New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
ATHLETICS TO THE FORE
With Examinations Over, Sports
at Columbia viii Boom.
PLAN TO BOOST ROWING
Outlook Bright for a Strong
Baseball Team, with Lee
in the Box.

Athletics will come 10 the fore al Column
bia again this week. after almost two weeks
OF inactivity. due 10 the mid-year exan1ina-
tons The returns from the examinations
have not been passed upon by the elisibh-
ity committee as yet. but it is not believed
that any Of the teams will suffer through
the disqualification OF players. Several
valuable men have dropped out OF the uni
versity however, to go into business, and
their loss will be hard 10 overcome.
r. II. Duden. the giant point on the
hockey team, has been forced TO leave COL
lege 10 look after mining interests in Mex
ico. and his absence from the lineup Will
be a big handicap for the seven when IL
faces Cornell in its last intercolegiate
game next Friday night. Duden was the
mainstay OF the Columbia defence and was
a tower Of strength on the attack. so that
the team will be considerably weakened oy
his loss. Trimble probably will be moved
back from cover TO point, while Harris
will 20 20 Trimble's place leaving right
wing open for Bangs, who has just recoV-
the West.
Columbia has enjoyed its most successiul
season on the ice since the game was intro
duced on Morningside Heights. Inc team
has been beaten By Harvard and frihce'on'
but took the measure OF Yale ana D'rt-
mouth. The game with Cornell whlch was
originally scheduled for next SATURDAY h'e"'
has been moved forward one day
lin, Rice. coach OF the crews. VIII calI
tho candidates for the varsity ana IEes"-
man SQUAD for the first practice next lhulS-
dav aftsrnoon. new plan to start the
crau of with a big squad at the beginning
r.iu he tried for tho nrst time, and on
Wednesday night the day before pracuoe
bog,,s an undergraduate smoker VIII De
-, a. .ba university commons FORMER
-. aa,+,ire will be on hand 20 tell the
,,,dergra duates Of the benefits they VII! ue-
rive from, rowing and the management mas
,--arga4 to have set OF moving plC'u'es
ill,s,ra.ing life on the Columbia barge III
quarters az Poughkeepsie shown as par Va
the programme. With concluding 'a'A ~
Rice. II is hoped that there Will De s'reAiii
~ students 10 register. This feature mas
never been tried at Columbia, but hice
lieves In giving It trial ~,
r, .bo smoker is successful Rice VIII
,,a,.o rIentv of men 10 work with. HIS
,resbrnan squad is about the best No mas
had since he has been OF Columoia' anu ~
e. not afraid OF what the spring may
veIop in the way OF races for 'he you'
sters The management is endeavortns 10
arrange race for the third VHS''y
ai,h one OF the Princeton Class crews ou'
60 far nothing has come OF the Cur
snondence. Races with Harvard ana
,ra also IN abeyance, and contest WIN
Anrapolis has been definitely scheouleu io'
May 6. ,,,
practica for the baseball candidates VIII
not be started until the beginning ot
,Ysalx when Dave Fultz. who has oeen le-
az coach, will take charge or 'hs
men in the baseball cage In the gymnasium,
rte riu have veteran material with Wnicn
- .,ork this spring. and as he turned out
, ...,, that heat Brown. Pennsyivania anu
u..+ Point. among others, last season II
- o,,.c,sd that the Blue and White Will
80 Tho hest baseball year In It's history
s,,4h Eia1d which was remodened and put
=, ,,sa lost year for the nrst time. has oeeh
.,,,.,ar innroved. and grandstsnds VIII De
erected in time loI Aho Of~'
tba season. The schedule has not oeen
completed. but the team will take TWO u.p'
this vear-one In the spring 70 the oout"'
and later on II will travel through NeN
r,,,,snd enishing the season with a com-
day game at Syracuse
Tba team will probably be strongest IN
- ,,,cb,7g separtment, for Murray Lee
In be the mainstay in the box. as he has
haer FOR the last three years, and IN aool-
+ior Fultz will have Ulrich, who did 10
we'll with the freshman team year aso'
and a couple Of good men in the present
aret wear class Lees brother, Charies' mas
,,,s+ entered the freshman class from the
Iro-ocs Mann School. and Fultz Will give
,,,r, q thorough try-out at third base, where
ho nIoved a good game for the school nine
a wear ago. F. p. Brophy' resHinan !"
Science. who played on the Manhattan Coi-
leos preparatory team last spring VII! nave
\ chance TO catch in the first few games
Aftar a weeks rest the basketball team
bagap nractice again on Thursday In the
Tbor,nson Gymnasium az Teachers College
80 ,ba university gymnasium was being
,,,od for examinations The team mas
nIaved eight games and has been victorious
&, avery one. -Four Of the games were IN
the intercollegiate league series ne mex
r.aeue contest will rot be played until Fen
r,,ar,- when the first Of two game series
nth Pennsylvania is held in the Columbia
on Thursday night however
the carlisle Indians will play the Blue ahc
vvri-e five on Mornlngsihe Heights. and
,rcea contest is expected. The Indians
=, srs badly beaten by Columbia year ago
rr, it vas the first team that had been
sfrt ont from Carlisle and by this time
-hev have learned much about the game.
Arthur Alexander. who played centre Tor
Columbia last winter and who was IN the
e-.r games after the Christmas recess VIII
,c On the floor again. for the broken finger
u.rlcb he sustained in the game with Wes-
Ian has mended Mendelsohn. substitute
o,,ard has recovered from an attack or the
orl, and the team will begin the hardest
ncriod OF IT'S campa; ;gn in excellent condl-
ton.
n Columbia wins the intercollegiate
,,srp!onship the five may play a series %
Games with the winner OF the conference
titIo for tho championship Of the country.
rl. last International series vas IN 1903,
- hen tho University of Chicago FIVE defeat
81 ponnsvl,ania in two straight games.
Columbia was unable % play two years
aro and last YEAR. but It is believed that
,. cotiations already have been opened 1or
such O. series th.s year.