Show YEAR IN N THE TH TORY or Of Oll jE ATHLETICS IS S THIS ear year ear of or 1907 1906 must ry y as the greatest the has known In virtuE virtu- virtu of the sports fostered E ast and West new newt rec- rec established or the Sport sort rt was exceptionally 1 l iii accomplished despite I from the heads of f a I features of the I number of champion champion- Vale ale le The Ells EUs are first tad d dare are tied for tor the sev- sev n I comes next with twO and two ties n edtl lh Wt ar tied for r the third kig each championship as the various universities S Yale G 01 61 i Prince Prince- 2 2 Cornell 2 21 i Co- Co 1 New York uni- uni M tord 1 and anS Johns Hop- Hop were first in hi basketball tr tennis and wrestling id d honors with Princeton had not Cornell preme In the thed I had d a tie lie in towing rowing by byer er Harvard Princeton ere successful than usual t for honors first is place in rac ecI In 1 basebalL la Track 11 w s first in track trade ath- ath l tied with Brown Biown Blo in tournament Cori Cor- Cor I i n and In nd baseball cross country n u The Jt to carry off more to was Columbia the the bowling cham cham- ii lace e In the f ment ent been Jeen some critics who iiI I award the football k but since the Ells Elis Mis and n elLa 0 0 0 game last fall fail fally fallk k way y out of the muddle I and Yale had strong lega tbt r 1 their hI games though Princeton Princeton alC-Princeton match the slightly better record Ird and Cornell Comen fourth game with Pennsylvania 7 sible for tor them to be nard eat at diversity of opinion opinions n s award aw of the baseball Princeton ton Cornell and their supporters Brown to a college team I 4 But Brown r last year code d which permit permit- I students semi semi- well as amateurs With S letting letting down of ot the bars barsat 53 at Brown had a strong an advantage which no other college enjoyed and under the circumstances circumstances cir cir cir- Browns Brown's claims ought not to be considered The relative merits of Princeton and Cornell are somewhat hard to pass tIn in view of ot the fact tact that these teams did not Play the usual two games with one an an- other Judged by the record the tha teams made against Harvard Hanard Yale and Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania the Tigers have slightly the better of ot the ent Cornell Does Well There can be no doub doubt about Cornell's right to the rowing championship The Tho won their dual race with HarYard Harvard Haryard Har Har- yard vard decisively and then beat Columbia and In track athletics Pennsylvania re returned rea re- turned to first place for tor the first time since 1900 The victory of ot the Quaker track team this year has no equal in Intercollegiate in In- In history The surprise of ot the year was the failure of the Cornell champions champions cham cham- of or 1905 and 1906 to get better than fourth place The high standard at f r the 1907 meet was shown by the breaking of six abc Intercollegiate records as follows follows- yards J. J B. B Taylor Talor Pennsylvania 48 45 5 5 4 seconds seconds- r one one mile mile run Guy Haskins Pennsylvania 5 5 1 two miles mlles F. F L. L Rowe Michigan 9 93 5 5 45 high Jump T. T MoUlt Moffit Pennsylvania ania 6 pole vault W W. Dray Yale 11 feet teet 11 Inches shot- shot put Kreuger Swarthmore 46 48 feet 5 51 5 inches It probably will be many years before like these ar are arc duplicated or even approached Yale's New Records In country cross running Cornell still sun retains her supremacy In fact tact the Itha Itha- cans have lost the cro cross country title only once hi nine years ears Cornell however Just managed to get away with the victory victory vic vic- vic vic- tory for tor Pennsylvania was uncomfortably bly close In second place just two points behind As it was a Pennsylvania man Lloyd Jones won the individual cham dham- Yale came pretty near making a clean sweep of the tho minor championships taking l six in all aU The Elis had to put up a a. stiff fight for tor the honor in basketball just nosing nosing nos nos- ing out Columbia and Pennsylvania The Quakers were weakened In basketball as aswell aswell well wail as In association football by the thc refusal of the faculty to let them play against Harvard the other colleges profIling profiting profiting prof prof- thereby In both golf gOJ and tennis Yale made a clean sweep taking the team and individual honors In each Yale had just as easy a victory In wrestling and shooting Since the Intercollegiate Association football league was organized Haverford Haverford Haver- Haver ford college has not lost the championship championship championship champion champion- ship and now holds it for tor the tile third time P Pennsylvania and Harvard to for second sec Bec- ond honors Haverford held the cricket title e last year but ut this 1 spring l lost i it to the Pennsylvania team which is now o touring England Of or the other colleges which won honors honor Johns Hopkins was first in la lacrosse rosse New York York- university in gymnastics Columbia In bowling and Annapolis Annapolis An An- in fencing |