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So busy has the active season in college 

 athletics been in the past month, that to re- 

 view it briefly, but completely, requires little 

 to be said on any score. The most notable 

 happenings have been Cornell's victories on 

 track and water, the showing of Princeton 

 and Harvard on the diamond, the arrange- 

 ment of an Eastern and Western meet, and 

 the return of Mike Murphy to Pennsylvania. 

 In its far reaching effect the latter is most 

 important since it cannot result in other than 

 the decided changing of the entire complex- 

 ion of track athletics, affecting all colleges in 

 the East indirectly. The other events have 

 been more spectacular and may be treated in 

 a more interesting way. 



Cornell's rowing victory over Harvard, 

 while not unexpected, was most surprising. 

 The reports from Cambridge have been so 

 hopeful and from New Haven so eulogistic 

 of the Crimson that the casual follower of 

 intercollegiate affairs must have looked upon 

 the Harvard eight as quite exceptional 

 among Crimson crews and altogether a for- 

 midable opponent for any boat. That it 

 was fast and strong was the opinion of even 

 those who have an expert knowledge of row- 

 ing conditions. 



The race goes to show that both views 

 were incorrect, though it is still true that 

 the material at hand at Cambridge is ex- 

 ceptionally high-class and had possibilities 

 far beyond the ordinary. For some reason, 

 it has not been made most of. Wray ought 

 to be able to turn out a first-class eight with 

 a free hand. What influences have con- 

 tributed to prevent it is hard to say. It is 

 impossible at present to fix responsibility for 

 the failure. The month that remains at this 

 writing before the Yale race, it is to be 

 hoped, will see the difficulty removed, but 

 it is far more probable that in her present 

 frame of mind Harvard will lose heart and 

 make a fiasco at New London as sad as any 

 of recent years. 



The American Henley, while it developed 

 satisfactorily from the amateur rowing stand- 

 point, was a disappointment collegiately. 

 The contests were not productive of the 

 interest hoped for, but were beneficial, 

 nevertheless. Again Cornell showed to 

 the fore. 



The Syracuse and Wisconsin crews are 

 the only two not heard from in a race as yet. 

 The Badgers are said to be rowing very fast 



and to have regained something of their lost 

 power. They promise a strong showing at 

 Poughkeepsie. Coach Ten Eyck says his 

 present crew is even better than his old one, 

 so Syracuse may be heard from again. Cer- 

 tainly as good a crew as her winning one 

 would be surprising, and a better one hardly 

 to be expected. However, it is certain that 

 the boat will be near the front, if it is not 

 there again. 



Cornell's track victory was a staggering 

 blow to Yale. That the Ithacans should do 

 so well and Yale so poorly amazed almost 

 everyone save those who had followed con- 

 ditions within a week of the games very 

 closely. Cornell's strength was due to the 

 unexpected ability developed by her weight 

 men. Cook and Pew, her hammer throwers, 

 did better work than either of them have 

 ever shown, while Porter surpassed daily the 



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