Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-10
SPORTING NOTES.

George s. Conner, the Exeter Acad-
envy trainer, has landed the much-coV-
eted berth of official conditioner for
the Pennsylvania football team, ae-
cording to Truxton Hare, chairman OF
the football committee. The fact leak
ed out unofficially and Hare would
only confirm the bare fact of the 9p-
pointment. 1t is said that Conner has
signed for two years, this being salts
factory to the directors of the univer-
sity. Hare admitted that Conner had
the inside track from the first, be-
cause of his great experience in hand
ling football men,
The University of Southern Cali
fornia has decided to abandon rugby
football as a major sport and again to
take up the American intercollegiate
game. Rugby has been found want
ing, said Warren F. Bovard, Jr., ath-
letfc manager of the University. He
added: Rugby has been a failure al
ter three-year test 1t is impossible
to control "a rugby game as the Ameri-
can game. 1t requires 80 men. as
against 20 in the American game. 1t
has one controlling officer on the field,
as against three in the American game,
and therefore rugby is much rousher.
The scoring in the american game is
also much better. Kicking from touch
makes rugby a comparatively monoto-
nous game.
Clarence Spears, the giant Dart
mouth Freshman, is spending his
Easter vacation with his classmate,
Harry Worthington. that splendid all
round athlete, who will be heard from
later in intercollegiate competition.
Worthingtons home is in Concord, \.
II. The other day Spears and Worth
ington, noting some schoolboys engag-
ed in practice in athletics, Joined the
group. Spears picked up a 12-pound
shot the lads were using and, merely
removing his coat, put the weight 81
#. in. That was some performance,
considering he was in his street
clothes.
The early closing stakes for the
Grand Circuit meeting at Charter Oak
park, Hartford, CT, Sept. to u, We're
announced today. There are five trot-
ting classes as follows: 2.14. Charter
Oak. $4,000; EOS, Capital City. $4,000;
PIP, Elmwood, $1,000; go, Corinthian,
10000; 2.24, 3-year-olds, Acorn, $4,000.
There are also two pacing events. Free
for All. $500; 2.1o. Nutmeg, $1,000. The
total purses amount to s22,500 The
Connecticut Fair Association has re-
duced the entrance fee in all except
the Charter Oak stake to percent,
while the Charter Oak entrance fee
has been raised to 3 per cent from z
y1-2 per cent Entries will close May A..
When a student Fat Harvard takes
the strength test at the gymnasium
his records are put on card, which,
at the conclusion of the "examina-
ton" Is marked, A, B, c, and SO on,
according to the merit of the test, ana
that this rule was not followed to the
letter in the case of Oran kirkpatrick,
the big freshman, who is now Har-
wards strong man. Instead, his caro-
was marked HORSE" which certainly
has an apt significance.
The Presaue Isle Driving club has
reorganized for the season Of 1914 with
the election of the following officers:
c. A. Rand, president; G. J. Hanson,
vice president; r. J. Smith, secretary;
J. H. O'Donnell, treasurer; e. IL.
Richardson, superintendent of grounds
The executive board is BENJAMIN
Franklin, Hugh Jamison. j. c. seeley,
]. Grin Bishop, ]. Frank higgins,
Wesley English, B. L. Smart, FRANK
Tribou and Edward Allen.
Over 20 candidates of the west
brook Seminary track team reported
for the first spring practice of the
season under the auspices of Coach
Shepard and Captain Allen at the school
yesterday afternoon. Inc candidates
were put through short preliminary
workouts and all showed up in fine form.
which convinced Coach Shepard that the
men have not gone back any since the
snring vacation