The sun., 1891-06-19
COLLEGE oARsMEY ToRRIEp.
They object 10 the u. OF r. Defeating It.
self to Represent Them Abroad.

| They Object 10 the u. OF II. DeleEatinG II
SELF to Represent Them Abroad.
New LONDON. June ls--The announcement
that the University Of Pennsylvania is going to
| send an eight .onred crew to Europe TO row the
English universities strikes college boating
mon generally as being rather anus
ing. 1t naturally worries them bit.
however. when they get TO discuss
ing the matter from sensible stand
point. Tho announcement, means more to
them than appears at first onthe surface. 1t
practically means that the University OF Penn
sylvania will be considered in England. among
tho masses at least. the crack American COL
lege crew, the boating men from all other col
leSos represented here declare.
What has Pennsylvania ever dono to entifle
her to the claim OF champ plon Of our college
crows7" inquired a prominent college oarsman
OF group OF other prominent ones here to-
day. she has done nothing-absolutely moth
ing. And yet she proposes 10 send crow
abroad and convey the Impression. II shc
doesn't openly mike the claim. that that crew
is the champion college eight OF our great en-
lightened country. Well. our fEnominy won't
be 20 great as It would have been were the men
OF oil tho English college crews still together
to accept Penn's sweeping challenge. Let us
be grateful to think that the summer vacation
has scattered the men and caused them to give
up training. II 1t hadn't the self-appointed up-
holders Of American college rowing cham;
rionship might make us somewhat ridiculous.
ta 70 sshS renn
syvanla would AFFORD the mo st amusement ior
Be bItI Very f unfor,Tnate and humiiistins to tho
Americans. Min you" he continued. by way
OF explanation II nm not casting any REJECTION
don't row In beautiful form thnt may not be
their iault. The boating authorities 81 Penn. %
those OF my other college. Pennsylvanin cares
nothing ior form. 1t doesn't make psnpsyi;;
abont o IN Ssa TO- In es e opinion good body
work evidently doesn't have anything TO do
With speed; Il is only for show. Now; II the
rle on tho other side would admire, them. even
4 they did get beaten. They would both have
Tis Fennsylvanians :y Val IRE re- not n , aecertnc any
challenge from tho crack English college crow
thu Of amssn snsy Thsy
cause they want to. II ism, anyeody's hnsi-
s1eHo . nnsa ,nsr and hfy s.
ms hink hat they have lust as much right to
tho title OF champion as either, Yale or Har-
wS was 2aisSn .a seas f
too oNclns!ye, they claim. The winner OF that
event w"nl.ln.t give the winner OF the event IN
@lshi want it, and rsnnsyIyapia thipks iha.
ard that q smaller college can have Just as
good crew"
The University OF PENNSYLVANIA first sent
crew to New London two years ago. In that
year the PENNSYLVANIA crew had n race with
lost the race too. through careessness. Tho
Pcnnsrlvnnians had heon characterized as the
and Caldwell, Yales famous stroke oar. starred
of at a lazy gait. The Pennsylvanians bent
themselves almost double and pulled for
Caldwell saw that he wasn't merely
practising. and he hit the stroke up.
not thinking 1t necessary The Penns did.
however. and nearly stole march on the vet
reality on the last half mile. That was the first
and the last race the Quakers had with the
Yankees. They rowed Cornell the same year
and were benten, and reatad the affair again
last year. This year they will contend with
Columbia and Cornell. Those who havo seen
the present Pennsylvania crew at work don't
think they row any bctter than the two previ-
Gus crews that were here.