New-York tribune., 1875-07-01
THE COLLEGE REGATTA.
VIII.
TIE AMHERST CREW.

WITHDREW FROM TIE EEGAriA-A to' Nii'f
CREW OF LIGHT wEIGHIs-WIIL THY SURPRISE
Usf
lFrou A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE rEIDUNg.l
AMHERST. Mass. June 2i.--rhe way to the stars
is said TO he through difficulties, and if preliminary
Obstacles alone could insure victory might award
the REGATTA fags for 1875 to Amherst without any
rsce at all Ii is certainly not far from true that the
COLLEGES whicl, seemed TO have the worst cA3ne 3
have generally Won since tie Rowing Association
was formed The "Acgies' i'll 1871, the Amhersts
in 1872 and Yale in 1873, were, on general princI-
pes selected by the majority candidates for the
rear position in the races which they finally won
ON this basis Amherst may found reasonable mop,
of winning this year. for certainly the probablitles
do rot seem Ia be much in her favor from any other
point If view.
In the first place Amherst, after violent opposition
~ Saratoga rs the scene of the regatta withdrew
from the race ON the ground that that watering
place was too immoral in It's tendencies for Amhersts
nse. II the truth be told, it is to be feared that TINS
ALLEGATION. whether correct not IN fact, was not
made bv Amherst in good faith. In the first place
Asbcrst rather pref rred being big toad IN a small
middle TO b. ing q small toad in q big one. That Il,
she looked with di,favor on the extension Of the
Rowing Association beyond the Eastern colleges.
and was in hopes that with Harvard, Brown an'.
others She could stop the progress Of the institution
which has now attained such magnificent and
national proportions and restrict II 10 tue "pent up
Utica" OF New-England. If the race went to
Saratoga, with Williams and Dartmouth IN
favor IF that place, and all the New-i orN
aud New-Jersey colleges palling together '"'I
way Amherst realized t'at. the star OF
crapire would move westward permanently, and
her commanding influence III the association, de
riyeI from sympathy with Harvard and Drown
vonld he forever gone. Besides tins. Amherst had
l.er b.atpn and her boat smashed ut and before the
,r..yious Rcratta and the Alumni had turned rather
n deaf ear To aTDcals for money "hlie the
"d:r.' iu college. who are always ichhd IN TIE
march Of civil zation, had set their faces against
raviuc. Capt Hrrwc- did not want 20 row as'in'
and things looked blue generally. Il Is sad that I'D
certain number f millions OF men there mas cef-
tainlv bc found one Napoleon or one Newton, ara
il may be affirmed with even more ccr,Anty th"'
among the three or four huudrd students O. New
England college there may always be found one or
two poll cians of in, Xpr si1.c tuton SIS. IL TIE
Stress Of circumstances described tie political
rcniusos OF Amherst now Came TO Che front
and raised this cry Of she terrific immoral
ity Of Saratoca as SOFT "a banner oi
rights uuder which they mient march oh. Ihe
thing worked spleudidly. The A~r.e,' VINO were
utterly used up and knocked on. of lle "Hd conii
not possibly have got to- 4'er anot~er crew
i.iued i'm the cry at once end 9nnoWcei their
withdrawal from the Assoca.iol which pltrou.zeH
ynch frrhtflHy rascally p aces as Sar't'eL Tie
Amherst men al wrote paI2-.a2hs in tA' condtFy
ncwspapers o the effect that Harvard was "aFerng
and that a New-England hovi- a ~oc'ouon T MA
lie formed Immediately. Il worked ne b.. Ihc
S,ro+ocians had been Informed that there vtr'
1'accs where people did business ON paso. "
rrinc.p'es and not being then rs fully a'qna.aici
with tie ,hildlike and bland ~ Undergraduate as
tucv have SINCE become, thoy concluded that tHs
s-ra;al.t-laccd CONGREGATIONAL COLLEGE Ta.t lc one
# The places end that they had horii d them
somehow They saw the paragraphs ia tAe country
r,rrrs. and BEGAN 20 think that a ,cw-. nal-nd
Association would certainly be formed, aDd That
they vould have 70 depend on L9rsef Ill exclusively
flr tic seasols business a'er al. Thus irirrated'
they abused tie Pu-i.arcal suirit Of cXc.l'' ness
and mean intolerance displayed by MIL-st Co.lree
with hemcnce and most heartfelt sincerity, Wine
the astute politicians Of that Institution au-ed in
their sleeves. Capt. Brewer studied Lis lessons N
peace. l,lvexed BY bos. and the undergraduates
invested their spare funds in connnooi i,s more
tangible ,lan boating glory, such dougAnass AID
hard cider.
RrsrsCrrtrryG A CrEv.
r. ,-orsed .rperhly for the ti.le bus it d"os not
work quite So well Row. II is oe5, O. ke p q man
alive tl4n it j., to drown hin a.d thea usci'ate
LIN. 50 in boa.iag. Amherst is now t-suscil2ting
ler rbolt crew. apd sac lds IT ry dlcd-t maj ter.
Iastead # men from last years crew IN % nucleus
OF oarnca and experienced coaches she has only one
man ot the .ast University crew. Mr Scovliie. long
ont oi practice who has been vl~, Il in as coa Ia
place which requires the latest ideas and tho most
cortiuucus experience For tie n1rl"ns Of their
cr.v ~ 81 have only two men vho have rowed IN a
col,g. Rccatta and those two We're ia tie Freshman
crew cl two years ago.
1t would be hard caouSh tl,re to get water
ii all else favored. \ Ettle stream cl.rlstened
TIE "Io" by some classic Professor, but
known universally as Freshman River affords
the main dependence, and for shells it is Of
Iou-e the services Of a coxswain being absolutely
necessary % ca e Il beat through its windngs 1t
al-tlc worse than the Hoosic River and IFS only
Recommendation Is that il is about mile from the
Couc-e The Connecticut, which gives magnll-
cont course is Tour miles of. but when it becomes
Necessary to use the shel they must go there, and
flere they are now practiciug The tObacco-shed,
which is the usual resource oi Amherst as a boat
house. is in "a romantic spot opposite Hatfield. and
stands on q high bank overlooking the river The
same old raft of los e. two years ago does service
IT, place Of aoat. and tls is a great economy Tie
Yale Goat cost 500. I have doubts I this one cost
tie A.lhers,s even cent.
TIE tuEW.