Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
WITH THE COLLEGE ATHLETES
DOings in the Field Of Sport in East
and West
WORKING OF FRESHMEN RULE
Army and Navy Feneeru Need Vet
Leave intercollegiate League
TALES. TheE want To-
miehlrnn's Track Msa-

ing IN New 1ufk UeAA Hlalt1r a NaAaIA ~
nay be deterruined whether o. not the
Army or Navy Fenoers viii remain in the
college IsaEus- II was reported ssrne time
ago that the Army and Navy nen had De-
esded to withdraw from The league and to
bold dual meets separately hsrsafter. Ae-
eordinr 70 jacob c. F1shsr q Pennsyl-
vaBia- secrstsry-tressursr q De Intercol-
leEiate association this r. net Exactly 30
The Navy men he says asked TIE West
Pointers TO leave the lesEue and 70 bod
dual meet with the rnidshiprnen instead 81
the intercollegiate composition The Array
athletic council decided that n did not
want TO have the soldiers withdraw from
the college championship Affairs are now
IN that state, and unless the natter Is
brought up at the leaEDe meeting the two
government schools VIII remain in the
league.
It is reported By Mr. Fisher that staying
IN the league rests with the two schools.
IS the intercollegiate Fenesrs association
Is willing that they should stay In This
view Is contrary 20 what has been re-
ported as the sentiment of the colleges
making ID the association. Some persons
have said that they cid not Ike the idea
of competing year after year against the
Z
cause these men have fencing as part OF
their college work and are therefore much
more proficient shan the men from the
ordinary institutions who learn and prae-
tiee fencing IN their own time.
In other words the idea was that the
army and navy men learned the art more
as a matter OF a profession and not az a
sport This view has had rather vide
circulation. and several years ago II Was
reported that several Of the colleges pur-
posed Withdrawing from the league. leav-
/ ing In II those members who were willing
to compete against the army and the navy
I thus forming two distinct organizations.
/ II was said at that time that pledges haa
been given by several Of the deieEates TO
a convention sttn 10 be held that when the
time came they would move TO break up
\ the association.
This did not come to PASS. beesuse In
the interval the association behind these
delegates repudiatsa their actions and
statements and the league remained the
same as IL always had been. The dea
that some persons had vas that IL would
be eoWaTdly 70 leave the league, and In
/ that way taeltly TO a6mit the reason for
quitting was that the army and navy
/ fenceTs were too good As . matter Of fEet
year IN and year out the goxsrnment stu
dents have been leaders in the leagse ard
the greatest satisfaction Of the other ordi-
nary educational institutions Is that their
teams have been good enough 70 be in sec
ond place Whatever the reasons for il,
the soldiers and the sailors have been the
best Of the lot right along.
A man who is connected with the Col
uInbSa team said recently that he was NOT
opposed to having the army and navy
teams stay in the league These men
fence better than we do said he, and
therefore they make the composition al
the harder. II we stay in and improve. as
We wiil have 70 do 20 make a showing
against them eventually we win raise the
standard very high in the league and sonas
time we may be able TO beat the govern
ulent students consistently.
What Differences does Il make II they
are taught to fence as part Of their sehoO
Eork7 BY sticking to it We VIII attain
their heighus, I am cure Then II VIII b
! time to object 70 their remaining in, aftel
We have beaten them for a number oi
years think, though. that at this tins
> any objection TO them on the part Ot thi
others in the league comes in bad part
1T has been suggested that the Inter
! collegists winners should havz a DIAL NEE
with the winners OF the Army-nnvy bouts
but ! fsAl 10 STE how that would improg
matters II the college teams are 70 NEE
the others In bouts at all there is ever
reason why they should meet them In tn
! intercollegiate fencing matches or not a
all don't know IL the navy men MI
stick to the idea Of trying TO persuade th
: army men TO cult as hui II they do sha-
be sorry 70 see them so, because ] THAI
the quality OF fencing IN the intercollegiate
league viii suffer II these teams drop ou
Of it
: Freshmen Rule at Dartmouth.
Graduate Manager Lane OF Dartmouth
expresses the opinion that the establish
/ ment OF the freshman rule at Hanover ha
been a good thing as far as the sffeet o
foot bali is concerned. He says he regard
? the rule barring freshmen from varsit
teams with favor
a Assuming that the rule was adopts
with view to benefiting the freshmen,
r says Mr.. Lane. "the past season shows =
that more freshmen than ever before re
eeived the benefits Of two months Of vig
: orous exercise. discipline and coaching o
o the athletic field. distinctly q pleasing re
+ suit Of the working OF the rule. As 10 IN
; scholarship. the records OF the deans offic
2 squad have fared better this year than u
freshmen who were last year menbers {
J. the varsity squad
y Without knowing the facts, Win wage
= that the few freshmen who might haE
y been prominent members Of the varsit
Is squad this year II the freshman rule Ia
e not been In force are IN higher scholArshi
J. standing than they would have been undo
le the strain Of the past varsity season, ais
" distinct gain from the adoption OF II
n rule II the assumption is eoFrect-
ie Prom The standpoint Of the team OF n
e season just ended, IL undoubtedly c0ul
1 have made valuable use of several men
e bers Of lhe freshmen team. The team I
L next season on the other hand should ben,
fit from the fact that the new candidat.
ie viii be trained athletes. From the staas
a. point OF the colleges with whom We a.
eompsting athletieaIiy. the result OF u
VI adoption Of the rule has undoubtedly bes
= a distinct advantage 20 Dartmouth u
le are now compsting on equal terms vii
% our opponents In this respect
a. While we shah know more about n
D. suits year from nov. having watched Il
= working Of the rule IN other departmen
10 than that Of foot bah. the results thar y
y are able 20 see today Angur that aft
r H~A.