Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-14

Several OF the universities did hold such
practices, but mostly To try out sugges.
lions made by the rules committee for
changing the rules. The changes sug.
sested were not made, SO that the prac-
tice did little good as far as this years
rules are concerned Capt. Daily and
Coach Coy OF Yale gave the Eli candi-
dates foot balls to take with them during
the summer months. practice quite gem
orally followed by the other institutions
Foot ball in the Missouri valley will have
a hard time to exist. Last winter the
FACULTY representatives of these institu-
tons tried to abolish foot ball altogether
at Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Washburn
and the other institutions that made up
their association. Failing In this, they did
succeed in abolishing the training table
and shortening the season. making tho
last game to be played not later than the
saturday preceding Thanksgiving day.
Sheppard in Record-Breaking Form.
The weekly assault upon amateur rec
ords by Melvin Sheppard. and the success
that has attended him. has led Sheppard
and some Of his friends to believe that he
has at his mercy every world record from
$50 yards to the mile. Sheppard has made
two world records this summer-in the
1000 yards and the 800 yards. Ii should
be noticed, however, that he has been
making his records at odd distances, not
usually run i'm ordinary meets. The 800
yard record of 201 %, made by Andrew
Glarner in 1908, could never be considered
meritorious performance, for many a
schoolboy could have bettered these fig
ures. There is however, considerable
merit in Sheppard's feat of reducing this
time to 1.51 10. Both Sheppard and
kfviat, who set the pace until near the
finish. turned the half mile In 154 Is,
which or itself was most remarkable rum
ming. 1t is likely to be some time before
SheppardS 9OO-yard record is disturbed
Athletic critics will watch with much
interest for Sheppard's attack Of Lunghi's
world half-miie record of 1.52 As. The
difference between this distance and 1sb
yards Is so slight that 1t Is doubtful K
Sheppard. even running in theform he did
last week, could have equaled II. The
Irish American star, though. is running
so remarkably well that he seems not to
have reached his limit yet Sheppard has
been quoted to the effect that he thinks
he can even lower Tommy Conneffs
world record of AS 3-5 for the mile. This
is even more doubtful than his ability to
make new half-mile figures.
Wilton c. PAUL of the University OF
Pennsylvania seems more likely to break
these figures than does Sheppard. Paulls
intercollegiate record of All 40 Is the
nearest approach ever made to Connen
mark, and there is little doubt that II
PAUL had been extended when he made
this time he could have equaled or bet
tered the mark of Conner.
Inasmuch as Sheppard has been trying,
for records at the odd distances. a good
many of the athletic sharps would like to
him test his speed in an effort To
equal or beat the figures Of T. z. Conner
for three-quarters of a mile. One week
before Connef made his world record OF
4.15 3D. for the mile. August 2S he ran
three-quarters of mile in 3.O2 A.. If
this distance We're a regularly contested
event the time made by Connect would
be even more wonderful than his figures
for the mile.
Boom for Cross-Country.
From present indications there will be
something OF an increase in the attention
devoted to cross-country running this
fall among the big eastern universities.
The best thing that ever happened TO
this sport was the action OF the Inter
collegiate \. A. \. a. in absorbing the
Cross Country Association Since then
additional competitors have been arriv-
ing on the scene and ere long the COM
petition may be keen enough to make
Cornelrs annual victory less of a err
tainty.
The coming of Keen Fitzpatrick 10
Princeton in charge of the foot ball and
track teams means that the Tigers viii
make an effort to do something in this
sport. With the exception of tregan I'm
1879, princeton mas never mad a Cdpd ble
cross-Country performer and once or
twice the Tigers have not even shown
enough interest 10 have team AT the
championship race. Such will not he the
case under the direction of Fitzpatrick.
The former Michigan man knows that
good sS-country team is the basis of
a successful track team and he will SURE
ly spare no efforts to get out a first
class squad. Dartmouth, under the a ,I4
coaching of Harry Hillman, is also try<
ing to get out first-cass team Last
year was Dartmouth's first essay in the
field of cross-country running and great
Improvement is expected this fall.