Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07

feating Georgetown, and then winning from
the University of Pennsylvania. The vic
tories of the Middies, however, were won on
merit and not through luck. This year the
Navy eight Is one of the strongest in the
east. 1t is so strong. in fact. that col
lege men have expressed the wish that 1t
might row at the Poughkeepsie regatta.
The rules of the academy, however. pro-
hibit the Middies from taking part in ath-
letic contests anywhere but at Annapolis.
The fact that 1t would be necessary for the
crews to be at Poughkeepsie for at least
three weeks prior to the big regatta Is an
other obstacle in their path. special ex-
ception would have to be made by the gov
eminent to permit the Middies to row In
the intercollegiate regatta, and since they
are paid to become navy officials. it Is ex-
tremely improbable that they will ever be
seen at Poughkeepsie.
The chang, In date of the PoughkeepSie
regatta from July to June % will not seri-
ously affect the plans of the different col
lege crews. The change had to be made
because OF the unwillingness of the West
Shore railroad to run it's special trains
along the Hudson banks so near to July 4.
when the regular traffic is so heavy. The
entries for the races at Poughkeepsie were
al. received this week. Cornell, University
of Pennsylvania. Columbia and Syracuse
have entered crews in all three races.
Georgetown and Wisconsin have entered
only the varsity Fights. Their failure to
have crews in the other races is attributed
to their scarcity of material
Now that Princeton is to have arti-
fetal lake, and, consequently, crew once
more, there is much speculation as to where
the Tigers will cast their lot--with Pough-
keepsie or New London. The probabilities
are that Princeton will join the Poughkeep-
sic regatta because of the difficulty of three
crews racing side by side the narrow
Thames. and the fact that the Poughkeep-
sic beginning to OyerShaiOw the
Yale-Harvard races. There will probably
be some wire-pulling within the next few
months to secure the Tiger crews.
The Harvard spring handicap games this
week did not uncover so much brilliant ath-
letic material as the Crimson authorities
had expected the go candidates for
the team promised. Just two men showed
form above the average. These Were Dodge,
the freshman Splinter, and Whitman, the
half-miler. Dodge running from the three
yard mark won the 100 yards in 9 4-5 Sec
onds, beating out Schick, the intercollegiate
and national champion. who was scratch.
The youngster also won the 220-yard dash
in good time. In the half-mile Whitman
started from scratch and was just beaten
out In minutes AS the day raw and
cold. these records speak well for the two
men mentioned.
The base ball championship season is now
on and until the middle of June the big
colleges will play practically no minor col
leges. At present Princeton appears to
have a remarkably strong and well-bal-
anced team, and accordingly is the favor
tie for the championship. The Tigers still
have one game to play with the University
of Pennsylvania and the series with Yale
and game with Harvard. 1t is re-
grettabe fact that Harvard and Princeton
cannot get along peacefully enough to play
more than one game year. Otherwise they
would arrange a series, Just they have
done with Yale. The University of Penn
sylvania is apparently out of the race for
good. The Quakers have been losing with
unbroken regularity, and do not seem to
have the material to make even a respect
able showing. The Yale nine has been
striking a faster gait during the last week.
but is still far from being in the same class
with Princeton, Georgetown and Harvard.