The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-15
CORNELL GETS MOST
HONORS IN ATHLETICS
Ithacans Win Five Champion
ships CIeanIy and Tie for
Another.

intercollegiate athletic honors for the
year 1914 were. more widely dis
tributed than for many years.
A different university carried on the
premier honors in each OF the Tour
major sports. while seven institutions
divided up the honors in the thirteen
minor sports. Cornell has the distinc-
ton Of having won the greater num-
Der of championships. The 1thacans
won four championships outright, and
tied for q fifth. Harvard comes sec
ond with three championships. While
Columbia Is third with two and tie
for a third. Yale and Princeton won
vania and New York University each
won a single title. Counting each
sport as one point, the eight colleges
which monopolize honors In these
seventeen sports would stand as
follows: Cornell, ~: Harvard; .;
Columbia, 211; Yale. 2: Princeton. Penn
sylvania, /: Michigan, /; New York
University, l.
The feature Of the year is not SO much
the leadership OF Cornell. for the
Ithacans have won the Leading inter-
collie giate honors a good many times OF
late. 1t was the rather unusEal per-
Torrance of Columbia in winning the
championship in rowing and fencing
and living with Cornell in basketball.
In addition to this, Columbia had an
ususually good baseball team.
In only one of the seventeen sports
considered, was there any difrculty IN
deciding where the championship non
ors belonged. This was In hasepaii'
Here the writer gives the title T. Mlchi-
gan. though other critics might De aoIe
other college ives equally deserving OF
tho title. The fact that there Is no
intercollegiate baseball association To-
pether with the fact that scheauies are
OF UNEQUAL difficulty, makes me eMalu
OF frst place on the diamond largely d
matter of opinion. In pract practice SSss sn
the other sports, there were assoS i
tons and intercollegiate schedules,
which left no doubt about the premier
teams. 49, ohom-
lpionship in three OF the major SPY
40 siiv the best football team in the
Fast. and probably the entire country:
The Crimson did not meet any Oh She
Western elevens but none from that
section showed strength comparaole 10
that Of the Crimson. Harvard Went
througb the season without a defeat.
and Won its championship games IN oe-
cis,ya fashion. while all of the GRIM
sons rivals had tough sleoalns: ~
ton looked like a CONTENDER un'i sne
Harvard and Yale games s;,,Ia Psnnsvi
vania and Cornell we're never In me
running, Dartmouth had record "nlcn
closely approached that OF haIEa sI,
until the final game with tne CarS i',
indians, in which the Redmen SIMPLY
,,amehtered the Green Mountain col
legians-
Tho football season was distinguished
pv the marvellous playing OF Brlchiey;
the unique distinction of scoring all OF
Harvard's points against Princeton ana
Yale. He beat Princeton 80 with
place kick and then scored nye
times with drop and placement Sic ms
against Yale. He made for himself me
reputation OF being the greatest all
around player in football history. pc
cause in addition to the marvellous &C
curacy of his goal kicking. he was inc
best end runner and line plunger OF the
The intercollegiate baseball situation
was almost a hopeless tanSle. Ordi-
narily, Michigan would not ne
claimant for the title. but TINS yea,
things were different. Not one OF
the big eastern teams had clear titie
IN the championship, though Cornell
made a better record than Harvard
Yale Pennsylvania. Princeton. ColuIu-
bia and Dartmouth. the other teams
considered. Preference is given 10 those
teams winch met lIle biSotNSS
of their rivals in a series. Both Coium-
bia and Dartmouth did unusually wen,
but as a rule did not play more than
half of their rivals. nor more tnan one
game then OF all the eastern teams
PENNSYLVANIA had the most represeh-
tatiye schedule. The Quakers met
Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia twice
each, and Cornell and Michigan three
times each.
Harvard, Yale and Princeton elimi-
mated themselves from serious censld-
Grafton, so that Cornell and Pennsyi-
vania alone merited discussion. Cornell
didn't play Harvard at all, and met
Yale only once. Pennsylvania peat
Yale and Princeton twice each and
split even with Harvard and Columbia
but the Quakers were beaten In two
out Of three games with Cornell ana
Michigan. Cornelrs otherwise Good
records was marred by defeats at the
hands of Dartmouth once. and Michi-
gan twice. II the championship Were
limited to teams east of Lake Erie.
the title would go TO Cornell. But
since the argument for Cornell Is not
conclusive and Michigan made an east
ern trip. playing Cornell. Princeton
Syracuse and Pennsylvania, the VOL
verines must be considered. Then since
Michigan beat both Cornell and Penn
sylvania, whose records were the pest
among the strictly eastern teams, the
conclusion Is inevitable that this honor
mythical at best. belongs this year to
MichiRan