Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04

aging stewards are already at work on ex-
tensive plans for next year. If successful.
the 1906 regatta will easily eclipse all pre-
vfous meetings. The stewards have already
received assurances from Yale Harvard
pennsylvania, Syracuse and Georgetown to
be represented next year. The last two coll
Ieges did not have any crews present this
year, but say they will surely be on hand in
1906 In view of CorneIls objections to COM
peting in regatta in which other than col
Iege crews were represented the stewards
are awaiting with much interest the deci-
sion OF the IthacanS. In addition to the
above colleges 1t is believed that Columbia
will compete for the first time in 1906.
me only thing now worrying the stewards
rs the junior college race. This event was
originally arranged irrespective of the Amer
lean Henley. but was merged in order that a
bigger attendance might be secured for the
Henley regatta. In accordance with the
original agreement Cornell will hold junior
coiiese regatta at Ithaca next year. to which
pennsylvania has agreed to send a crew.
Ihls, however will not change the plans of
the stewards In arranging for the junior
college race on the Schuylkiil. The Cornell
regatta Is to be held on Memorial day which
IN 1905 will come on Wednesday. The date
for the American Henley has now become
fixture and will be the Saturday before Me-
moral day. This will give the various col
lege crews plenty of time to compete at both
the American Henley and the Cornell re-
gatta II they so desire. AS assurances to be
present at the Henley regatta have already
oOOh iCSctNeu lEOfu jill the Dig cOlIeReS-1n-
Guiding Yale, Pennsylvania. Harvard, SYRIA
cuse and Georgetown-it Is believed that
this will be sufficient incentive to bring Cor
nell and Columbia here also.
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The Henley stewards have not vet given
up their hope of getting the varsity Fights
of some of these colleges to compete. One
OF their ultimate hopes is to bring the
Poughkeepsie and New London crews to-
gether in one monster regatta. They realize
that this will take time. but as soon as all
the opposing colleges are brought together
In junior college race they think it will be
only a question of a short time until the
varsity oarsmen will be pitted agaist each
other in similar races.
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The stewards realize that this may mean
the changing of the date for the big re-
gatta. but they are willing to concede any
thing to win out with their pet project In
order that there may be no miscarriage Of
their plans the stewards are enlisting the
support of representative OarSmen in all of
the leading universities. The two men who
are most active in the plans are Julian Cur
tiss of Yale and William 1. Forves of the
University of Pennsylvania. The stewards
also have representatives from Harvard, and
hope to have Cornell represented on the
board once more. Cornell was one of the
organizers of the American Henley project,
but has neglected to have representative
on the board of stewards for the last two
years.
Another project which is dear to the
hearts of the Henley stewards is the devel-
opment of scheolboy rowing. At present
they are the only ones who encourage this
feature of rowing. This year there were
three SC hool crews represented in the re-
gatta. The Stone School crew of Boston
won the Franklin cup offered TOR this event.
defeating the Central High and Central
Manual School crews of this city. Next
year an effort will be made to bring to-
gether all the school crews in the east The
stewards insist that the surest way to build
up rowing among the college men Is to fur
nish every incentive to rowing in the high
schools and academies.