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Show NEW RULING AT NAVAL ACADEMY j By a recent ruling of the superin i tondont of the United States Naval j acadoniy at Annapolis, the COtnpeti j tion of the navy track team and varsity var-sity crei H to be considerably re stricted hereafter heRlnning with the coming spring seasou By the new order the crew is to be limited In all it;, rnce3 i" ihe Henley distance of mile 500 ards. and the track team will not be allowed to take part in auy meet in which races long-j long-j er than a fjiurter of a mile are to be run. Because of this stringent regu-I regu-I latlon the athletes St toe naval aeari 1 emy already are finding tea! they will have difficulty In arranging either dual rowing races or track meets with I any of the colleges they have been j meeting in the last few years. The new regulations go earning atu-I atu-I letlcs. It is said, are tho outcome of I an Investigation which the authorities authori-ties conducted last spring In reference to the length of running and rowing races and the effects, injurious or oth erwise, which long races had em varsity var-sity athletes The coaches of the more prominent track teams In the east and the directors of most of the college crews in the east and west were asked to give their opinions Apparently the weight of evidence I was against Ihe retention of the long! distance contests, anil the order ciit 1 ling down the distance which the I crew could row from two miles to ho Henley distance and the barring 1 if all track races over the quarter Is the result |