Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-17

ent Yale and Princeton are the only men,
bers of the big Six" which have not la
crosse associations. 1t is not unlikely
that the Ellis and Tigers will take up the
game next year. There is movement on
foot engineered by Harvard to bring the
Oxford and Cambridge lacrosse teams over
this summer for another tour of the
American colleges similar to that made
two years ago.
Games Scheduled for Season.
Below is given the first complete schedule
of games yet to be played in the CONSOLE
dated league:
April II, Harvard vs. Virginia, at Char
lottesville,
April 20, Harvard VS., Swarthmore, at
Swarthmore.
April p, Columbia VS.. Pennsylvania, at
Phila delphia.
April %. Columbia VS.. Lehigh. at South
Bethlehem.
April %, Stevens VS.. Johns Hopkins, at
Baltimore.
April %, Columbia VS.. G. =. N. Y, at
New York
April 90, Johns Hopkins vs. Lehigh, at
Baltimore.
May g. Swarthmore vs. c. c. n. Y, at
Swarthmore.
May g. Columbia vs. Harvard, at Cam
bridge.
May TO- Lehigh VS.. Swarthmore, at South
Bethlehem.
May 10. Stevens VS.. Smarthmore, at Ho-
boken.
May 10, Stevens VS.. Lehigh, at Hoboken.
May 13. Harvard vs. Pennsylvania, at
Cambridge.
May 13, Johns Hopkins VS.. Swar.hmore
al Swarthmore.
May 90 Stevens vs. Cornell, al Hoboken
May q, Stevens VS.. Harvard. at Hoboken
May %, Harvard VS.. Cornell, At Ithaca
May 30, Harvard VS.. Stevens at Hoboken
Considerable surprise has been expressed
in college athletic circles over the protest
lodged by Harvard against Cook, Prince
fnf,tc frac Try,.y vaff NJ 49,
made by Harvard is that Cook played on a
hotel nine in New England during the past
summer, and that he was virtually paid for
his services. Princeton has retorted with
the statement that Harvard Is merely dis
appointed because her athletic authorities
failed to secure this promising young ath-
lete. Harvard's position has been given an
other peculiar appearance by the action of
the faculty athletic committee in making
Splinter Gilmore eligible, after the latter's
admission that he once ran for a money
prize. Harvard's contention is that Gill
more was only twelve years old at the
time, and the prize was but 81. While Har-
ward admits that Gilmore is technic ally in
eligible, she contends that he did lot vio-
late the spirit of the rule, and that this
should not be held against him
A meeting of the Brown conference will
be called shortly, and this and kindred SUBJ
jects will be thoroughly discussed. A great
many leading university men are beginning
to protest against the literal Interpretation
of these rules and it would not be surpris-
ing II they were more literally construed
hereafter. The contention of these reform
ers is that athletics should be conducted for
the students, and that any bona fide stu
dent II he Is not an out and ont profess
sional. should be permitted to represent his
college.
intercollegiate foot ball rules will have a
thorough overhauHng when the rules COM
mittee meets at Philadelphia during the
relay carnival Never before did the COM
mittee have so many suggested changes to
dispose of, and 1t will require several sit
tings before anything definite eau be an
In Philadelphia during the intercollegiate
championship. at which the amended code
Will probably be announced.