Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-06
COLLEGES SURE Of
| BLUE RIBBON MEET
Intercollegiate Championships
to Be Always Decided on
Association Grounds.
BY Edward R. Bushnell.

leg1ate track and field championships will
ever again be held on a non-college ath-
letic field. The action Of the /. c. a. A.
A. A. at its annual meeting last week, OF
giving the games this year to Pennsylva
MA, and to Syracuse in 1911 well nigh
establishes the truth of this conclusion.
1t was no surprise that the games this
year were given to Pennsylvania for that
action was foreshadowed by q vote Of the
association a year ago. The real cause
for surprise was the action Of the asso-
cdation in reversing its position respecting
the 1911 meet. When the association
voted a year ago to give the games to
Philadelphia On 1910 1t also went on record
as favoring New York as the scene OF the
1911 meet, in case suitable field could be
found in Gotham.
The awarding of the games to Syracuse
was not due to the associations inabaafty
to find suitable field in New York. The
decision was made rather because Of the
practical demonstration given by Syra-
cuse's graduate manager, Samuel H.
Cook, that his university could properly
ma mage such a big meet and entertain tho
visiting athletes. Mr.. Cook showed that
the Syracuse stadium ranks almost as
high as those of Pennsylvania and Har
ward, and that the training quarters are
ample to take care Of the many visiting
teams. In presenting his case Mr.. Cook
also shattered popular delusion that
Syracuse is inaccessibly located. Making
his comparison with Philadelphia. Mr..
Cook showed that the average mileage for
all the colleges OF the association was
slightly greater to Philadelphia than to
Syracuse.
If she aad tssre is ao Is
should not be, it is likely that there
will be some lively bidding for big
gemes in future years. Heretofore
the only applicants for the honor Of
managing the meet Both Yale and
Princeton have been urged to ask for
T. but neither has done SO as yet.
either Of these institutions IL would be
necessary for them to make slight
changes in their tracks. which neither
though, that both viii shortly be can
| didates for the management of the
games. It Is evident that the assooia-
lege grounds and Ia even willing to
go to the ends of the circuit to do SO.
Dodged Summer Base Ball.
That the I. C. A. A. A. A. does not
relish mixing up with the problem Of
summer base ball was demonstrated at
the annual meeting In an unexpected
manner. The subject was introduced
by the application Of Pennsylvania
State College to membership In the as
STATE coleTe permits Summer base i baii
and that these men are not debarred
from participating in other branches Of
athletics. In other words, State College
sanctions the use of professional ath-
letea, euphoniously termed "semi-pro-
fessionals." When States application
came UP q member Of the executive
| antee the association would have that
these professionals would not be sent
to the annual meet This was the OPP
portunity of Director Golden Of State
He declared that State College permitted
summer case ball because 1t was some
thing that could not be stopped and
that any attempt to do SO merely en-
couraged deception on the part Of the
students. Furthermore Mr.. Golden de-
clared that even those colleges which
had rules prohibiting summer base ball
did not enforce them.
TO cap the climax he declared that
he could name three OF the biggest uni
versities in the association with whom
his own men had played professional
base ball during the summer. The gen.
tlenen who were responsible for this
outburst from Director Golden hastily
disclamed any desire to attempt to regu-
late summer base ball, and before any
one could get chance to inquire as to
the identity of the three universities
referred to by Mr.. Golden the State
College was voted into the association.
Director Golden promised, however. that
State College would not send to the
| annual meet any summer ball players.
The method by which the association dis
| posed of the summer ball question
| shows that this issue is just as much
| alive today as it ever was. Indeed, the
| charge that Mr.. Golden made against
three institutions in the association could
| probably have been made with equal
| truth against nearly every big college in
| the country.
Syracuse's New Rowing Tank.
Syracuse is the first university in this
country to perfect a satisfactory rowing
| tank for winter indoor practice. For the
last fifteen years rowing coaches and
oarsmen have tried to perfect some de-
vice by which crew candidates could do
indoor work under conditions much the
same as they encountered on the water.
| The invention of the rowing machine
enabled the coach to teach them the
stroke, but there is a vast difference be-
| tween the stroke on one Of these ma
| chimes and in the resistance that one
encounters from running water. To this
end coaches have endeavored to con-
| struct tank in which the stroke could
| be perfected.
This sort Of tank, however. never
proved satisfactory because the oarsman
was stationary and the movement Of the
| water was contrary to what it Is on a
| river. On this account most coaches pre-
ferred to stick to the rowing machines.
| Syracuse. though, has perfected a tank
| in which the stroke creates a current
| that gives the same resistance that is
| encountered on the water. If the SYRIA
| cuse experiment is the permanent sue
cess that it promises to be. 1t will I'M
doubtedly be emulated by all the rowing
universities Of the east.
Basket Ball Men May Reorganize
| The completion of the intercollegiate
| basket ball season, in which Columbia
| won the championship has revived inter-
est In the reorganization OF the old Bias
ket Ball Association, which temporarily
disbanded two years ago. Although the
| league as a league went out of existence,
| Its rules committee, which contained all
| the former officials, has been meeting
regularly since then. 1t will meet again
| in New York shortly, when the various
delegates will take UP the question OF re-
| organizing the association. All Of them,
| ing to enter the association. and the
chances are that the old organization will
soon be ON its feet again. It was dis
| banded because some of the university
| faculties decided that basket ball took up
| too much time and also aroused more
| competition and excitement during the
winter months than were good for the un-
dergraduates. Another contributing cause
| was a slight friction between two of the
| leading universities, one of which de-
| clined to meet q common opponent.
In spite of the disbanding of the league,
| four of the teams have met regularly,
playing a series of two games with each