Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-08

championship meets annually. But these
things are coming in the west.~and 1t will
not be many years before this section will
maintain as many sports as the east.
Yale First in Six Sports.
One Of the remarkable features Of the year
is the large number of championships won
by Yale. The Ellis are first In six distinct
sports. and are tied for the seventh. Prince
ton comes next with two championships and
two ties. Pennsylvania and Cornell are
tied for the third position. Counting each
championship as the standing of the vari-
GUS universities of the east would be as fol-
lows: Yale. ca: Princeton. 3: Pennsylvania.
2h; Cornell, 2Hs; Columbia, 2: Annapolis. 1:
New York University. 1; Haverford. 1, and
Johns Hopkins. l.
The Yale men were first in basket ball,
golf. water polo. tennis and wrestling. Then
they divided honors with Princeton in foot
ball. and had not Cornell been unQuestiona-
bly, supreme in rowing the Ellis would have
had tie In rowing by virtue OF their VIC
tory over Harvard. Princeton athletes were
more successful than usual this year. They
won the swimming honors in decisive FASH
ion. and tied for first place in both foot ball
and base ball.
Pennsylvania was first In track athletics
and cricket. and tied with Brown in the tri-
angular chess tournament. Cornell won out
In rowing and cross country. and tied with
Princeton In base ball. The only other in
stitution to carry of more than one cham
pionship was Columbia, the New Workers
winning the bowling championship and first
place in the quadrangular chess tourna-
ment.
There have been some critics who would
have liked to award the foot ball donors to
Yale. but since the Ellis and the Tigers
played 90 game last fall there Is no other
way out Of the muddle. Both Princeton and
Yale had strong teams and won all their
games, though aside from the Yale-Prnce-
ton match the Ellis had perhaps a slightly
better record. Harvard ranks third and
Cornell fourth. the Ithacans' tie game with
Pennsylvania making 1t impossible for them
to be ranked above Harvard.
The Base Ball Championship.
There 10 a great diversity of opinion in
regard to the award Of the base ball cham
pionship Princeton. Cornell and Brown
each has Its supporters The writer leaves
Brown entirely out Of consideration in spite
Of the fact that the Providence men did
not lose a game to a college team dur
Ing the season. The reason for this dis
elimination against Brown is the fact
that Brown last year adopted an eligibility
code which permitted her to use all Brown
students. semi-professionals as we'll as
amateurs. The only condition attached to
this was that any student who played on
a professional league team operating under
the national agreement was inelisible
With such wholesale letting down Of the
bars as this it is no wonder that Brown
had strong team. This was an advan-
tage which no other college enjoyed and
under the circumstances Browns claims
ought not to be considered in conjunction
with those of Princeton and Cornell
The relative merits Of Princeton end Cor
nell are somewhat hard to pass on in
view Of the fact that these teams did not
play the usual two games with each other
Judged by the record the teams made
against Harvard. Yale and Pennsylvania
the Tigers have slightly the better OF the
fvryn ~,
from these universities. while Cornell beat
Penn twice. broke even with Harvard and
won the only game played with Yale. But
on the early seasons record Cornell did
slumped badly on two occasions when they
were beaten by some second-class teams.
Taking the season as a whole Cornell and
Princeton can we'll consent to a division
of the honors.
Supremacy In Rowing.
There can be no doubt about Cornelps
right to the rowing championship Tho
Ithacans won their dual race with Har-
ward decisively, and then beat Columbia at
Poushkeepsie In one Of the greatest races
other college which could possibly dispute
this honor with Cornell Is Yale. The Ellis,
although they beat Harvard at New Lon
class with Cornell and Columbia. Indeed
there are many who claim that the loss Of
Glass from the Harvard boat, Just prior
to the race. cost the Crimson the victory.
Glass was one of the strongest men in the
Harvard boat. and had he been able to
row. there would certainly not have been a
length between the two shells as they
crossed the finish. Yale did not row
against any of the other colleges of the
country as Harvard did, and SO there is no
basis of comparison. Had Cornell rowed
against Harvard and Yale at New London
there is no doubt that the Ithacans would
have won a sweeping victory. Accordingly
Yale men ought not to complain II Cornell
is awarded the rowing championship In
deed several coaches and expert oarsmen
have contended that Yale could not have
finished better than fifth at Poughkeepsie.
Track Athletics.
In track athletics Pennsylvania returned
to first place for the first time since 1900
The victory of the Quaker track team this
year has no equal in intercollegiate his
tory. The surprise OF the year was the
failure Of the Cornell champions of 1905
and 1906 to get better than fourth place
The high standard Of the 1907 meet was
shown by the breaking of six intercollegiate
records. as follows: Four hundred and
forty yards, ]. B. Taylor, Pennsylvania,
As As seconds; one-inle run, Guy Haskins
Pennsylvania, 40 3-5; two miles, F. L.
Rowe, Michigan, 934 AS: high jump T.
Moffitt, Pennsylvania, 6.O3A pole vault, W.
Dray, Yale, n.11&: shot put. Kreuger
Swarthmore, 46.05tz 1t will probably be
many years before records like these are
duplicated or even approached.
In cross-country running Cornell still re-