The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-14
REGRETS EXPRESSED
FOR ABSENT ONES
People Want to See Yale and
Harvard in the Regatta
Races.
SKILL. FORM AND FINISH
is REQUIRED TO WIN
Comparisons Made and Effect
Upon College Crews During
Recent Contests.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
NEW YORK, July 13-Every one
regrets that Yale and Harvard were
not represented in the intercollegiate
regatta Mt Poughkeepsie, where seven
crews measured strength and skill. To
those who cannot understand the tradi-
tional rivalry between the Blue and
Crimson, in which victory of one over
the other is desired above all else. the
holding aloof is cause for much disap-
pointment The fact that Cornell and
Columbia, which fought 1T out stroke
for stroke at Poughkeepsie, had previ-
ously beaten Harvard in two~mile races
does not necessarily mean that the
same crews could have beaten Yale,
which defeated Harvard by such a mar
row margin at four miles. 1t must not
be forgotten that the Navy eight beat
Columbia at two miles earlier in the
season, and vet the Navy finished be
hind the Blue and White crew at
Poughkeepsie, when the distance was
four miles. Under the circumstances,
it is idle even to try and draw a fair
with the idea of placing one above the
other in the college rowing world It is
not cessary, either, as there was
honor enough for each in winning as
they did. 1T can be said. however,
that never perhaps IN the history of col
lege rowing in this country have four
crews been developed which were so
we'll matched in strength and skill and
Workmanship as the eights representing
The brilliant gruelling, hard fought
struggles were ample proof of this.
The races at Poughkeepsie and New
London showed once more that skill
and form and finish are more essential
to success than Drawn and weight and
sheer brute strength 1t ls not neces-
sary, perhaps, TO enlarge on this, as tho
question has been thrnshed out time
and time again, but it was emphasized
ment. The Navy crew was made up of
a powerful set of men, who were able
to maintain high stroke over the long
four miles, and yet that crew-which,
by the way, rowed in excellent form
was beaten by Cornell and Columbia,
rowing a slower stroke, but with great
er finish. Again. Harvard outweighed
Yale and rowed q much higher stroke,
but Kennedy had instilled into his men
the art of rowing with the proper ap-
plication Of power, and the lighter crew
won through its form and finish, which
made victory tho sweeter and the more
deserved, perhaps.
The magnificent race rowed by CO.
lumbia took away the sting of defeat,
and too much can hardly be said in
praise of Rice, who coached the crew
so well, and of the men, who worked SO
hard and faithfully and who fought so
valiantly in the face of the discourage
ment of previous years Columbia row
ing has now risen from its slough of
despond and a winning crew seems
only question of time. For this the
graduates and undergraduates have
every reason to rejoice. Rice has been
tried and not found wanting, and Co
lumbia can well afford to cast her lot
with him.
The victory of the Wisconsin fresh
men brought some consolation to the
pluckY Western oarsmen who came so
far to race, while the Harvard fresh
men saved an utter rout for the Grim"
son, The victory of the Harvard club
was another feather in the acp OF
Wray, whose success as coach has
been firmly established to the satisfac-
tion OF those who are not so blind that
success is only seen In victory.