The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-05

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the conferences rules were aimed Against
Ann Arbor only ndthat they we're devices
Of the enemies az Michigan, who are the
e~ection. -, go,
haze been peaoe. II 10 considered that
after Gpjt Mas the best thing for Mlchigan
TO do TO withdraw. With the Wolyqrinee
out and Chicago the cock OF the walk In me
mangled conference, at least the Maroons
viii be quiet; That u . condition which
Stage pitted against each other. NOV g
least whatever aTgument. there - VIII be
on the subject al possibilities. With 90
and 90 OF Michigan who was not In the race
what would have happenedf- And could
Chicago have Gu through the Michigan
llPs ,aS So. .sro M h h sp' tSat e b ssEG0s shs Ga
constant biciSrine and DISCRIMINATION, even
though 1t leads nowhere.
1t Is going. 70 be very interesting when
Minoru Fujh, the University OF Toxic
athlete, visits this country. - has been
pFoniSSa either this year or I. u a tSos Lx yII]s
which. while certified to by the president
Of his university and by the director OF
athletics, have not been placed on the
books Of she Amateur Athletic Union 40
wofid's records, His performance In run
ming lVO mptTeS In IA9tef 'uhnp ynan WIG
record for 100 yards, IL - extraordinary
that It is practically unbelievable. But
his pole waiting ,rec6rd % not 70 FAR from
possibility. he, has .leaped, H. the state
nents made on his behalf are true, 10 feat
S.64 Inches, The recant, record breaking
ford recalls that pole Eault mark.
The Pacific Coast, which always 4 re-
ioiced In good yAultars-aS witness the Dolee
and the Whitakors+has another now Ia
flanagan. The younger btother o the
football coach; In the recent Stanford
inches. With q slight mistake apparent
this was hailed as q collegiate record. The
Coast students have Forgotten II appeare
that Leroy Samse of the University Of
Indiana vaIlted IL feet AZ inches In the
conference mset OF ia0e. Gorppared with
the PertoEmeeSes q M1ji' Sense ,n enS
poor. Grant Of Harvard aud jackson Of
Cornell cleared IL fest ION inches In the
meet at Cambridge last May. Indeed il
would appear that the farther West the
athlete goes the better vaplter ne be-
College lawn tennis prospects for the
season are set forth in the Gret iesue OF the
new magazine. American Larn Tennis
which has devoted some space TO the uni
versity players. At Columbia the spring
championships will be the medium Tor
the selection Of a team 70 Represent the
university against Prnceton. Yale. Cor.
Side L. T. G. There are also 70 be some
matches with Harvard II possible. Robert
Leroy, the intercollegiate champion. will
be Ia college, but he viii be unable to DOM
pete because Of the four year rule. It Il
believed, Grant Burns. X. ~; Boorman'
bricks will be Columpia's players. Leroy
may compete In the dual meets, IL not In the
intercollegiate championships. The num-
Der Of courts at the local university has been
increased to twenty-five.
Yale has a new place on which to play,
g tield having been purchased and sfs as Gos
hImbia and Cornell. the last named a like
ly although not q sure date. are TO be met
In the course OF the eeason, The university
championship has been revived. 1t wal
not played last year, but the new courts
have stimulated interest In the game 20 that
this season it Is likely that there will be
more than se~venty-five entrants.
Cornell has becn encouraging The play
ing OF he game as much as possible. In
sigma have been designated for the players
and, furthermore, men doing good work,
Although not Of the standard Iaeriting
the C.. T. T.. will receive numerals here
after. Cornell conducted six tournaments
in the university, all being completed sue
cessfully.- The Interest In tennis has in
creased greatly and where IL was once only
small honor to be m the team. the oompe-
tition now is stiff. Matches with Yale,
i ht and Williams viii Be- played. In
addition William A. IArned, who az d
Cornell student won the intercollegiate
championship in 1892. 10 likely 70 be abl
to give some Of his spare time TO ooach-
ing the players. Larned is q very intent
student Of the game and Is a very good
.Ank "a, 0tNN NAR chat a
Tennis interest at Harvard always L.
keen and there Ii n 70 need Of special measures
to get the players out there. To aooommo-
date those who overcrowd the already
large number OF courte, seventeen new
on@ are being put down on Soldiers Field.
The Harvard lawn stenniR players have
arranged a match with Princeton for this
month and later another with Yale TO be
at Longwood.
Haverford has a better team this year
than ordinarily. There will be matches
with Swarthmore, Franklin and Marshall,
and eome others.
What with the interest in. the Penn
~sylvania colleges and those in New York
State, such as Colgate, Hamilton, Rochester
and syracuse, tits likely that eventually
new arrangements will have to be made
for playing; There viii likely be State
S%sa saRssss pes t SSs i tas sSil,ssss P eSsmi
competition.
among the college athletic enthusiasts to
get into the particular, college favored
BY each Of them Talbot, the young Mer-
cersburg lad, who performed the wonder
full feats with the hammer and the shot o
few weeks ago. ~ one cynical colleeian
Isid, Hes earned his tuition fees and a
lot moro now" That may not represent
the actual facts, but II is more or less Ger
tain that any college would Ike to have
privilege OF passing. on Malbott'e. APP
for ~entranoe. And he wouldn't