Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08

ZINE muscle tlllR 4 permanently pend
N!o,:s abdomen.
Most coaches are consumed with the
idea that they should be obey not that
they should be understood.
The Old question which has been fought
ovsS many times as to the relative strain
more come to the foreground with Court
ney $ statement that four-nlile race is
Zoo hard. Vivian Nicl<als. the English
coach at the University OF Pennsylvania.
answers Courtney with statement that
!. man must be just as tit for one. two
or three mile contest, and that four miles
Is easier to row than mile. Those who
have seen the way in which the mile and
$50 wards is rowed at the Henley regatta
would be hard to convince that any race
of any distance could be more severe
than a close race over the dead water of
Henley, rowed. as 1t is. by crews that
enter for the grand challenge cup. As
rsatter of fact. what Courtney has con-
s,stently advocated is the three-inile dis
lance. believing that to be the ideal
length OF a race for college men. 1t
world appear that Vivian Nickalls must
have been somewhat nisquoted about the
English stroke. or else he has materially
altered his mind since on the other side
be watched Pennsylvania crew row at
Henley. 1t that time he wrote ar, article
FOR one Of our metropolitan journals in
which he said: THE long English body
swing carried Leander to victory. while
the short body swing and reliance on
PENIS defeat. The great thing is the
long body swing applied to the oar
There is a great difference between the
views OF Anthony Wiiding. the world
lawn tennis champion, and Maurice Nc
I.oughiin. Americas champion, on the
matter Of the proposed amendment to the
rules regarding service. Wilding has
made suggestion that only one service
Stroke be permitted for each play. and
claims that this would make the game
faster and better. Mclaughlin holds to
The contrary and his argument seems to
he sound. for in it he claims that holding
The server to one chance would reduce
rery materially his speed as well as his
placement work. The only gain IN the
matter of time would be less time taken
for each set, but In the speed Of the play
there would be a din1inution. McLough-
lin calls attention to the fact that quite
often the most powerful servers strike
wildly. intending to score by pace alone,
and, on the other hand, the instances Nor
man Brooks of Australia, whose service
is admittedly one Of the most successful
IN the world and is meant to throw his
opponent on the defensive merely by skill
full placement. Mclaughlin also men
lions powerful young fellow in Califor-
ria tournaments, who has such speed that
he could serve an absolutely unplayable
ball by putting all his weight and
strength behind it. but he can get it into
the court only about once in ten drives.
His final conclusion is that player would
Have to come down quite bit In his
pace and sacrifice taking a chance at
placement in order to devote himself to
safety, and hence II would really slow
up and not speed the game. The truth Of
the matter Is that every one nowadays
-
over everything IN sight. not because it
needs alteration, but for the mere sake
Of change Foot ball and base ball 1esfs-
latorS have set a good example this year
OF letting rules crystallize-the same wis
dom, let US hope. viii reach the tennis
legislators.
=. Parke Davis of Princeton offers the fol-
lowing two suggestions for the pur1fca-
tion Of amateurisrn. with a penalty Of eX-
pulsion.
He states that as intercollegiate ath-
Ietics have great honoTs to bestow. de-
Iland in return for the exclusive service
OF the recipient Of those honors for three
summers is not too much to ask.
I. certify upon my honor that.I have
never directly or indirectly participated
IN any branch of sport for pay: that
have never receired any valuable thing
IN lieu of money except medals and prizes
participated in any branch of sport under
an assumed name
:. No student shall be eligible for mem
bership upon any competitive team who,
after naturalization. participates In any
sport at which an admission fee is
charged. except as member Of one Of
the colleges competitive teams, or who
receives directly or indirectly any COM
pensation, remuneration, reimbursement
or payment of his expenses for participant
ing in any sport at which an admission
fee Is not charged.
It would appear that, whether intention
ally or not, this would bar any college
student even though a member of his
own home club. from participation in the
sport of that club during July. August
and September.
Dr. Ehler chairman Of the committee
on foot ball fatalities Of the Collegiate
Association. reported that there had been
only four deaths through the year at
trtbuted to foot ball, which on investiga-
ton brought forth the fact that in only
one case was foot ball more than a con-
trjbuting cause of death. DR.. Ehler said
This game in particular. and inter
collegiate sports IN general. cannot stand
or fall because of the number of knees
sprained, or the number of hearts dilated,
or even the number of lives lost, because