COLLEGE ATHLETLCS. 



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the squads of candidates, together with por- 

 traits of several of the competing eights. 



Massachusetts rowing men want to com- 

 pel the railroads in that state to carry rac- 

 ing shells free on petition of 5 passengers. 

 A large number of prominent Massachu- 

 setts oarsmen appeared before the State 

 Legislature Committee on railroads and 

 spoke in favor of the bill. Among those 

 who spoke were: President Stimson, of the 

 New England Amateur Rowing Associa- 

 tion; James P. Fox, of the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the National Amateur Rowing 

 Association; William S. Youngman, of the 

 Weld Boat Club; George De Blois, of the 

 Boston Athletic Association; B. P. Hen- 

 derson and B. P. Ellis, of the Union Boat 

 Club. 



A report that has gained some credence 

 is that Columbia has been trying to secure 

 Dr. " Josh " Hartwell as a coach for her 

 crews. It is authoritatively denied that such 

 is the case, for all Columbia's adherents ex- 

 pect a good deal from the 8 now being 

 coached by Dr. Walter B. Peet. Dr. Hart- 

 well has been considered as a possibility for 

 the position of football coach, but not for 

 the crew. Dr. Peet fills the bill so far as the 

 New Yorkers are concerned. 



The rowing authorities at Harvard and 

 Yale announce an innovation in connection 

 with the boat race at New London in the 

 way of a 4-oared race between the substi- 

 tutes of the 2 crews. The race is to be 

 rowed over a course 2 miles in length, and 

 will probably take place directly after the 

 'varsity contest. 



It has been decided that the Dunham 

 crew at Yale shall, in effect be a 3d uni- 

 versity 8, recruited from crews chosen 

 from the college dormitories. 



PENNSYLVANIA THE CHAMPION. 



Pennsylvania won the intercollegiate 

 championship for 1899 in trap shooting, by 

 defeating Princeton, whose team took sec- 

 ond place, and Columbia third, in the in- 

 tercollegiate contest, for which all the 

 prominent college gun clubs received entry 

 invitations. The shoot took place at the 

 Sportsmen's Exhibition, held in March, at 

 the Madison Square Garden, New York 

 City. 



This magazine, in order to stimulate 

 collegiate shooting, offered 2 guns, one a 

 $100 Parker, and the other a $45 Reming- 

 ton as first and second prizes respectively 

 for the contest, which was carried out un- 

 der the following rules : 



The team making the highest score to 

 take first prize, and the team making the 

 next highest score to take second prize. 

 In case 2 or more teams tie for high score 



they are to shoot off the tie for first and 

 second prizes respectively. 



The team winning fir^t prize will be re- 

 quired to shoot for it at least once a month 

 until some member of the team shall have 

 won the gun 3 times in succession. 



The team winning second prize will be 

 required to shoot for it at least once a 

 month until some member of the team shall 

 have won the gun twice in succession. 



Clubs may enter more than one team, 

 but no one man to be allowed to shoot on 

 more than one team. 



The best shooting was done by the fol- 

 lowing men : For Pennsylvania, W. C. Niel- 

 son, Oglesby Paul, and W. M. Swain ; for 

 Princeton, B. F. Elbert, E. L. Kendall, and 

 H. H. Laughlin ; for Columbia, B. B. 

 Tilt. Pennsylvania in individual and team 

 work far outclassed her rivals, the men 

 from Philadelphia showing fine form, and 

 proving they knew how to handle their 

 weapons. Mr. W. C. Nielson's work is to 

 be especially commended. His score was 

 the equal of most, and better than some of 

 the professional work done at the Garden 

 traps. He aimed and handled his gun with 

 the ease of a veteran, and many encourag- 

 ing murmurs from the spectators attested 

 the excellency of his shooting. Oglesby 

 Paul, also of Pennsylvania, followed Niel- 

 son closely as to score, but lacked the form 

 and finish of his mate. E. L. Kendall, of 

 Princeton, made a good clean score, but 

 lacked form, his shooting being rather 

 labored. W. M. Swain, of Pennsylvania, 

 and B. B. Tilt, of Columbia, did good 

 work, but cannot be classed with Nielson, 

 as really can none of the others mentioned. 

 The rest of the work was erratic, some of it 

 being good, some mediocre, and the rest 

 bad. College men should brighten up a 

 bit in this branch of sport. 



The teams, each composed of 5 men, shot 

 their 50 targets in 2 installments of 25 each. 

 The order of shooting and the scores made 

 are as follows : 



Pennsylvania, March 10th. 



team xo. 1. 



W. T. Singer 18, 18— 36 



W. C. Nielson 24. 23— 47 



F. L. Cooper 17. 16— 33 



B. D. Parish 17. 20- 37 



Oglesby Paul 22, 23— 45 



Total 198 



TFAM NO. 2 



W. M. Swain 23, 20— 43 



W. R. Baldwin 21, 16— 37 



S. F. Weaver 15. IQ— 34 



W. A. Steel 19. 17— 36 



F. Lair 15. 16— 31 



Total 181 



