The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20
(OlI NBJA 4THIErICS.
Opening of Gymnasium a boon 60 in.
door sports.

The opening of the Columbia University
gymnasium three evenings q week IL going
To prove boon to rhc indoor sports IN
Mnrnin zsiie Heights this winter N the At
Tendance az ~" hrst week Is taken a. a
criterion beginning this week. the BASKET
ball team, winch has hitherto been forced
to practise between an! in thc afternoon.
when the foor was crowded with a'rtrnts
Will tahe to practising in the evening and
tho varsity Wrestling squad has already
h"gUn to work after dinner BEFORE ;hs
Christm a. HOLIDAYS get around II 10 believed
nv those who fO~ter"d the oNrilent that
the swimming and water polo teams AMI
also the gymnast;c teams Will get in their
lest praCttIe in me evening holTN.
Tor several Years tho plan Of having the
gymnasium open ~ night has he,'n advo-
cEtrd among the alumni. but II was not
r.nul the movement was indor~ei nv the
athletic association that n was considered
hy tho university trustees Although the
trustees stipulated that the building would
b. kept open only III rough this winter as a
test It Is certain that the practice once
established will not be stopped
The varsity basketball squad that Coach
Harry Fisher has At work - one 81 the
best that the blue and white has sent out
in several years. rs u contains all Of last
year's varsity Eve the freshman squad
and a his. squad OF new men Fisher will
use last years tom bination in the early
games OF the season. but he says thai the
rev r~n will get a chance lust a. soon "a
he can work them into the lineup. The
schedule which was announced several
days ago takes up a little more than three
months and includes fourteen games. The
old intercollegiate League having been
reorgnnized. the championship series has
although the gam. that has been arranged
with The New York University i've for the
evening 81 Washington birthday will
/ be Of greatest interest tO the local followers
Of the sport. L Was impossible TO arrange
! contests with Williams and Rochester a.
/ eauable terms could not be agreed upon.
settle an old and sore question that has
hepn hanging arc for III" last three years
! between tn" MorninSEide and University
! Heights teams During th" last two years
| the fve- did not arrang" games and az the
end Q, the Tssn IN S nab ' Inn seG s snsS
failed to a2prar fer , s.is game and
when the later games wer" thought OF
This fall. however. the manager. forgot
/ cha mpion.hip Will be played for Nnothsr
departure Is the scheduling OF the Cornell
Princeton p, gam. IN Il" Columbia gym,
Princeton. but the Princeton rnnna cement
could see no way of attracting a crowd
and decided 10 transfer the contest to
Louis Ninot. a former amateur champion.
/ has squad OF forty vrestle RI az work and
hopes To turn oui n well rounded team L.
Robinson. J. Brady and J. catacaxinous
are the only Veterans from last year = team.
I II. Saunders. the winner Of the inter
collegiate heavyweight title last spring.
and four other members OF the team having
been lost tn rough graduation. Mc~t OF the
material this fall is ineSpertenCed but Nifiot
has three months before he has TO put his
team on the mat and IN that time he expects
10 get the men in good condition.
Both the hockey and gymnnstic teams
will begin real prnctiC" during the coming
week NTH this time the hockey candi-
dates have put in their time in the handball
courts. but beginning on tuesday night the
varsity and freshman squads viii get down
Ia hard work in the 81 Nicholas Skating
Rink Percy lie Seuer. the Canadian Goa IN
who ha. taken hold OF the men. won't COM
nit himself on the prospects Of the ma
terial lie has five veterans from the team
that played last winter but that IL not say
ing very much. for the Columbia seven
failed to win "A game IN its entire season
The gymnastic team was shot 10 pieces
through graduation and men leaving col
lsze 40 that capt Wheeler haH only two
men hcs,sS himself as "A nucleus for this
years team Practice begins tomorrow
At