The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-07
WITH The COLLEGE ATHLETES
DOINGS IN THE FIELD or SPORT
IN EAST AND WEST.
liichlGanI Football Players Find II worth
while 10 He PamOus-Near Clothes
: Free and Get Money IN the Bargain,
A -PFincetOn'G Track Athletes IN Form.


being a Michigan athlete has been dis
= covered In the Ann Arbor institution. Only
recently Il was published that a Michigan
track man or football player could com
mand a big salary as a coach anywhere
throughout the West. but this Is some
thing even easier Martin Heston, captain
and half back OF the Michigan football
eleven last year, has been hired by Detroit
clothing firm, at something like 500
month and clothes free, TO wear their brand
OF smart toggery. The idea " based upon
simple psychology. Heston Is, Of course,
the best known OF all the Michigan athletes.
His broad shoulders and upright carriage
show on good fitting clothing to the limit
Of a tailor's desire. Among the 400
students at the Ann Arbor university,
there are many non-athletic youths who,
nevertheless, count il among their highest
privileges that they know Heston we'll
enough TO bow to him. They initiate his
walk and his mannerisms, and, incidentally,
his clothes. They find out where they are
made and they go TO this place. There's
where Heston earns his money.
The idea has been taken up by clothiers
in Ann Arbor who. Of course, cannot pay
as much 10 their clothing -touts' As does
the Detroit firm. The Ann Arbor tailors
have 10 be content with lesser lights OF
the football eleven and track squad a.
advertiser A salary Of t25 to 500 month
for a mans football reputation may appear
90 some persons to be a harebrained scheme,
but II has worked we'll thus far. One critic
said Nearly all Michigan's students rank
q stylish outfit Of clothing next to holiness
and a good education. To be correct
they even dress absurdly. What the
fashionable outftters in the varsity town
have done il to pick out few football
players and ask them to see personally
students OF their acquaintance and request
that they call at certain store TO examine
spring styles. This is equivalent to send
ing a personal friend to nearly every one
Of the 900 students. Not only does every
body claim personal acquaintance with
every football player, but most under
graduates will listen TO the opinions Of n
famous athlete as golden advice
John Garrells, one Of the track athletes
at Michigan, recently threw the discus In
practise a distance Of 1871 feet I inches
In three throws recorded recently he
covered 1871 feet inches. 1870 feet and l:s
feet, and at the University Of Pennsylvania
meet on April 20 he surpassed all former
records with a throw Of 1885 feet i inch,
though this does not stand as a record, the
make OF the discus failing TO conform TO the
rules. This Is exceptional throwing and
~ IL was early in the season, he should
do even better when the Western inter
collegiate meet comes along. Garells
Il only 10 years old.
Phncstons track athletes have been
going along quietly enough for the past
month, 80 that little is known OF the strength
Of the Tiger squad. Advices from the
scenes Of activity indicate that De Witt will
have at least one capable successor in +.
L. Rafferty,. '05, who is tossing the ham
mer close to $50 feet. Waller and Daub,
the second string performers, are we'll
along toward 1875 feet. so that Princeton
h a. well fixed in the,line OF hammer throw
ers a. any Eastern college. Rafferty, and
Daub were coached last year by De Witt
and both have som semblances Of his
neat style and speed in the ring Raferty's
improvement is extremely encouraging,
as q few feet more will put him among the
leaders in the Eastern colleges. Shevlin
Of Yale and Van DlIyn OF Syracuse. who
were prominent last year in the inter
oollegiates are capable OF 1855 feet each.
% InHl ETlQNENOlH IIldn WIN n tllRll I'M
provement will give them a hard fight.
Jim Robinson has freshman two-miler
who ia expected TO he another Williams
The last named athlete. by the way. is train
ing faithfully and will again be in shape
for the big meets. He was Of great value
IN the intercollegiate meet. winning six
points for Princeton. Armstrong, the
hurdler, who has been out OF college for a
year, is back and is moving over the sticks
better than ever Eisele, Alice, Grimes
and the other old men are doing we'll
Rulon-Miller il running in even time for
the hundred yards and may clip that a
trihe before the big meet. Tooker, the
high jumper, Is getting over the bar in good
style and il likely to score again In the
intercollegiate championships.
The Pennsylvania weekly review, old
Penn, has been at -ome pains to quiet all
the talk b the effect that a break in athletic
relations IL threatened between Cornell
and the Quakers In recent issue, be-
fore the football game with Cornell was
announced as arranged. the paper said:
1T may be stated that the question Of the
Thanksgiving football game il not connected
with the junior regatta except in the imagi-
nations Of a few writer's. II there il any
question OF a change in date in the annual
Cornell Pennsylvania game, it will be caused
by the desire on the part Of some 70 secure
an antagonist who will put up a closer game,
and thereby the public and the university
may receive larger returns, not necessarily
financial
All OF this il very fine. and may he
true. But the old proverb regarding the
presence Of smoke denoting fire applies
ngnt here. Added to considerable talk
in various quarters, now comes the positive
statement OF Capt, Reynolds Of the football
eleven. Reynolds said a few days ago
20 a prominent New York football en-
thusiast. I'VE are getting tired Of meeting
Cornell. There IL nothing in the game for
us, except fmSll sentiment attaching.
] should not be at all surprised II this Il
the last year that we meet Cornell at foot
ball on Thanksgiving Day. We may break
on entirely. / Am sure there would not be
much regret at this action at Penn
Gylvania.
Member Of the Columbia football man
aFement who have had conversations with
the Pennsylvania football authorities re-
port statements Of a similar tenor from
those who are In charge Of the eleven Of
the Red and Blue. In view OF these facts
the kindly mentioned statement from
Ola Penn shows that the paper was con-