Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
Cornell Is Still Supreme.

Last weeks victory marks tfhe eleventh
tr,uunh for the Cornell crewssin sixteen
wears. Not only that but 1t marked the
fourth time that Cornell hast swept the
river in al, three races. ThiSS monopo-
lizing of the rowing honors by 'Cornell is
not conductive to perpetuat1ngtlnte interest
in college rowing, particularly on Uhe part
of the spectators. Indeed the frequency
with which Cornell has won and the fact
that her crew was the favorite thiss time.
contributed largely to keeping DOWN the
attendance of the Out-of-town VISITORS,
and to a dampenlng OF the enthusiasm oi
those who did come.
Syracuse is the only other crew what
has beaten Cornell since pennsylvania
last turned the trick in 1900 Only twice
has Syracuse beaten Cornell, but rem
sylyania turned the trick three years. in
succession. Wisconsin is the only crew
that has never won at Poughkeepsie and
this year the Badgers finished last IN
both the varsity and freshman elghts
The fear that Wisconsin would decline to-
come east after such a beating as sne
received this year was favorite topic
for discussion a few years ago BUT II
is such no longer. Rowing is firmly es-
tablfshed at Wisconsin and there Is no
likelihood that the Badgers efforts to es-
tablish a regatta in the middle west Will
bear fruit for number of years Conse-
quently there is nothing left for Wiscon-
sin to do but to continue her annual
pilgrimages to Poughkeepsie.
In connection with the showing Of Wis
consin it is interesting to recall the COM
ment Of Coach COnn1bear OF the Uni
yersity Immediately after his crew was
beaten by Wisconsin in dual race. that
Wisconsin must certainly be the winner
at Poughkeepsie. The query Is where
would Washington have finished Oh the
Hudson?
Saner Olympic Program.
A n Nf
a saner Olympic program. The interna-
tional Olympic council met recently at
Luxembourg and tentatively agreed on the
events in which there should be competi-
ton at Stockholm. Sweden, in the sum-
mer of 1912. The list, as given out. is not
so notable for what it contains as for
the events it leaves out. 1t will be re-
membered that the English committee
two years ago included nearly every
event that was common to England.
whether it was agreeable to the great
mass of the foreign competitors or not.
1t was this insistence on peculiarly Eng
liSh events that enabled Great Britain
to run up the greatest total OF points.
The Swedes have profited by the I'M
popularity of the English program and
have arranged one that will more nearly.
suit all nations. To accomplish this they
have dropped such events as tennis,
racouets, golf, hockey, polo, lacrosse, foot
ball and archery. The track and field
events they have retained very much as
they were on the English program. an
Arrangement to which there can be no
serious objections.
In addition me Swedes have arranged
two novel contests in all-around athletics
which were not on the London program.
These are a pentathlOn, or five events,
and a decathlon, or ten events. The pen
tathlon will consist of the broad jump,
200 meter fiat race. discus throw, javelin
throw and 1900 meter run. The last
event. which takes the place Of the
wrestling, is the really hard event of this
program. The decathlon will include the
100 meters dash. broad jump. weight, AGO
meters fiat. high jump. hurdle race. dis
Gus throw. pole vault, javelin throw and
1,5OO meters run. The pentathlon is to
be concluded in one day. but two days
will be allowed for the decathlon.
Swedes Engage a Trainer.
That the Swedes intend to figure con-
spicuously In the next Olympiad is shown
by their action in engaging trainer to
prepare their athletes. Prior to the Lon
don Olympiad they sent number of
iS trU for thsa