COLLEGE ATHLETICS. 



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The great contest of the meeting was over 

 the powers of the Faculty Committee. At 

 Harvard's suggestion the rule prepared by 

 the Advisory Committee, limiting the right 

 of appeal to the Faculty Committee from 

 the findings of the Executive Committee 

 only in regard to questions 0% standing in 

 college, was changed to allow appeal in all 

 cases of eligibility for competition. Har- 

 vard, Yale, and Pennsylvania stood togeth- 

 er on this question, and the increased power 

 was given the Faculty Committee. 



But few changes were made in the by- 

 laws. The proposal to insert a relay race 

 was squelched. fhe order of the track 

 games on the final day is to be as follows: 



100-yard run, semi-final heat; 120-yard 

 hurdle, semi-final heat; one-mile run; 440- 

 yard run, final heat; 120-yard hurdle, final 

 heat; 100-yard run, final heat; 2-mile run; 

 220-yard hurdle, semi-final heat; 220-yard 

 run, semi-final heat; one-half mile run; 220- 

 yard hurdle, final heat; 220-yard run, final 

 heat. 



The officers elected for the ensuing year 

 are, President, Keith Donaldson, Prince- 

 ton; Honorary Vice-Presidents, J. C. Bo- 

 land, Syracuse University; P. B. Reilly, 

 Fordham College; Secretary, J. B. Van 

 Vleck, New York University; Treasurer, 

 W. R. Quinn, Columbia; Executive Com- 

 mittee, T. R. Fisher, Jr., Yale; F. R. 

 Nourse, Harvard; R. H. Ripley, jr., Cor- 

 nell; C. L. McKeehan, University of Penn- 

 sylvania. 



The Executive Committee appointed Mr. 

 W. B. Curtis referee of the annual cham- 

 pionship meet, and Oliver Shiras, manager. 



At a meeting of the delegates interested 

 in cycling the Intercollegiate Bicycle Rac- 

 ing Association was formed. The constitu- 

 tion and by-laws of the Track and Field 

 Association were adopted with the wording 

 changed to suit bicycling. 



It was decided to leave the time and place 

 of the annual meeting to the Executive 

 Committee. 



H. N. Hall of Columbia was elected to 

 the presidency. The colleges only were 

 voted for by the delegates in regard to the 

 other positions which are to be distributed 

 as follows: Secretary, New York Univer- 

 sity; Treasurer, Cornell; Executive Com- 

 mittee, University of Pennsylvania, Yale, 

 Princeton and Harvard. 



TO CONTROL ROWING EVENTS. 

 Few who read the names of the officers 

 of the Highland Rowing Association of the 

 Hudson will be able to realize immediately 

 what an effect that organization is to have 

 on our rowing interests. The names of 

 Mr. C. E. Lambert and the other gentle- 

 men associated with him as officers of the 

 association are a guarantee that the new 

 organization will have to do only with 

 amateur rowing. I am assured by the presi- 



dent that only college rowing is t» be en- 

 couraged by this new body. It has been 

 formed with the aim of seeing, 



1st. That the college crews rowing on 

 the Hudson are properly welcomed and 

 cared for. 



2d. That the course is properly policed 

 on the day of the race, and that the com- 

 peting crews are protected from interfer- 

 ence in the best possible manner; 



3d. That arrangements shall be made for 

 the holding each year of a great inter- 

 national regatta of college crews on the 

 Hudson. 



One hundred gentlemen, well known for 

 their liberality, and for their love of ama- 

 teur sport, have willingly become the pat- 

 rons of the Highland Association. It is 

 only a question of time when we shall have 

 a series of international regattas held in 

 this country that will eclipse anything of 

 the kind held heretofore in any country. 



The Highland Rowing Association is 

 the most sportsmanlike proposition that 

 has been made in this country for years, 

 and deserves all the encouragement every 

 amateur, every collegian, and every lover 

 of amateur sport can give it. 



THE CREWS. 



Now that the aquatic affairs of the row- 

 ing colleges are settled, the different crews 

 are hard at work, all determined that if any 

 effort on their part can bring them in at 

 first place it shall be made. 



Harvard is training diligently, and is de- 

 termined to conquer Yale if possible. The 

 men have now been in training about 2 

 months, and an increased interest in rowing 

 is being shown on all sides. The Crimson 

 has only to try to beat Yale this season, 

 and the attention of coaches and men is not 

 being distracted by looking after a third 

 crew. 



Of last year's 'varsity eight, Captain Hig- 

 ginson, 4; Biddle, 7; Harding, 5; and Ker- 

 nan, 2, are still in college. With the ex- 

 ception of Biddle all these men will try for 

 places in the '99 boat. Of last year's sub- 

 stitutes, Perkins, Marvin, and Blake will 

 row again. All the members of last year's 

 freshman crew have returned to Cambridge, 

 and as every man is now training with his 

 class crew they may all be regarded as can- 

 didates for the 'varsity. In addition to these 

 men there are several promising freshmen 

 who have rowed before going to college, 

 and a number of upper classmen with con- 

 siderable previous experience in their class 

 boats or on the crews of the Weld Boat 

 Club. 



Among the more promising 'varsity can- 

 didates, together with their weights, are: 



Higginson, 1900, 165; Harding, 1900, 164; 

 Kernan, 1900, 170; Perkins, '99, 183; Mar- 

 vin, '99, 166; Blake, '99, 160; Peyton, '01, 

 182; Lawrence, '01, 178; Hawkins, '01, 160; 



