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...practice at the American League park in Washington, will be a day of rest. On Wednesday the Cantabridgians will play their third game, with the Naval Academy team at Annapolis. After the game, which is scheduled for the afternoon, they will entrain for Philadelphia, via Baltimore. In the Quaker City the Hotel Walton will be their headquarters...
Sentiment seems to favor the Stadium as the best place for the Olympic try-outs according to Edward E. Babb, president of the Back Bay Club, who has recently returned from New York. Philadelphia is anxious that the games should be staged there, but the Quaker City cannot offer as good facilities as Boston...
Although there is almost no data from which to make a comparison of the rival crews, the University is slightly the favorite in view of its victory over Princeton and the Blue's defeat at the hands of the Quaker oarsmen. This advantage, however, would seem to be balanced by the Crimson's lack of experienced men, none of the crew being veterans, in contrast to the Elis, who have three of last year's first boat entered in the race today, Hyatt, Mead and Vail. Statistics of the oarsmen show that the University outweighs the Eli eight pounds...
...Canada. At present it is planned to let the oarsmen have two weeks practice on the Delaware before leaving for the final bit of training at Poughkeepsie. In this way Wright believes he will accustom the men to rough water. At Pennsylvania they attribute the poor showing of the Quaker crew to the fact that it encountered rough water during the intercollegiate regatta...
...selection of R. C. Folwell, captain of the Pennsylvania football team in 1907, has been ratified by the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Athletic Association as head coach of the Quaker eleven for 1916. Folwell played on the Pennsylvania team for three years, and in his senior year was the general choice for All-American halfback. He also went in for wrestling and throwing the hammer, and for two years was intercollegiate heavyweight wrestling champion. Folwell has coached with great success at Lafayette, Johns Hopkins, and Washington and Jefferson. His W. & J. teams have been noted for their advanced...