The sun., 1909-06-06
MIG COLLEGE GAMES HERE ?
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The opening OF Columbias athletic field
last week marked the frst step in a cam.
| paign to be conducted by the at hletc on.
| cials OF the local institution with the counte.
nance Of the univ Grsity authorities. In 1911
II possible and II not then in 1912. Columbia
| hopes to have the intercollegiate games or
| South Field The classes OF 1899 and 1853.
| were responsible for the work that has
changed the field from a miserably made
ouate place for the dev elopment of athletes
into a well equipped place The class oi
1000 has given a sum OF money for the
erection OF suitable erandstands. At no
very distant time there will he good
fence around the field. so that II will not be
easy to look into: and then. 1t is figured
| things will be ripe for applying for the
| games In this city.
| 1t Is likely there would be general favor
for the plan OF holding the meet In this city
Whatever it may be in the future. Columbia
right now is far from dangerous contender
in the l. c. 4. 4. A, 4. games. SO that in eff ect
these will be neutral grounds for the meet
One coach said after the meet at Cambridge
| hat 1t made a difference o Harvard to have
| the meet at home. The Columbia under
standing is that the games are TO GO to
| Phil lad elphia next year and that in 1911
the meet will lie between Yale and Syra-
| I
by that time an application will be made.
New York being central point. there gen
orally has been no objection to It by any
one OF the colleges on the ground OF the
amount OF trav eiliua to he done.
| Columbia's university authorities have
Interested thenselv es in this plan. so that
graduate enthusiasm that the abatement
Is made that colnTbia .Ih hox. Is after after the big
l IA k,,l ~ hn
and il may be possible TO hold the hamm er
| throw, II il is on the intercollegiate pro-
sramme at that time somewhere out Of the
The intercollegiate gaines for years were
field in this city where they were held
they were held until after the meet OF 1900
They shifted then to Berkeley Oval, but
since isol. when the last named place was
or Philadelphia An objection to New York
city is that the meet here never attracted
the attention. especially In It's latter days,
IL. The meet et this year 10 The Harvard stadium
drew about II. 900 persons on bad dar. II
tho sun had been ont all morning 1t Is con
made the trip TO Cambridge. For a sei Of
games IN which performances Of the tyne
or those done in the intercollegiates are
stand Why it should moi, draw here
It has been suggested thst 1t would be a
good thing II the meet could come a little
that the boat races are rowed well along
toward July. The track men have. their
early outdoor work in all sorts Of Geld and
| the case with the oarsman. but the latter are
not so greatly affected BY T. The back
marked in the last few years, has been re-
sponsible for not a few. Of the injuries 10
runners and jumpers, and the coaches would
relish heinr able to have their preliminary
meets along toward the end OF May and the
championships well alon q IN June.
And then, said one OF them et Cambridge
forinAneee that would tnrprise YOU We'd
make come OF the fecordt look silly