The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-08

James E. sullivan hears that tho
athletes who went TO Sweden after
the last olympic games are likely TO
be barred from the next Olympiad.
The temptation to graft was too
strong, IL Is said. and while the Swedes
stood for it, they refuse to stand for
a repetition.
Dartmouth beat Harvard, Prince
ton beat Yale. Cornell beat Penn
sglvania In the annual dual games.
The scores were: Dartmouth, so: Har-
ward, 81; Princeton. SO; Yale, SO;
Cornell, So; Pennsylvania, IS. Close
scores. all OF them.
Tewanina, the Carlisle Indian run
ner, won the modified Marathon in
New York Saturday. His time for
twelve miles was ] hour Q minutes
and 16 seconds. Nearly one thousand
runners contested.
That Japanese university base ball
team which is touring the country
was beaten by Chicago University.
TO 4.
Ohio has declared for Sunday base
ball. 1t is not expected that Gov
ernor Harmon will endorse the bill
just passed by the Ohio Legislature
by signing it, but ii will become
provides that games may be played
Sunday, but only In the afternoon.
Looks as IL Carolina has first claim
on the Southern baseball champion
ship, even IL A. and NJ. disputes the
university prestige In the Tarheel
State. Carolina beat Virginia, the
latter beat Georgetown, and the Hill
toppers have beaten Catholic Lniver-
si,y.
Cornell will have a light crew this
year, Harvard an exceptionally heavy
one. The Ithaca boys. however. ex-
peet to win their race from the Cam
bridge eight Harvard. it is said,
viii clip the long, swinging stroke
| and attempt to rush the Comedians
from the start. Wray, the Harvard
coach, believes Harvard has lost to
Cornell because the Crimson has row
cd low stroke, suftabl to a four
mile pull rather than the two-miie
race, the distance for the Cornell
event.
This may be true but Courtney's
! crews perform equally at four miles
g
even when the red jersey boys hit
| up their stroke they rarely clip it. The
success Of Cornell crews is due chiefly
to their superior Workmanship. HAr
ward is improving in this respect and
Wray may be able to turn out an eight
this year superior even to his great
crew OF two years ago. He has the
material.
Wisconsin, with Harry Vail coach
Ira Ia tzI 20, nk l.
at Poughkeepsie. The Badgers have
been ON the water longer than any
other college crew and are reported
to be rowing in beautiful form.
Although the team TO defend the
| International polo cup has not been
| picked officially 1t is likely 10 be the
same in personnel as the one that lift
| ed and successfully defended the
trophy: The two Waterburys. whitney
| and Miihurn. The play OF the Eng
| lish challengers has not caused any
great fear that the cup will cross the
| water again.
There will be plenty OF racing for
| big schooner yachts this year. Among
| the big events are the Aston cup, the
| Kings cup. the Cape May cup and the
Brentons Reef cup races. The West
ward and Elena, new yacht. are ex-
| pected to be the class in these events,
| but the Katrina, Atlantic, Ariadne.
Alcyone. Intrepid, Enchantress and
| Visitor II. are to be reckoned with.
The Katrina Is the biggest OF the lot.
The Elena. the unknown quantity.
| From amateur sport to professional,
| boxing 10 quite a step but the defeat
OF Al Kaufman by Jim Flynn makes
| II excusahle.
| Flynn beat Kaufman sstrIy. He