Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-07
GAMES FOR 1915
WILL PROBABLY BE ABANDONED
ATHLETIC NOTES IN ALL LINES

| feated Marvin Hart in 20 rounds. Twelve
months after that Burns defeated Jack
OfBrien in a 20-round bout at Los An
geles and knocked out Bill Squires in a
single round at Colma in 1907 where two
years later the Stanley Ketchel was
knocked out in - rounds by Jack John
son. The last of the big bouts was that
between Gunboat Smith and Arthur Pei
ky last January.
Among the lighter boxers the best lads
in each division have been seen in action
at San Francisco or Los Angeles during
the last 10 years and the fact that no
more championships will be decided in
California for some years at least, will
be source of regret among the host of
boxing enthusiasts of the Pacific Coast.
The agitation in favor of reducing the
Intercollegiate Varsity eight-oared row.
ing race at Poughkeepsis from four to
three miles appears to have won enough
supporters to bring about the change in
1915. For several years discussion re-
garding the Deadly Fourth Mile has
increased steadily. Several of the lead
ing coaches spoke strongly in favor of
shortening the distance of the big race
and the Board of stewards are expected
to ratify the change at the annual meet
ing of the intercollegiate Rowing Asso-
citation. The withdrawal of Wisconsin.
as the result of faculty ban on rowing,
and the possibility of Princeton crews
entering the regatta in place of the Bad
gers. are understood TO have been inn
portant factors in the decision to return
to the distance at which the Fights first
raced.
The initial regatta of the association
was held on the Hudson River course at
Poughkeepsie in 1895 with the three char
ter members, Columbia, Cornell and
Pennsylvania finishing the four mile race
in the order named. These three colleges
sent crews to the Hudson until 1898 when
the course was shifted to Saratoga Lake.
n. T., where Pennsylvania. Cornell, Wis
eensin and Columbia finished the three
mile race in the order given This was
the first appearance of Wisconsin in the
regatta and the only three-mile race in
the history of the association. so that
Pennsylvania time of 10 minutes 81 IL
seconds still stands as a record. In 1899
the regatta returned to Poughkeepsie and
the four-mile race which has remained
the standard distance for varsity Fights
ever since.
The ranks of veteran baseball players
suffered heavy inroads during 1914, no
less than IL famous stars having died up
to December l. Among the number Were:
Rube Wadelk Buck Weaver Harry
Steinfeldt, Buster Brown. Rosie Weber,
Charley CAMEL. Danny Green, Ossie
Sehreck and Heinie Reitz. Jack Sheri-
dan, the veteran umpire. also Joined the
great majority.
number of the leading college foot
ball teams of the East and West have al
ready elected captains for the 1915 season
Among those selected are: Cochran.
tackle, Michigan; Rider. halfback, Am
herst; Stromberg, center, Northwestern;
Castator, fullback. Trinity; Tompkins
fullback, Williams; Curran. tackle, Mas
sachusetts Agricultural College; Lead
better, fullbaek, Bowdoin; Hingeley. half
back. Wesleyan. 1t will be seen that the
usual percentage in favor of backfield
leaders prevails in the carly seIecfiopc