The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-15

prevail. The suggestion an 20 composing
ip intercollegiate sport u. however, one
that has been made before and 10 approved
by rost persons. II the idea 10 70 build
up a feeling Of college and GLASS spirit TINS
IL must be confessed that the Sentiments
expressed are very much those OF Charles
8. Courtney. the Cornell rowing 0oacn.
He does not approve the freehnan RUE
90 often. However, tho AIHMai NsPs does
we'll to reflect his opinions, even II uncon-
Bctoualys because he has given time 70 inc
matter and his observations arc based ON
a close gtudY OF tho case.
The Harvard CTineOn recently set forth
a criticism OF the merits OF the university
tennis team made by Beals @. Wright, tho
former American champion ana MEMBER
OF the class Of OS at Harvard. This APP
pears to DO a new but p~raiSowOrthy ldea-
The worth Of the players may best Do
estimated by an expert, and whatever
suggestions or corrections he may nave
are worth while. Harvard had a very
sSc inssroOi SssSS1; os SS 1SS i19Ei al the 5S
players in the semi-inal round we're
Harvard men. OF the four. G.P. Gardner;
10. proved TO be the best. He defeaceu
N. w. Niles. 90. In the doubles A.. =.
Dabney. 90. and Niles reached the semi,
final round. together with Gardner and
his parter, C. 9. PeII. los, captain Of the
team. The PrincetOn pair, Gerlach and
Gordon, put out Pell and Gardner, but in
the finals Niles and Dabnoy won in straight
sets from the Jerssymen.
Niles and Dabney won the champion
ship OF the university in doubles. defeating
Pel and Gardner In singles Niles and
Pell came through to the finals, Niles
winning.
Wright says of the players:
THE member Of the university team
have all played about the same length OF
time. with the exception Of Gardner, who
has had very little tournament play. Niles
has followed the tennis court more or less
and has played in more tournaments than
the others. This experience has made him
the best tactician. Niles uses the twist
service entirely and to good advantage.
although in a long match IL tires him to
such an extent that IL weakens his game.
All his strokes are hard and fast. He IL
extremely brilliant but equally cratic. His
best position In at the net n his reach
allows him to cover a great deal OF court
When he il az the top Of his game he is a
hard man TO beat and will al among the
best players OF this country.
~Pell plays a more conservative game
than Niles. His judgment H. good; he IL
cool and has n amount OF endurance.
His service il not as difiCult TO return as
Niles's, but his overhead work is better.
His forehand drive Is his most reliable
stroke. His volleying is consistent and
he Is a good match player. Dabney has
the best form OF all, resembling W. A.
Larned's style very rnuch. His swing is
free and easy. both fore and backward.
Al times no In brilliant overhead. His
service can be improved upon and when
running 20 the net hts tendency Is TO vOlley
too carelossty. With more tournament
play he should rank among the first ten
players. - he understands the game thor
Gsrdnsr has been tho greatest surprise
and deserves credit for winning the inter
collegiate, a. his victory was won by con-
sistent play. He has played less than the
rest of the team but has developed rapidly.
He 10 aggressive. which means a great deal
in tennis, and his passing strokes. especially
from his forehand, are clean and accurate.
His second service can be improved upon
as well a. his backhand yolleys. Taking
these four players. l should say they repre-
sent as evenly balanced a team as Harvard
has had for a number OF years. They are
well matched and the points they won for
Harvard in the intercollegiate were well
arned."
Cornell has a method OF hOnoring athlete
coaches which 10 a very sure and decided
mark OF favor. Not 50 long ago a house
was presented to Coach Courtney, and sub
~sequenCly when the Cornell track athletes
began to make their mark in the intercol-
legiate world much as the cross-country
men had n before them. IL was decided
that a similar sign of favor hOuld be shOwn
w NSEgM NJ SANT SChA NAS AAAA1
was bought for Monkeys house. and it is
hard TO say when it will be finished and
ready for him. II will be soon. however.
There is hardly anything else that wOuld
naturally give an athletic coach the idea
that he was a fixture in ar institution as
much as, the gift Of a hOuse. Not only
is it Of value in itself. but it helps to show
the man that the university thinks that
he ought to stay as long as he is able.
The SUCCESSES Of MOakley have been
spoken OF often, and whenever any one
wants to point a particular moral as to the
benefits Of intelligent study Of athletic
methods by a coach he is very apt to speak
OF. Moakley as an example of he means.
The idea is that Moakley learned more and
more all the time that he was at Cornell.
starting from the beginning when he WAS
Just an ordinary sort of tTainer"~He il
much like John Mack of Yale, who has shown
in the last two years how much he knows
about athletics and how much more he
knows now than when he was at Columbia.
Mack's work with the two Yale football
teams OF the past seasons and his handling
of track athletes have been fine. Lake
MOakley he is from up around Boston way,
and you can't be an athlete II you're not
a New Englander," some man in athletics
used to say.
There is a movement on now at Pennsyl-
vania to- limit the awarding OF the varsity
letter to the four major sports. The letter