-York game on Friday night, at the
poor showing made by the Canadians. They have
one of the best teams in Canada and should have
had an easy time with their weak opponents, al
though they won by the narrow margin OF
only one goal. On Saturday night they played bet
ter but only at times gave evidence Of the fast
work expected OF a senior Canadian team. These
international contests, draw big houses. made up
TO a large extent of ''Canucks," living here. and
they look for the players from across the border
TO do their best. This is not always done, the
men while here seeming 10 look more for a good
time than anything else. As one OF them re
marked: I'VE come here to play hockey, and we |
do everything else but play hockey" OF course |
the strange rink and artificial ice a big disad-
vantage 10 them.
In the intercollegiate series Harvard had hard |
struggle TO win against Princeton on Saturday |
night. an extra period being necessary The latter
team especially in the second half, played a |
strong game and kept the champions the de- |
fensive The New-Jersey men are strong and |
should have made much better showing 10 date |
than their record indicates. Harvard was weak |
aned on Saturday by the absence OF their regular /
goal tender otherwise the result might not have /
been so close. On Saturday OF this week Yale |
meets Brown in the same series at St Nicholas |
Rink and should win easily.
The CONTRACT for the Carnegie Lake at Princeton
calls for the completion Of the work by November
10 This that before long the Orange and
Black will be represented on the water by crews
that will strive to rival the victories gained for
princeton on land The number of available ath-
Ietes is not overlarge at Princeton. The last |
Tribune Almanac gives it l 431 students, as against
about O0O at Harvard and 2.99o at Yale. The for
nation OF a good squad will test the theory
+bat the strength of the New-Jersey university in
baseball has in part been due to the fact that ath-
Ietes have not been drawn from the diamond for |
the shells The lake will be formed by a concrete |
dam 27 feet high and $50 feet long. constructed at
Kingston back up the combined waters OF the
Milestone River and Stony Brook. The lake thus
formed will extend distance of three and three
quarters miles TO the Princeton branch of the Penn
syIvania Railroad. The width will vary according
10 the nature the land. in most places being four
hundred feet The maximum width will |
thousand feet The lake will cover about Ave hum
dred acres Of what is now low and for the most
part rnarshy land or both sides of the Milestone
OF this land three hundred and fifty acres have |
been purchased already. and options have been Sc
cured on the rest The district has been surveyed
and the work OF clearing the land for the bed OF
the lake begun.
While Yale Will have actual graduate head
for her oarsmen. it is announced that Julian
Curtiss OF this city graduate advisory coach viii
go down TO New-Hayen at frequent intervals in
the early practice. and when the crew moves 10
Gales Ferry he will be with it the greater part Of
the time. AS heretofore. the crew captain will be
in actual charge OF rowing at Yale. and John Ken
nedy viii instructor The system of
changing graduate head coach at Yale was begun
in 1901 after the departure of E F. GaIlaudet. 49,
who had coached for three years while in
structor In the university F. W. Allen 90 came
back US head coach for A. S. Biagdens crew in
1901 and Alexander Cameron. stroke of the 01 crew.
was head coach for p H. KUnzig's crew the next
year Kunzig coached in 1sos but the next years
TO take the position OF head coach SO Carl f.
appointed TO the position by Captain Cross.
Swimming records are expected TO fall again at
the New-York Athletic Clubs midwinter SWIM
ming meet. 10 be held Saturday. February II. |
The contests will include 50-yard novice race a
IOO-yard handicap plunge for distance handicap.
and water polo game between the New-York