Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-28

sometimes Of his men. Teams have gone
20 Tar as 10 instruct certain man TO snug.
But let the whole eleven be heavily penai-
lied and you can bet that the sentiments
OF the team and OF the partisans IN the
gTandstAnd would turn pretty strongly
Princeton hopes to be q strong factor in
rowing this year but owing to jealousy at
Yale and Harvard. the prospects OF seeing
the Orange and Black colors In the New
England annual event are slim on the
other hand. Princeton is not SO sure that
the intercollegiate regatta al Poughkeepsie
is big enough to satisfy its rekindled aquatic
soul 1t cannot jump one way without the
possibility Of getting snubbed and it is not
al all certain that the other kind Of a jump
would do 1t any good. Commenting on this
subject a well known rowing enthusiast
said last week
1t is only a matter OF time when the
PouEhkee psie affair will be voted the peer
Of anything Of Its kind. The general pub
elusive policy Of the New Haven-Cambridgc
contingent The Hudson river regatta IS
progressive Every year something new Is
introduced for the benefit Of the common
people" who patronize II. This year the
Innovation is to be a puadrlple sculling
the Annapolis-west Point boat race will
show at Poughkeepsie and about the same
time individual sculling races viii be re
stunned there. The advice Of a disinterested
person to Princeton IL: CO into the Pough-
keepsie regatta by all means. You may
be a big boy. bigger than Cornell the [ nj
versity Of Pennsylvania. Syra cuse and the
other universities that participate there
yearly, but YOU will be welcomed IN an
you win find the honors large enough 70
meet all your demands You nav be able
TO beat Yale and Harvard on the water,
but not Cornell or the other, so II YOU are
looking for real champions the kind ready
| 70 meet all corners, go to PouEhkeepsie,
| but defeat or victory, 60 with public back
Yale and Cornell made a start toward
| coming together in athletics after fifteen
year break. For the first time since 1891
| they have agreed 70 play base ball. A game
has been arranged for this city early in
/ May. Another year Yale will probably go
TO ithaca for a game. Yale has decided to
/ go south for an Easter trip. Keen opposi-
| tion TO taking any more Easter trips de-
veloped and II was for a long time feared
| that Yale would give up the custom. Yale
| athletic officials say that in other branches
Of sport than base ball Yale may arrange
games with Cornell, but that no foot ball
contests will probably be PLAYED because
Yale's traditional opponents take UP more
| than its entire time
| So far as sane and safe observation goes
there does not seem 10 be any basis for the
| idea advanced by many base ball writers
| that the big lea CUES shortly will be at log
| gerheads because President Johnson Of the
Americans has decided the season Of his or
| ganization shall be opened on April Il. IN
/ stead Of April y the date set by the Ma
tional leag7re magnates. johnson thinks
/ April y a little too early for Detroit. Cleve-
/ land and Chicago, where the weather.
| thanks 10 the climatic uncertainties Of the
north temperate zones upper part is likely
4 TO be almost as cold in the first half Of
April as in March. For that reason-and
/ that alone-Johnson has taken the stand
] that the 18th is early enough TO begin the
! campaign. and. after little CORRESPONDENCE
/ with President Pulliam OF the Nationals
ne has fixed on that day. President John
son saws the American league can begin
play on April Il and finish on the date on
which the National league ses son IS TO close
| So there is nothing in the change OF plan at
| this end Of the year to interfere with the
prompt playing Of the worlds championship
series at the seasons close. A good deal Of
| ingenuity may have TO be exercised TO
avoid conflict Of dates under the new man
agement but doubtless that can be done and
the schedule can be made as satisfactory in
| that respect II was last year. johnson
made proposal 10 Harry Pullian 10 have
both leagues open on the 18th, but the
/ president OF the Nationals replied that he
was hound by the action OF his organiZa-
ton al its December session Speaking OF
his decision in favor Of the later opening
! johnson said;
81 want 10 postpone the opening Of our
season as long as can and still make room
| for the 15 games and post-season series.
/ This can be done well by beginning on
April II as by starting by the earlier date.
! The weather in the early part Of April is
not exactly conducive 10 large attendance
and for that reason I believe we should
wait This starting on late date does not
mean that there will be many conflicts be-
tween our schedule and that of the Ma
tional league. shall do my best in en-
oeavoring TO avoid any conflicts but we will
! make up the FIVE days lost by having fewer
of days in our schedule. I am sorry, how
ever. that we cannot arrange 10 start on
! the same date"
Loyal in Life and Death