Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01
Yale, Pennsylvania, Princeton. Co
lumbia and Cornell to Again Bat
tie for Supremacy Next Winter.
ONLY MINOR COLLEGE
SPORT SELF-SUPPORTING
Surprises Expected in Track and
Field Athletics on franklin Field
Next Month.
BY EDWARD r. BUSHNELL.

the old intercollegiate Basket Ball AS
sociation was reorganized with the
same circuit as 1t had two years ago
Yale. Pennsylvania, Princeton, Colum
bIa and Cornell were the colleges
which voted to disband the old asso-
citation. and after their experience OIL
nlavinr free lance" basket ball they
were all willing. and even ahAious' ~
resurrect the old association.
The old association was oroAeh up
because Yale and Princeton were VI
dered by their faculties TO dlscoh'iiue
their membership. The enect OF tnis
order, though, was entirely nulhheo ny
the action Of all the colleges concerned
in maintaining their old rules commit
tee. the members Of which are prac'i-
cally running the reorganized associa.
lion. The order was further mace oI
little avail by the action OF the various
universities in meeting each otheI IN
a series of two games edCn'
had been doing under the ola 1hterco =,
legiate schedule. There was nnEne
execution to this in that Yale Tor some
reason declined to meet corner IN .ne
cage. This and other diftcu!t1es have
now been smoothed over and the nse
universities are looking Ior"diu W ~
other prosperous season
II is not likely that there Will De an.
other a gitation among educators agaihS.
the enthusiasm engendered IN pasKet % II.
This is one of the best OF the IhiIioi
snorts II isn't dangerous: II does no.
offer any temptation for prosecuting. ana
II is not an enemy to good scnoidr sup.
OF equal Importance Is the fact thdl ~
is one of the few sports Whlcn are sen
supporting-in fact. the only sucn in,n 1';a
snort The University of Pennsylvanla
team earned nearly $1,000 last year. ana
Columbia did almost as well Any sport
that will relieve foot ball or the purueIi
of carving all the athieuc teams oi
university deserves 1ull support lioiii 'iA
authorities.
ON the subject of basket ball reforms
these youthful legislators could not 90 a
greater service than to proVlde TOT
strcter enforcement of the rules. here
tofore there has been too much wlhklne
AT rough play and other infractions or
the rules If the game is to continue us
prosperity IL means that the rules must
he enforced to the letter
Track Outlook Is Changing.
The season in track and field athletics
is now far enough advanced for the con-
cIusion that some surprises are due at
the annual championships to be held on
Franklin Field the last Saturday in May.
Chief among these is the development OF
an unusually good bunch Of distance run
ners by Pennsylvania. Heretofore Cor
nell and Michigan have had almost a
monopoly of distance runners. The
Ithacans and Wolverines are plentifully
supplied with them this year, too, but
Pennsylvania has found nearly half a
dozen superior distance men. who II they
perform as we'll as they have been doing
in their trial are likely to make kill
ing in the distances.
The star of the Pennsylvania bunch. of
course. is w. G. PAUL, the captain and
,,rn &c
running better than he ever did before
and looks to have both the mile and half
mile at his mercy. The QuakerS hardly
expect to win the twO-mile run, but
they have six other middle and long dis
tance men who are sure to collect a num-
her of points. For the half mile they
have Foster Boyle and Church. who
have been doing better than two min
utes; and for the mile they have Lever
ing and Bodley, both 40 men. They
also have Baker. who i'm his first attempt
at two-mile running did 9.5S and could
have done $50. Those who know the
skill of Coach Murphy know that these
men will be so distributed that they Will
score the most points.
That there must be something in the
Yale atmosphere that develops pole
vaulters was shown when Gardner. a
newcomer, vaulted twelve feet four
inches in the Yale spring games Gard
ner is not claSsed as a better man than
Capt. Nelson. but il these two men re-
tain their consistency they seem to nave
the event at their mercy.
Cooney's performance in throwing the
hammer ISL feet stamps him a
dangerous man. Yale men haven't much
confidence in Cooney, for he has come
to the intercollegiate meet two years in
Of the collegians, and then failed to
score in his event. This may be his
year. and if SO he stands good chance
20 win it, Just now there is an en-
INN a
Talbot. formerly of Cornell, but now OF
State College. and holder of the cham
pionship. will win this event again: 1t
seems to be assumed at State College
that Talbot is made eligible by the
admission of State 10 the i. G. A A. A
A. Talbot will be ineligible. for the
State College one calendar year. as pro
vided by the /. c. A. A. A. A. in the
case of a man who goes from one col
iege to anor6er .n me ,d rules 5lard
year.
While the Princeton team lost to the
Navy in its dual track meet last week,
this was due to the fact that the Tlgers
used this as a try-out meet, running all
their half milers in the quarter-m1le In
preparation for the Pennsylvania re-
covered a star sprinter in Cooke. who
has been credited with even time for
the 1o0-yard dash. He will have an
opportunity to demonstrate TINS speed
Another athlete who is attracting
much attention is Tilley. the Dartmouth
hammer thrower, who is said TO nave
done better than $50 feet
Cornell's Winning Crew System.
CornelPs method of developing winning
crews is being emuiated in one particular
bv the University of Pennsylvania. Every
wear Coach Courtney of Cornell develop:
a second or junior varsity eight Thi.
he gets. as near as possible. from hi:
previous years freshman crew. Thi:
eight he enters in the junior regatta
which Cornell enters every year. If the
crew shows exceptional strength thu
coach keeps il together. and then IL the
conditions merit il this crew is used a:
the varsity eight In other words, Coact
Courtney is opposed TO making any more
shifts than are absolutely necessary. Las
wear following this system, Cornell turn
ed out a winning junior eight at the
American regatta, and then used the
same crew to win the intercollegiate,
championship at Poughkeepsie. Strange
IL enough not one of these youngster
had ever rowed In varsity boat before
Coach Ellis Ward of Pennsylvania II
developing a second crew this year OIL
the same plan. The eight will compel,
I'm the American regatta at PHILADELPHIA,
Nav u and will then go to Ithaca I,
row Cornell Memorial day These TIVE
races will demonstrate the qualities o
the crew. and if warranted. this boa
will probably be the one TO form tn,
nucleus OF the Poughkeepsie crew. Their