Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-02

son and Blair of Chicago while the east
will have schick of Harvard. Dear of Penn
| sylvania and Seitz of Georgetown. Schick
| is the only man with a straight record OF
3 40 seconds. and on the strength of this
ought to win.
Defeat of Georgetown Crews.
| The intercollegiate rowing season opened
| week ago with a double header between
| Ar napolis and Georgetown In which the
| miGdies were twice victorious. The defeat
of the Washington crews however, does not
| Indicate that they will not be dangerous at
| Poughkeepsie. AS matter of fact the mid
dies had been In training longer than their
| rivals. which they can do to advantage,
since they end their rowing season the lat
| ter part OF May. while the intercollegiate
| regatta for which Georgetown must train
does not take place until July 1. The mid
dies appear to have very strong eight this
year and they will give several of the other
big college crews thorough trying out be-
| fore the season Is over. They are scheduled
| to meet Penn, Yale and Columbia.
Syracuse University Is evidently deter
mined to win the PoughkeepsIe regatta once
| more. OF last years eight, the New York
| ers have lost just two men, Capt Stone
and Kimberley. but Coach Ten Eyck has
! already filed their places with two men
who rowed in the championship freshmen
crew. Barring accidents the crew is already
| rowing as 1t Will row in the intercollegiate
| Regatta. The advantage Of being able to
pick the crew this early is manifest and
l
| the development of the Syracuse eight
The rowing troubles of Cornell seem about
| ended and it is time they WERE for the
| Ithacans have lost nearly every member of
| last years varsity eight. But the rebuild
| ing or a strong varsity crew at Cornell is
| not the great problem which other UNIVERSE
ties find 1T. Coach Courtney has as many
| candidates for his crews as all the other
| coaches at Cornell combined and two and
| three times as many as report for aquatics
! at the other universities. Consequently no
| one should be mised into thinking that
Cornell will be necessarily weak at Pough-
| keepsie this year.
A Radical Foot Ball Reform.
Suggestions for the reform of college foot
| ball are apparently without AN end But
the latest one, which is credited to Har-
| ward. is the most revolutionary of ALL and
strangely enough meets with the most posi-
| tive Endorsement In university circles 1t
Will be remembered that President Eliot of
Harvard, in his last annual report devoted
much space to foot bali. particularly CRITICS.
| ing 1t because 1t was not more open. 1t is
| now said upon good authority that Pres
| ident Eliot has informed the Harvard foot
ball authorities If they do not secure GER
tam needed reforms In the game before fall
| Harvard will be compelled to eliminate the
| game and all intercollegiate foot ball con-
| tests well.
To accomplish this end 1t has been sug-
gested that forward passes be allowed here
| after. Forward passes would open up the
game as nothing else and would permit
| endless variations SO that the game would
be full of the spectacular. If it develops
that the continuation of the game at Har-
ward depends upon some such radical change
| in the rules, it is not unlikely that the
other colleges interested will agree to Har-
wards proposition. The foot ball rules com
| mittee has been trying without avail to
open up the game for years, and 1t would
probably be well for all concerned If they
were forced to take some such radical
| action as the president of Harvard contem-
plates.
An Association Foot Ball League.
| The series of association foot ball games
| between Haverford and Harvard has re-
| suited in a definite move to organize an
| Intercollegiate Association Foot Ball
League. The game is now being played
| regularly at Haverford, Harvard, Columbia
| and Lehigh, and internationally at Penn
! sylvania and other colleges There are
| many who believe that Rugby foot ball is
| receiving more attention that it deserves,
and success Will undoubtedly crown the
efforts of those interested in the forma-
ton of the new league If lacrosse can be
put on paying basis there is no reason
to doubt that the same can be done for
association foot ball.
Once more Princeton University has re-
vived the talk Of building an athletic sta
dunn similar to those now possessed by
Harvard and the University Of Pennsyl-
vania. AS it is the Tigers are compelled
every year to build TEMPORARY stands for
their big games and then tear them down.
all OF which is done at great expense If
Princeton would profit by the experience of
Harvard and Penn she would construct per-
manent stands at once. for they would pay
for themselves within a few years.
At the rate opposition is rising against the
discus throw in the west that event will
soon be ruled off the western intercollegiate
program as 1t has been In the east. Michi-
gan is now heading the opposition to the
event. and this in spite of the fact that
Michigan possesses the record holder for it.
The objection to the discus Is that skill In
1t is more a matter of luck than a test
Of ability. 1t Is fact that months of
hard. consistent training on the part of
an athlete frequently counts for less than
one lucky throw. There Is an unmistak-
able trend of opposition settling in against
all weight events. both in the east and
west, and in favor of more sprints and
runs to take their places. 1t Is pointed out
that the hammer throw and discus are
both dangerous events, for not a year goes
by without recording the death Of several
persons struck by the flying missiles whose
direction the athletes cannot control. The
element of danger does not enter into the
shot put so much. but 1t is rarely inter-
esting for the superiority of one athlete
Is measured only in inches and then can
not be dscerned until 1t Is officially an
nounced. majority of college trainers are
beginning to argue for more runs, especially 1
above the quarter mile.
The Columbia University track team has
been greatly weakened during the last week
by the loss of Stangland, the intercollegiate
broad jump champion with a record Of
% feet 6h inches Stangland has gone into
business in the south, and his departure
makes the broad jump at the intercolle-
giates an open event.
That California Is still rich in athletic
material Is indicated by the reports of a
remarkable Splinter by the name of Charles
Parsons of Los Angeles, who is said to
have run the 100 yards repeatedly in As
seconds. Furthermore, 1t is reported that
n 10 ,fpotr -nnc
forms well reports declare he will
makes things lively for the best university
sprinters in the east