The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-03

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heat Yale, ueufgctuwn and Colutnhia "
sste defeated w penusylvania alone
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fha eaaaou previous list ~ the inideh'ttnen
In beating Columlia htobe the record for
the eotrer, there ia soine slight cause for
satisfaction Inv that. Coming down w caees,
,be mIddIea ha w. proved that they have aoire
~ssceptlonal sptin,ina sights, althoueh,tot@
perfsctly frank. " Ia doubtful W theif boats
could do much against the other colleges
when n comes down ~ rowing tho fout miles
for which the others arr lring trained
Sons persuna assay to assign the reason
for tho s,icresa ~ the Navy oafsrlen TO the
fact that the water conditions under whrh
they row are such That any strange crew "
greatly handicapped hy them. white the mid
shipmpn are able 10 do better becauee
Of their familiarity with them. For instance,
visiting oarsinen say that tho tides on the
Tavern ara not 40 active rs IN many other
atreams such as the Potomac, Harlem and
achuylkill. II Ia said that the Severn u a
very sluggish stream and that oarsinen
used TO rowing on u more lively water
surface are set back Ivy the lack OF residence
Of the Maryland waters. However mis-
NAV he, the Navy crews have thus far been
able to trim about anything hat has ea-
saved the trip to the Severn and on this
basis ought to get all the credit due.
IL NAV seem peculiar that the crews which
have done best against the midshipmen
have not done particularly we'll in later
races. For instance, the Columbia eight in
1905 gave the Middies the hardest race
OF the four. Or the basis Of the figuring
that Columbia had been beaten only a Few
feet. IL was reckoned that the New Workers
ought 10 do very we'll in their races on the
Hudson. Also the Pennsylvania freshman
crew did fine work against the Annapolis
second crew and was the only boatload to
defeat the Middies' second boat all season
Yet these two outside college crews did
not distinguish themselves in the regatta
on the Hudson. Columbia finished fourth
in the varsity race, and Pennsylvania third
In the freshman race. Georgetown, which
the Middies defeated very easily, was far
ahead Of Pennsylvania and beat Columbia
In the last boat races on the Hudson.
However, rowing is not so uncertain a
snort as many others. II is worth while
noticing how little form counts in some
games. For instance, college teams play
ing baseball might play three games only
and the team supposedly weaker might win
III 49,. m tho othar hand a lon0 sariea
would as likely as not break ever between
the two. Once crews round into form
they keep pretty close to h is expected
of them.
Football is a game hat is almost all
absolutely true to form. Given two teams
that are OF almost equal strength and in a
series Of twenty games the team that e
rated a little the better ought to and likely
will win nineteen. Accident cuts little
figure in football. A lucky run or a tumble
NAV turn the tide one way or the other.
but teams have to be very evenly matched
before conditions can develop Themselves
TO this point.
Old college athletes have wasted a lot
OF time discussing this proposition, and
they have come to the conclusion that OF the
major sports there Is none that can be figured
in advance with the certainty OF football,
comparatively speaking. Rowing Is next,
with baseball so far away that it has almost
no rating of certainty.
Claude Allen, 'os, architecture, has been
elected captain Of the Syracuse University
track team for next season. Allen entered
the university from clean. He is a good
pole vaulter. In his freshman year he did
not do much, but last spring won the vault
in the meets with Oberlin, Colgate and
Hamilton. This season he won the, vault
against Brown, and in the Syracuse .handi-
cap meet cleared II feet ~ inches,
breaking the university record Of IL
feet ~ Inches, held by Harry L.. Gardiner,
'O4. Allen is a member Of the Irish-Ameri-
can A. C. of this city and has won points
in championships for that club.
Columbia has elected as captain John W.
Brodix. 'O7, college, a man who has earned
the place by his consistent hard work for
the team. BrodiS was almost a negligible
quantity for his first season., but last year
began to pick up in distance work. He
made the oross-country and track teams.
winning his monogram. This year he
succeeded in getting the &C" for second
place against Princeton in the mile run.
to be encouraging to the Columbia track
athletes.
Now comes along the postal card story
from Philadelphia: 1t is alleged that the
head OF the athletlc COUNCIL at harVaru In
answering an irquiry as to Harvard-Penn
eylvaria football relations from Penpsyl-
varia simply sent back a printed, or it ray
be hand written, postal card, conveying the
curt Information that the Quakers were not
wanted and that Harvard would not meet
them. The publication OF this as a fact
rearly brought about the cancelling Of the
Harvard Pennsylvania baseball games al
ready scheduled for this season.. So irate
were the Pennsylvania that they were
going to cut off Harvard in everything.
And yet the calm, cold, hard facts are
that there was no postal card busiress or
anything of the sort. WhatcorTesponderc e
there was between the athletic authorities
of the two institutions was conducted in
quiet, gentlemanly fashion. What letters
there were from Harvard were hand written
and put within envelopes. The printed
card idea was a fake complete and absolute
and Harvard did not deigns to dignity so
petty a controversy by denying it or max
i1g airy ptatf ment whatever.
And still there are many students in the
University Of Pennsylvania who actually
believe this a~bsurdity to be absolutely
true.
An example OF Harvard's real refinement,
II such it ought to be called, was shown
in connection with the recent boat race