The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-30
COLUWBJ4S SUCCESS.
SHOWING IN Minor sports This season Has
Been Good.

Hen GOOD.
The season lust ended has been a highly
sucosssful one for Columbia 10 the minor
sports. Team championships in swimming,
basketball and gymnastics we're won by
the local oollegians, and individual cham
pionships In tennis and fencing were carried
on by Columbia men. Outside OF these,
Columbia finished second In wrestling
and third In Ice hockey. The SUCCESS In
these minor sports has been source OF
great qualification 10 the oollegians, and
they feel that they can make a showing
in these things at least
The tennis championship, played late In
the fall last year was the first one. Robert
lie Roy. 'O5 college. faced Dewhurst, the
Pennsylvanian, in the Anal round and won
the title in the singles. The doubles team
did not fare 80 we'll. The has ketball sea-
son was the next 10 finish when Columbia
again won with clean record, defeating
Yale, Cornell Pennsylvania, Princeton,
Minnesota. Wisconsin and Rochester. In
the gymnastic season Columbia met Har-
ward in a dual meet on the local floor and
won by a good margin. In the champion
ships held at Princeton the local experts
defeated Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania,
IdINhTu ana new 10TH OnlNHIhANys
The hockey team defeated Princeton
and Brown and was placed after Yale and
Harvard in the series for the college title.
The team was not rated high at the begin
ming OF the season and the defeat OF Prince
ton was rather a surprise.
In swimming Columbia won the water
polo championship cleanly. The local
six defeated Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.
Yale beat Harvard by a score OF goals
to o, and in the final Columbia defeated
the New Havenites by l to o. In relay
racing the local team has a claim to second
place only. Harvard beat Yale, as did
! Columbia, but Pennsylvania defeated the
! Light Blue and White. Conrad d. Iruben-
/ bach, 'O5 science, won two individual swim
ming championships at Philadelphia.
Wrestling Is another sport which has
! begun to take hold at Columbia. The
| team was reorgAnized this season, and had
! two dual meets with Yale previous TO the
| intercollegiate tournament at Philadelphia
! Yale beat the local men in both dual meeH
! but showed an equal superiority over the
other colleges in the final meet. Columbia
was the only other college TO score at all:
! Yale won all save the welterweight and
! heavyweight Glasses. j. NJ. Howell 90
science, won for Columbia in the welter-
weight and ". V. Tolbert, '05, law, drew
With r. C. Trip Of Yale in the heavy
weight the other colleges we're shut
out.
In the intercollegiate fencing champion,
| ship Columbia's team finished third, behind
Annapolis and West Point, beating out
Cornell, Yale, Pennsylvania and Harvard
| Thus the local fenoers we're the first real
college team in the league. Federico p,
Lage, OF, science, holder Of the junior
national championship, finished FIRST In
the individual competition, winning the
Thompson gold medal with score OF u
victories and / defeat in the two days
fencing.
A REGULAR feature Of the season was
the general reco gnition besto wed by the
athletic council upon the minor sport men
BY an agreement which has been in 70 roe
for ak years, only competitors In the foul
major sports. football, baseball, crew anC
| track, a re entitled TO wear the &C. undei
special Conditions. II was decided, how
ever. that the varsity letter might be giver
TO men who won in championships in the
other branches Of sport which reflected
none the lees credit on Columbia. A q
result. the council was very genera US
Robert lie Roy, '05 college. winner Of the
tennis championship; Fede rico p. La &c
'O7 science. winner Of the individusl inter
collegiate fencing championship; Webste
| L. Benham 'O5 science, winner on tn
| paralhl bars, and Thomas H. Burch JT.
| 'O5 ecience, winner on the flying rings II
| the interco lei gate Rymns site champion
I shlps and Conrad d. Trubenbach, 'o5 scienoe
| the swimming cha mplon. all received tn
litter 70 IT individual good work. Marcus L
Hurley. 'os science Harry 4. Fisher. o
| science Bernard r, Won Sholly post
graduate: George G. Moore, Jr., 'O6 college
and Herbert c. Cannon. Oe science, re
ceived the letter for basketball