The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-06
OARSMEN MEET.
Bull May Row in the Mid
die States Regatta on
July ID.
KILL Won KULL Y. C's. REGATTA
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KILL Won KULL Y. C's. REGATTA

The delegates to the Middle States Regatta
Association met last evening at the Hotel
Marlborough, and decided a question of inn
p~ortance affecting college oarsmen. There
was a dispute over the question whether col
lege men might row in the coming regatta.
which will be held on July II on the Passaic
River, and whether such men should be re-
garded as having belonged to a club. Ac-
cording TO rule 2 no club was to be allowed
to enter any person who had not been a
member thereof for three months preceding
the regatta unless such person had not been
a member of any other club within said
three months, nor was any entry to be re-
ceived from a club which included in its list
of members any professional oarsmen.
This would be interpreted Us excluding
college men from certain events. If they
had taken part ID a college match it was d
question whether they should be admitted to
junior races in the Middle States Regatta
Association regattas. Also If a college oars
man was considered as being a member of a
boat club and entered in any open regatta
three months preceding the association re-
gatta, he was accordingly ruled out of the
association regatta.
Generally speaking, the Chair rules that a
college oarsman should not be regarded as a
member of O club, and should he allowed to
row in the NJ. S.. r.. A. regatta whether he
had entered a regatta under his college
colors within the three months preceding
the NJ. S. r. A. regatta or not. Secretary
Ballantyne appealed from the decision of the
Chair, but the delegates decided not to sus-
tain the appeal. 1t was recognized by the
delegates, however, that the existing rules
allowed of numerous abuses in the entrance
of collegians, and the following addition to
- ,.1n xf,z afTnra1 hu Ersa1 Eopf-
meyer of the Passaic b. c. and adopted by
the delegates
"When an entry is made by a college crew,
in any open regatta, the members OF such
crew shall be considered as having rowed
from a club and their standing rated accord
ingly. The rule to take effect July Ii.
1t will be noted that the rule goes into
effect two days after the association regatta.
This was done so that the rule should not
interfere with the aforementioned decision
or the chair.
This decision was actually a piece of
special lie isiation in favor of A. E. Bull On
the Atalanta Club. The Secretary had re-
ceiveI a query whether Bull might enter the
regatta as a member of the Atalanta crew.
Bull had rowed on Decoration Day with the
crew of the University of Pennsylvania.
After O lengthy discussion the chair ruled
that he might SO enter. Then followed the
foregoing proceedings.
Another point of Importance decided was
that the standing of a crew which had en-
tered a match race in which not more than
two clubs had participated should not be
affected in the regatta. A vote OF thanks to
the Passaic oarsmen's extended courtesies
was also decided upon.
The delegates present were:-Fred Fort
never, Passaic B.. c.: A V. Pruden. Varuna
d. C.; E. L. Haubold, N. Y. A. c.; Donald
Nicoll, Metropolitan B. c.; John L.. Bal
l~antyne, Arthur Kulls B.. G.; John A.
Dempsey, Atalanta b. c.; j. c. Martin,
Palisades, and Il. C. Kudlch, Atalantis b.
c.. OF Hobokea. A. B. Hopper of the Passaic
Is. G. and lice President of the association
was in the chair.
The meeting adjourned to Tuesday even
ing next at the Hotel Marlborough.