The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-06
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,hs 6r.t to abolish football, never really
.,eJ football II had q game which was
ssd and abolished twice In fifteen years
,,.s /. about tho only thing that Column
I, 10, r,ppored consistently, and that
gys, ka. been II q high quality, at least
I,bin the memory Il two generations BACK
Elnmbia's glory IL all wrapped up In a
Eo,ory AT Henley in the late '7Os, and an
Ih,, Gin NJ Poughkcepsie in 1906. Since
n. ia, time tho New Yorkors have
p,ounted to practically nothing on tho
|ater.
M norsons Interested in what really IL the
al hing for American college sport IL Is
nnsidend unfortunate that so many smaller
,s,,utions have suffered themselves to be
ag,Iled by the Columbia will-o'-the-wisp
no being drawn into the morass OF abol-
hment Of everything, only to find after
A that Columbia is the least loser by abol-
hing sport.
The New Workers have this advantage.
Ibeir institution is 80 big that they gain
restiee by numbers which they do not de-
srye on quality. Therefore when they
\ n thing the smaller institutions pay
h%tentlon, believing that athletic and edu-
htional prestige are correlated. That Is
there the ignis fatuus OF Columbia has
bne so much damage. When n college
hch as Yale or Pennsylvania decides that
he problems Of sport arc so undermined
h%ieceit and ~treachery that nothing but
1 clean sweep and a new start "a help,
IN 1t Ia time for the others to follow suit.
5The weak kneed sister on the heights
hforunately has b~amboozled the small
H. said one ~collegian recently.
Tbs success OF Alexander COPELAND az
9ainer Of the Princeton track team, so
Sr as can be judged from the work Of the
len In the Caledonian games and since,
bows that he has to be reckoned with
bnong the college trainers. In another
bason, when Copland's system has a chance
} perfect itself and the prestige Of being
member Of a really good track team
Iks ftself on the P~incetonians, COPELAND
bould be able to turn out a first rate all
pound team. At the start of the eason
Upland was handicapped not only by a
Ste beginning with the candidates, but as
Iell by the fact that track athletics at
R~in9ston hitherto never amounted to
|uch. 1t was not considered much Of an
pnor to belong TO the track team at the
lew jersey institution, with the result
pat except for an occasional star athlete
be track teams never we're worth while.
pplani By persistent work has changed
pis, and in a short while his efforts should
4 crowned by the development Of a splen-
! j all around track team.
Incidentally the Success of Copeland with
|rmstrong and Gamble calls attention to
fact that some trainers do not always
great results from teaching men in
heir v specialtles. Armstrong; hurd-
ne and CANDLES sprinting both have i'm
roved Under COPELAND, who was strong in
lese events himself. Some trainers find
very hard to help mon in the very things
which they were first class themselves;
Tiers can do nothing outside Of their own
vents Ernie Hjortberg made only one
I Voc distance runners at Columbia, and
pGe OF these was Of the first class. On the
pntrary, be got out some good sprinters
ld broad jumpers, Johnny Mack while
Soiumo was strong with sprinters and
ue else on the basis of his own experience
Z a snort distance runner Fitzpatrick was
~ a particularly good coach in n line,
eeough he was an exceptional middle
1s,ance runno-.
Nike Murphy is one Of those rare trainers
no seem 10 10 able to teach something
I al speclalties. John Bowler Of Dart
noutn Is another Of the same kind. He Is
"Hoeeslul with sprinters, vaulters or dis
nee runners, quite regardless. COPELAND
oy no means inferior with the men ont
,ce ms " special lines. In fact, he did
y many things while a track athlete that
! would be hard TO find anything outside
amne throwing-the field kind-that
was not expert in. COPELAND ran ali
~ up to and including a half mile.
VVI hurdle events and had great ability
me broad jump, He also could high
eMp and pole vault, and despite bis slight
style. w" e''u Aio"ieose
.s sne athletic athletic situation at Wisconsin has