The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-03
WITH THE COLLEGE ATHLETES
DOJNGS IN TIRE FIELD or SPORr
IN EAST AND WEST.

Changes have recently been made in
college rowing afnliations 90 that now the
Naval Academy. according TO all appear
snoe. viii have difiCulty in finding suitable
opponents for the spring campaign. Col
umhia. the most stecdy adversary Of the
sailors for the last lev seasons. haA de.
ciied 20 attempt 10 take on a match with
Yale rather than 60 Go Annapolis. and In
view Of the uncertainty of a Yale-Navy
race on the Severn the chances for q Yale
Columbia match are good. Under these
circumstances tho Navy 10 turning 70 Har-
ward. The Crimson has not rowed on the
Severn In some years. although among the
early records OF rowing at the Naval ACad-
pmy may be found mention Of a defeat
by a crew ron Cambridge.
It is not easy 10 SEQ why Columbia aud
Vale are avoiding a meeting with the Navy
crew. II might he an explanation to say
that the oosches do not want TO prepare
For two mile races at the time of the year
uhen they Customsrily are held. But to
have a race between Yale and Columbia
certainly indicates no desire TO dodge a
sprint race. Whatever real objection there
is 10 rowing ON the Severn 10 more likely to
he a matter Of college policies or politics
9Ui No 5bOu " uOb NhCy W w llAuS DuDiIes
The Navy has been beating its rivals pretty
consistently for some years on the Severn,
but that of course cannot be a reason.
Columbia was beaten at Annapolis last
spring. LIT that did not affect the res
suit 1T ~Poughkeepsie in any way.
The Navy will have Pennsylvania and
Georgetown TO meet anyhow, even II Hsr-
Yard declines a race, Harvard has Cornell
snd Columbia to meet and In unlikely 10
taxi IN another stiT race such as one at
Annapolis would be. There in always the
chance, with things in their undecided
state. that Georgetown will drop Out of in
tercollegiste rowing. slthOugh another idea
was brought u recently in the chal-
Ienge for a dual race sent by Georgetown 20
Princeton. There are some men at Wash
ington who want The Georgetown crew 10
oonfne itself to rowing in dual races or In
regsttas on the Potomac. A suggestion
along these lines Was made recently by a
correspondent in Tho GeorJetOnn COhegc
JOsrnoI. who said:
"Af;er the disa strous showing OF he crew
List lure az Po~ughkeepsie and the alto
gether discourR ginR results attained by
Georgetown csews for the past twO years
Il seemh to me that this tire will not he in
oproTtune 10 suggest . remedy for the
viii be charitable and call il misfortune.
Years ago Washington was a great rowing
Guy. L. fosIcred many boat clubs and
premier scullsrs. Tho Potomac Boat Club.
sup aouvishin q in Ihe city al the prceent
vine. VAS ere ~ the foremost boat clubs 81
tic 7 ni,cS Sis;es.
'But IS lete yeJ"s intercrt has 1ygel ia
This oity nld we n igbt so t~hroughout tho
/. - GasgHNh Ara aha mo-, A.. ~ -
srp no moro contests on tho Potomac.
,s1 the boat Ciul's seem TO have deserted
the old poUf.e frd all ere going North.
Cornell. like the fave and the moths. Is
dsIzlinS all h college eights by It's in
cS1deaCept magnetism, coaxing them TO
her ard devouTing then IN = blaze Of glory.
Clor for Cornell with her great Tespir,s s
Frf EeT',h IS material, bIt whore IL tho
Clor- .fpr the CtAc-sr whore is there en-
ihfnz fo, the Cth6rs? DN let me col, 4
~ ~. Not ell the colleges, strc1Ge e l.
rsy see n. BrgSe'l nd Ys.e, oycr lGr'-
ing Their resige ere too wi p TO he 20 Ight
In the e. -. These 20 institutions warn
their crews out Of the mill race. Thay
have their own contest on the Than ~.
. hich on race day is as beautiful. as Tns gnih-
cont. A. lined with cheering enthusiastic
? africans "a - the Hudson 81 the Poggh-
'ce sio event. All New England turns ouJ
" gaze ct the stala art sthsetes. Many
from the great metro' oils tear thensek IS
aNdy tGNNtns 80, NIlAs Sl boaL "a klJaT ana
giye ~undisglise1 All iauss to the two reVs
racing with all toe { ent iro orergJ q their
Young lives for the finish line Of New London
bridge. Win or lose, each Is Q gold : ictc
In a till OF co7T erS the cob e:s re resent
tho others besides Cornell in the big race
on the Hudson.
And now YOU Rave guessed my purpose.
what about an annual contest OF the Pcto-
taao9 \ bOatrace 6av for Seorgetown and
her rival. II yOu think the people OF Wash
- -l. -HA A-I
their support. ask some OF your old row ing
men how the Potomac looked In the old
DAYS when Hanlan met Courtney and the
potomac beat the hest thai New YnrL,
OTered. How about that long promised
Soptheyn Henley? The south viii srpport
yCl. Vito Georgetown Ia mo tho lead as
penusv ivaria does ~ the AmcHi an Henley,
al the local rowing clubs and the southern
wiA ioin her. The high schools are
ious TO row. Perhaps We are on the
yerg~ Of a great revival Of the rowing. game
IL the south. And Washington will tOoK
TO an annual holiday. viii onCe
. again hold her prestige among the followers
Of 'us most excellent of aiLatic sports."
Tcia iet5 er being written from Richmond.
II NAV be taken th0t the writer has in rind
the I niversitv Of \ irRinia as a ~ college
row ing rival for Georgetown. II may be,
however. George Washington University.
" any event II may be said tina the
tamper OF those who ara In favor OF rom
In intercollegiate owing at all at
Georgetown will be decidedly against the
r AN o. quitting the Hudson regatta solely
because the eight does not always win.
incidentally. IL may be mentioned that Viz
ELnian.r who signs the letter. has only a
. lEhtinR opinion OF Columbia II he con-
ssdcrs the New York Institution al merely
. moth lowering around q fame. Her
crew lowered 30 close TO the Name last Jun
the name almost got burned.
While on the subject Of rowing il is well
to mention the activity OF the Wisconsin
oarsmen. Coach Ten Eyck has had them
doing fall work. something new at Madison
and furthermore has had The freshmen
actually in barges. They will thus get a
taste OF actual rowing before they have
70 settle down to the machines. What
will he the quality Of the freshmen after
such preliminary work. compared with III
oil ght training the 1910 class crew at Wis
consin had. IL 10 hard 90 say. That was
an excellent freshman eight. not merely
il won tho raoe but because IL
showed careful training n coaching.
Ten Eyck had hat crew only in the spring.
II Ia hard 20 say what he will be able 20 do
Nth men he has ia hand right from their
into college. Incidentally, II the
freshmen are too good they are going 20
spoil tho chancos Of the st. Johns Academy
crew for a trip east. The Dela6eld school
hoys are having fall rowing o and they
have made uo their minds that N they win
their annual race from the Wisconsin
freshmen the crew will be sent TO COM