Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-14
dent ought to be charged to see his class
mates in athletic contests.

Inc .lnIeTCOueSlat6 tFdCk anu uciQ ScdSoti
will be brought to close in less than two
weeks with the annual championship meet
at Philadelphia, May 26 and "a. The over
whelming victory Of Cornell over Princeton
and of the University of Pennsylvania over
Columbia in their annual meets and the
rather poor showing made by Harvard
athletes In their spring games has COM
PEELED the critics to modify their views con-
corning the strength OF the leadihs Teams.
Yale is still the unanimous favorfte for, first
place, but both Cornell ana Pennsyivania
appear to have better chance to win sec
end than Harvard The full strength OF the
Harvard team will not be brought out until
the .Yale-Harvard dual meet on May 70. but
the Harvard spring handicaps ana inter-
class games suggest an unexpected weak
ness on the part of the Crimson.
The surprise of the season has been Cor
nell. The Ithacans have one of the best dis
lance runners the east has even seen IN
Munson. His feat of running mAe IN
424 2-5 in the Princeton-Cornell games, Just
one second slower than the intercoiiegiate
record and that without being pushed, Is
evidence that he can run under 4'O wnen
the occasion demands it. Cornell also mas
a wonderful pole vaulter in Jackson, VINO
vaulted IL feet 0as inches at the same
games.
In the hurdles Cornell showed up unex-
pectedly strong with Ashburner ana Won
negut It is almost safe to predict that cor
Eell will also win the two miles, as Coach
good tWo-miler. If Cornell should win the
mile, the pole vault, one of the hurdles, the
two-mile event and score In three OF IouI
other events the Ithacans would surely gel
second place. and possibly beat yale LOT
first 1t is not very likely, however, tnat
they can beat the Ellis, for Trainer murphy
has a well-rounded team
The chances of Pennsylvania have surfer
ed very materially by the loss OF Iayior,
the intercollegiate quarter mile champion
and record holder. Taylor has fallen penlno
in his class room work and has been drop
ped from the university, temporarily AT
least There Is just chance that ne may
be reinstated and If he is, Pennsylvania
will have quite as good a chance as Cor
nell for second place The QuakerS are
sure to score in the hundred with Dear,
the former Washington High School sprint
er. while Hyman is also sure of scoring IN
the quarter and possibly in the ~. In the
high jump Moffett looks like winner, Whlie
Mcdonald, who did five feet eleven inches
in the Columbia meet, should also score.
Pennsylvania is likewise sure of scoring in
the broad jump with Weede, in the shot
put with Capt. Boyd and in both hurdles
with Amsler.
AS for Yale, the Ellis virtually sure to
score in nearly every event on the pro-
gram While Yale does not have as
many likely first place winners TINS spring
as formerly, she will have more men than
usual capable of picking up seconds ana
thirds. and with these is virtually sure OF
winning the meet. Parsons is the favorlte
for the half-mile run. Shevlin for the nam
1ner throw Marshall an even cholce tor tne
high jump and McLanahan Ior r .ne t poie
Burnap and Ewing in the quarter, Alcott
and Hill in the mile, Hail in the two-mlle
Sheffield In the broad jump and Eales IN
the hurdles, all of whom are virtually sure
to score points for the Blue.
The first distinct movement for the sep
aration of the intercollegiate basket ball
association from the Amateur Athletlc
Union will be taken at meeting OF the IN
tercollegiate rules committee In Phladel-
there has been constant friction between the
college men and the A. A. U. authorities.
The A. A. u. insisted on its right 10 cohtroi
the college game. since IT was played I'M
der A. A. U. rules, and hardly a week went
nv without the A. A. U. disqualfying one
or more college teams. In order not 10 De
hampered in the future the colleslans nave
announced their intention to form an asso.
ciat ton of their own for the regulation OF
college basket ball and to draw up set or
rules which will put the game on a diner
ent footing from the A. A. U. game.
Although every attempt made In the past
to bring the east and west together on the
srfdiron has been a failure, the prospects
for a track and field meeting between the
point winners at the eastern intercollegiate
CHAMPIONSHIPS and the western conference
meet are very bright at present. Inc gooo
showing made by the western college men
at the University of Pennsylvania games
has strengthened the opinion of the west
ern coaches that their charges are superior
to those of the big six Of the east.
A. A. Stagg Of Chicago University and
Frank b. Ellis of the University of Penn
sylvania the respective managers of the
two big intercollegiate meets of the year
held a conference Immediately after the
PENNSYLVANIA games and discussed the pos
sibilities of bringing together the point
winners of the east and west In an annual
set of games, and thus settle the long de-
bated question of superiority between the
two sections. The lateness of the proposal
will doubtless prevent the meeting this
year. but the promoters are determined to
bring about the games In 19O6
In order to hold the games the dates for
both championships would have to be
changed The eastern games are held year.
ly on the last Friday and Saturday In May,
while the western conference meet is de-
cided annually on the first Saturday in
June. 1t is said that the western men are
so anxious to meet their eastern rivals for
athletic supremacy that they would willing
ly agree to hold the conference meet on the
last Saturday in May, SO that the two as
soclations could be brought together the
first Saturday in June.
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At the conference between the promoters
1t was agreed that the meeting should alter
nate between the two sections, preferably
Chicago in the west and New York or Phil
adelphia in the east, and that the first
three men in each event would be enough
to select the teams FROM For years past
there has been considerable speculation as
to what the result of such a meeting would
be- but only the contest itself would decide
this.
The westerners have been playing havoc
with their own records during the past few
years. but a comparison of the relative
standing of the two sections will show that
the eastern records are better in ten events,
while there is a tie in one, the west beating
the east in just two events. The western
men have been making the Pennsylvania
relays the goal of their yearly track work
for the past four years, while eastern train
ers have been content to get their charges
in condition for the Intercollegiate.
Michigan scored third consecutive VIC
tory in the four-mile relay at Philadelphia,