Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-16

ton finished ahead of the Blue. Whether
or not the Tigers are strong enough to
beat Pennsylvania. only the race itself
will tell but the fact remains that the
Pennsylvania oarsmen do not feel any
too confident of the results.
No Four-Mile Races for Princeton.
DR.. j. Duncan Spaeth. professor Of
English literature and coach of the
Princeton crews, has further emphasized
the decision OF the Princeton authorities
not to develop four-mile racing at Prince
ton. DR.. Spaeth enumerates three very
good reasons for this decision. First, the
Tigers have not course long enough
to train q crew properly for the four
mile event Second, DR.. Spaeth believes
that training for four-mile race causes
such an enlargement of the heart and
man in after life unless he lives par
ticuIarly active existence. Third, the talk
Of sending a crew to Poughkeepsie or
New London, with the consequence OF
two weeks of preliminary training there.
would add a financial burden which
Princeton cannot bear.
Among college men the theory is gain
Ing ground that Princeton's methods OF
a crew will bring the maxi
mum amount of pleasure and good health
to the Tiger oarsmen. No institution In
this country is developing rowing along
purer amateur lines than the Tigers. Yet
it must be admitted that they are reap
ing as much benefit as any Of their RI
val universities which conduct rowing
on a more extensive scale.
For instance. this year Princeton mas
two triangular regattas. In addition to
that with Columbia and Pennsylvania
next Saturday the Tigers will meet Cor
nell and Harvard two weeks later on the
River Charles at Boston. Both OF these
races are limited to two miles. mas
much as the Tigers have concentrated an
their training on races of this length,
they should not be at serious disadvan-
tage in spite of the brief time that row.
ing has been fostered at Princeton.
Instead Of competing in the Poughkeep-
sic or New London regattas the Tigers
will close their season with an interciass
regatta on alumni day.
That DR.. Spaeth recognizes the real
amateur code is shown by the following
statement:
eve are coming to see that any form
Of competitive sport deserves encourage
thorities in proportion to the number
Of men that participate in 1t and derive
benefits from it. Intercollegiate athlet-
les as at present organized means thai
few men go periodically into training
and the great majority go periodically
be got off the bleachers onto the field
the track, the tennis courts, the lake OF
the river the more wholesome VIII the
atmosphere of college athletics become
Penn, Cornell and Michigan.
Not in a good many years have the fol
lowers of track and field athletics taker
more interest than they did this year II
the dual meet between Pennsylvania ant
Cornell From the very beginning there
was a feeling that the result of this NEE
would indicate which team should be thu
favorite In the coming intercollegiate
championship. And now that Pennsylva
mia won the meet in somewhat decisive
fashion, some critics are maintaining tina
the Quakers should be the favorites ovel
the Ithacans.
Amy one who has studied the history Of
our intercollegiate championships know:
the fallacy of picking the winner of 2
meet in which twenty-five colleges arr
by the relative showing in q
dual meet OF the two colleges finishing
victor in the Harvard-Yale dual mee
been almost lost sight of in the inter
collegiate championships, and while Cor
nell, the victor In the 1911 games, de-
feated Pennsylvania by a single point las
year in their dual games, 1t was largely q
matter of luck that the Ithacans won that
meet. This statement is merely made Il
show that the results of the dual games
10 not q safe indicator of the result of the
1. c. A. A. A. A. championships.
Sometimes 1t happens that a team with