Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11


material and Yale appears to be hard pat
to Il there Is some reason for believing
that Harvard may achieve the first step
OF the program. However, a lot Of folks
believe the impression is abroad that when
an American college crew comes to row
against an English university the Amer
lean crew is the college champion. Al
though Harvard tried 10 make II clear in
1906 that no such pretension was made the
English did express the opinion that Har-
ward. having beaten Yale. must be the
leader.
Rowing calls for the very best men phys
ically that the colleges have. As a rule
the men who make the college crews stand
the strain we'll enough. That is what the
training is for. II there Is a flaw anywhere
in the training Of a man 1t will show in
the race. Usually the blame should be
placed on the coach who has failed TO de-
tect even after a number Of trials and after
some months Of observation that his mer
are not fit. II a coach sends a man into
a race in such shape that he is unable tc
stand the strain It may more properly bC
charged to the coach than to the sport
itself.
DR.. Eliot OF Harvard. for instance. wal
a great oarsman in his day and probably
rowed as many wearing races as has any
oarsman Of these times. Apparently tn,
strain did not harm him greatly. becaus,
at this time he is a man Of great physica
powers despite his aGe.
1t was reported recently that the Uni
versity of Washington crew had decided
not to send a crew to the Hudson thii
year.. At the same time, however, Il Il
set forth that a victory over Stanford an,
California in the intercollegiate regatta OF
the Pacific coast might make the wash
II gtonians change their minds. This 4
amusing when It is recalled the only wa!
in which the Seattle crew can qualify 10
tho Hudson race Is by winning the coas
chs championship, The forms of the invita-
ton of the intercollegiate Rowing asso
citation are that the champion crew of tn
west shall come east annually. Further
more, It stands to reason that the Inter
collegiate Rowing association steward
will not bother long with the coast crew
~ they juggle invitations in tina way. ]
the Washington crew wins the race an,
then declines to come east no more invita-
lions will be f. rthcoming. The entire az
fair revolves Upon itself. so 10 speak.
From Seattle comes the report. too, tina
Wisconsin will row in a regatta to he hell
on Lake Washington. probably in connec
ton with the exposition at Seattle. An,
from Madison comes the statement tina
Wisconsin will not go west to row. SO
choice is open to all readers.
Various Matters.
The Pennsylvania soccer team is work
Ing hard to tackle a fairly hard schedul
this season. Games with clubs abou
| pbfla dalnhfo tho DhFIadaInhia - ~
Merton C. c., Germantown c. G. an
FrInkford. are on the list for this month
In February there will be matches wit
Philadelphia and Merton again and the
will come three intercollegiate game:
Pennsylvania will meet Columbia o
March 6 in New York and will play Yol
on March "a In Philadelphia. A game wit
Cornell or April s in Philadelphia ends tn
season. Pennsylvania will not have
chance at the intercollegiate championshi
because OF the unwritten rule keeping Hal
ward and Pennsylvania apart.
There was a little celebration recent
in honor OF Pooch Donovan, the Harvar
athletic trainer. and Pooch got a gol
watch from f. McManus of Mattel
Johnny Mack of Yale was there to te
how much he thought of Pooch. They al
old friends, although rivals in the way {
training now. Arthur Duffey. the sprintet
Leo DAILY, the Harvard foot ball playeI
Tommy Connolly. the umpire, and a lot
other folks were there.
The memorial gymnasium at Purdue un
versity will be ready for use in about
month. and II is likely tina an indoor att
letic meet between Chicago and Purd,
will be the feature for the opening nigh
The gymnasium. a large one. was erectt
as a memorial to the members of the Pu
due foot ball team and OF other person
from the university at Lafayette, Ind. wi
lost their lives In a railroad accident
October. 1908. near Indianapolis.
The Purdue foot ball team was on 1
way in a special train to play Indiana
indianapolis. The. engine OF the first sc
tion Of the train, in which was the tear
left the tracks and many persons we
killed. The Big Four road, on which Il
accident happened, contributed toward Il
building of the gymnasium.
The University of Illinois will send a r
lay team and several athletes for the inc
vidual events to the Pennsylvania relt
carnival in the spring. May. the COME
ence champion Splinter; Lindberg. a qua
ter-miler. and Jenkins and Gardiner, hu
dlers. will be sent. The Illinois relay tea
, won the conference championship last We
and covered the mile In time only tw
, fifths OF a second slower thar did the wi
: ners at Philadelphia.
Chicago. Wisconsin and Illinois are I
only colleges in the conference that ha
h swimming tanks. A dual meet lie being a