The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-16
SWIMMING TO
PLAY BIG ROLE

NEW YORK, November 30.-Swim-
ming is to play an important role in
| college athletics this year. Judging
from the unusually large number of
men who answered calls for candi-
dates, Pennsylvania is the most ad-
vanced of the six colleges forming the
intercollegiate league - Pennsylvania,
Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Columbia
and College of the City of New York
and her team bids fair to repeat its
victory of last spring in the round
robin tournament that viii award the
pennant of 1909.
Capt. Sylvester has resigned his po-
sition as leader and J. H. DalrympIe
has been elected to succeed him.
Among the pillars of the Quaker team
are j. K. Shryock, intercollegiate 220-
yard record holder; Graham of last
years relay team and Anthony Hans,
Yerkes, Philler, Zieber and Chapman,
who have all won honors for the Red
ana blue II the past.
At Princeton things are also well
under way. Wheaton Chambers, the
100-yard record holder, has assumed
the captaincy and he does not intend
to allow seaweed to cling to his feet.
He can count on Denniston, the so
yard champion; Parke, the fancy
diver, and Bamman, Woher and Kim
ball of last year. team, besides get
ting Lawrence and McLanahan, who
were ineligible, and Dawbarn and
Janeway, the former one of the fastest
fifty-varders at college. Yale is less
advanced, owing principally to the
fact that il is New Haven habit to
implant rudiments thoroughly before
attempting any fast work. Still, the
report that Stoddard went 220 yards
in 2 minutes and 40 seconds and that
Capt. Richards is travelling the cen
tury under / minute and 4 seconds
shows that the squad is not idle
Beatty, the intercollegiate plunger,
will again defend his title this year,
and Hyde, Bull Stevenson, Moses,
Goodhue, Starr and Jewett viii be out
for the swimming events. Some good
material is also being developed from
the entering class.
At Harvard they are looking for
ward To an unusually bright season,
because of the great form Of Capt.
Wilmington. The lanky Hawaiian has
beaten the so. 100 and 220-yard rec
ords in practise and is expected to win
points in each Of these events at every
meet. Then there is splendid relay
material in Hoyt, Manheimer, Aspin-
wall and Lynes. Wait is showing
some weight as a plunger, and both
Hill and Henderson are doing good
work in fancy diving. 1t appears TO
be far better team than the last
one.
Coach Mackenzie Of the City College
Is hard at work with his new recruits,
and while he SAYS the sport IS too new
on the Heights to turn out winning
AGGREGATION he thinks the boys will
make better showing than they did
a wear ago and believes they viii not
he last. A. Kohn viii captain the
team and Karl Schmidt promises to be
a star.
Columbia prospects do not look very |
ROSY The general athletic apathy at
the Morningside institution has not
failed to invade the natatorium, and |
although few colleges have as great |
facilities for training and competing |
a. have. the wearers of the Blue and |
White. the proper spirit seems to be |
lacking altogether. Most Of the col,
Ieoes in the league viii be represented |
al the New York a c. swimming meet
December 70 and will thereafter send
delegations to all the important
events.