Evening star., 1911-06-11

contender, was first with 35 points, al
most 10 more than Chicago.
The victory of Missouri created great
deal of surprise, for 1t was not known
that they were to be serious contenders.
Missouri won five firsts and tied for a
second and picked up enough additional
points to make the score 30. The victory
of Missouri will be good thing for ath-
letics in the west, for it will encourage
the smaller colleges. In this respect the
meet was similar to that at Cambridge,
where the small colleges cut into the
scores of the big ones to greater ex-
tent than ever before known. At Cam
bridge the big colleges won all the firsts
except one, in which there was triple
tie, but the small institutions made up
for this by the number Of seconds. thirds
and fourths they secured.
Rowing at Poughkeepsie.
The followers of intercollegiate row.
ing have shown much interest in the
announced drawing for positions in the
intercollegiate regatta which Is to be
rowed June - at Poughkeepsie. The con-
dition OF the tide and the weather are
such that victory or defeat frequently re-
suits from the courses which are drawn.
For instance. If the water be calm and
the tide flowing out the college which
draws the course nearest the center of
the river has decided advantage over
those which are nearer shore. On the
other hand. IL the water be rough then
the crews which draw courses No. and
man Of the board Of stewards. has just
announced the drawings for this years
regatta. In the varsity race PennSylva-
MIA has again drawn course No. /, the
l9np which O1l0 korQ had
and Columbia is In course No. 2, Syra-
cuse is No. 3, Cornell No. and Wiscon-
sin No. 5, on the outside. In last years
regatta Pennsylvania and Cornell had
courses l and 2 and the river was rough
The fight was dual one between Penn
sylvania and Cornell all the way. The
other colleges hardly had a chance 1t
is not known. Of course, whether there
river been calm. but 1t Is only fair to as
sumo that the Quakers and Ithacans had
decided advantage over their rivals. AS
a matter of fact. the near-shore course
is usually the best for the simple reason
that the river Is rarely calm for these
regattas
This year 1t looks as though the race
would be between Cornell and Columbia
and Pennsylvania. On past performances
Cornell Is bound to be the favorite, but
Columbia has not been beaten this year.
and the Pennsylvania crew, which gave
Cornell such a terrific struggle last year.
is said to be faster than ever. If the
condition Of the water should strongly
favor Pennsylvania or Columbia then the
Ithacans. no matter how superior they
are supposed to be. would have trouble
to win. The Quaker crew has been weak
ened. temporarily at least, by the re-
moval from the boat of Reath the crack
stroke Of last years crew Reath has
been troubled with a pain in the side and
had to give up rowing as the only possi-
bility of getting into condition again for
the big race. The permanent loss of
Reath would probably destroy whatever
chances Pennsylvania had OF winning this
regatta. Reath is a man very much after
the order of John Gardiner. who strolked
three of Pennsylvania's victorious crews
stroke OF the famous eight which rowed
Leander at the Henley regatta. In fact,
he is the first competent stroke oar which
Pennsylvania has had since the days OF
Gardiner and Coach Ward had counted
on him to stroke the Quaker crew to VIC
tory this year.
Cornell Is Ambitious.
If Cornell men realize their ambitions
they will win three intercollegiate cham
pionships this year. They have already
won the track and field title at Cam
bridge. They confidently believe that their
crew will sweep the river again at
Poughkeepsie, and II their base ball team
wins one OF the two remaining games
with Pennsylvania and defeats Yale In
the return game at New Haven they will
claim the mythical base ball champion
ship. To win three major sports cham
pionships in single year is record
which no other college has accomplished
In recent years, and II the Ithacans sue
ceed they will be entitled to all the con-
gratulations they will deserve.
At present their chances for scoring
three such victories are very good indeed
Their base ball team has done better
than any other college nine Of the year.
They have beaten Pennsylvania In both
games played to date. they have tied with
Prfnceton In an extra inning game, have
beaten Yale in an extra inning game and
have broken even with Williams College
The awarding Of the base ball honors OF
the year is largely q matter OF opinion,
anyhow, so that Cornell's right to the
title may be disputed by one or more
institutions. II Princeton wins the re-
naming game from Yale the Tigers will
also have some claim to the title of
supremacy. but IL Cornell also beats Yale
In the second game and wins the series
from mp Pennsy,vania the Ithacans win have
cause Pennsylvania split even with
Princeton. The Tigers were likewise.
beaten by Williams I'm the only game
played with the New Englanders. while
II Cornell triumphs over Yale and wins
one more game from Pennsylvania few
critics will dispute their right to rank
first in college base ball this year.
There will then remain only the Pough-
keepsie regatta which Cornell must win.
CornelPs victory over Harvard and her
long string of successes at Poughkeepsie
make II extremely doubtful whether or
not either Pennsyivania or Columbia can
Ithacans. The winning Of three such
championships. II the ambition is real
tzed VIII be the signal for a Wild demon