New-York tribune., 1910-01-25
SPORTS OF THE DAY
GEORGETOWN TO ROW.
WM Send Cre1c to Big Re-
gatta at Poughkeepsie.


gatta at Poughkeepsie.
Georgetown University will send an eight
Dared crew to the intercollegiate regatta at
Poughkeepsie next June If present plans are
carried out. 1t has been decided to accept
the invitation of the intercollegiate Rowing
Association to compete and 10 put crew
on the water this year.
Georgetown has not rowed at Pough-
keepsie since 1907, when the crew finished
sixth in the varsity race. The showing
made seemed TO discourage the undergradu-
ates, and i'm 1905 IL was decided to contine
rowing to dual regattas with Pennsylvania
and New York University. So few men re-
ported last year and interest was at such
low ebb that the crew was disbanded and
rowing given UP as major sport Since
then efforts have been made to revive row.
ing. and the indications are that fairly
strong crew can be developed this year II
the oarsmen will train faithfully.
Jack Dempsey, who coached the George
town oarsmen previous to 1907. is now hard
at work with the candidates, and is plan
ming TO develop a freshman crew we'll
to make material for future varsity eights.
A race has been arranged for the freshmen
with the second crew at the Naval Acad-
emy. Dempsey is good coach and can be
counted on to put out a strong crew if the
material is there.
Hockey followers are looking forward to
the game between the New York Athletic
Club and the ST Nicholas Skating Club
teams at the St. Nicholas Rink tonight.
Both sevens are keen rivals for the cham
pionship OF the Amateur Hockey League,
and a victory for St Nicholas would bring
about triple tie for first place with the
Santa Claus seven, the New York Athletic
Club and the Wanderers Jimmy Sheriff.
will play with New York tonight. and
should strengthen the team.
The only intercollegiate game of the week
will be played tomorrow night, when
Princeton and Yale will cross sticks. The
Blue seven is the only one which stands
between Princeton and the championship,
as the Tigers have wor four straight games
and wind up their schedule tonight.
The Park Department complaint against
the Brighton Beach Racing Association for
the erection of an unsightly fence on the
Ocean Boulevard. which has been dragging
along in the Coney Island police court since
last July, has finally been dismissed. Magis-
trate Voorhees,. in seven page typewriter
decision, absoIves the racing association of
all blame in the matter.
The Park Department had claimed that
in erecting a nine-foot board fence around
the property the Brighton Beach Racing
Association had violated a park ordinance
which forbade the erection of an unsightly
fence near park property. William Clare,
superintendent of the racetrack was sum-
moned to court in an effort 10 compel him
to tear down the fence
In his decision Magistrate voorhees, says
the defence that the Ocean Boulevard was
controlled by the Park Department in 1874
only as far as Kings Highway, and that
although in 1878 II was extended to the
ocean, no evidence had been offered before
him by the Park Department to show that
it had ever secured property easements
along the route.
He also dwells on the fact that the
Brighton Beach Racing Association has
made overtures to the Park Department,
offering to put up an ornamental fence. but
that this offer has been refused.
Ban 3. Johnson president of the Ameri-
can League, just before leaving Chicago
for the Joint meeting of the schedule COM
mittee OF the major leagues in Pittsburg,
took one more slap at the longer schedule
said:
In the American League last year The
clubs were forced to play eighty-three
double headers in 621 games Inclement
weather in the early weeks of the season
necessitated the doubling up of the games,
which in my opinion. tends to cheaper
baseball. In case the National League
adopts the 16S-game schedule and the
weather man dishes out another brand of
rain. snow and thaw during April and May
bargain attractions will be in order
throughout the entire summer This was
the case last season in the American Asso-
ciation."
Thomas Hueston. Of st. Louis. the pool
champion. practising for his match with
Jerome Keogh next week. won two exhibit
ton games at Doyle's Academy yesterday.
The champion's best showing was against
William Farlay. whom he defeated in
short game by score of 100 to 81, making
a high run of q. In the other game
Hueston defeated Robert Fisher by score
Of 100 to 81. His high run was 10. E. Gill
more and broadway Alec Smith will be
Hueston's opponents in to-day's games.
Word comes from Salt Lake City that
James ]. Jeffries is we'll pleased with the
site picked out for him as training camp
If the big hght is held in Utah. The cot
tage in Parley's canyon is 5000 feet above
the sea the air IS eXhilarating and the
surroundings wild and rugged.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Jan A.-Hugh Nc
Intosh the Australian promoter, cabled
Stanley Ketchel yesterday and offered him
three bouts that would net him $4,000 One
would be with Tommy Burns. another with
Bill Lang. and the third with an unknown.
Ketchers reply was a single word. NO
Ketchel wants tC meet Thomas. the mid
dleweght champion of England. first: then
he would be willing TO meet Tommy Burns.
CHICAGO ON FOOTBALL REFORM.