The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-20
Matchmaking
COLLEGE ATHLETICS
Big Meets Are No Longer
Sectional AS in the
Past.
(By Assoclated Pregsl


sion Of Eastern and Middle Western
varsity fields by Pacific Coast collegi.
ate teams as exemplifled by the Cali
fornia and Stanford track athletics
this season will be conducted upon
q broader scale next Spring. Repre-.
sentatives Of the far coast universi-
ties now in the East are planning for
a series OF competitions In various
lines OF sport which will surpass any.
thing attempted in this direction In
past years.
Graduate manager E. C. Behrens Is
authority for the statement that the
Stanford university baseball team will
play a number OF games In the East
and West during tour to be made in
May and June. The Stanford squad,
consisting Of about fifteen men, will
leave May 10 and play games with all
the leading college and university
mines, during its tour to the Atlantic
coast, including Michigan, Chicago,
Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Har.
ward. Yale. Princeton, Cornell, Penn.
sylvania, Columbia and other institu-
lions. The itinerary of the team,
which is now being arranged by Nat
Strong OF this city, will include mum.
Der OF commencement Day games in
the East.
Coach Hiram Conibear OF the Uni.
yersity OF Washington crews. who has
arrived here for the Intercollegiate
and Harvard.Yale rcgattas is planning
to eyade Poughkeepsie next June with
an eight.oared varsity crew which Is
said TO be the fastest ever developed
at Washington. SO far as can be judged
from the material and performances OF
the season Just closed. Stanford also
desires to race on the Hudson again
in 1917 and 1t may be that both crews
will take part In the regatta OF next
year, unless II should be shown that
one Is considerably superior to the
other.
The intercollegiate and Conference
Athletic Association officials have
been given to understand that Stan
ford, California and possibly a third
Pacific Coast university track team
will try for Eastern honors In 1917
provided the athletic material in sight
performs up to the marks expected
by the coaches. A football game or
games between one or more OF the
leading Eastern elevens and a uni.
yersity team from California or the
Northwest Is also among the posi-.
bilities. Correspondence looking to-
ward such contest Is under way and
the indications are favorable at this
time.
An innovation in Atlantic coast
yachting will be inaugurated at the
end of the month in an inter.club cruis.
ing race week open to the members
OF the Yacht Racing Association OF
Long Island Sound, the Long Island
Sound Power Boat association and the
New York Yacht Club. 1t is the first
time in tho history Of the sport that
yacht owners have invited the power
boat men to take part In cruise and
the novelty has created enthusiasm
among the followers OF both types OF
yachts.
The committee has arranged very
interesting programme. 1t is made up
Of short daily runs SO arranged that
the yachtsmen oil will be at anchor
In plenty oftime to allow them to take
part In shore sports. In the case Of
o calm, the motor boat fleet will be
used TO tow the sailing craft to the
finish line. The most interesting fea-
ture OF the week will be the racing
among the forty footers OF the New
York Yacht Club. Twelve yachts
compose the division. They were
built during the winter and form the
star class Of the season. It will be the
first opportunity of their owners to
try out the new craft In cruising
trim.
The American Canoe Association
has also planned for an innovation In
connection with the internationa,
meet, open to all amateur canoeists in
the United States and Canada, at Su.
gar Island August to IL of this year.
1t will be the first meet open to all
amateur paddlers regardless of
whether they are members OF the
! American Canoe Association. The