Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-22

MAY HEAL BREACH
Princeton and Penn May Re-
sumo Athletic Relations.
YALE BO0MS TRACK SPORTS
intercollegiate Base Ball Season
Producing Keen Rivalry and
Close Competition.
YALE BOOMS TRACK SPORTS
BY EDWARD r. BUSHNELL.

! To those whose dream it is to see per-
feet harmony throughout the intercol-
legiate athletic world the news that
Princeton and Pennsylvania have ar
ranged dual regatta, to be rowed on
Lake Carnegie, is welcome relief from
, the hard manner these institutions were
accustomed to speak about each other
years ago. Ever since Pennsylvania and
Princeton broke off relations in foot ball
| in 1894 various graduates have made at
| tempts to reconcile them and to bring
about the close athletic friendship which
prevailed in the early days of intercol-
| lesiate athletics. The wound which was
! very sore for more than ten years has
gradually been healing, and today the
relations between these institutions are
| very cordial
| The first step toward healing the breach
| was taken about eight years ago, when
base ball game was arranged between
| the Quakers and the Tigers. That game
Pennsylvania won, and since that time
| the two institutions have been meeting
regularly, two games being played each
year, with the exception OF the first sea-
son. Various attempts have been made
to extend these present relations to other
| sports, but with the exception of minor
sports. such as basket ball, tennis. as
ISOLATION foot ball, etc, no closer union
! What many friends of the two insti-
| buttons. including W. W. Roper, the
director OF athletics at Princeton, would
| Ike TO see Is an annual foot ball game.
II the present forces remain in control
OF athletics at the two institutions for a
| rev years longer a Sridiron contest Is
| sure to come. But just now the arrange
ment OF their schedules is such that
there is no place for a game. This is
particularly applicable to Princeton.
whose recent arrangement OF game
| with Harvard has made the Tigers
schedule unusually difficult Just now
| they could not play the Quakers without
dropping some other big institution
| The boat race referred to will be over a
| course OF two miles. 1t will be the first
race between these two institutions in
| nearly twenty-five years. In view of
| the greater experience Of the Pennsylya-
MIA oarsmen the Quakers should be a
pronounced favorite for the event, but
pennsylvania crews have not been cover
ing themselves with glory during the last
| rev years, ana there is good chance for
| the Tigers to spring the sort of surprise
they did on Yale in the triangular regatta
q year ago. 1t is known that Princeton
has retained nearly all the men who made
up her eight last year, while Pennsyl-
| wanna mas lost the services of several men
from her crew. which was not even up to
the usual standard Of Pennsylvania
| Fights.
| Additional interest will be lent to this
/ ioSS DeSdose LII y. duncan Spaetn, VINO
coaches the Princeton crews in addition
| to holding down his position in an Eng
| l1sh department. Is a pupil of Ellis Ward,
| the present Pennsylvania coach. DIR.
Spaeth sat I'm four of Pennsylvania best
| crews. and while his experience In coach
ing Is limited to what he did at the Cen
trail High School I'm Philadelphia, and
| later at princeton with the class crews,
ne has shown conspicuous ability, and
| princeton men expect to make a credit
| able showing. 1t was the original inten-
| ton OF the Princeton management to
| secure the entry of Harvard and make
| this a three-cornered regatta. Harvard
\ was friendly enough to the idea but her
dual race with Cornell was about all the
Crimson wished to undertake. After
Harvard had been obliged to decline. an
effort was made to get Columbia into
the race. This will yet be done IL Column
bia can rearrange her schedule.
On top OF this announcement comes the
| report that the Pennsylvania and Prince
ton freshman track teams will hold
dual meet this spring. Ever since Keene
Fitzpatrick. the former Michigan trainer,
| has been at Princeton efforts have been
! made to bring about a dual meet on the
| track between the Tigers and the Qua
| kers. Trainer FITZPATRICK and Trainer
Murphy of Pennsylvania are very close
friends. and it is felt that dual meet
between the varsity teams will yet be
arranged. In the meantime both institu-
lions will be satisfied to have the ice
| broken by the freshman teams.
Yale Booming Track Sports.
| The spirit OF reorganization which has
been going on in Yale athletics has at
last spread to the track team. This has
| taken the shape of graduate advisory
, committee, the same as now controls the
other major sports at Yale. The two
men selected to put the new scheme into
operation are H. s. Brooks, who twenty
iyears ago was one of the Ellis best