New-York tribune., 1912-03-09
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Trophy Offered for Three-Cor-
nered Eight-0ared Shell Race.
MOHAWK GAMES TONIGHT
Leading Athletes Entered in the
Various Events Which Insures
Some Good Sport.

cared shell race on May IS the athletic as
sociation Of Pennsylvania has arranged
10 offer the Childs cup, which was pre-
sented in 1879 by the late George W. Childs
for annual competition between the crews
selected from the undergraduates Of Co
lumbia Princeton and Pennsylvania.
This years race will take place at Prince.
ton on the afternoon Of Saturday, May
1S Immediately after the game of base
ball between the Princeton and Pennsyl-
vania mines. It will be rowed on Car
negie Lake over a course one and three
quarters miles long, which was opened
10 interuniversity rowing on May 20. 1911,
in a race between Cornell, Yale and Prince
ton. This was won by Cornell. with Prince
ton second and Yale third.
The first race for the Childs cup was
rowed on June p, 1879. on the Schuylkill
River, at Philadelphia, a distance Of one
and one-half miles, and resulted as fol-
lows: Pennsylvania first, Columbia second,
Princeton third.
In 1850 the race was rowed on the Schuyl-
kill, over the same distance. and was won
by Columbia. with Pennsylvania second
and Princeton third
In 1881 Columbia failed TO enter the
race, and it was rowed on July on the
Schuylkill over the same distance, the cup
going TO Princeton In the next two years
Pennsylvania captured the trophy, beating
Princeton. In 1884 Cornell entered crew,
but finished second to the Quakers. Prince
ton gave up rowing the following year,
when Cornell turned the tables on Pennsyl-
vania. All these races were between four
Dared crews without coxswains.
After a lapse Of three years the cup
again was offered for competition and won
b. Cornell from Pennsylvania, eight-oared
crews taking the water. Since then the
trophy has stood on the shelf, and now
will be the bone of contention between
crews from the same universities that first
strived for it thirty-three years ago.
Most Of the prominent local athletes will
compete in the annual games Of the No
hawk Athletic Club, TO be held at the 2d
Regiment armory tonight. There are sew
eral special events on the programme
which should furnish excellent sport. Will
lam J Kramer Of the Long Island Ath-
letic Club, viii again toe the scratch mark
In the re-running Of the 3,000-metre race,
which was a Azzle at the recent games Of
the Spanish War Veterans. and he will be
opposed by a strong field. Ray Ewry
Platt Adams, Ben Adams, Leo Goeh-
ring and several other strong jumpers will
take part in the all-around jumping con-
test. while Alvah T. Meyer. the sensatona!
sp-inter Of the Irtsh-Anerican Athletic
Club will toe the scratch mark in the 60
rnatre dash against such sprinters as He'll
and, Clarke, Heating. Dorland and Lohse
Abel Kivat will face such hardy middle
distance runners as Gilmore, Riley. Tad
White. Ogg and Walthers IN the 200
metre run, who should force hin, 70 the
limit
) match race has been arranged between
William Van Den Dries and Edward Good
win. the two fast local bicycle riders, who
meet in a one-mie pursuit and straight
race TO decide an old grievance. Both the
New York and Irish-American Athletic
clubs relay teams have been barred from
connecting in the one-nie relay race, which
should leave the issue between the smaller
organizations Twelve teams, which will
necessitate trial heats, will start IN this
event
Bill Bersen, who has been catcher for
the Brooklyn superbas for eleven years. is
doomed 10 me minors, as waivers have been
granted by other clubs in the National
League. In all probability he will play
with the Newark Club Of the International
League.
With Erwin. Phelps. Miller and Higgins
in line Bill Danlen believes he has splen-
did catching corps Charley Ebbets has told
Dahlen that he will let Bergen go 10 a
minor league club, and. If Toronto is agree
able. the veteran will be turned over TO
Newark. The Maple Leafs have working
agreement with Brooklyn. and have first
choice on all players that Ebbets decides TO
send 70 the minors.
Harry Davis, the new manager Of the
Cleveland Maps. announced yesterday that
he would not put on a uniform this year,
but would direct his players from the bench
Ia Connie Mack.
J. J. Mcnamara, Harry Smith, Harry
Jensen, Eddie Carr, Eddie Jordan, J. j.
REYNOLDS and George Obermeyer are some
Of the athletes who will start in the COM
munity day nine-mile road race In Brook
lvn on March 16. The prizes are offered by
prominent citizens and business houses, and
comprise many costly cups and bronzes
Entries close on Monday with J. ]. F1eeson.
no. a Broadway, Brooklyn
h1s bout with Harlem Tommy Murphy at
san Francisco to-day. This in spite OF his
defeat at the hands OF Johnny Kilbane.
Ad .Wolgast. lightweight champion Of the
world. has accepted the challenge OF Hugh
Michigan, lightweight champion Of Austria
liza, for twenty-round bout and the cham
pionship Of the world. Wolgast insists
however, on having a side bet.of $4,000 be-
fore he puts his name TO a set Of articles
with the Australian.
Nine bouts between evenly matched BOYS
will make up a busy Saturday night IN
the local boxing clubs. The best or the
lot will be at the Fairmont Athletic Club
of The Bronx, where thirty-two rounds OF
spirited action viii precede ten-round
bout between Barney Ford and Young
MERCER These boys are evenly matched
hard hitting and clever
At the National Club. in Brooklyn, SOL
dier" Bachus and Sailor" White will bat
tie. Bachus IS attached TO the Fort Ham
aton barracks. and the Brooklyn navy
ward viii turn out in force 20 see the rug
esd sailcr in action. Jack Dillon, Of Phila-
dephia, who has been winning with ma
chine-Bke regularity for the last two or
three weeks, viii try TO add another VIC
tory 10 his list when he faces Richie Ryan
in ten rounds at the sharkey Club The
other bouts are as follows: ''Bottllng"
r>ld6v VS. "Pinkey" Burns at the Olympic
club OF Harlem; Jimmy Ambrose VS..
Young" Rago at the Long Acre club;
frankie Pass VS. Hughey Roddsn. at the
Gowanus' Club: Young BedeIl VS.. Al
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