Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09


leGes are far behind the east in the diver
sity of sports they foster, they are rapidly
catching up. for Chicago and Michigan are
taking the initiative in introducing many of
the minor sports which are popular In
the east.
The following table shows at glance the
respective college champions of the east
and the west in the different sports:
EAST
Track athletics Cornell Fencing Anna polls
Base bell. ..........Y Yale Golf $780,. Harvard
Foot BALI ,YsIe Hockey gS"' .Gus
Rowing. Yale Lacrosse -.'.Sw srta
ASS foot ball Haverford Tennis columbia
Basket ball Columbia }Yale
GGGss country Gorpsl, slmmns..
che.s. Harvard Wrestling, Yale
WEST
Track athletics. Chicago Base ball. Michigan
Foot BALI. MIehigsn Cross country. Nebraska
'Did not meet ''Tie for first.
In accordance with this table Yale carries
off the honors of the year with Az cham
pionships Columbia is second with 3. Cor
nell third with 2IR Harvard and Haverford
fourth with each. Penn and Princeton
fifth with II. each. and Swarthmore and
Annapolis last with l each.
1t should be explained that these cham
piOnships are not absolute in every case,
for in two at least the title has been in dis
pute. These are in foot ball and rowing.
IN the former 1t is generally conceded that
first place lies between Pennsylvania and
Yale. The Quakers base their claims TO
the championship honors on the fact that
they went through the season not only
without a defeat, but without having their
goal line crossed. Yale, on the other hand,
was beaten once and on another occasion
had her goal line fairly crossed by syria
cuse. The Ellis, however, contend that they
beat Princeton and Harvard deciSiYely, the
latter by virtually the same score as Penn
did. Impartial critics, however, give first
honors to Penn, because she has always ex-
pressed a willingness to meet all corners,
while Yale steadily refuses to play Penn
In rowing Cornell and Yale the
claimants but the Ithacans are generally
admitted to be the superiors Of the Ellis.
Cornell won the four-mIle race at Pough-
keepsie by twenty-five lengths, while Yale
had the race of her life to beat out Har-
ward by a scant length at New London.
Fortunately there IS a means of comparing
Yale and Cornell, although they did not
meet. On May - the varsity Fights of
Harvard and Cornell met at Cambridge,
and in race of a mile and three-quarters
Cornell won by eight lengths. If the race
had gone on IOf lOuE miles II Is iiiOIt IMAM
likely that Cornell would have won by as
great a margain as she did at Poughkeep-
sic. This same Harvard crew. which Cor
nell so soundly defeated. held Yale to a VIC
tory of a bare length. This certainly indl-
Gates the decided superiority of the Cornell
crews and critics everywhere are willing
TO admit this conclusion.
In track athletics Cornell won first place
yfn
cans had not much to spare. for they beat
Yale only by 21s points. This was the first
time In nearly thirty years that the inter
collegiate championships were not won by
Penn. Yale or Harvard Cornell main
tanned her supremacy on the track by also
winning the Cross-country championships
for the fifth time In six years.
Yale furnished a great surprise by win
ming the base ball championship from Har-
ward for the first time In nearly eight years.
The Ellis started the season with what
looked to be very poor team. but they got
better as the season advanced and won
their series from Pennsylvania. Princeton
and Harvard. The Ellis lost several minor
games at the beginning of the season but
they made up Tor II by their splendid vic
tories at the close
OF the minor sports four new ones were
added These were association foot ball.
swimming. wrestling and water polo. AS
ISOLATION foot ball was participated In by
Harvard Haverford and Columbia. al
though the latter did not take part in a
series. Harvard and Haverford did. how
ever. and the latter won both games and
as no one accepted the challenge of the
fAFr Hlgxr MN aha NtNft
ship. The swimming championships werS
held at Philadelphia for the first time and
Penn and Columbia tied for first honors
The water polo championships were decided
at the same meeting. Yale winning from
Penn. The first iutercollege wrestling cham
pionships were held at Philadelphia In
March and Yale triumphed easily. winning
five out OF seven bouts.
CT the other minor sports Columbia won
the intercollegiate honors In basket ball
going through the season without a single
defeat. repeating her success of the pre-
vious year. Columbia was also first In the
gymnastic championships which were held
at Princeton on March 81.
The golf and tennis championships were
held in the fall. In the golf tournament
Harvard won both the individual and the
team championships. In the tennis tour
nament held at Haverford I'm October lie
Roy OF Columbia won the singles from
Bewhurst OF Penn. while Bodman and Behr
OF Yale won first honors In the doubles
Haverford College won the cricket cham
pionsnip for the second time In succession.
defeating Penn. Harvard and Cornell. In
Lacrosse Swarthmore College went through
the season without defeat losing only in
post season game to Toronto University.
Harvard the hockey championship
with ease from Princeton. Columbia. Yale
and Brown. This was Harvard's second
successive victory. In fencing the Naval
Cadets OF Annapolis won with ridiculous
ease at New York. beating not only West
Point. but all the leading colleges Is we'll
The chess championship was divided be-
tween Penn and Harvard Penn won the
triangular tournament with Brown and