New-York tribune., 1910-12-08
TIMELY BITS Of SPORT
Yale Making Plans for a Irlan-
gu!ar Swimming Meet.
TEST FOR MEN FROM CANADA
Relay Races To Be a Feature of
Indoor Games at the
Seventh Recim ent.

IF the plans of the Yale Swimming As=o-
citation come TO ii satisfactory conclusion, a
triangular meet that would benefit aquatic
sports among the colleges will he seen in
the near future II = proposed 10 bring
together in the natatorium at NaW Haven
the teams of McGiII University Brown and
Yale The tournament will he nf unusual
interest anart from the fact that tt will
mark the first meeting of the varsity
warerrlen of Canada and the United States.
because of the prominence Of the three
teams. McGiH University won the cham
pionship Of the dominion last year Yale
won the intercollegiate remnant. while
Brown is the present holder Of the New
England League title. Negotiations are
well under way for the carnival
Otto Wahle. the former one-rniIe swimming
champion and now chairman Of the swim
ming committee Of the Amateur Athletic
Union. has accepted the post of amateur
coach AZ the New York \. g. and will here
after prenare the men for the important
races. He should be of valuable assistance in
developing material for no man in this coun-
try has given the evolution of the stroke
closer study. He has the added advantage
of having been himself sUccesSfui com
petitor He is enthusiastic over prospects
and predicts that both James Riley and n
O Sullivan who are now able at hest 70
do .os and -o6. respectively. for 100 yards
will he covering the distance around 6o sec
onds before the season Is over
Morris Wood. the professional champion
spaed skater has been engaged ny rfle 81
Nicholas Rink TO coach the many skaters
who practice at the rink. Cornelius sci
loves X anxious TO encourage loe Npo'
and realized that the only way to arouse
enthusiasm among the youngsters VINO
have a turn of speed was 70 have some one
-, hand oapahle of showing them how 20
got ev-av from a mark. the proper way 10
gat Tho most speed out of stride and otheT
noints of value in racing, BY doing TINS II
&c axDacrad that new interest IN speed 9hdt-
tne will ne aroused and larger and more
evenly balanced fields brought out III the
races.
The 6f,v-ninth games OF the 7th heel-
v,an+ Athletic Association will be heid III
+ba arr,orv on Saturday evening An dt-
trar-iye programrne has been arranged II
will include a number Of relay races as
follows. interscholastic, roller skauhs' III
+erco-nnanv veterans. intercompany acllVes
and 105S-vard military. match Eeias
race between the 23d and 18th regiments
- 1,,-,oL,1,-n also is being arranged Tent
.ai-j,o wall scaling and a hospital and
Iitrar race will add novelty to the caro-
1t.r,,, we'll known athletes will be seen at
+4,z oarnes of the list Regiment. which VIII
- ,,a1d in the arrnory. Park avenue anu
et+t, srraaf OF Saturday evening AIllohs
.o,,e of the flyers entered are: Roy DOT
,.rd Goggins. Parke, Lowell, McCahiil
Eaa, and Hovt in the sprints ana hui-
,,as.[ Fe-an Gels Sweeny. Wright Mdioh0'
Do-,ie Ruist and McElveen are named III
+ba distance races \ feature OF the oPeH
.-,o,rs will be the two-mile bicycle race Ii
,,,,ioh " van den Dries, Of the New 1oiA
Athletic Club, will start from scratch
r,o+.o.- American League team will
train AT Monroe. La, again next spi,it7,
- so fo,,r wears thereafter. President
Frank ] Navtn accepted YESTERDAY ll-
-o-,os,+io7, recently made 10 Hughey 1eh-
,tngs hy the Monroe Progressive i<eN's
- kaAp the Tigers five years
.oo~5tng 70 statement issued from Iiie
So Of the Amateur Athletic Union ye9
- +,a members Of the Princeton IIh-
-.-ri-,- basketball team disqualified lheIh-
-. .,,+or,aticalIv on Tuesday evening pS
Having the Crescent Athletic Ciuo nVe' d
+aor, not registered 1t said rurther'
TIC Amateur Athletic Union will make I
- +Lo-oI1e,h investigation into the peFSoLeA
q a +t,a C,rescerlr Athletic club team II ne
St--,to+ thai pIaved is the professional aln- @
- mar was disqualified by the tAIhaIeul AI
Athletic Union several years a." ;i7 -G -
ing professional basketball TINS VIZ EiraoreTt
FaSsfOnaIize all IleIhDelS u ~
Athletic Clup IeatALl-
,- ,,o+cb worlds wrestling cham
-,o,, who has defended his title success
fully from the invasion OF foreign graz
r1ars since he wrested the championship
from Hackenschrnidt in 1898, and VINO an
,o,,,cad his retirement when he threw
Zbvszko last winter, arrived in chicago On
T,,aedav from his home in Humboldt Iowa,
10 he a spectator at the Hackenschmldt-
Easrergard match at the Coliseum last
night.
The first statement which Goth made TO
several friends who were eager TO nnd out
if he would he willing to consider a match
with Hackenschmidt was TO the effect that
he is through with wrestling and that no
inducement could bring him back on the
mat
II am through with the mat game.
Gotch said IN answer TO a number OF
questions about mis- future plans i made
this announcement last winter and I am
going to show the world that L was sincere
in making the statement
Sonoua Girl (2041l the famous trotting
mare which won the TransyIvania Stakes
in 1907. has been sold by Miss Lorta Crab
tree 10 e. X. Moore. owner of the Dro-
more Farm, St Claire. Mich. for d price
to b $4,000, She will be shipped
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