Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-20
GREAT COLLEGES PREPARE
FOR AMERICAN REGATTA

The rumor that Harvard and Prince
ton would meet on the gridiron this fan
for the first time in about twelve years
has died a speedy death. member or
the Harvard eleven was quoted at great
length as authority for the statement
that the game had been arranged, but
he seems to have been in the wrong,
for his statements were denied from
both Princeton and Harvard.
The Tiger manager declared that no
negotiations whatever had been held
for such game.
AS a matter of fact, it is doubtful If
Harvard and Princeton ever could agree
to play a friendly series of football
games. 1t will be remembered that
their games in the middle nineties
bristled with more petty quarrels than
those which broke up the games be-
tween Pennsylvania and Harvard.
The Crimson authorities were sus-
picious of practically everything their
New Jersey rivals did and Princeton
refused to have any further gridiron
relations with a university that doubted
her good intentions and took the same
action as Pennsylvania did year ago.
The Harvard schedule is quite certain
to be very short and the only Dig games
it will contain will be those with Yale
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obliged to give up the annual game with
Harvard because the army lads did not
wish to play Harvard, Yale and Prince
ton on successive Saturdays. 1t was on
this account that Harvard hitched up
with the middies.
1t is becoming more and more evil
dent every week that the American
regatta" to be held at Philadelphia on
Nav 25 is soon to become one of the
classic events of the intercollegiate
rowing season.
Although the regatta contains but
one event which is exclusive for college
eights the support Of the university men
has made this one of its features and
has helped to draw many of the club
crews every year.
For the first time since the regattas
were started Yale university has de-
cided to concentrate all her ettorts TO
turning out a second varsity eight to
win the big event for junior college
crews.
Great Entry LIST
The entry of the Yale crew makes it
certain that there will be at least hVe
of the strongest rowing colleges in the
east on hand for this event These in
clude Harvard, Yale, Cornell. Pennsyl-
vania and Georgetown. There is IKE
lihood. too, that Columbia will send
down an eight.
The stewards hardly hope now for
Syracuse entry The Salt City oars
men are handicapped by a lack of funds
and as they must send first eight to
row against Wisconsin at Lake Men
dota on Memorial day they do not feel
equal to the task of raising tundS lor
the American regatta in Whlch thelr
crew won last year.
Next to Pennsylvania, Harvard is
the strongest supporter of the Amerl-
can regatta. For two years the Grim
son has been sending two eights to the
This is in line with the
policy inaugurated by eX-Capt. F1lly,
who REGARDED the regatta as the best
irving out any inexperienced crews
could have. The college crews which
row on the Schuylkill are made up Of
oarsmen who have never rowed IN
varsity shell at Poughkeepsie or New
London.
This race, therefore, gives them
test which weeks of practice spins
could not afford. And it is no wonder
that the junior college race is becom-
ing so popular
The stewards are trying to make
octopede rowing popular among the
college crews, but to date Pennsylvania
is the only university which has taken
the trouble to develop such crew.
Last year the Quakers won the event
from one of the strongest club e1ghts OF
Philadelphia, and as the present crew