Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23

won the half-mile in the splendid time of
minutes 1-5 Of second was most ex-
ceptiOnal.
What interests Americans now is the
query, where was Ashington last summer
when his country was in such need Of
performers like him at the Olympic
games. Ashington could not have scored
in either the hurdles or the 0OO-meters
run with performances like he exhibited
against Oxford, but duplication Of his
running broad jump would have landed
him in second place to Gutterson. And
any man who can jump 20 feet 5k inches
under the climatic conditions which pre-
vailed in England in this time of the year
would be good for more than "a feet un-
der conditions which prevailed at Stock
holm.
The various performances in the Eng
lish dual meet spell almost certain defeat
for Harvard and Yale unless the Amert-
can colleges develop some new material
before the games this summer. Evidently
Macmillan, who broke down badly at the
Olympic games last year. does not intend
to run any more, in which case England $
best man will be Macintosh. Macintosh
had the distinction of beating Macmillan
in the English championships last sum-
mer, and at the present writing looks
more like a ten-second man than any
one Harvard or Yale has, If Ashington
should be able to win the hurdle race and
the broad jump against the Americans,
as does not seem unlikely, the Harvard
and Yale men would have little chance to
win the meet.
A question which has not yet been de-
cided is whether or not England shall
be allowed. to use any Of the Rhodes
scholars at Oxford. It is almost. certain
that their use would be opposed by
Americans on the ground that they are
citizens of this country, but more particu-
larry because most Of them are graduates
of American universities of the same
standard as Harvard and Yale. If they
were matpiculated at either of the Amer
lean universities t1ey would not be al
lowed to represent them In any form OF
intercollegiate athletics. Under the cir
cumstances it would not be fair to allow
oxford and Cambridge to use American
athletes who happen to be Rhodes schol-
ars, but who would not be eligible to rep
resent either Harvard or Yale in this
country.
There is only one Rhodes scholar who
would be of value to the English team.
He is Ziegler, graduate Of the Univer-
sity Of Iowa and winner of the hammer
throw and shotput in the dual games
last week. Ziegler would have an even
hammer and would be an almost certain
winner of the shot IL this event were add
ed to the program. While the. perform
ances of the Oxford and Cambridge ath-
4
ing International games, they afford lit
tie comfort to the: representatives OF Har-
ward and Yale.
A Big Boat Race.
IL it had been possible for Columbia to
have made the triangular race between
Harvard. Pennsylvania and Princeton
crews a quadrangular affair this would
have ranked second only to the inter-
collegiate regatta at Poughkeepsie. All
three parties to the original agreement
were satisfied to let the News Workers
compete, but the Harvard management
decided that there would not be room
enough for four crews to row abreast at
the start. That reduces the race to a
three-cornered match.
Unusual interest is being taken in the
development Of the crew at Princeton.
The Tigers made such splendid showing
against Cornell and Harvard last year as
to warrant them In believing that with a
little more experience they will be able
to compete successfully even with Har-
ward. And no one in Tigertown enter
tains the suggestion that Princeton will
more.
Coach Ward OF Pennsylvania is saying
nothing during the controversy between
the Pennsylvania Athletic Association
and the College Boat Club over the con-
troll of rowing at the Quaker institution,
but he is working steadily with all the
rowing material which has presented
itself. So far he has not committed him
self as to what he thinks Of his material.
but IT seems to be better than last year,
and some Of Mr.. Wards supporters seem
to think that he may surprise some Of
the critics who have commended that his
days as a rowing coach are over.
Because they have been beaten with 30
nk 1y CNA
of Columbia's rowing authorities have
been making an investigation into the
methods by which Cornell turns out
championship crews year after year.
Their conclusion Is that the Columbia
oarsmen have the benefit of every bit as
expert coaching as Cornell, but that the
Ithacans enjoy an advantage In weight
which Columbia does not seem able to
get Therefore the Columbia men argue
that in order to, beat Cornell they must
extent that weight produces more
strength this supposition is true. but Cor
nell has been beaten on more than one
occasion by lighter crews. The fact OF
into the composition of a successful crew
that it is foolish to attribute the success
or failure TO this alone.
Developing Olympic Champions.
The United States will have at least
one great advantage over its rivals In
1916 by reason of the various athletic
meets which are to be held In connection
with the Panama exposition at San Fran
cisco in 1915. The Amateur Athletic Union
and the American Olympic committee are
giving every possible encouragement to
these games Every championship meet
during that year to be conducted under
the auspices OF this association will be
held at San Francisco, and the program
Of events Will be arranged especially to
prepare Americans for the 1915 games at
Berlin. sttts
! As result of these games the Ameri-
can committee will be able to get a line
| on all Of its available material and ought
certainly go to the German capital with
a team superior even to. that which rep
resented this country at Stockholm this
summer.