The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-14
BADGERS ADVOCATE
WESTERN REGATTA
Wisconsin Plans to Induce
Western Colleges to Estab.
fish Aquatic Department
Special to The Globe

special to The Globe
MADlSON, Wis, July IA West
ern intercollegiate rowing league and
the bringing West of one of the East
erh professional racing shell builders
are TWO things which the athletic n,an.
ayers of the University of Wisconsio
are desirous of accomplishing. Both are
thought to be entirely practicable.
AT present Wisconsin is ,the only
western university which maintains a
department. of aquatics, but it is be-
heved that the formation of a league of
at least three first class educa tionaI IN
stltut1ons and including a number of
smaller colleges can be established
Inc maintenance. of a, department Of
aauatlcs at any college depends upon
the possession. of a proper sheet or
stretch of water, and unless water is
available it is, of course impracticable
TO attempt to maintain crews
Easy for Chicago
1t is assumed at Madison that the
problem will be easy of solution at the
University of Chicago, where, it is UNI
derstood, no obstacle is too great if
1t can be overcome with money. It is
also thought that the University of
Minnesota, by sending it's oarsmen a
little distance on trolley lines could
nave aquatic training. This would
give three Western crews from three
OF the leading universities. ST. Johns
military academy at Deiafield. Wis.
maintains a crew department; Beloit
college, always little giant in inter-
collegiate athletics. could easily row on
ROCK river, and Marquette college, in
Milwaukee, could . find water. This
as are rowed in any regattas ordinarily
held.
These college crews, together with the
Duluth and other more or less profess
slonal clubs, would be amply sufficient
to give plenty Of work to professional
builder of racing shells. 1t is therefore
desired that one of the great Eastern
builders be attracted to the West. 1t is
thought doubtful whether Davy or
Boyle would come West, but that one
OF their assistants, probably as able as
the masters and perhaps possessed of
new ideas advanced ahead Of those of
the older builders, would be ready to
establish himself in the West is pre-
Sumed.
Building of Shells
While in the East Coach O'Dea had
some negotiations with the builders,
and it is now said that whenever there
is Western field for shell builder
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West. The desirability of a Western
shop rests upon. the great item. of ex-
pense in the transportation from the
East, but more particularly because
transportation of new boats is extreme
ly hazardous and almost always at
tended with injuries to the craft that
greatly impairs racing value.
The desire of wisconsin to establish
crew racing in the West springs from
encouragement with the annual fail
ures on the trips to Poughkeepsie
Wisconsin would rather be the-cham-
pion crew college in the West than
be each year an ALSO ran" in the great
regatta on the Hudson river. Another
point is the fact that the expenses of
the Eastern trip are burdensome, and
somewhat bitter to bear, for of all the
thousands of dollars taken in on the
great spectators trains, not a penny is
allowed to the Badgers, who expend
some $4,000 a year for the Eastern trip
A Western regatta could be held with
plan of fair division of the money
realized.