The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-23

bunch Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Penn
sylvania, Cornell and Columbia in one
league; Fordham, Georgetown, Holy Cross
in another, and Amherst, Williams, Dart,
mouth, Wesleyan, Trinity, Brown and
NJ. A. c, in a third, These teams could play
for the individual championships in their
ships among Colgate, Syracuse, Hamilton
Union and the smaller colleges up state
and among the lesser universities down
through Pennsylvania, like Franklin and
Marshall, Washington and jefferson,
Western University Of Pennsylvania p B,ldr
nell, as well as the Carlisle Indian School
This would make about five or six leagues
in all. Play would have to begin for the
championships early in May. each college
playing two or three games with its regular
scheduled games. Then, in about month,
it would be possible to have all the games
played off, and the month OF June could be
taken up with deciding the national cham
pionship. This appears at first culnber-
however, require the services Of national
schedule making commission to arrange
the games satisfactorily without Thousand
and one conflicts of dates.
The suggestion for a regular intercolle-
giate baseball association this year was
team. In his idea he is backed up by
Bernie Winslow, the former Yale player,
who considers it we'll worth trying.
The strong criticism Of Andrew O'Dea,
Wisconsin's rowing coach, by the Western
ers, detailed last week in this column. natu-
rally he's been met with en- equally strong
defense Of the athletic trainer. Cudworth
| Beye commodore, or manager, OF the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin navy, has come for
ward with the strongest statement atout
O'Dea and one which should put another
| face on the matter. 1T was lack Of con-
| dition of men, not the fault of the coach,
which was the cause of our defeat says
Mr.. Beye. 1T was not the fault Of the
coach that these men were not in condition
Cornell, the winner, rowed her men during
the season more than thousand miles,
| while Wisconsin was able to row but 302,
just one-third as much training: Nor was
this the fault OF the coach. No man on
earth can hasten the breaking up of Lake
Mendota's ice. No man on earth can
govern the storms and the winds which pre-,
Monona Cornell averaged more than ten
miles day in practise and was at Pough-
keepsie two weeks before the races; SYRIA
cuse averaged two rows day and was at
Poughkeepse week before Wisconsin,;
Wisconsin averaged four miles a day for a
shorter season than the two others had and
was at Poughkeopsie but five days. dur
ing which time we were able to row but
three times. There are just two reasons
for this. We have no adequate launch
facilities and we have no proper source OF
financial support.
1T was possible to coach the men from
the launch for a total of five weeks only.
On account of Rotations they were not
able to start till 9 o'clock. The distance
rowed averaged only abort five miles
each week, an average of ten to twelve a
day. The equipment which they maintain
and the financial support which they get
in those Eastern institutions make our
crews feel cheap each year when they go to
Poughkeepsie. W.
| not want one. We need new launch
and we need a new boathouse on the
Yahara River. Our present launch broke
down completely week and half before
the crew left for the east. We need the
boathouse 30 that We can row on the river
when the two lakes are too rough for use.
Until we get the MEANS no man on earth
can do better than O'Dea has done thus
I'VE have rowed East for seven years.
O'Dea has coached the crew six of these
wears. Four years out of six he has gained
a place for us and twice second. Despite
the seemingly poor showing OF the last two
years we are respected everywhere We go
save in Wisconsin. They understand every
where save in Wisc onsin. They weigh
making their estimate of us everywhere
save in Wisconsin. We are treated de.
| Gently everywhere but in Wisconsin And
| for that reason we hate to come home to Wis.,
| consin.
Princeton has lost one of the best athletes
that ever entered the New Jersey institu-
| ton by the death of Edward Helm OF
| Schuylkill Haven. Helm, although only a
| freshman at Princeton last year. played
on the varsity football and baseball teams,
and shone conspicuously at both games;
| He had n fine reputation as an athlete and
| apparently was destined to become con-
| sfderably greater in his chosen lines. He
| had the reputation of being one OF the
keenest men in baseball that ever entered
Princeton, and certainly knew the game
bathing at the Parkway Baths, where he
was visiting Mccormick. the Princeton
fullback, who is employed az n lifesavel
there Helm and Mccormick came from
| the same school, y,
The athletic scandal which was promised
| to the Syracuse crew coach, Ten Eyck
by Cornell alumnus has about passed out
The whole matter was worked up to fevel
point just at the time of the regatta at
Poughkeepsje and in the heat OF the mo
| ment it was said that Coach Courtney wa,
going to report the matter to the Cornell
Athletic Association and to have matters
arranged so that the Cornell alumnus would
he barred from the Cornell University Club
But in the calmer moments after the re-
gatta Courtney presumably changed hi,
mind. AT any event. in letter to thu
writer he said recently AS far as I ar
concerned, | do not care whether -
helped Ten Eyck or not" Apparently thai
Is about all there will he to the thing TO-
some little while to come. The man in
VOWED is OF such social Importance, and ha
been so loyal graduate that it seems al
| most impossible to those who know hin
that he could have been the one involve,