The Washington herald., 1906-12-17
SPORTS IN COLLEGES.

The faculty OF the University OF Penn
sylvania has expressed its unanimous dis
approval Of the recommendation made
to them by the football committee thatsa
recess period should be set aside each
afternoon during the college year so that
the team would not be handicapped by
the inability of the players to appear for
practice together owing TO the scholastic
duties. The decision of the faculty was
not hasty. by any means. for they took
up the matter with all the leading col
leges of the East and West and The ma
jority Of these colleges agreed that such
plan could not be carried out within
reasonable bounds. An attempt was then
made to arrange q general recreation
hour which would be fair to both the
students and the faculty, but the only
solution possible was 10 leugtben the
law and medical courses one year. and
this would be unjust 10 the men who come
90 the university for more serious pur-
poses than athletics Cornell suffered the
same handicap in the early part of the
past season. but it was adjusted by re-
arrang emcnt OF the players Rotations.
and the team AT once showed the benefits
&c practicing with all the men on the
5eld At ore time.
The Athletic Association OF SwarthmOre
College has followed the example OF
Johns Hopkins University and decided not
to organize a baseball team this spring
as such 2 team might poss- bly, weaken
the frst-Class lacrosse twelve which repre-
sents the college. The past football sea-
son at SwarthmOTe is considered some
thing of q financial failure rs the bal
ance. compared with that of the past few
yeals, was exceedingly small. As the
other sports all depend on the football
receipts. the outlook would be rather
dubious if It were not for the large bal
ince on hand.
\ request mas been made 10 the athletic
association OF Cornell 10 take charge OF
the toboggan slide and all winter sports
at Beeba Lake this winter, as the skating
association has never been a great sue
cess and the work Of direction has de-
v5lvcd upon one or two men. Aside from
this it has never been a success hnan-
ciaIly, and it is thought that If its affairs
are put in the hands Of the athletic assO-
chiffon better results VIII be assured.
Pennsylvania Athletic Association has
prepared four eligibility rules for the gov
erning of az ilterschOlastiC competitions
Eeld under the auspices of the university
Cm5oGying the principles that all en-
tr5nts must be amateurs, regularly ma
circulated in the school before October T.
of the school year, and bona fde students
fer one calendar year before becoming ell
gihls 90 compete for the school
II is more than probable that Pennsyl-
vanil will not accept the invitation ex-
tended by the University Of Michigan to
enter a DIAL indoor track meet at Ann
Arbor during the latter part of March
FOR Trainer Murphy feels that IL would
be foolish TO send d team OF good outdoor
men such a long distance TO compete on
a small gymnasium track, which IS four
teen laps TO a mile
Capt Foster, of the Harvard football
team, has called meeting OF the varsity
football team Tor Tuesday afternoon for
the purpose of electing the teams cap
tain for next fall Parker. Starr. Wendell,
Newhall. and Lincoln, all of whom will be
seniors next year. VIII be eligible, but
Burr. a Junior, Is also spoken of for the
position.
All negotiations for a soccer football
game between Harvard and Yale are of.
as the Yale team has disbanded and the
men do not feel ike going into training
again. In the hope of arranging game
the Harvard men kept up their organiza-
ton, but now have also disbauded. 10 re
new activities in the spring
Warren Ellis Schutt, the former hold
er OF the intercollegiate two-miie record
of 9 minutes 40 seconds. made while he
was member Of the class of 1903 at Cor
nell. IS visiting ithaca. At present he is
the holder of a Rhodes scholarship in Ok
ford University. and VIII return to Eng
land early In January.
The baseball organization of Stanford
University has challenged the nine OF
Waseda University, of Japan, for a series
Of games TO be played in Japan next May
and the challenge has been accepted with
alacrity.