Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

go games probably means IeuucLion ~
the Indian receipts by no less than $3O,OOO
Following the Indians the University OIL
Pennsylvania will shortly get under way
The Quakers play Gettysburg College mex,
Saturday. After Pennsylvania there vii
come Harvard, Dartmouth and Yale
whose teams play their first games the
Wednesday following. Cornell gets under
way October and Princeton plays hef
initial game the same day.
Tennis and Golf Need Control.
There are two Intercollegiate sports
that need more faculty supervision than
they are getting. These are tennis ana
golf. in both OF which intercollegiate
tournaments were held last week. When
one considers the close supervision ex-
ercised over the various major sports IL
is hard to understand why the coiieses
concerned permit intercollegiate cham
pionship tournaments to be played sew
eral weeks in advance of the opening Oh
the academic year. Heretofore botn as
socIations have held their annual tourna-
ments later in the fall-in fact after the
opening of the college year. But this
time. without warning, both associations
disposed of their tournaments in advance
of the opening.
The odd part Of these meetings was
that the teams were selected apparently
by the men themselves, without competl-
ton of any sort. and also without the
usual faculty sanction. If there were any
eligibility codes respected nobody knew
about It, and no one in authority asked
any questions. One cannot escape the
conviction that these associations need
some check from the various faculties
concerned.
Tie writer has always maintained that
these two associations should be obilSed
to hold their championships during the
spring Of the year or Immediately after
commencement. Not only would this I'M
prove the morale of the sports, but II
would enable a great many more men TO
try for the various teams. Under the
present arrangement only those mes
who are able to spend their summer va
cations in the enjoyment Of their games
are able to compete In the intercollegiate
tournaments. But il they were held IN
the spring all undergraduates would have
a chance to make their respective teams.
serious quarrel almost resulted from,
| the annual tennis meet. This was caused
| by the action of the association in per-
hitting Melville H. Long, who halls from
the University Of California, and who is
| a member of Americas Davis cup team,
| to be a competitor. AS California was not
| a member Of the association and did
! not make application for membership the
proceeding was most irregular in every
respect Some ardent Pennsylvania SYM
pathizers charged that the admission OF
California, which was accompanied by
| holding the annual convention before the
meet instead OF after it, was manipulated
| by Harvard in order to prevent a Pennsyl-
vania man from winning the champion
| ship and the challenge cup. But be this
| as it may, Wallace Johnson defeated the
| fiery haired Californian and the Quakers
are chuckling over the result.
Crosse Country Running to Boom.
Coincident with foot ball practice there
starts the training Of dozen or more
cross country squads at all the big uni
versities Of the east. The l. G. A. A. A.
A. has announced it's second run over tn =
Princeton course for the last Saturday
in November. A year ago there were
ten colleges numbered among the starters
and there is some prospect that two or
three additional institutions will be among
the list this year. The revival of long
distance running in this country has been
felt even more in the colleges than in the
clubs, with the result that the standard
of cross country running has been ire
mendously increased within the last few
years.
lust now the prospects are that the
fight for individual honors will be between
Hobart C. Young of Cornell the winner of
last year; Percy Taylor, also Of Cornell,
the intercollegiate and American tWo-mile
champion; w. G. PAUL. Of Pennsylvania,
the one-rnile record holder, and Herbert
LEAGUES of Harvard. These four men are
among the fastest distance runners In
this country and their meeting should pro-
duce new record.