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mile and Dull should certainly score IN the
two-mile race. Patterson is a good high
Jump performer. as his schooiboy record Of
something over SIX feet shows. Heath.
the winner OF the broad jump IN the con-
ference meet last year with a leap Of y
feet OK inches, has no such man ss Knox
against him now IN the east. 4 couple OF
other men Of good quality brouEht aions
BY the Michigan men might clip by while
the eastern colleges were killing each
others chances. Perhaps this Is a good
moment to say Look ont for Michigan"
YRle's crew f. Hoodooed.
Yale spirit In rowing has a chance TO
show itself now az almost never before.
for few college crews have met with re-
verses anything like those which the Blue
has to struggle against IL may not be 30
bad a thing after all that Noyes is out OF
the boat because II the condition Of his
heart were such that ne was unable TO do
good work as an oarsman he might be a
hindrance at very critical part Of the
intsr-'varsity race. However, few college
crews can be said to be really and truly
well on without veterans, and the hoodoo
which is about the New Haven campus
this season has fallen heavily upon some
OF the men who were relied upon. II IL
no idle talk OF hard luck now with Yale.
The crew really is in a bad way, and al
though the squad IL one Of the largest
which ever has been mustered at Yale It
is question OF numbers alone, Il is feared.
The worst feature Of the situation, Il has
been pointed out Is that Harvard rarely,
II ever. was in better trim to defeat the
Blue. The Cambridge crew rejoices IN the
results Of system inaugurRted by oliver
ID. Fnley. as the public believes. How
A.
OF slight moment, Harvard has the training
scheme and the men and the enthusiasm
backed up by the strong influence Of a VIC
tory last June on the Thames All these
things help remarkably. They hurt Yale
all the more. Pluck will not win races
against crews which right at the start are
20 much better. All that Yale can do now
Is to come to the Thames ready TO fight for
what may be there to eight for It is some
thing new for the New Haven men TO go
to the scene OF the annual boat race with
a feeling akin to hopelsssness. II is the
way that Harvard had to take Il many
a time, however, ana II will DO rowing
some good to have Harvard win twice.
Tigers on the water.
From Pennsylvania comes an sxpression
OF opinion as to the entrance Of Princeton
into intercollegiate rowing. Pennsylvania
Is the first TO extend to the Tigers a cordial
welcome, tempered. however, by the suS-
gestion that successful results may not be
expected by the New Jersey crew men until
after few years experience. It il pointed
out that nne workmanship, speed and ex-
perience are the outgrowth OF long and hard
work only, and that Princeton must 20 a
long while unsuccessful before being truly
successful Then 1t is pointed out, too, that
Pennsylvania had a long dry spell from,
1900 to 1905 before getting back into the
class once occupied by the Quakers.
II memory serves, however, thia is not
always the case Taking for instance
Syracuse, which university entered the re-
Eatta In 1909 for the first time. Syracuse
hao practically nothing to commend it's
crew for two seasons There were no row.
ing traditions and no men Of exceedinr
worth. However, in 1904, a Syracuse crew
won the university eights, and since that
time with that bit OF prestige Syracuse
oarsmen have been a pertinent factor I'm all
university races. Rowing Is not a question
OF cycles. Cornell has been lonE In the
rowing game and always has been n
factor even though beaten. GEORGETOWN
mao been IN rowing a year only when its
crew came to the front and finished seoond
in race which Cornell won very handuv
The clarity Of the Pennsylvania argument
is not apparent
The gtst of the statement from the Irni. |
versity OF Pennsylvania alumnus IL con.
tained in the final paragraph, which sets
forth that Pennsylvania had "a GOOD nrsv,
last year, but they were mostly new men.
and we hope this year to do even bettef |
than come In second In the varsity race /
pennsylvania has lost number OF Iast
years crew, but has large list of candi |
dates anxious for the honor OF representinR
Old Penn on the water and when the sea |
son opens for work on the river we will |
have probably representative crew, with
SUFFICIENT substitutes from whom TO mar.
a good selection for the final ohoice. - 7, |
was not generally supposed that Pennsvi- |
vania had any very settled idea OF being |
able to beat out Cornell or vhiobs,,.- |
other university II IL which IL going to lsaS
the river.
Rowing on the Coast,
Rowing on the Pacific coast In IN. -, |
leges takes new turn with the intarooI. |
giate races between WASHINGTON. atansnrs
and California. This will be the firat ocoa-
sion upon which the college crews thsr. |
have rowed in eight cared shells n nav. |
the way too for the growth Of runors 40 |
the effect that California may send a hoe, |
TO the Hudson. Those whose memory ne !
BACK only few years will recall that pen |
1amin lde Wheeler, president OF the T1pI
versity Of California, saw 4 boat rar. - |
the Hudson at PouEhkeepsie and Al that
time said TO the stewards Of the resatta |
that ne might send a Grew to taxa mart IN |
the regatta there. Whether that ,,aa