The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-06

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The results In the in~terscholastic games
~ Princeton u short time ago point thc6
own moral along ono line. The showing
made by schoolboys In many 81 the events
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athletic performances In many colleges.
Mercereburg, OF recent years tho sturdieet
Of athletic schools. showed star men In
Robbins. Hughes and PAUL. Robbins won
the quarter mile in 50 IS seconds. Hughes
ran the half mile IN | minute. 50 IS seconds
PAUL covered n mile In 4 minutes, 81 rs
seconds, Certainly II would be hard 20
find anything but an exceptional college
where three such middle distance perform
ances could be registered. Added TO these
we're the performances Of Rector OF Law
renccvillc in the 100 and go yard runs.
Thu Lawrenceville lad covered the shorter
distance In 10 is seconds and ran the fur
long in 20 Is seconds. Robbins Of MERGERS
burg. after his splendid quarter mile, won
the low hurdles in 20 seconds and was fourth
in the broad jump.
There we're four records made at the
games. Reotor's go yard run, Robbins's
quarter mile, Paull's mile and a performances
Of 10 minutes 10 As seconds in the two
miles by Hunter Of Central High School
all established new standards. In addition
Robbins's race in the low hurdles equalled
the record. Fast work in almost all the
track events and the good performances
in the field were the rule at the games. In
view OF the character of the work done II Is
hard to see wherein a first rate school track
team differs greatly from a college organiza-
ton. Certainly outside OF Harvard, Yale,
Princeton, Pennsylvania, Cornell. Michigan
and Chicago there are few colleges that
could do as we'll as these schoolboys. 1t is
to be hoped that they will not run them
selves out before reaching college, because
boys like these will make the college record
tables look sad il they develop in anything
like due proportion.
1t is interesting to see how the local
schools lave fallen from the position Of
importance they once occupied. Schools
such as Berkeley, Barnard, Adelphi, Cutler
and Woodbridge once had good athletes.
and they used to cut a swath in track ath-
letics. Exeter and Apdover. always strong,
competed against these schools. but did
not win more than they lost. The New
could BE- asst Of their stars. Nowadays, the
New York schools are decidedly inferior.
i ne atnl6tlO dSSC Cial I'm Is TeuuCtu 20 SutieI,
Barr ard, Dwight anu De La Sale, and the
good athletes that these schools produce
are few and far between. De La Sale
has done better than the others, but the
best is none too good: In the meantime,
II is the era Of schools such as MERGERS
burg, Iawrenceville and Hill. They are
sending. cut the star performers: The
public high schools also are developing
first rate men, through dint Of much COM
petition. In a short time, the athletic
prestige of New York's schoolbcys bids
fair to be ~reestablished, but it will be by
the public and not by the private repara-
tory school athletes.
Svra cuse has developed into an unus-
ually strong factor in college baseball this
season. The victories Of the Orange over
Fordham and Amherst nav set the Syra-
cuse team we'll up for consideration. tn
team this year is one Of the best that ever
has represented the upstate institution,
and Is simply one of the factors in the inn
provement Of Syracuse athletically.
OF recent years there has been a decided
swing up In athletic sports in syria cuse.
Baseball, football, track and rowing, all
have shown a big improvement, while bas-
ketball has been one Of the strongest sports
at the university. It begins to look as II
the northern part Of the State had swung
the balance away over. Columbia. Ford
ham and New York University are the
representatives Of the southern part.
Above them are Cornell, Svrac use, Col
gate and Hamilton. All OF these institu-
ions are develoning fast.
Cornell and Syracuse are great natural
rivals, and the idea a hort time ago that
Cornell was outgrowing Syracuse is refuted
by the showing of the latter institution the
past year.. At present Syracuse Is Cornelr,s
only formidable rival in rowing in the Hud-
son regatta, and the track athletes will
give Cornell much trouble in dual meets
and the intercollegiate championships.
The growth of Syracuse numerically has
been great, but apparently not unhealthy:
History repeats itself no less in athletic
sports than along other lines. The rowing
situation at Columbia Of the present day
in the late '7os. The New Workers then
turned to Jasper T. Goodwin who was the
that time, to coach the Blue and White
crews to victory. At present Columbia is
putting the same reliance in Goodwin and
expects that in this his third year Of rowing
coaching OF recent times he will be able to
make good again. Goodwin ia likely to
be ~reengaged II the Columbia crews do
anything at all at P~oughkeepsie this season.
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