Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
CORNELL IN ITS new PARK
Track Activities Are Transferred
and Foot Ball Baggage to Be
Moved Next Fall.
EXAMINATION OF CREW MEN

ITHACA. N. Y, May Nov that all
the track activities at Cornell university
have been transferred to the new alumni
field environment Comedians are look
ing to the future. Next fall the foot ball
squad will move bag and baggage from
the old field and this viii leave only
the base ball outfit down In the hollow,
where the frogs raise their June chorus
But the base ball men already have the
Bacon Practice han for indoor work on
Indictment days, and share with the rest
the conveniences, such as showers, Dress
ing rooms and the like OF the Schoell-
kopf Memorial. The alumni field project
was launched nearly thirteen years ago,
and Il will be completed when the base
ball playground has been completed.
Says the Cornell Alumni News:
"The larger part of Alumni field
thirty-four of the fifty-seven acres-is TO
be unfenced and open for the general use
OF the students, and II has been put TO
such use now for several years. At least
a part of that area, namely. the student
playground OF about eight acres must
by the terms of the university's grant OF
land to the field committee, be open and
ungsserved. Recently the athletic man
dkeiltnI nus lblu OUT u uihInOnu on INC
playground for the freshman team and
has published a notice to the effect that
other students must not use that dla-
mond, That Is technically violation OF
the grant under which the Athletic as
ISOLATION enjoys its present use of it's
own section OF the field 1t Is under
stood, however. 20 be merely a tom
porary. arrangement pending the com
pletion OF the varsity base ball field,
Is similar to the taclt permission givei
to the foot ball squad to use the play
ground for practice In the fall and I,
exclude other students. Nevertheless
the fact should be borne in mind tina
varsity managers, when their teams ar
enjoying the facilities TO be provided 70
them In their own section OF the field
will have no right to make regulation
regarding the use OF the student play
ground"
Cornell IL earnestly committed to
policy of determining whether or no
university rowing Is harmful TO boys VIII
indulge In IT, As consequence, tn
crews this season will be watched closel
by DR. S. A. Munford, official medlca
Examiner OF the university II has Away
been contended at Ithaca that the four
mile race did not injure men who ha
been properly trained. and as proof o
this fact II was pointed out that Their
Is no single case on record of Cornel
oarsman suffering from overstrain 4
later years. Cornell. however. il anxlou
TO get records bearing on this question
so DR.. Munford plans 10 make a serie
OF thorough examinations OF all OF IN
men IN the first three varsity and tw
freshman Fights. Any man showing
trace of defect will be barred from row
ing. Special study will be made OF tn
effect of rowing on the heart, lungs, kid
neys and other organs. and the record
made from week TO week will be CON
pared. No effort will be made to TAX
X-ray pictures OF the hearts, as has bee
done at Harvard, because of the expense
but the Cornell authorities are conflder
that their tests will be entirely satlsfsC
/ tory