The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14

team in Withdrawing from the field in the
game with Brown and losing by forfeit.
To have abided by the decision and TO
have accepted defeat would have been
a more understandable course. Such actions
as Dartmouth's invite criticism ana pro-
vide openings for charges that college
: ort is far from what IL should be There
are those ever ready to bring such charges
and argue for the abolition Of inter' oileglate
contests. ON the other hand. fortunately,
there are those who contend that the better
course is to retain and improve and not
eliminate.
There was a better quality OF play among
the college teams than for some seasons
previously. and more skilful playersand any
number Of close and extra inning games.
Advancement was shown by the colleRlans
in batting and base r~unning-two depart
ments in which there has been the most
difference between professional and anna
teur baseball. The amateurs did better,
though il is not to he expected that they
ever will come up TO the professional stand
ard Of diamond proficiency. With the league
players baseball ID a business, with the col
lege BOYS il il a recreation. There were nu-
merous good pitchers in the college ranks.
including Tiff Of Brown, Skillin Of Dart
mouth, Heyniger Of Princeton. DcshOn of
Cornell, Ford of Williams. Brady of Penn
s~ylvania and others; whilea among th%ecatchers
Jones Of Yale, Paine Of Brown and Waters
OF Williams attracted attention by their
efficient backstopping
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 Cor
nell, and Cornell defeated Yale. Brown
defeated Harvard. Yale, Pennsylvania, AM
herst, Lafayette. Columbia, Dartmouth
and Wesleyan among others. The West
Point cam, by a great brace in the ninth
inning, won the annual game with the Naval
Academy, and that to the soldiers was worth
more than anything else they did in base
ball. West Point was beaten by one big
college, Harvard. and bea one. Yale. Penn
s~ylvania State had q strong nine, but this
team succumbed to the. Mercersburg Acad-
envy team, which was something OF a won
der in its way. The strong Princetonians
we're another team that was humbled by
the Mercersburg youngsters.
Two athletic meets which should not be
overlooked were the Harvard-Yale fresh
man games. won by Harvard by a single
point, and the New England champion
ships. The latter was won by Dartmouth,
Brown being second and Amherst third
Inasmuch as there were two big rowing
regattas and all the crews did not come
into direct competition, there was no rowing
championship. Popular opinion. however.
assigns first rank to Cornell. The lthacans
won the varsity race on the Hudson. Wis
consin won the freshman race and Syracuse
the TOURS. The Naval Academy eight was a
newcomer in the varsity race and finished
third. Columbia was second, the Light
Blue making a splendid race and finishing
only three feet behind Cornell
There was another cracking good race on
the Thames when the Yale varsity eight
won from Harvard after a stern struggle
over the entire four miles. Yale also won
the four cared race from Harvard. Harvard
won the freshman eight Dared race and the
freshman tours. While IL IL quite likely
that Cornell and Columbia could have
beatenYa this year. there ia no convincing
proof Of that fact. and so far az comparing
the times made by the three crews IL con-
cerned. there is nothing whatever in that
to give q line.
Not only do conditions Of tide and wind
differ from day to day. but the two courses
are different. Those conversant with row
ing know that the Hudson course ia = full
W minutes faster than the Thames course
To say that Yale would have finished fifth
In the Hudson regatta is mere assertion.
Giving the well nigh invincible lthacans