New-York tribune., 1911-04-03
COLUMBIA NEEDS FUNDS
Athletic Body Must Raise 5000
by End of Term.
TRACK MEN IN HARD LUCK
wretched Condition Of South
Field Makes Possible Only
Light Work.

r,s finances of the athletic teams at CO.
,.,r,hia are causing the managers much
sorry. for. according TO the monthly state
,,ent issued by James Myers. the graduate
manager, yesterday more than $'u" VIII
hove 10 be raised before the END OF inc
O,aser. term II the teams are 10 nnish
,ts,r schedules with clean sheet. so far
as-,beir financial support Is concerned. Cn-
,,ss.,he REQUIRED sum Is raised before the
,,,d5,e G., next month the athletic associa-
no, will have TO begin the year next faii
With deficit.
,rba total amount collected 10 date Is
pao5 OF this the students subscribed IN
membership fees s4.sSS. the alumni S,oeo
end the faculty $40 The remainder. Ass'
csn,e from miscellaneous sources. The bud
90, calls for $l5,7ee. leaving balance stih
- "a collected Of ss.SA. The chief d'hi-
e,,ltv seems to be In the matter OF making
delinquent students meet their pieuseS' U"e
,rndred and twenty-five outstanding
,sdres cannot be collected. and II IL
manned BY the manager that If they do not
meet their promises he VIII nave ''e'
names published in the college paper.
ASIDE from the unpaid pledges. 'he DO,
ISOLATION expects 20 receive NVO III spe''"'
sorc,ions but this VIII leave more 'n""
. ,no 20 be collected. which means mat nVe
rrrdred additional membership suoscrip-
..1,s r,,vst re obtained. The ROWING CI"o'
,,,,oh has a budget OF more than si"'""' Is
,,,.norts6 only in part oy the a'hleuo as
.osa-iou, ana mos: OF its funds are oefNeo
,ro.,, other sources. With the koW,ns ,ipp
,,sgst included in the general ASSOCIATION
..51e+ the total amount that VIII nave u
r,,ee5 before June u is nearly AE".
p.-r,e Vefers is having hard time III
..,e his .-ackrnen started in regular
.-.,r,,r The main reason for this is the
80. ,ra. the South Field track Is still N
.ra,ched condition, making II imposs'pis
o. .bs -unnsrs TO do any but the hshtes'
-. ~ work The field men are unaoie
=. r-.c,ics az all because CT the shpfel'-
- ,re grass on the FIELD and tnev
80. M, attempted any work. Ine jump
- vau,t,ns pits are the only adJuncts
- 64,s tha, are in AZ condition 10
r.r. practice III those events possloie
~ rseobs. the .p-;nter. Tho has H.
.,-.i N an underclass rush on the cam
-. uesk ago, will probably not oe aoie
:, .s. IN the meets With Pratt institute
.-s Syracuse Jacobs got a oed!y ols'o-
.-+.5 shoulder. and although he has neeh
.tI. " attend his classes. the phEsiciaHS
.ho,e,- :, best that he give Up running
.~r -. -ir,o being II Is probable that ne
.,rl tosA another Two or three weeks p"'
7yAfs-s hopes 20 have him IN FORM for rhe
;n.srcoyerjates Harry Babcock, the cap
-.,r OF the team. u'ho vas bothered WIN
= bsd knee in the carly part Of last sea-
60, has worked out all the stiffness ana
- again in gccd condition
Tbs freshman team will meet both De
VII, Clinton and the High School o. COM
-,erce early IL the season. and efforts are
also being made 70 arrange for competi-
tcrs 7ith other freshman teams. Colum-
5is has never had much success with
freshman teams. but Wefers is determined
hat he will put the first wear men IN as
nsny contests as can be scheduled.
Although the Columbia crews gave up IN
dear practice more than two weeks ago,
f.e- have been abie 20 have less than half
= dozen rows on the water because Of un-
favo.ab,e weather conditions. With q
tackvard lot Of oaysnlen. Rice Is not any
20 vel pleased with the prospects, for ne
ss,s .hs. every dsy OF practice that is lost
a-in make II jus. so much the harder for
the c,ep- 20 get together In order 20
rsls up in way for the loss OF rowing
N stormy days, ne has changed the plan
# training and will make the ca-srnen run
across country on the Palisades when Il is
impossible to get on the river. Hitherto
he carsmen have had vacation when
here vas TO rowing, but Rice says he has
found that in order TO ke@p the men in
any sort Of condition they will have sub
s'itute running.
The varsity wrestling team finished sec
ond N the intercollegiate championships,
slthough ~ won only one meet during tho
season. OF the men who wrestled this sea
ron McCanless, 1ho won the intercoile-
gate l25-pound championship. is the only
one VINO will not be IN college next year.
Norton. Catacouzinos and Holzworth will
he seniors and Brady. Carruthers and SAN