The Washington critic., 1885-07-07

PARAMOUNT ROWING ASSOCIATION OF pHILA
DELPIIIA.
George Mitchell, coxswain, weight, IL
ROWING NOTES.

ROWING NOTES.
Before the full account of the Passaic
regatta arrived ii looked as though Kirby
the reinstated amateur, had won the
senior singles easily. Fuller accounts
show, however, that he would not have
won at all if Monahan and Mulcahey had
not fouled. They were both leading him
at the time.
The Washingtons fully expected to win
at fredericksburg, though they had much
rather have won without foul. 1t is Il
funny thing that when the Elzabeths are
closely pressed they almost always foul.
1t seems that they were not arranged well
in the boat. The race was 50 hot that one
side gave out, and the other side pulled
the boat over into the Washingtons.
1t is pretty certain that Smithson could
have beaten kearney more than he did.
1t is dawning on the minds of most local
oarsmen that Smithson is very fast and
game sculler.
THE CRITIC has made some wonderful
sporting predictions this season. especially
ON rowing events. 1t predicted that Cor.
Childs Cup; that Harvard would not
only beat Columbia, but Yale also, and it
now sets it down for a sure thing that CO.
lumbla will win the Sharpless Cup, with
the Naragansetts and Maltas second and
third.
John Teemer, the Pittsburg oarsman,
has published an open letter in which he
says that unless Hanlan consents to row
him by July Is he will claim the title of
champion american oarsman. He claims
that he challenged Hanlan before the lat
ter went to Australia, and has waited two
years for his challenge to be accepted. He
says: ~ don't wish to be boastful, yet
think that Hanlan is afraid to row me; if
he is not why doesn't he come forward
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ment? | have three times challenged
Hanlan to row me, upon each occasion
backing up my challenge with q money
forfeit" John had better have a care.
The University of Pennsylvania men
are considerably dissatisfied over the re-
suit of the intercollegiate boat race. The
University men claim that their failure
was not due to lack of skill but to the
ruling of the referee President Lincoln of
say, was the most unsatisfactory they had
ever encountered. Two fouls by BoWdoin
were not allowed the University. Bow
doin admitted that she had fouled the Penn
sylvania crew. but claimed that she was
crowded by Cornell and unable to avoid
the mishaps. At a meeting of the associa-
ton in January next the matter will come
up in a proposition to have intercollegiate
contests rowed in eighths with coXswains,
which will do away, in great measure
with bad steering.
The announcement that the Browns
had declined to row again with Bowdoin
and that the referee had consequently
awarded the intercollegiate to Bowdoin,
appears to have been premature, as
Referee Lincoln yesterday received dis
patch from the captain of the Browns, say
ing that Bowdoin had agreed to wait IL
month to row them again, and that they
could not row before the 10th.
The Syracuse Standard has the follow
ing exceedingly just criticism of the
referees rulings III the Intercollegiate
race:
We are panied to see that the referee In Sat
urday's intercollegiate regatta at Lake Quin-
sigamond does not heed the scriptural injunc-
tion that the last shall be first, but gave the
race to the crew which came In third at the
finish This was clearly a blunder, because
the crew of the University of Pennsylvania
under ordinary conditions can outrow the
BOwdom College fellows, and since the race
was not given 10 the winners why not to a
crew which went on the water with some
prospects of winning. It's wise oarsmln
that knows his own referee, and few there be
that find him. The Eastern College men evil
IDENTIFY discovered their man at Lake Quinsiga-
mond, as he having ruled Cornell and Penn
sylvania out of the race, IL Is not easy to see
how one of the New England colleges com
peting could avoid taking the cup and the
badges Brown, however, refused TO be
party to any such division OF the spoils and
the prizes went TO Bowdon by default We
advise Cornell and the University OF Pennsyl.
vania, when they row other colleges next
year to furnish the referee with Il steam
yacht which can keep near enough to the oars
men to enable him TO see the race and not
make 1t necessary TO pull one of ten possible
| decisions from a hat, and to furnish the time
keepers with stop watches, in order that they
| may not be obliged TO guess at the time after
| somebody with telescope has announced that