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Increased his speed At every stride. lie /
gradually crOuched, and when at the proper |
distance for the jump he suddenly, by an !
immense effort, lifted his body from the |
floor The impetus he had gathered from |
his great speed carried him clear over the /
tape and landed him on the other side on |
a perfect balance. He travelled half the /
distance around the rink before he could /
stop himself. High jumping on roller /
skates Is one OF the most difficuit Of ath- |
letio feats. The athlete is not able to Sc
cure any purchase from the floor to aid /
him in the jump. while the disadvantage |
is multiplied by the fact that extraordi- |
nary speed IL required to accomplish IL.
Should the skater fail in securing a proper |
footing after the jump, It is declared a
foul, and this fact makes it one of the |
fairest as well as most difncult task IN |
athletic sports.
Yales varsity foot bail schedule for next |
season has been issued as follows. October |
g. Wesleyan at New Haven; October g. Syr- |
acuse at New Haven: October TO- Spring |
field at New Haven; october 10, Holy Cross |
at New Haven; October 20, Pennsylvania
State at New Haven; october q, Amherst |
at New Haven; November g. West Point |
at New Haven; November 10, Brown at
New Haven; November II. Princeton at
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Haven.
Somewhat OF a shock was handed out in
athletic circles by the announcement that
Jack McMasters, the noted Harvard
trainer. had been released by the Cam
bridge institution. The athletic committee
Of the university refused to renew his con-
tract, which expired recently. "Scotty,"
as he was Familiarity known to college
men, has been identified with the Harvard
foot ball, base ball and hockey teams for
the last eight years. and previous to 1898
he was associated with the Princeton col
lege teams. McMasters announced that he
would return to his old home in Scotland
for a years vacation, after which he
would probably return to America and seek
an engagement with some college here. 1t
is said on good authority that the foot
ball men became dissatisfied with McMas-
tiers last fall and 1t was through their in
iuence that the trainer was dismissed by
the athletic committee. Just who they
will look for to take care of the foot ball
team next fall has not yet been decided,
but It will probably be John Bowler Of
Dartmouth or Thomas F. Keane Of Oberlin
| .
| The sixteenth annual tennis tournament
| in singles and the championship OF the east
in doubles will be played this year on the
| Longwood Cricket club courts, beginning
on July g. In place of the usual con-
ISOLATION singles there will be a handicap
event, open only to players who take part
| In the scratch singles. The prizes in the
doubles will be first, second and consola-
ton. The first prize will be awarded to
the winners and the second to the runners
up. The consultations will be open 10 all
| M daft al IN Ara match
W. H. Savage of Harvard, Mass is a
veteran wheelman, and 1t is doubtful II
there is a bicyclist of his age in the United
States who has covered more ground in the
many years he has ridden and who has re-
tanned his activity to so remarkable an ex-
tent after he has passed far beyond the
three score years and ten that are the al
lotted age Of man. Mr.. Savage, who is Is
years old, says he has ridden all over the
country on his wheel and he accounts for
the fact that he Is strong and healthy by
the fact that he has taken care of himself
In speaking of the chainless wheel Mr.,
Savage said this week: 81 used to think
that the chainless wheel was a dream and
that the manufacturers could never accom-
plish It, but they have and 1t is a great Joy
to one old man, assure you. can't un-
derstand why the chainless wheel is not
ridden more than II is. II bicyclists inves-
tigated II II would be. / ride mine every
day and when I think Of the trips II has
been on I wonder that 1t still stands UP
under me-" Mr.. Savage's last trip was to
Montreal, Canada, in a very wet season.
At that time he covered over 800 miles. Mr.
Savage is a veteran of the civil war and
was badly injured in the last battle Of
Gettysburg. being wounded in his right
lung. He says he has found wheeling has
improved breathing for him.
.
The tremendous Importance which college
athletics play in the development Of the
average undergraduates Is impressively
demonstrated by the knowledge that the
various sports fostered at. the universities
Of the big six"-Harvard, Yale, Pennsyl-
vania, Cornell, Princeton and Columbia
earned in the aggregate the unprecedented
sum OF nearly half a million dollars during
the last fiscal year. And more remarkable
STILL It cost almost as much as this TO run
athletics at these same universities. When
It is realized that there are few business
enterprises with receipts mounting up tc
! half a million year and paying such big
! profits as successful athletic teams do, one
begins to appreciate the immensely OF IN
tercollegiate athletics.
The following table gives the exact ex.
penses and receipts Of athletics at Harvard
Yale. Pennsylvania and Cornell and a low
4 estimate OF the same at Princeton and 90.
! lumbia;
, Receipts. Expenses
Harvard ...,...............slll, $40 S