Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-23
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20 THE EORCEsTER DAILY sFN
The College Regatta.

The College Regatta.
The Arrangements, Crews. Programme,
Referees, Judges, Time Keepers, Rules
and Regulations, BOaIs, and SpecuIa-
lions upon the Result.
ESPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE WORCESTER SPY.
SPRINGFIELD, July o.
To-day is the last before the second annual
college regatta, under the auspices of the row.
ing association of American colleges, and boat
ing is the grand topic of conversation among
all classes of people throughout the entire city.
The course has not presented the usual lively
appearance that Lake QuinSgamond used to
on the day before the annual contest between
Yale and Harvard. The boat houses are scat
tered along the river on either side, so that
there has been no general centre from which the
representative crews could be seen, yet the diff
lerent houses have been frequently visited by
the friends of aquatic sports who reside in the
city, while there have been numerous visitors
from abroad This year there are to be six uni
NeTSlIy DOdIS ITOul do lldllD uluSTGub COllCHSS,
and four freshmen crews, which will probably
attract larger number of collegemeu than ever.
The different crews have been quartered at houses
near the river, and their daily practice has at
tracted many visitors to its shores. Tonight,
strangers are pouring in on every train, the
hotels are rapidly filling up, and there are num-
erous applications being made by telegraph for
nIo E,rY ba4 vii tbn
midnight trains
THE RACE.
This year the race is to he on the same plan
as that of last summer, straight away for three
miles, the course being the one known as the
Springfield lower course. 1t has been twice
surveyed and pronounced an exact three miles,
perfectly straight, and wide enough to accom-
modate all the boats that have been entered,
without any danger of foulng, if each boat is
kept in its direct course. The boats are to be
started from line of buoys near the Agawam
ferry, the stern of each being held by a man,
stationed in a boat anchored near the line of
buoys, so that it will be an easy matter to give
them an even start. The location is pronounced
by the college boys as being superior to any
accessible for a three mile straight away race,
though the accommodations for spectators are
not so good as they might be.
THE CONTESTANTS.
The names of the members of the different
crews, with their positions in the boat, are as
follows:
University-Jeremiah Day, of Catskill, N Y,
stroke; w + McCook of Pittsburg, Pa, captain;
IL A Oaks, of New Haven; Cook, of Cooks.
town, PA 6 N Sum, of Milford Ct; +
w X Upham of YOnkers, n Y, stroke; NJ Childs,
Of Of " Woodstock, Ct; W Plat, Of New Haven; X
bile, Ala; G Hill, of Calais, Me, bow.
HARVARD
University-R II Dana, of Boston, stroke; w
Boston; John Bryant, of Boston; Francis j Bell,
of Rye Beach, N HI VIM j Lloyd, of POttsVille,
Pa, bow.
AMHERST.
University-Walter Negley of Hagerstown, Nd
stroke; A Benedict of Bethel, ct, f NJ Wilkins Of
Peabody, Mass, q Brewer of Southboro, Mass,
Z Brown Of titchburg, Mass, L Bradley of Me-
Freshmen-0tis Fenton of Cleveland, Ohio,
stroke; NJ Logan of PembertOn, n }, Q P Little
teld of South Weymouth, Mass c Scoville of
Wellsville, Y, Daniel Kent of Leicester, Mass
Chas Arnold of Bath N Y, bow.
MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Unlversity-F q Eldred of Sandwich Mass
stroke; John Nj Benedict Of Bethel, CT, d z Bard
well of Sheburne, VT, Fl B Simpson of Hudson N
Y, 5 NJ Carter of Berlin, ct, Ii Ii Player of Nash
vile, bow.
WILLIAMS.
University - John Gunster of Scranton, Pa
stroke; johnson of Nova Scotia, d S Williams nj
Flushing, l. l, Worden of Phelps NYIW
Saunders of Peoria, Ill, II I Schol of West Milton,
Y, bow.
University-D Robinson of Bangor, Me, stroke;
d A Sargent of Belfast, Me, II Hunter of Pitts
field. Me, A L CrOcker of Paris Hill, Me, G Laid
of GroVetown, N Ii, w Hooker of Gardner, Me,
bow.
Freshman-F II Brown of Colchester, Ct stroke;
u u Hopkins of West Woodstock, Ct Il Field of
North Bridgewater, F S AshmOre of Swaton China
Z Noyes OF Gardner, Mass Z L Bogert of Bristol,
1, bow.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.
Freshman-W Bordett, of MiddetOwn, Ct,
stroke; A Gamman of Corning, N Y, A Ii Nash
of Lee, Mass, NJ Brown of Binghamton, N Y, Z
Markham OF MlddletOwn, Ct, j Al Stowe of Middle
town, Ct, bow.
THE PROGRAMME.
The prizes are a set of champion colors for
the winners in the university race, and set of
silver cups for the victorious freshman, one to
be awarded to each member OF the winning
crew. These prizes are offered by the SPRING
field rowing club who have had charge of all the
preliminary arrangements. The committee have
decided to have the freshman race pulled first
and at five O'Clock in the afternoon, to be fol-
lowed by the university race at six O'Clock.
Should the water or weather be unfavorable,
the races are to be postponed until there is good
weather and smooth water. The boats are to
be started with the usual care you ready, CO."
pause Of five seconds being made between the
caution and the start pistol is also to be
fired at the starting of the boats, so that there
will be no difficulty in understanding the
signal.
THE REFEREES, JUDGES AND TIME KEEPERS.
This morning the captains of the various
crews held an informal meeting, and chose
Captain Babcock of the Nassau boat club of
New York, President Baxter of the Union boat
club, and President Brady of the Hudson river
rowing association as referees, and l.. j. Powers
and H, NJ. Phillips of Springfield as time keep
ers. The regatta committee have appointed
Messrs. Whitridge of Amherst and Rickers of
Bowdoin TO represent them at the lower stake
boat, and P. G. Chandler of Williams at the
upper. Each boat crew has the privilege of Sc
Letting two judges. The time will be taken by
the Judges, who will follow the boats in the
little steamer Clyde, and also by the judges at
the lower stake boat. Mr.. Chandler, the referee,
will also be on the steamer Clyde, accompanied
by one reporter, who will represent the associ-
ated press. No other boat of any description
will be allowed upon the course during the
races, or during the time between the freshman
and university race.
THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
The rules to govern the races provide that if
the starter considers that the start has been an
unfair one, he may call the boats back, and any
crew refusing to make a new start shall be ruled
out Of the race, A start is considered unfair if,
during the first ten strokes, an oarsman breaks
his oar or a boat becomes disabled. A boat
having fouled another boat shall be ruled out of
the race. The rules further establish regula-
tions such as have usually governed college re-
gattas in the past
THE CREWS AND BOATS.
Harvard sends this year what is pronounced
by boating men as the best crew since 6S. They
are large, powerful set of men, and show