The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-01

Ellis Ward has set a lot of Princeton
adherents thinking, and many are wonder
ing If the supposedly soft thing will not
turn out to be stone wall after all.
From Pennsylvania last years crews
Ballard, Captain Dean, Crooks, Braddock,
Rogers, Hendrie, Atkin, Breitinger, Town
send and Kirkpatrick are left, and these
men will form the nucleus around which
the Red and Blue crews must be built. OF
the remainder of the 40 men who re-
ported for crew work only Is have rowed
on either varsity or class crews, and the
remaining "A are newcomers in the field.
Rowing is fairly we'll under way at
Cornell. The number of men at work
now is really more than Courtney can
handle with the attending conditions.
Having only two sets of machines in the
gymnasium, 16 men is the limit that can
be taken care OF at the same time. That
means long while to run through some
thing like 100 or more men in an after
noon and do each man justice.
The "old man says that he would not
consider four more sets a bit too much,
but there is no room for them at present.
TRIPPING the number of machines would
undoubtedly double or even triple the
number of men that could be accommo-
dated.
The Philadelphia regatta and the Har-
ward race coming within a week and two
days of each other this year will necessi-
tate two crews. There is ample material
for a good varsity crew, but the second
boat will cause trouble. OF last years
men available for the varsity there are
four-Commodore f. H. Clark, '09; w. A.
Backus 10; E. A, Stevens, 90, and S.
Williams, 10. c.. P. Cox was the only
man lost by graduation. w. Stone, 10,
not having entered the university this
year, while p. a. Horton 90, and M.
Smith, Jr 10, being in the civil engineer
ing college, will not be able to row be-
cause of the surveying camp These
two men cannot be used in the junior
varsity combination, either, for they have
sat in a varsity boat.
Harvard, Yale and Columbia are all in
good shape now and expect to be in the
water within a few days.
The successful completion of a project
which the alumni of Columbia university
confidently expect will check the rapid
ly waning interest in athletics at that
institution appears to be assured. 1t is
the Transformation of South Field, the
present dilapidated athletic grounds of the
institution, into an athletic arena which
will bear comparison with those of the
other big eastern universities. While the
plan as at present outlined will require
some years to complete, the initial work
will begin within the next few weeks, and
before the close Of the present college
term it is expected that Columbia will
have christened the new field by the
playing of baseball game thereon and
other appropriate ceremonies
On account of the differences that have
existed during the last few seasons be-
tween the Amateur Athletic union and
the Military Academy league many ath-
letic followers have reached the conclu
sion that President James e. Sullivan
of the A. A. u. is sore on the militia
and everything in connection with mill
tary athletics. A talk with the A. A. U.
chief revealed the fact that. contrary to
this alleged belief Mr. Sullivan is heart
lily in favor of every young athlete in
the country joining the militia.
Mr.. Sullivan said in substance: II re-
gard military training as a fine thing for
every young man, and I wish every ath-
lete In the country was a member OF
the guard. First Of all. u teaches a