Evening star., 1918-12-12
SPORTS Revival
!. SEEMS CERTAIN
At Least, That Appears to Be
Looked for by Followers
Of Athletics.

Opinion seems to be gaining head
way among close followers Of sports
| that q great sports revival is due as
soon as conditions begin to return
somewhat to normal after the first
of the coming year. A great many
persons who have been connected with
various branches Of athletics for a
long while do not hesitate to say
that the mastering out Of soldiers
and the general lull occasioned by
peace undoubtedly will make it nee
essary for some great outlet for pent-
up energies. That outlet is going
to be an even broader system of
sports than anything this country
heretofore has known. according to
the way one man puts it. He says:
The first great sports revival took
place in this country right after the
civil war. After four years Of close
concentration the people had to have
an outlet for strong energies. conse-
quently there came about the develop
mnt of peaceful competition. or
likely to be true now that the Euro
pean conflict is finished. In many
branches of athletics I can even now
see signs of a revival. and in my
opinion it will not be long before
sports will be conducted on a greater
is evident more in base ball right
now than in other sports. that being
the greatest and most important
American game. Already club own
what they believe will be prosper
Gus year in 1919. Just watch things
generally begin to look up after the
holidays"
c. H. Mapes, secretary of the In
tercollegiate Rowing Association, the
organization which controls the
Poughkeepjsie regatta, was quoted
day or to ago in a New York paper
in these words:
IT expect to see a great deal OF row.
ing next spring, although there is q
great deal of confusion in many Of
the colleges and the athletic situa-
ton seems quite uncertain. However,
there will be a real beginning in row.
ing, although it will be on q more or
less modified basis. We really expect
to see as much, if not greater, activ-
ity in rowing than ever before With
in a comparatively short time.
"It is too much to expect Pough-
keepsie regatta next spring, but feel
that all the crews that have annually
taken part in the Poughkeepsie races
will have eights in competition.
Il have heard nothing ABOUT Lne Slt-
uation at Cornell, and not word as
to whether or not Syracuse, which
has always competed in the regatta,
will have a crew. I do know that
Syracuse does not have a coach, be-
cause Jim Ten EycH resigned last
summer, and there is some doubt
about the coaching at Cornell because
John Collyer, who was coach there
last spring. is now engaged In a gov
ernment shipbuilding plant"
Just what foot ball means financial
ly to college athletics is well demon
strated by the annual report of the
graduate manager of athletics at the
University of Pennsylvania. For the
1917-191S school year only two sports
besides foot ball made money, and
they cleared less than 5000 each. Foot
ball receipts were more than $4,000.
of which something more than $4,000
was profit. In other words, had 1t not
been for foot ball practically all the
other collegiate athletic competitions
could not have been held.
High school freshman basket ball
teams will get together tomorrow in
two games. Central goes over to
Western for a contest and Business is
to meet Technical.