New-York tribune., 1911-01-30
A. CoN COUNTRY Running Bowling Basketball Cmn

Lander. Harvard. So object to the move
that will put the smaller institutions al
even greater disadvantage in striving lot
track and hed honors. Mr.. Lander says
in a letter to The Tribune:
II is impossible 10 understand the com
mittee Of the I. A. A. A. AS atutuue ~
barring freshmen from competing IN lil.ei,
| collegiate athletics. Is II not quite posS,
bic for a freshman 70 be AZ his best a. ., :"
Tonid he i to hammer The possibilities OF sue
cess to the college whieh may arpoI q
fast freshman Sprlnter. Take, Tor ms ~. y a.
| a man who may not enter college untl! ms
I twentieth year. He may have deVeloptI o. o.
a sprinter in his seventeenth year, ana oS
/ the time he is twenty-Cne may begin 70
! fall off in speed Is that man 10 be dehleu
Intercollegiate honors and the Glance 10
| land valuable prize? .,,.h.
To bar a man in his freshman wear misIt
! be beneficial in stopping III practices IN tus t
shape OF colleges entering men just 10.
J their athletic abilities, but TO my mnu u
seems 70 me very detrimental to MAKE
such hard and fast rule as the barring
of freshmen. 1t seems 10 me II would serve
a better purpose If the committee OF the
]. \. A. A. \. reserved FOR itself diScIe-
tionary powers
/ II would be unwise If not impossible, for
I the committee 10 use discretionary power
I
one thing or the other. and It looks as II
the smaller colleges must suffer. If suffer
10 any great extent they would, for the
/ good of the sport.
! No changes will he made in the rules
Of baseball this year. Those who have
been racking their brains TO devise some
method TO improve the batting and to ham
/ dicap the pitchers can direct their thoughts
TO better advantage in some other channel
J The car of the American League ana the
sphinx of the National League have de-
! cided, so Il is said. that no changes are
necessary at this time. so that the naming
| OF National League rules committee mas
! been purely perfunctory, TO carry out the
mandate of the constitution. OF course
3 Charles Webb Murphy. who presdes over
the destinies of the Cubs and who loves
above all else to string words. is not likely
TO lose such a good chance TO add 10 his
/ fame" He is a member of the committee
and is reasonably sure TO make 1t appear
/ that his chief object in life is 10 satisfy
the demands Of the restless fans for
something new. He may rave, but he viii
rave in vain. Ban b" has spoken.
Physical examination from time 10 time
OF all athletes, IN college or out should
| be compulsory. and the advisory rowing
committee OF Yale has done well TO de-
mand IT Of the oarsmen. I subscribe to the
I opinions Of The Yale Alumni Weekly.
which says editorially in its current issue:
! The renewed physical examination Of
all candidates for Yale crews VIII pe
very good news to the older friends ana
/ the families of undergraduates who are
interested In rowing. There has been need
fer some time for q regulation OF thls
kind. Physical examination OF CANDIDATES
for Yale boats has, OF course, not Deeh
lacking; competent examiners nave TAKEN
in band most OF the men for years past,
and the most able physicians among grad
yates close to Yale rowing have Kept B.
medical eye cooked On the men n tne
boats But physical examination has not
been compulsory, and II has been LEFT more
or less 10 the individual decision OF the
oarsman whether CT no he should accept
the advice Of the examiners rom nov
on no man is 10 be allowed 10 sit IN r
Yale racing shell unless he IS guaranteed
70 be g sound physical machine. very
serious cause for alarm WI! mus De re-
moved from the minds OF those who have
now and then seen. lately. the bad results
OF q less rigid system
In commenting on the election Of Fisher
as captain OF the Crimson football eleven.
soThe Harvard Bulletin" winds Up by say
ing:
Some Harvard men have had a continu.
ing 6isappointment since the Yale game
last Novemb mber; they are sorry that the
best team OF the century had 10 be con
tent with tie. We venture 70 preolcr
that Captain Fishers eleven will be just
as good as Captain Within gton's. There
fore. hope" is a weak word 70 use IN de,
scribine our feelings : we look forward
10 next seasons football.
Harvard men have reason TO be optin1ls-
tic. when che remembers three fun teams
running through signals before the Yale
game last fall. Anyway, material will not
be lacking.
The action Of Percy Le seuer, rhe ca
madam professional. in deserting the Co.
lun1bia hockey team two weeks ago on the
eve Of its championship games calls for
something more than severe criticism. lie
seuer, II appears. left New York and re-
turned 10 Canada without giving a word
Of notice He had received the fairest
treatment al the hands OF the Columbia
management. and his hasty departure was
unsportsmanlike, TO say the least. That
Columbia has done so well In the intercol-
legiate championship series is due more 10
the efforts Of the men themselves ana OF a
few loyal alumni who turned out and
coached the men.
The retirement Of Charles NJ. Daniels
from competitive swimming in the near
future as exclusively told In The Tribune.
is cause for regret He has had few, T.
any. equals. aud, better yet, he has been
a credit TO the sport. HERBERT.