The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-17

Syracuse, s: Harvard, Z; Swarthmore,
6; Dartmouth, 5; Amherst, 4; Williams
ate records were lowered in these
games. Haskins of Pennsylvania made
new record for the mile of 4 minutes
20 3-5 seconds, Taylor of Pennsylvania
new record of 4S AS seconds for the
quarter, Rowe Of Michigan a new rec
ord of minutes 81 AS seconds for the
two miles. Dray of Yale a new record Of
II feet ii "a inches for the pole vault,
| Kruger of Swarthmore new record
of 46 feet ID inches for the shot-put
and Mof1tt of Pennsylvania new rec
ord Of feet IA inches for the high
jump. Little wonder that Pennsylvania
with three record breakers, carried the
Red and Blue to the front
The spring intercollegiate shoot was
held in May, and the Yale guns dupli-
i Gated their victory Of the fall. Prince
] ton was second, Harvard third and
Pennsylvania fourth. The two latter
reversed the order of their finish in the
fall test of marknanship at the traps.
King of Yale was the high gun in the
spring shoot Rifle shooting was not
/ neglected, as was shown in the Nation
al Guard tournament, when the Navy
team defeated Columbia. Harvard beat
Princeton in a spring dual tennis
match and Yale defeated Harvard and
Princeton. Among the spring meetings
also was game of association foot
ball between Harvard and Yale. 1t re-
suited in draw.
There was no way of arriving at an
absolutely accurate conclusion as to
which college, among the many that
had mines, carried off the baseball
championship. In the opinions of unbi-
ased experts who followed the baseball
campaign closely, however, the Brown
University team deserves the title of
champion. Brown, Cornell and Prince
ton had the best teams. They made the
best records for the long season. The
situation was complicated by the fact
that none of these teams met either Of
the others. Brown made the best per-
centage Of victories, having veteran
team that was beaten only once and
then not by q college team. Brown
played fewer games than either Prince
ton or Cornell, but defeated enough
first class college teams to show ability
to hold her own with the best.
One rating of the teams placed them
as follows: Brown, Cornell, Princeton
Pennsylvania State, Fordham, Har-
ward, Holy Cross, Williams, Yale, Yer
mont. This ranking was made by the
Springfield Republican, and was arrlv-
ed at after a careful and impartial re-
sumo of the season. 1t seems to be as
fair an arrangement Of the teams as
could be made. Partsanship may, Of
course, deduce a different ranking, or,
for that matter, non-partisanship. II
DEFENDS on how the matter Is reasoned
out. What would have happened hat
one of the three leading teams met one
or both of the others is beside the
point They did not meet, which Is ar
end Of that.
Princeton achieved the goal at which
she aimed by cleaning up her series
with Harvard, Yale and Pennsylvania;
Harvard won her series from Yale
Yale split even with Pennsylvania;
Harvard defeated Cornell, and Cornell
defeated Yale. Brown defeated Har-
ward. Yale, Pennsylvania, Amherst, La.
fayette, Columbia, Dartmouth and Wes-
leyan among others. The West Poin
team, by a great brace in the ninth in
ming, won the annual game with the
Naval Acadamy, and that to the sol
dlers was worth more than anything
else they did in baseball. West Point
was beaten by one big college, Har.
ward, and beat one, Yale Pennsylvania
State had strong nine, but this team
succumbed to the Mercersburg Acad
envy team, which was something of &
wonder in its way. The strong Prince
torians were another team that wa
humbled by the Mercersburg young.
steys.
Inasmuch as there were two big row,
ing regattas and all the crews did moi
come into direct competition, there was
no rowing championship. Popular opln
ion, however, assigns first rank to Cor.
nell. The Ithacans won the varsity
race on the Hudson, Wisconsin woi
the freshman race and Syracuse tn
tours. The Naval Academy eight wai
q newcomer in the varsity race AM
finished third. Columbia was second
the Light Blue making splendid rae
and finishing only three feet behint
Cornell.
Their was another cracking good rae
on the Thames when the Yale 'varsit,
eight won from Harvard after steri
struggle over the entire four miles
Yale also won the four-oared race from
Harvard, Harvard won the freshman
eight-oared race and the freshman
fours. While it is quitely likely tina
Cornell and Columbia could have beat
en- Yale this year, there is no convinc
ing proof of that fact, and so far a
comparing the times made by the tire
crews is concerned, there is nothing
whatever in that to give a line.
Not only do conditions of tide am
kwind differ from day to day, but tn
two courses are different Those con
versant with rowing know that tn
Hudson course is full two minute
faster than the Thames course. To sa,
that Yale would have finished fifth il
the Hudson regatta is mere assertion
Giving the well-nigh invincible Ithac