Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-05-06
SPORTING NOTES.

IIarvar0's track team has . bic task
ahead 10 beat Cornell next SATURDAY.
but The Crimson, too, showed on Fri
da,. that il would ko no mean opponent
to the best in dual competition
Have pity on the poor referees vino
work At the boxing championships
Tuesday ana Wednesday night. Theirs
is no easy or idle task. It's hard work
ara they do il without compensation al
any kind.
Princeton IS going to stick to amt
tour coaching and Carnegie Lake. The
Tigers have bitten of more than they
cen che" IN attempting to support
rowing on any considerable scale in
addition to baseball and track
Concentrations to capt. Barron and
his H@rVard soccer team A cham
pioIsl'ip without n defeat is 4 crafty
ing seasons showing in intercollegiate
81 mes. The Championship fits in Wen
with the football, hockey and the East
ern rifle hongrs taat have come to Har-
ward to GATE
Jerome II. Travers the national anna
fcur golf champion, recently had his
driver and kfassie shortened an inch
or Two. I'raNelS has been considerably
concerned about his tee shots and be-
lees that hE having his driver short
ened it will entble him to set better
direction.
Heretofore Trainer Moakley has been
considered principally as Il trainer Of
long distance runners. From all ap-
pef,rances Cornell has sprinter in
- 81 vol. a
collegians tlaNeL Not since the da8o
OF f. NJ. Se.tfs has Cornell been real
q ntendcr in tire spriAts. Roller ran n
seconds fer the century at lthaea, and
this is IS fast Us amg of the college
runners to date.
r. w. Hitchcock. who vaultcd II
feet * inches while Exeter WAS de-
feating the Harvard Freshmen 60 10
i3 in track, Saturday. is a younger
brother of the Harvard Varsity pitch
ar. Ey the way, did you notice that
capt. H. T. Worthinstona bread jump
If % feet 52s inches was = better per,
Torrance than that which gained hun
a place on the American Olympic
team. last summer?
OH. come, come. Soft pedal on these
anheafd Of times attributed To Albert
:. Robinson. the Westboro boy, who
wears the b. a. A. and Mcrcershlrs
eoors i'll their seasons. We all know
he is q great runner, but, after hat
Is SIS for the quarter III the Penn rn-
lay meet stuck in our throats, we alb
solutely cannot swallow this ia9t story
from Penn State College that he ran
30 yards in 20 4-5s and the 11o in . 3-ss.
Again have the national boXina
hips come around. and again
is the same old time interest taken in
the contests. This year, tie bouts
appear 10 have mere of a national
been received from Canada, the
Southwest and New York The Win
ners of The different contests esn he
acclaimed the national champions
more than ever. As a gentle reminder
10 those fans who have not already
secured their tickets. they should do
so at once. The same may be oh
tanned by personal application To
Room 80, rs School street. Anyone
affiliated with the n. T.. A. a. A. L.
is entitled to purchase tickets
George Hodgson, Canada's great
swimmer. who broke four worlds
records at Stockholm. will include
Germany in his tour abroad. Tie goes
10 defend the Kaiser's Cup, which lie
won at Hamburg in a 500 meter open
water race in the German champion
ships. George Hodgson, the Montreal
swimming marvel, is going To Eng
land. this week, To remain until july
and will take part in Il number OF
Important races abroad. He has i'll
tinated that on his return To America
he will enter some of the a, A. t.
open water championship events The
hope of the aquatic contingent here
is that Hodgson and Perry McGilliv-
ray will come together this summer
What possum that man Jack
has beeni Mchigans show
ing in the winter dual meet in outdoor
to date led to a general
expectation that Cornell would b
beaten in Saturdays games al Ithaca
There's a whole chapter of surprises
in that meet. and il may not be such
a forlorn hope after all for Cornell
10 win that leg on the int9r ollegiate
cup that will give to the ithaeans
Not enlg did Mea}.ies
bring new men 10 the front Of tx
reptional merit. but the all-round IN
of the old members Of IL
team Is unusual. What a shaking II.
he points in the intercoles.at. cham
are likely To get.