Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-04
CORNELL VS.. TIGER
Both Big Schools Win Two
Major championships.
JONES WAS SENSATION
Ithaca's Mile Runner Made Un.
precedented Record in Inter.
collegiate Meet at Harvard.
By EDWARD r. BUSHNELL.


With the close of the year 1911 in the
domain of intercollegiate athletics two
universities divide the seasons athletic
honors. They are Cornell and Princeton.
Counting only the number Of team cham
pionships In the various sports Cornell
has the better record, but counting on y
the four major sports Princeton did
possibly a little better than Cornell. The
four major sports referred to are foot
bali. base ball. rowing and track ath-
lettcs. Princeton won the undisputed
title on the gridiron and diamond. Cor
nell doing likewise on the water and
track.
But while Princeton championships
were limited to the ma jor sports. Corne- i
sports as well. Undoubtedly there IL
more honor attached to winning the foot
ball title than the championship OF any
OF the other sports. 1nere Is not mucn
to choose between rowing, base ball and
track athletics. though If Cornell were
the IthacanS would take the unusuda dis
tinction OF 'yii.nine a foot ball champion
ship for two OF the championships which
they now hold.
In the number of actual championships
won Ya.e surpassed Princeton, but the
bali. rowing ana track athletics. the nrs'
time they have accomplished this in a
great many years, have showed the Ellis
into the backg. ound. The other cham.
pionships are divloed between the various
big and small col eyes. Neither harvard
nor Pennsylvania won very much story
In an athletic way during the year 19il
The team championships won by Cor.
nell were rowine, track athletics. cross.
country, hockey and Fencing. Princeton
F<ak In1 hnn n1H
wrestling. The otner championships weIt
distributed as follows: Cricket, Pennsyi.
vania; GOT Yale; swimming and asSocia.
ton foot ball. Haverford: tennis. Prince
ton and Harvard; shooting. Yale: la
crosse, Harvard.
Never before in Cornelrs athletic his
tory have the fthacans made anythin,
like this impressive showing. They hav'
| been first In track athletics and rowin!
a the same year, but they never pieke'
In q season before. Cornell also mad rea
son to be very Lroud OF her base bal
team, which IL II had not suffered 1ef> at q
the hands Of Princeton. would have al
good right to the intercolleg. ate cham
p.onshfp. As II was, the rWo un We. site
prayed two games, OF VIII Oh one resulte
In q tie after playing six .een inn -ngs. an
the other q victory by narrow margi
for Princeton. in the MAJOR sports Ior
nell mde rather sorry showing n too
seems impossible for the ithacans to pu
foot ball on q winning basis. they hay
tried and tried in vain for W ars. bat hav
never been able to turn out anything bu
q highly erratic eleven. TIL year s tear
was no exception, playing foot ball OF IN
highest and most mediocre type on sue
cessive Saturdays.
A good many Cornell men have tried t
solve the gridiron troubles. but it seem
impossible The consensus Of opinion ap
pears to be that Cornell's difficulties ar
due almost entirely to lack of system. II
it's endeavor to turn out vim ng .eams
has tried first one plan and then an
other It is doubtful If 1t ever presents
q winning eleven until 1t can decid
upon q good system and stick to 1t unit
II turns out championship eleven. Whel
championships will be as frequent at Cor
nell as they are now at Yale, Pr meteor
or Pennsylvania.
The excellent showing of Princeton Il
winning two major sports championship
and doing so well in all the others ar
the.minor sports is due in large measur
to the reorganizat on Of athletic mat .er
there under the direction of w. w. Ro
per. the graduate director Of q h.etics, b.
Of men for an advisory foo. ball boais
and then by securing su, competen
trainer as Keeue FitZpa G. roper mad
It certa that the Prince on foot bal
team would be hard to beat In its cham
rionship games. This same intelligen
spirit has been devoted to all the othe
sports, and now there is competent coach
other words, q new standard has been Sc
at Princeton. and the coming year tn
Tigers are sure of making an even bette,
showing than they did in 1911.