The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-12

eighteen, or an average OF over 81 toal3
q game 10 Chicago's six. In the national
Championship games Chicago scored ten
aeld goale, OF an average OF five goals n
game, while Pennsylvania Was able. to
seoure an average OF q httle better than
three. On field goals II an eAsly pe seen
that Wisconsin outolasses the QuakeTs ct
least IN shooting bagkgtS,
The news that Chicago had made II two
straight from their Eastern rivals was
received a. good news BY the wisconsin
view Of the fact that many Of the Badger
students stil, think the Wisconsin team ls
the equal Of the Maroon i've. ID taken 70
mean that the Badgers have developed
q team which II blessed with q modloum
Of LUCK would have been national cham
pion. II IL the firm belief that had the
team that played Chicago the first time
been the one that hLoed them the night OF
tho fnai game the result would have been
far different and the Badgers would have
represented the West at Philadelphia In as
c~ommendablea victory - ChicaEo'B.'
In the last fsy seasons athletic sports At
Syracuse have developed 10 be OF the first
Importance. The teams have been meeting
the largest i~nstilutiOns With great success,
and Syracuse has made lie mark tn rowing,
football, baseball, track and othor sports
In which the Orange teaub have met the
A ~ w NNNAAk WV ENVNN-NghAANAI
team on its 6rst try was fourth In the inter-
collegiate Tun. Syracuse has scored con-
sistently in the trAok and field meet and
has had a champion right along for the last
five seasons. In rowing Syracuse 10 the
only college which since fe01 has been able
10 beat Cornell In the varsity race, An
these thinga show what advances have been
made. " Is no ~eHeggefation 70 say that
what Syracuse has been able 10 do ie due
| 10 ma man In QHAaN mart "H. ..
Tho college paper, the SyrycuEe Orange,
W a recent issue said: THE athletic govern
ing board on Thursday annotnced the re-
election Of Samuel u, Cook, V3, ~ secretary
Of the board and graduate manager Of
athletics. Mr.. Cook, who Wa8 prominent
IN undergraduate athletics, was called 10
bis present ONCE whom Il was hfst eseab-
hand SYRACUSE athlaiics have made great
progress Our sOhedules 10 ell branches Of
sport have grown from the small college 10
| the great university type. Our relations
/ with other universities have been fostered
until nov We have q great many friends
among the colleges and universities Of the
country. The business and financial ends
Of our athletics have also been admirably
conducted. In short, Mr.. Cook has done
as much II not more than any one man for
the Advancement Of Syracuse athletics.
As We enter on our greatest year OF all with
the opening Of the stadium IL Il emlhently
fitting that he should be the man at the
helm. The board has acted wisely ln'recog-
ni'ing his services and securing him for
another year
A recent report ID that some students
at Wisconsin want to see tho university
crew visit the Aiaska-Yukon exposition in
1909 TO row q noe At Seattle Against the
college crews Of the Pacific Coast. The
colleges out there, Stanford, California
and Washington, have been rowing among
themselves for a time. the winner seeking
annually new worlds 10 conquer. About
this time last year Il was said In ell serious
mesa that . Pacific Coast crew might come
10 the Hudson In 1908 because some sort
such a thing could be hxed up, IL was eX-
planned at The time that the stewards Of
the Hudson regatta did not want to issue
an invitation until II wss pretty well estab-
liBhed that the winner each year would
be abb 10 CONS East. II was supposed
that an invitation would be Issued ad-
dressed generally TO tho winner Of the three
conered regatta on tho Coat, However,
It does not o sem likely that 6 crew
will CONS all the way across the continent
TO row hero even though conditions are
such that 9 race Of this kind could b man
aged admirably. The great expense Of the
trip would be a prime objection " There
were no other reasons.
Not long ago q report was circulated in
the Fast that the Pacific Coast trio wanted
to get Wisconsin 10 row out there right
along instead Of coming to the Hudson
regatta each year. Az Madison ls about
eduldistant from tho points Of rival at
traction there IA not much argument 70 be
made on the score OF territorial Rinllation.
In fact II h ever 80 much easier for the
Badgers 10 get 10 Poughkeepsie, and for
another thing their rowing season at Aadi-
con is altogether too late 10 NJ In With the
Pacific Coast regatta. On the Coast they
have a long training spell In the heart Of
what IA winter here, and they row their big
race about two months earlier than the
intercollegiate races are held In this section.
OF course II the Coast crews wero In mind
to come East they could manage that we'll
enough by breaking Cd training directly
after their raoe and then taking Il up again
not 50 long before they we're ready 10 make
their trip Fast. In that way they would
not 70 stale,
in the latter part u May, 80 that would Be
another objection 10 the tdp. The students
very likely would be scattered all 6ver the
country by the time the reghtta journey
was due, and possibly some Of the oars
men would have summer Jobs that would
prevent them going 70 the Hudson. In
any event a race Of this kind hardly would
prove anything and might make great deal
Of unnecessary trouble for the WeStsgners.
No matter bow kindly may be the feelings
TOW ard the Coast oarsnnen, d study Of their
performances does not Beem 10 prove them
In the class with the best crews here for
four miles. no matter what they have heen
able TO do for shorter distances. This
may be a wrong conclusion, but Il IL not
unfair 10 believe that they would not do as
well as Wisconsin did in its early Waits
here against crews such az those Of Cornell
and Columbia last year.
An examination made Of the athletes at
YSis brings out that the tallest Of all are
the crew men. The football players are
the heaviest. and the track men. while
bigger than the normal students. are not
as large In any Of their measurements a.
those Who take part 10 the other two sports.
The crew men have larger lungs than the
average student bY " pubic inches. The
football players are . tpches greater and
average for the ordinary st,asnt is $50
AZ regards the agitation 70 Hmi. athletic
schedules, the DAILY PriAeetoHidh, on be-
half Of Princeton, dlsolaiutS any desire on
the part Of the university 10 ~ such a plan
put through. That u silsnce should !
have been taken for assent 4 y the
Princeton paper, 'ismoet unfortunate, forit
10 far from the truth. Ths sentiment Of the
entire undergraduate body ana The faculty
committee On outdoor eports y opposed
10 any such drastic action; In fact no snoh
question has ever been considered. They
are quite In favor Of The present arrange
ment, with such minor chineoo a. may BE-
come peoesSAry from var 70 ySeE, That
Il y the number Of contests Which 10 At
fault We do not believe, bm rather ths too
great importsnOs eisce 70 tesn. Decceas.