Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-05

Yale Field, Monday afternoon. Coach es Jones, Sweeney, Bull, Alcott, Brides, Marting, and Hutchinson. took charge of the squad. The football committee consisting of John Fitzpatrick, Walter Camp, Vance Mccormick, Thorne, and Swan watched the work. Brides and Marting took charge of the Hnemen and had them tackling the dummy and practice charging. The backfeld men under Coach Jones and Dr. Bull went through some simple formations and practiced falling on the ball. LeGore and Braden did the bunting, and the ends under Alcott were put to work running down under the punts with out tackling the backs. At a meeting of all football candidates held in the trophy room of the gymnasium Mon day evening, in summing up his ideas in regard to spring football, Coach Jones said: ''Too much emphasis can not be laid on the importance of spring one who intends to play football next fall must report for spring practice or give good reason for not doing so. The work will begin in September where we leave off this spring. Thor ough drilling in all the fundamentals we must have now. and no candidate car afford to miss this. We expect every man to be on the job every aft ernoon."
 The university two-niIe relay team composed of Rolfe, Cooper, Barker and Overton, equalled the worlds record and won the cfampionsip of America, in the Pennsylvania relay at Franklin Field Philadelphia, last Sat urday. Captain Oler, 1916, tied for in the high jump with Richards of Cor nell. Harvard won the one-mile re- lay with Princeton second. and Penn sylvania third. Simpson, of Missouri, equalled the worlds record in the 120 yard hurdles. The two-mile relay championship was the feature of the day. Yale finished in the worlds Michigan Chicago, Pennsylvania, and Princeton were the other entries.
 It has been definitely decided that the annual spring regatta will be held on the Quinnipiac River and New Ha- ven 'harhor on Saturday, May 6, and not on the Housatonic as has been re- ported. Eight races will be rowed. The first three freshman boats will row against outside crews, the first against the Atlanta Boat Club, the second against Springfield High School, and the third against Choate School. The second Choate eight will compete with the five lower freshman Combinations. Two heats will be held and the winners will race in the f1n- als. The principal event will be the interclass race between the seniors,
 juniors, and eophomores. The win ming crew in this race will meet the Harvard championship class crew in a race on the Charles River, Saturday, May 20. The second juniors and sophomores vii row against a crew made up from all the classes. A sim gle scull race will also be held.
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 Vale won second place with 2s vic ! tories and IT defeats in the intercol- ] legiate fencing championship tourna- | ment, held at the Hotel Astor, last
 Saturday. The United States Naval
 team championship, winning 36 bouts and losing nine. Columbia, Cornell l Harvard, and Pennsylvania ranked in | order. At the annual meeting of the Intercollegiate fencing league, R. F. Pflieger. 1917, captain of the Yale
 team, was elected president to sue ceed Mouquin of Columbia. During the tournament Captain Pfliege re- 1 ceived a deep slash on the left side in defating Russell of Harvard. but he
 was able to resume and win his bout.
 The Shakespeare tercentanary will be celebrated at Yale under the aus | pfces of the Elizabethan club, on Fri 1 day. when Professor w. A. Nelson of i Harvard university, will lecture on 1 Shakespeare and Religion The i lecture will be held in Lampson Lyce-
 um. On Saturday and Sunday there | will be an exhibition of rare Shakes
 pearean quartos and folios, and of al- | fusion books, portraits and other ma | terial of interest to the student oi 1 Shakespeare. The exhibition will be | held in the Chittenden reading room
 Of the University Library.
 The university crew held it's first practice on the Housatonic course
 Monday afternoon. This is the first time the crew has been on the water l since the Pennsylvania race The
 university and second crews rowed to- 1 gether for about ten miles, the uni ! versity rowing at 26, and the second al 1 20. Up to this time the stroke for | the University has been kept at about l 20 during practice, but it was raised l to 26 early in Mondays practice and 1 kept there for the rest of the after noon. The seatings of the two crews | have not been changed. the naake-ups ! being the same as before the Pennsyl- vania race. The University crew has | been having trouble with the new 1 shell which. although it is the third which has been tried this year, sinks | too low in the water and is inclined tc ] drag. A new shell is on the way and 1 will arrive in a few days. The coach I l the new course and was used in prac- tice. The second crew is fast round | ing into shape for the American Hen | ley, and in view of the good showing | it made in the Pennsylvania races con. l siderable is expected of it's perform. | ance on the Schuylkill. The new boa l house has number of showers, anC
 accommodations for four shells. IT case the present course does not prove I satisfactory the crews will move tC
 the river above the dam.
 | The university relay team won tn, ! national relay swimming champion.
 ship held in the Chicago Athletic Clul pool, April P, in the record time O. l minutes 1 2-5 seconds. This vic, tory gave the team the first leg on thC 1 Fitzgerald cup, which was offered thi. 1 year for the first time, and must bt ] won three times to be retained perm
 anently. The team returned last Wed
 nesday from 8 1000 mil trip. Tht
 two dual meets in which the me1
 competed were both lost to the Chi cago Athletic Club. The team lef | New York for the vacation trip or Wednesday. April 19, bound for Buffa
 10. Here they missed connections fo 1 Cincinnati, and were compelled u
 cancel the dual meet scheduled fo; Thursday night with the Cincinnati Gymnasium and Athletic Club. Thi is the second time the Universit, Swimming team has failed to mee