New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
ATHLETICS At COLUMBIA.
General Awakening in Winter
Sports of All Kinds.
HOCKEY DATES CONFUSED
Varsity Oarsmen to Report at
Once for Long and
Careful Drill.

Athletic activities will be resumed at
Columbia his week The basketball and
hockey teams will get into ,ciion against
Princeton. and YALE. respectively, ani the
wrestIint SWIMMING gymnasium and
fencing teams also viii picl. up where
they let or before Christmas IN prepare
tior To- forth, on.'g meets.
There has been = tendency AT Columbii
for the last few ysa.s 10 restrict conpeti-
ton between The Christmas holidays and
the .cid-year .~uIG'ra.ion h."h ONE AZ
; the eyd o. .lanIasy. Inc sCl~1ri-S give
-ridence IEa: ;l'e "u.ics Is being carried
on; Tie basketball team plays only
thiee vaucv. two wttiI Pr!rc-to and one
, with Cornell. erd only one ar these will
not be played on the rome foc..
Becaus, Of the misunderstanding which
the Columbia hockey team hos had par
t.cula.ly since ii Withdrew from the In
tercol!egiate League. III schedule ma
been greatly confused and games when
would ordinarily br played in February
have been placed in tn. early weeks Of
January because opposing teams tnd that
they did not have later dates available.
In swimming. however. there VII he 30
contest until after tar mii-yrar "Aa'.iina-
tons. ard neither ;he sa-imiuiny tam nor
the water polo team will have chance
To get in,o real rotGJ-tition. Jnless IN
pra ctice meets witi several Of the local
clubs. until early IN February.
The Disqualification Of Captain John :.
Bates Of the hockey team has disrupted
- ,,trs..-
| sevens that Columbia has ever put on the
ice. Under ;he direction OF Tom Howard.
the one-time Yale hockey coach. the RlIs
and White had developed q team tnat
showed wonderful all 'roInd strenSth.
Bates. as rover. was the keystone around
which the team was built ana his with
drawsl makes necessary an entire reor-
ganization.
Howard. however. ~ fortunate In having
several versatile players at his disposal.
Although a short Christmas trip Ia SYRIA
cuse for a game with Cornell seemed prac-
ticsly assured before the university
closed for the holidays. the necessary ar
rangements could not be completed In
time and the game was postponed until
early In February, when Columbia will
meet the Ithscsns in series OF two
games The team will have it's first test
OIL Wednesday night. when II faces the
Yale seven at New Haven. IL IL probable
that the Blue and White will play a sec
ond contest later I'm tho season. For the
last two seasons Columbia has beaten
Yale. last year winning second place in
the league standing by defeating the Blue
in q crucial match.
Tho Columbia basketball hve has recov-
cred from It's defeat at the hands OF Cor
nell Just before the Christmas vacation
and for the last week has been going
through some stiff practice periods IN
preparation for the second league game Of
the season. which IL will play with Prince
ton in the Morningside gymnasium on
Friday night MeenHn and Benson. who
were injured late In December ana played
only a part of the game against the Ith-
acans have recovered. although Meensn
IL still bothered somewhat with weak
ankle with these two men In condition
Columbia should be much stronger than II
was in the Cornell game. and should give
a good account Of itself
Harry Fisher the coach. il worried
about the centre. because as Yet ne mar
been unable 10 decide on n man perma-
nently. Burkhard. a sophomore. who has
played In most OF the games In that posi-
ticn, gives promise. but so FAR he has had
little experience. and Fisher would prefer
10 put q man In who would not become
unduly nervous In a critical league match.
Lee. a guard on the team. IL likely To
be tried out In some OF the forthcoming
contests and his place at guard probably
would be taken by Needer. guard on the
Princeton team for two seasons several
years ago.
For the hrst time since The regatta al
Poughkeepsie last June the varsity crew
SQUAD will be called out. During the fall
Rice preferred to give his entire time 10
getting the freshmen started and decided
that by beginning varsity practice in
January and keeping II up without inter
mission the men would benefit just as
much az II they had been working In the
fall. Rice II looking forward TO squad
of more than fifty men for his varsity
eight. Six veterans from the 1912 crew are
are In college and will report. and In ad-
dition he will draw from the freshman
crew OF last Gear.