EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 19J6.
RED AND BLUE CREWS SADLY IN NEED OF NEW BOATHOUSE ON THE SCHUYLKILL
PENNSYLVANIA IN SORE
NEED OP AN UP-TO-DATE
NEW BOATHOUSE FOR CRE
Future of the Sport Depends on Action Taken
in This Important Matter Other
Comment on Sports
'VTb'W that the tfnlverslty of Pennsylvania trustees havo given the Athletic
XI -Association the Use of one of the museum plots for a recreation centre, some
tfrtfut) of alumni ought to be generous enough to provide the crews with an up-to-date
boathouso on the west bank of tho Schuylkill river. Not until such a boat
house Is secured wilt the Quakers be abo to make rowing tho popular sport It Is
At other universities.
fcVjr years Pennsylvania has been the most Important rowing organization
along Boathouso Row, but It has the poorest facilities for tho development of its
, crews. Virtually all of the clubs on cither side are better equipped.
For tho last 20 years the Pennsylvania rowing aiithorltlci havo been
laying plans to finance a now boathouso. The Inst attempt was mado throe
tlr four years ago, and a dum of Ave or six thousand dollars was raised for a
bonlhouse designed to cost about $60,000. But tho movemont failed on account
nf hard times, and the commltteo In charge was obliged to return tho monoy
and pledges.
Detter Rowing Facilities in Great Need
Tho only way to make rowing popular at any university Is to provide
facilities so that tho average student can Indulge In rowing without being
obliged "to make" a crew. At both Harvard and Princeton there are facilities
, .or the students to go out In singles and doubles whonover they wish. At Perm-
' sytvanla students can take part In rowing only by making a crew, and that
kind of rowing Is hard work, never for pleasure.
It Is tho plan of tho rowing authorities, if tho finances of tho association
Again make a movement possible, to havo tho boathouso on the west side of tho
river, where It can be reached from the University. To got to tho present
quarters requires a threo-quarters of an hour trip. "When a boathouse on tho
west river bank Is u reality, with accommodations for singles and doubles, row
ing at the Quaker Institution will boom.
Colleges Not Obligated to the A. A. U.
Why should any ono assume that college athletes are under any obligation
to support tho national A. A. U. Indoor championships Saturday night? let one
Jevr York critic rebukes Princeton and Pennsylvania because they are sending
their relay teams west on that occasion instead of to Now York. Even Secretary
Hubten, of tho A. A. U., Is quoted as contemplating some drastic punishment.
Because Harvard and Yale, with no other meets to attract their athletes, dccldo
to send two or thrco of their best men Is no renson why Pennsylvania and Prince
ton should cancel western dates made long ago.
As a matter of fact, Pennsylvania always has given moro generous support
to A. A. U. meets than any other university In tho East. All winter long tho
Quakpra have been sondlng Meredith and othor men to various Indoor games In
New York and Brooklyn. During the outdoor season, too, tho Quakers havo
frequently been represented.
Judged only from tho athletic standpoint, the A. A. U. ought to be glad
tat tho Quakers nnd Tigers are sending their one-mile relay teams to tho
West. There they will do a lot of good missionary work and Interest many
moro youngsters In track and field sports than by going to Now York. Not
only that, but those who feet peeved that Captains Meredith nnd Mooro are
leadlrig their teams West should remember that the alumni of these two insti
tutions, who pine for a vloW for their representatives, also deserve somo
consideration.
Thorpe Not Improving as Baseball Player
Tho case of Jim Thorpe is one of the most peculiar In athletic history. With
the exception of baseball, no greater all-round athlete over lived than the ex
Carlisle student. At the Olympic games In Stockholm, Sweden, In 1912, Thorpe
proved conclusively that he was the world's greatest track and field athlete by
winning both the pentathlon and decathlon. Since then his trophies have been
taken away from him oji tho ground of professionalism, but that docs not affect
tho fact that ho won them.
On the football field Thorpe was a marvel. Ho could run as often as needed
with tho ball and always gain ground. He was a splendid defensive player and a
remarkably effective punter, an accurate and long distance drop kicker and a
wonderful forward passer. In short, ho was everything that a football player
should be. Thorpe is also good In minor sports, such as swimming, rowing nnd
fcetball.
Yet tho chances seem to be that Jim will never make good as a major leaguo
baseball player. In spite of his speed, clear eye and athletic knack. Tho trouble
to that he hasn't any baseball instinct. What ho has done has been acquired by
hard work under the careful tutelage of John McGraV. This spring Thorpo does
not seem to havo Improved any, and It appears very much as If ho will bo re
leased In tho near future unless ho takes a sudden brace In both batting and
fielding-.
-West Philadelphia High Deserves Athletic Field
Followers of schoolboy sport are watching with Interest the campaign
of tho West Philadelphia High School students, faculty and principal in
their endeavor to interest influential business men in an athletic field for tho
institution. The campaign has been In progress more than two weeks, with
the, result that a dozen business associations have pledged to give the school
a helping hand.
A suitable field for conducting Interclass and Interschool sports has al
ways been the pressing need for the West Phlladelphlans. The lack of a field
is all the more keenly felt, because the West Philadelphia students have al
ways shown an eagerness for athletics, and In InterBchool sports their
closest rivals, Central High and Northeast, both have fields.
Those on the speaking tour of the business associations point out that
"numerous vacant lots in West Philadelphia are available. All that is needed
to transform one of them Into a field for sports would bo the permission from
Councils. The intention Is to prevail upon tho business men to Influence their
Councllmen to pass c bill which will turn ono of these lots over to the school.
The Athletic Association at West Philadelphia promises to do the rest, and
lias already devised several schemes whereby money can be raised for the
equipment.
Had to Rent Grounds
In the past the West Philadelphia school has managed to conduct athletics
without a regular field, but private grounds had to be rented for the various
games, and practice was conducted any place and any time a generous prop
erty owner or institution loaned a field for tho purpose. In many instances
panics that would bring a revenue to the athletic treasury had to be played
in publlo property. As no admission could be charged, the sports would not
pay for themselves, and the maintenance of athletic affairs came about by
levies on tho students.
Tho worst drawback, however, has not been to the students that compete
in Interschool contests, but to the average student that goes Into sports for
the exercise and nu the competitive feature. Such students have been unable
to play baseball, tennis and such minor sports, made posslblo at tho fields
of the other high pcliools. Moreover, the students of the Girls' West Philadel
phia School lack a place for exercise. In this day athletics are growing in
favor more, and more among the schools for girls, and naturally their need of
a field; has likewise become pressing,
Tho campaigners, therefore, take every opportunity to emphasize that
the athletlo field, should it become a reality, will be shared by the students of
the girls' school. Plans for the Held have been drawn up to show the public
just what la wanted. They call for nothing that other Philadelphia high schools do
r.ot already have.
Those Cornell oarsmen who are having their stroke set for them by un elec
tric bulb, which relentlessly flashes the signal for them to heave to, will soon
imagine themselves galley slaves. Bowing always did look like a cruel sport.
Interest Jn the ten-round match between Mike Gibbons and Jeff Smith at
St. Paul Friday pight Is causing even more interest In the Twin City than the
Gibbons-Youn? Ahearn scrap that ended so disastrously for the Brooklyn middle-
neigni. According to reports, me oom wm attract more gate money than tho
latter contest ti'jd. Mike, of course, is the favorite.
Joe Evers,.and Paul Cobb, of the Terra Haute baseball club, have brothers
with the; Boston Braves and Detroit Tlers, respectively, John and Tyrus.
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TILDEN SAYS HANDICAPPING
IS WORSE THAN RANKING
Offers Some Solution of the Problem of Giving .1
Points fn Various Classes nf Tannic '1
Tournaments
Bwfwy Kauff, down at Martin, Tex., With the New York Giants admits
hUt Ws batting will ym equally as good with JIcGraw's club as it was in his
eld berth, Ben, say reports. Is doing little loafing, and has been among the
lint players to start for the.bal) lot these mornings.
ALAS! THIS IS THE WAY HEROES
HOLD THEIR TEMPORARY SWAY
They Come and Stay Awhile, and Yet They Soon
Depart and All the Fans
Forget
By GRANTLAND RICE
There Up and Back
I saw him first a kid
A hard, tree twinging ilovll in the Rush;
Fast; as tho wlnils that sweep the open
plain.
At fast as Ightnlng-fiashcs down the sky,
With rippling muscles wrought of tem
pered steel.
Steel springs within his arm
And in his legs,
And in his face
The burning glow of Youth,
Jlato Youth that turned his labor into
play,
And made him romp and revel
Out the field
And laugh at errors that were but a part
Of all the fun
That he teas having there.
II.
And then I saw him In a higher league,
A kid Just coining on to know his worth.
Who looked ahead
And dreamed of Big League fame,
The plaudits of ten thousand raving fans,
And all the lltp-hlp and the rest of it
That hailed "Another Cobb,"
A coming Trls,
With endless speed
And power for the peg.
III.
I saw him next
When he had reached the top;
A mighty ruler in the Itealm of Swat,
Where raving thousands
Cheered his regal sway
And all the world lay at his steel-shod
feet;
Where biasing headlines
Gave his Batting Eye
High place with War
And armies on the march.
Or precedence above
Such tawdy things as diplomats and czars;
For he couW hit
With any man that lived
And range afar for hits that othets made I
And so for ten great years he held his
place
And saw the world but in the rose-eared
glow
Of easy fame
And royal circumstance.
IV.
And then I saw the arm once made of
steel
Begin to rust and creak and lose its snap;
J saw the drag that came upon his speed
As cheers turned into jeers
Where day by day
His waning blows popped into waiting
hands;
I saw the smile fade out from his face
That urned, bewildered, to a crowd that
ones
Had been his friend, but now
Wat shrieking "Take him outl"
"Back to the Bush, you bonchcad, on the
jump."
"Qo get a crutch, go out somciohcrc and
die!"
And still they wondered
Why he tens a crab.
IV.
I saw him next
Back in the Bush again.
The clrtle finished and the journey done;
An old and broken man at thirty-three,
Who played as in a dream,
And who above
The taunting jeers that came
Fiom tank town fans that jeered his
laboied play
Still heard from far away,
From other years,
The mighty toar of ticcnty thousand men
Who called upon liim for the winning hit.
Who shrieked and stamped and howled
their mad acclaim
When from his bat the streaking missile
flew I
Ills tough red hand was pulled across his
eyes.
But still he could not wipe the dream away
Of some loit June
Back in another age
ll'ierc Youth, law Youth,
Was sweeping htm along.
Xot mocking, tnlts course,
A faded dream.
And still, wltliin the stands, they sit and
say,
"Welt, pretty soft for that bird, getting
paid
For having fun
Like this each afternoon "
FRANK KAKER BUSY WITH BAT
CHASING KIDS AFTER DRIVES
Fence Bustor Takes Long Practice in
Hitting Every Day
MACON, Ga March IB. Frank Baker
at his worst represents a grade of stick
work which tho avcrago ball player would
bo well satisfied to reach, but evidently
Baker Is far from satisfied with his pres
ent standing as a Son of Swat.
Working along tho theory that practlco
begets Improvement, oven when it cannot
bring nbout perfection, tho home-run king
spends every posslblo mlnuto of the dally
practlco sessions In tuning up that famous
batting eye.
Those Injured fingers may be somewhat
frail when the championship season opens,
but there Is every Indication that Baker's
batting eyo nnd shoulder muscles will havo
reached tholr full development. With his
trusty stick Baker spends most of these
afternoons out near the right-field fence,
batting just as long as anybody can be
found to pitch to him.
The renowned fence buster has a flock
of Macon youngsters at his call oory aft
ernoon, nnd they nover feeem to tiro chas
ing his drives, which ran go all tho way to
tho foul line In left field.
R. Johnson Sold by Red Sox
nOfurO.N', March 15. The Halo of Pitcher
A. Ittinkln Johnson to the 1'ort Worth Club,
nf the Texas Iacue, has been announced by
President I.unnln. of tho lloaton Americans
The prlco wna 1300, he aald.
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RANKINU or Handicapping? wnicn is
the greater evil? From my stand
point, 1 don't know whether I would
rather be ranked 60-70, with 10 men
that I hao beaten the samo year ranked
ahead of me, or go out nnd owe somo
dub "30" every game, play for nbout thrco
hours and cither beat him or get beaten
about 6-1, 61. Both of theso nro among
"the unspeakable atrocities of tonnls."
It certainly Is a blow to consider 60-70,
but It Is worse yet to Blao for hours
beating some person that under ordinary
circumstance-) you would bent In about
20 minutes
Consider for one moment what handi
capping does. It rob-i a brilliant man of
his chief nsset speed since ngalnst any
handicap bigger than "owe IB," tho loss of
ono of the first two points menns prac
tically loss of the game, nnd you don't
daro talto a chance. It Is discouraging,
Secondly, It absolutely does away with
any comparison of players' merits, slnco
no man can play hi normal ncrngo game
cither with or against a handicap.
The man playing with It takes all kinds
of chances ho otherwlso would not take,
while tho better player dare not take
the ordinary chances, since to do so might
nlacc him In a hole.
Thirdly, whnt credit It there coming to
a peraon for beating n good man If you
hae been given a handicap. None. You
didn't beat him. He beat himself Han
dlcapt 1:111 competition, nnd development
and progress In tennis depends on keen
competition for Incentive.
Thcro nro many other arguments
against handicapping, so many and vari
ous that we will not go Into them ; then
tho Uvenino LKDOEn Is exceedingly caro
ful of tho langungo used In Its pages, and
tho language of many of tho arguments
used by tennis players on handicap
ping would not look well.
What It the solution to the question of
handlcapt? ClaBt tournaments Ilnnk
players by classes and piny regular elimi
nation tournaments in each class, the win
ners of thoso clabscs to play off an elimin
ation event to dccldo tho championship of
whatever tho cont may bo. This plan
Is especially sultablo for club champion
ships, the favorite hiding place of handi
cap tournaments. This class system will
keep tho man who growls about "meeting
men too good for him" quiet. It nlso will
By WILLIAM T. TILDEN, 2D
Insure keen competition In each da
It also means that the best man whir,
thing which seldom happent under out
handicapping system. our
Query, oh, what Is so rare ns a aS
In June? aa'
-Answer. A fairly handicapped tennis
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COLLEGE REGATTA DATE
MAY BE SET FOR JUNE 2
Big Crew Rnco Probably to Bo Held
on Lake Cayuga
Although tho data for the lntercollcuMt.
Kegatta has not been definitely dccldeS
upon, tho races will, no doubt, bo rowed
on Lake Cayuga, at ltlmea, on or about
Ji"1..24' J .""ward Klsenbroy, chairman
of tho Itowlng Commltteo nt ronti r.
Colvod n letter from Morton O. BoRiie the
Columbian reprcscntatUo on tho board
of stewards, yesterday. '
In this letter Mr. Boguo stated that the
railroad authorities had definitely stated
the Impossibility of making) adequate ar
rangements for tho rnco nt Poughkeepste
on June-30 or 31, This leaves but June
17 nnd 24 open, rcnnvnuthorltlcs, how
over, feel that It Is art Impossibility to '
chooso tho earlier date, on account of the
examinations held around that date.
Tho Bowing Committee will meet today
In tho ofllccs of John Arthur Brown, a.
member of tho committee, and tho matter
will In nil probability bo threshed out
there.
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