Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-05
Sporting Notes

1 EFTlSe the IUftS III l'''t'- N'''
| next cry Of the Calamity James ana
would be reformers i'll the Werlo "
sport. Several unfortunate accide"'9
recently have opened the way
| The Il. A. A. Marathon race Aprli ~
| will probably be run oyer the uoue''
course, including Commonwealth ave-
nue. from Beacon street anu Dto''>'''
avenue to Exeter street. ne parh
| commissioners are reconslderihS we
contrary verdict which surprised the
Marathon runners and the pupllc' lheH
are reconsidering it for llle sake "i
| snort. because of the general desire 10
coo the conditions of the holiday classic
kent the same as they have been in
| the past.
While Harvard's track squad has
only been out on the turf about a week.
and both Coach Quinn and "Pooch"
| Do,ovan are careful about giving their
oninions of the men who have shown
IN. the entire bunch of candidates is
working hard, and now that they have
the kinks out of their muscles, progress
should be rapid. 1t is too early in the
season to make predictions about the
worth of the new men. but the veterans
left from last years Varsity ana
Freshman squads appear. with few
exceptions. even better than they were
last spring.
A tournament Of national interest
will be played this week. 1t VIII be
finished next Saturday at the New
York Racquet and Tennis Club, when
the survivor will meet Jay Gould for
ho cha nOnSltD title.
which he has held since 1906 Six
entrants are in the contest to deter
mine the right to challenge the title
holder: Joshua Crane, Boston: w. Fl.
T. HUM and DR.. j. A. Piskey. Phila-
delphia: NJ. Pierre Lorlllard, Tuxedo.
and Payne Whitney and r. a. Have
meyer of the New York Club.
OF all Dartmouth's athletes. prob
ably the best known among other COL
lege men is Nat" Sherman. star
sprinter and broad jumper In the
dashes there are few men his superior
in American colleges today, and. i'll
fact. ever since he entered college he
has stood out as one of the best among
intercollegiate sprinters. Sherman has
probably won more points for the
green on the cinder path than any
other man who ever wore the ID" He
holds the college record for the 100
yard dash and the indoor high jump
record and he was d member of the
1903 Olympic team. AS one of the
fitting climaxes to his college career.
Sherman set a new worlds indoor rec
ord of Z ISIS. for the 60-metre dash i'll
the New York "Olympic" on Feb. %.
'"rhe oldest living oarsman," says
al English exchange, "probabIy the
oldest on record is DR. Frederick J.
FlIrnivall, the famous English schol-
ar, founder of the Chaucer, Ballard
and New Shakespearian Societies.
who at Sc is still taking regular spins
upon the Thames. He celebrated the
close of his S5th year by rowing in d
four-o cared boat from Hammersmith
to Richmond and back. and the mem
bers of a sculling club which he
founded long ago turned out in great
numbers to do him honor DR.. Furni-
vail has roWed practically all his life
ard was already d notable figure in re-
gattas in 1S45. Ever since he has been
constant in his devotion to the river,
and he still plies vigorous oar IN the
pleasant reaches about Richmond and
Hampton Court. He is, perhaps. more
proud of his physical proweSs than OF
his literary eminence. Naturally he at
tributes much of his good health to
his aquatic exercises, but he is always
careful to add that he has never used
either alcohol or tobacco