Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-13
LESS BITTERNESS IN
. COLLEGE ATHLETICS
Harvard and Pennsylvania to
Resume RELATIONSHIPS
pert Trainers.
By Edward r. Bushnell.

and a more sportsmanlike spirit than OF
old continues to multiply. The latest oc-
currence, and one which was a complete
surprise. was the holding of dual meet
between the swimming teams OF Harvard
and the University OF Pennsylvania,
whose representatives had been in the
habit of declining to speak as they passed
by. This swimming meet by the way,
between Harvard and Pennsylvania since
their memorable split over foot ball after
| the game OF 1905.
| 1t will be remembered that so much
hard feeling was engendered between the
two institutions over foot ball that the
Pennsylvani faculty athletic committee
took the initiative and refused to sane
ton any dual meets between the two
institutions Harvard had intended the
| break to apply only to foot ball and
would have been willing to continue
friendly relations in base ball and other
sports. The majority of the Quaker I'M
dergraduates, barring the foot ball men,
were anxious for this also. but the faculty
was firm. AS result of this ruling
| Pennsylvania had to forfeit to Harvard
| her championship basket ball, cricket,
association foot ball. swimming and other
games in which she was scheduled by the
various intercollegiate associations to meet
| the Crimson.
| Pennsylvania student representatives
were anxious for the meetings and bitterly
resented the stand of the faculty Har-
| ward showed a magnanimous spirit dur
| ing the Crimson's last year in the basket
| ball association. Two games We're
scheduled between Pennsylvania and Har-
ward, and the Quakers were forbidden
to meet the New Englanders, Harvard
would have been justified in taking both
games by forfeit, but agreed instead to
forfeit one game herself SO that PennSyl-
vania would not be unduly handicapped.
Apparently the Pennsylvania faculty
has decided not to enforce its rulings con-
corning minor sports hereafter, and 1t is
likely that athletic relations between
these two institutions will shortly be re-
sumed in everything except foot ball ana
possibly base ball. But the resumption
Of base bail relations may not be SO far
away The cancellation Of the annual
game has practically eliminated one OF
Harvard's southern trips. but II games
were resumed with Pennsylvania IT would
be very pleasing to thousands OF Harvard
graduates in and about Philadelphia
Few Expert College Trainers.
The scarcity of first-class college ath-
letic trainers in this country was never
more apparent than right now. For near
ly ten years Princeton has been expert
menting with first one man and then an
other in the hope that he might develop
into a capable handler of athletes. The
Tiger authorities had to confess their fall
ure, for their only salvation was to bid
high and get Keene Fitzpatrick of the
University of Michigan The effort to
find a man of ability and develop him.
as Mike Murphy was developed at Yale
and Johnny Mack Is now being developed
there, was not successful.
The University of Michigan is trying
something of an experiment by engaging
Alvin C. kTaenzlein. the old University
of Pennsylvania hurdler and broad
Jumper It is an experiment only In so
far as kraenzlein has been secured from
Mercersburg Academy. where he has been
since his short stay at the University OF
Wisconsin. The success which kraenz-
lein has had at Mercersburg and his only
natural ability to teach and to show men
by actual work how thing should De
dene make it almost certain that ne VIII
succeed at Michigan.
Kraenzlein was probably the greatest
all-around athlete ever developer IN .nis s
country. At one time he held three world
records, to say nothing of his intercol-
legiate marks. His world records were
the 12O-yard hurdles 10 1-5 seconds; ZN}-
yard hurdles, % SO seconds, and the
broad lump, "a feet ~ inches. While
Kraenzlein's marks for the high hurdles
and the broad jump have since been bet
tered this Is because he was never prop
erly extended in competition. His former
| trainer, Mike Murphy. says he frequently
caught Kraenzlein over the high sticks In
| Is seconds, and even IA 4-5 seconds, and
that In the broad jump he had frequently
cleared twenty-five feet in practice
kraenzlein's greatest performance was
at the intercollegiate championships OF
1900, when he scored Is points for Penn
sylyania, a record never before eQualed
He won the 1OO-yard dash. both hurdles
and was q second in the broad jump. In
4 Ill I'LL -
ton Of the previous day to stand and did
not compete in the finals, or he might
have scored 20 points. In addition to his
sprinting hurdling and jumping kraenz-
lein had mark of feet IN the high Jump
~ feet in the shotput, 125 feet in the
hammer throw, 90 seconds in the quarter
mile and lastly he was good pole vault
er. It is because Of his manysidedness
as an athlete and his success in coaching
at Mercersburg that Michigan men feel
| they have made no mistake. 1t was from
Mercersburg that Johnny Mack went to
Yale, where he has been making good
ever since. There is one other school
trainer who could have a college berth
| If he wanted II. This is Michael Sweeney.
the world champion high jumper, who is
/ so well satisfied with conditions, financial
| and otherwise, at the Hill School, Potts
town. Pa, that he has refused a good
many offers to coach college teams.
Another young trainer whose work is
being watched with considerable interest
is Harry Hiliman or Dartmouth iillman
was one of the best hurdlers and quar-
! ter milers ever developed in A. A. u.
| circles, and but recently retired from
active competition for the purpose OF ac-
! ceptinz his present position at Dart
| mouth. Under his training Dartmouth
men have already taken an active part
! in indoor meets and have shown ability
| which makes 1t certain that the Han
! overians will rank well up in track and
| field athletics this spring.
Little Interest In Foot Ball.
| In view Of the tremendous excitement
| stirred I'D over foot ball few weeks ago
| 1t IL remarkable that since the announce
ment of the suggestions presented at the
| last meeting for the amendment Of the
rules there has been so little interest
| shown in the subject The public has
apparently forgotten all about the recent
hullaballoo 1t raised over the dangers Of
the game and is now concerned with
other things. AS a result It Is likely
that the rules committee will make it's
amendments and that when they are an
nounced the public will pay very little
| attention to them until another season
| rolls around.
Penn Track Team Going South.
The University Of Pennsylvania track