Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-10-09
NAVY 70 RACE HARVARD
PLEASANT ATHLETIC RELA-
TIONS EXIST BETWEEN
TWO SCHOOLS


An effort will be made to extend
| the pleasant athletic relations which
| exist between Harvard and the Naval
academy by securing race between
| the two crews for next season and of
making IL the occasion Of visit Of
several days at least Of tho Harvard
rowing squad to Annapolis.
For several seasons past the Harvard
baseball squad has spent period Of
week here using the Naval Acad-
envy grounds for spring practice and
at the same time playing several match
games with the Navy nine. This has
| suggested that il would be arr excel
| lent idea for the ing squad TO come
here and take advantage Of tho
milder conditions on the Severn than
on the Charles. and steps have already
been taken TO make such arrangements
IL possible.
The growth OF the friendly feeling
between the two institutions has been
"A pleasant incident Of recent years,
and il now seems that closer relations
prevail between the Academy and
Harvard than between the Academy
and any institution with the exception
OF their natural riyals-the Military
Academy. As stated, the visit Of
the Harvard baseball squad has been
feature for several years and this
year the two teams will meet for the
first time in football. The game will
take place on October 10, and will be
the first time the two have met in
football. Harvard and the Academy
meet every year at the intercollegiate
fencing tournament and they have met
in rowing on one occasion previously.
Should il not be possible for the
Academy athletic authorities to CON
summate their plans OF having the
Harvard oarsmen here for consider
able period, great efforts will be made
TO secure race on the Severn at
least. If the race is secured it will
undoubtedly become the great race OF
the season on local waters, in fact IL
is more than possibility that ii viii
soon become the only race for the first
crew.
The aquatic authorities Of tho Acad-
cmy are having more and more diff
Guilty each year in procuring races.
The arrangements for bringing crew
to Annapolis are expensive and the
dinerenet managemcnts appear more
and more reluctant 10 come. 1t is now
reported that efforts will be made To
prevent any Of the crews which meet
at POugbkeepstc from meeting earlier
in the season, as IL naturally detract
from the interest of the big race. If
this rule was enforced, the Navy
wonId be confined to Yale and Har-
ward as competitors IN aqnatics,
though Princeton might be added to
the list, should that Institution enter
Intercollegiate racing Yale has stated
that the trip 10 Annapolis would not
be made this season, 80 there is q pos
sibiiity that If a race with Harvard is
secured IL will be the only one on
local waters.
The Academy athletic authorities
are very anxious to baye n good sea
son Of local races, as few Of the mid
sbipmen body have a chance 10 see the
POugbkeepsic regatta as n regular
thing, and some good rsces at home
arc the best possible thing 10 keep up
the spirits Of the members Of the crew
and the interest Of the midshipmen and
Naval Academy people generally. An
understanding with Harvard for an
annual race would therefore be an as
suraDco Of an interesting season Of
aqnatics whether Other crews were
brought 10 Annapolis or not.