New-York tribune., 1912-03-11

the most commodious and comfortable in
the country. unless the team can play win
ming ball It is practically impossible to
buy Ty Cobbs Mathewsons. Wagners.
Bakers and the like at any price. so that
II is necessary for s1 owner to develop
his own stars. and this Is what Mr.. Ebnets
and Bill Dahlen are working hard to DO.
It is cause for regret that the Columbia
basketball team, which won the champion
ship in the Intercollegiate League, is IN
able owing TO faculty restrictions 10 accept
the challenge from the Wesleyan FIVE.
which won the title in New England ana
has gone through the season without a
single defeat. A series OF games between
the two would provide sport of the keenest
and best. It is no new thing for Columbia
10 put a winning team on the floor and II
emphasizes once more the old saving that
nothing succeeds like success, The strong
team of a year ago was practically cut 10
pieces when tho season just concluded be
gan, and yet under the able coaching OF
Harry A. Fisher a new team was devel-
oped that fought its way to tho top IN d
way to command admiration.
The Wesleyan five deserves equal II not
greater credit for putting such clever and
well balanced team in the field. In beating
Dartmouth twice. once on the latter's OWE
floor, 1t showed clearly that 1t would be n
worthy opponent for any team in the coun-
try. a. Dartmouth made an excellent show
ing in the intercollegiate League. finishing
second. Syracuse and Cornell also were
beaten. and every member Of the team Is
open 10 COngTatulation. I am told that
Wesleyan will not lose a single player by
graduation this year, which means that the
five should he quite as stronS, If not
stronger. next season, when possibly a
game can he scheduled with Columbia.
G n Hornfa-k. coach of the Princeton
hockey team and one Of the strongest play
ers in this country. saws Of Baker in his re-
view Of the intercollegiate season.
Baker. who is about the best hockey
rlsyer in the country ~ the present time,
naturally has no peer among the college
men natural born PLAYER, he possesses
wonderful speed, dribhles most cleverlN ana
can shoot If Baker has a weakness II Il
ris Defensive work His speed can over
come that to a great extent. however.
Hizh praise this. and the critics arc likely
10 be saying a. much more after the foot
han season next December. He is likely
10 have few equals in the back field.
When the St Nicholas seven defeated the
Wanderers ir 'he Amateur Hockey League
race last TUESDAY MANY Of the onlookers
smiled and then smscked their lips in an
ticipatior IF another feast. The feast can
now be prepared. as the New York A. I.
team failed in its effort ~ check the 'res-
cent seven m FRIDAY There arc other rAa-
sons now for smiling.
Major Dixon and Frank orCeu, rho make
m the bohtail ho,inr conmission-hottail.
in the sense that Governor Dix has now de-
leved for about six months 20 name third
member ~ the commission as provided un-
der the law-ars continuing 70 d. everything
no=sihIA n properly control boxing in this
state Their latest sotion vos taken lsst
Wednesday. and # vas good ono, ss the
kidney blow was barred which will insure
cleaner boxing Il removes 2 dangerous
ard vicious blow which vas used N me
Clir-hes and delivered oftentimes with ne
sido Of the hand II may be necessary Tor
the commission 70 interpret the ruling so as
not 10 exclude 2 STRAIGHT clean blow 10 that
rort OF the body If a boxer sidesteps for
the purpose This hardly In nv opinion,
was the intent Another good move hv inc
commission prohibits the admission Of bows
under sixteen years of age.
A week ago neglected - comment IN
tho r.r7arkebla performance Of the Cor.
nell relay team in again breaking the
worlds record for four miles at set ~
games in Buffalo on March Much ~
the credit Of course, belongs 10 John Paul
lance who seems 70 be practically In
y,ircit1e al his favorite distance of one
nile since he established the world amateur
record of AS % In the intercollegiate
games at Cambridge last year. The other
MON bers of the team however. did eX-
ceIIent work as the miles were run as FOL
lows. Putnam 4.a52 2-5 Finch. 4I 10. Tel
Berna. 425 2-5. Jones. 42o25. The fun
time for the four miles was l743 2-5, Just
one ffth Of second better than the marx
SET Sv the same team IN the same track on
March ?, 1911
7, turns out that Oscar Hedlund, the
brilliant Boston miller not only eoualled
the worlds indoor record of 40 As at
set n games in Troy recently. but really ran
twelve -.ards better than that time On
reeuryev Of the track n was found 10 be
twelve yards over the REQUIRED 1,16o SO that
as 2 matter of fact Bedlund must have
covered the distance in 4.lS or better. re
narkahie performance IN view % the fact
that he mad to run around n big held from
scratch TO take the lead II /. Truhe. of
Cornell. established the mark Of 4.19 40 in
Madison SQUARE Garden three or four wears
ago HthbbN' -
DR. IASKER IN ANGRY MOOD