New-York tribune., 1909-02-22

hands Of competent coach, who will at least start
them right The only surprise is that Princeton
has neglected her freshmen long.
Harvard has had more than her share Of luck
with her captains Last fall Burr, the leader of
the football team. was unable TO play in the i'm
portant games of the because OF an injury,
and now Captain Severance of the crew. has been
forced TO resign because Of illness. Fortunately the
change came at good time and before any OF the
men Uere fairly settled in their places A Harvard
told yesterday that tho choice of Elliott c.
Cutler 70 succeed Severance was happy one. he
has ell the Quafcat tons for leadership The Cut
Ter family. by the way. is making quite for
itself In Harvard athletics Elliott Cutler was
moved from the varsity to the varsity eight
last June to against Yale after Hamilton Fish
lost his seat at the eleventh hour, and acquitted
himself well, well that II may have been partly
responsible for his election TO the captaincy. His
brother. Roger ". Cutler. captain of the win
ming freshmen crew at New London last year, and
is a leading candidate one of the two
seats in the varsity shell. while still
other brother, John w Cutler, quarterback on
the football eleven which defeated Yale last fall
of the best eIevens ever developed at Cam
bridge. George c. Cutler the father OF the boys,
was an athlete his day and only played On
the baseball nine bur rowed on the crew.
am in receipt of a letter from J. Herbert
Farmer, OF London, England, asking publish
the following opinion Of five doctors abroad in a
communication addressed to him:
h TsB ts e RSs eoBsG sat haze 1
ceedinR one mile in distance are wholly unsuitable
for boys under the age OF nineteen. as the con
injury to the heart and other organs.
Who shall decide when doctors disagree is old
saying that may well be applied here have
talked with physicians who see harm in long
distance running for youngsters il they proper
~ conducted under the advice Of athletic tnstruc
tor. a boy is driven do more than he is capa-
bic Of under the dread Of being called a quitter'
some harm may result but from my experience
tanoe be mile five
The word that came from Buffalo Last week that
Long Branch after securing dates for Grand Cir
cult meeting had withdrawn was cause for keen
regret among trotting horsemen in this district
Long Branch appears to be playing fast and loose
with the Grand Circuit stewards Last year dates
were granted but the meeting was abandoned at
the last minute This year dates granted
aEain presumably after those In charge had proved
their good faith. but again local followers of the
sport will be robbed of the chance Of seeing the
trotters PAGERS in action It is hoped that Rob
ert N Newton who has been named presiding
Judge the Grand Circuit will prove as strong
and efficient as A J. Keating. OF this city, who
filed the position last season. Some horsernen do
not hesitate TO say Keating's fearlessness
and honesty were responsible for his not being
named TO succeed himself II IS a distinct com
plment TO be dropped for such reasons.
r.sptsin Murphy. Of the Yale baseball team. is
sparfng no pains TO put a championship nine on the
5Ia-,o1d +his wear In my opinion he made
strong move IN selecting Walter Camp as advisory
coach Mr Camp has a habit OF being associated
With championship teams at New Haven. If re-
member rightly he advisory coach OF the last
baseball team at Yale. which the tnteTcol-
iegiate title that three or four years ago.
Instead OF diving g natural death. fuel has
been added TO the fire that has been smoulderins
ever since the Olympic games in London last sum-
Iner The controversy which began at that time
l,e+vveen the athletic powers Of the two countries
has been renewed through Gustavus T Kirbys re-
mort tc the intercollegiate Athletic Association or
Amateur Athletes of America Mr. Kirby was
forced 70 defend himself under the circumstances
snd n seems little wonder that trouble arose when
ths American committee did not know and could
rot And out who the referee was on the day OF the
running of the 4OO-Tnetre race, which. as matter
of fact WAS the OF most of the unpleasantness
r,rinoston's football schedule is fairly good
one for development purposes, ending up after hve
fairly easy games with Lafayette Navy, Dartmouth
and Yale II would be better. however. with one
yrora hard game on list and win be less inter
estinz and instructive than those Of Harvard Yale
and Cornell
The Marathon craze has reached an acute stage
IN California Dancing three hours a night for one
week is the Latest. The record so far is twelve
miles.
The lure of motoring, whether by land or water,
Dc strong ,,non he average and woman One
confronted with the pleasure of Hsotor boating
HERBERT.
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