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seated day after day In the Harvard boat
has been developed into very powerful
and efficient crew. 1t 10 doubtful II rnost
persons realized before the Harvard,
Columbia race just how good the Harvard
crew was.
30 much because Columbia was e poor
performed 30 we'll. There 10 ono senti..
mental reason against the likelihood OF
Harvard beating Cornell on May 81 and
that Is that Coach Courtney rarely lets
any other college get away unscathed
the year after such beating as Harvard
e mere sentiment, which should avail
very little against such crew as Har-
1t would be a great feat for Harvard
to win from Cornell this year, because
the Ithacans certainly are FAR better
than was last years crew at this time
Of tho year. Wray might be able to
crow beaten u two years. Last year
Harvards varAjty eight rowed three
races and won them all, beating Cornell.
the Navy and Yale.
II Harvard should beat Cornell and
later on. when Columbia finds itself, either
Of the New York State crews should win
the Poughkeepsie regatta. there GER
those persons who believe better rowing
is done at New London than at Pough-
keepsie. That talk was silenoed pretty
effectually when Cornell beat Yale and
Harvard two years running in the race
for, varsity eights, but y came up again
Yale. Perhaps 1t is significant that 1t
was a very prominent Yale rowing man
who said last year that Harvard could
have beaten any Of tho Poughkeepsie
crews ten lengths; which OF course
didn't make the Yale crew look 30 bad.
IMrsU vEMENTs At N. Y. u. 4.
New York University has made an i'm
provement In track athletics under Ernie
Hjertbers. and i Is likely that even
There has been a steady advance In the
quality Of sports on University Heights
in the last few years. New York Uni
versity has q good situation for sports.
having an excellent athletic field on the
campus and dormitoriee for the students
houses close to the university buildings.
There are attractions about the place
that are not to be found in other colleges
90 near to big city. That indehnable
something that Is called college life has
better chance in college that has a
little Of ssclusion and quiet about 1t.
The institution has grown q great deal
The teams will do better with older ma
terial. In tho indoor games, particularly
gymnastics and basketball. N. Y. U.
has had several successful teams. The
football team never has been particularly
formidable, and the same is true Of the
crew. difiioulty In the way Of doing very
much in sports Ia that the men In the
downtown branchee Of the college. uni
versitv, law, medicine and finance, don't
have the time to devote to athletics.
Another thing is that there isn't enough
money to handle all things on a big scale.
Track athletics eat into the profit from
supported chiefly on the profits of foot
ball. although each year money is raised
by a IS membership in the athletic assocla-
tion. collected from all students In the
academic and science departments.
Michigan Is very hopeful OF doing
something ip the intercolleeiate games gan s,s st
die and long distanoe men arc going.
In the two miles Capt. Dull's recent
performance Of minutes ~ seconds IL
accounted most encoura ging. and at Ann
Arbor the expectation Is that PAUL OF
Pennsvlvania will have all he oAn do to
that rather handily in the mile in the
Penn relay games he may very we'll do
It for two miles too, although Dull Is
much better at the longer DISTANCE.
The middle and distance men. May and
Bohnsack. arc looked to for points In the
half mile and mile runs. In the quarter
mile Keck, the relay runner. recently did
so 2-s seconds, which IL the next best
performances to Blumer Of Harvard's
80 is seconds against Dartmouth. Keck
Ia looked upon at Ann Arbor a. having
9 first rate chance to win the intercol-
legiate quarter.
The weight men. Horner and Benbrook.
also are regarded as likely to get some
thing Horner Is putting the shot very
we'll and he should have some chance to
score in the intercollegiates.
1t is understood from q statemeRt made
recently by Keene Fitzpatrick that Miohi-
gan. regardless Of any other athletic alli-
ances, win continue to compete in the
I. C. A. A. A. A. games right along.