The Washington times., 1908-01-05

Amateur
Comment
By MANHATTAN.

By MANHATTAN.
Haste is being made slowly in getting
together an American crew for the
Olympic regatta in London this year.
There are two difficulties which Presi-
dent Pilkington ana his committee hni
IL hard TO overcome, although they ara
confident that they viii be overcome.
one is the question OF money; Il will
cost not less than $1,000 70 send a crew
over, and It is no betrayal OF confidence
20 say the money is not yet IN sight
Another difficulty is in the selection OF
a homogeneous crew strong enough 20
stand a change Of winning
II seems now that the best chance
to get q crew viii DO by selection from
the college crews after the summer re-
gattas As these crews have each q
different style and are trained to diff
ferent methods il viii be hard matter
&c get them rowing well enough together
to win races against the worlds best
between the time OF selection and the
time Of the London regatta I am in
clined to believe that while q crew could
be got together which would be equal
individually to any crew in the world.
whether they could be got into shape 20
beat even inferior oarsmen who have
been trained IN the same boat in time
for the London races is a question
The rowing enthusiasm at Princetoa
continues and Fred Titus is confident
that he Will be able TO put an eight and
perhaps a four IN the water by the time
the summer regattas are ready, fit 20
give a good account OF Old Nassau The
Princeton regatta viii be held on Car
negie lake on June and a number Of
surprises are promised at that time.
Syracuse oarsmen are bewailing the
fact that young jim Ten Eyck has left
college. and hence the Syracuse crew
viii be short one Of its best men at
Poughkeepsie next June Jim has in
herited In a marked degree the Ten
Eyck ability In a racing she'll and was
altogether one Of the strongest oars
among the college crews. No reason IS
given for his action.
A muiti-millionaire baseball player &
among the possibilities. understand
that Jay Gould. now court tennis cham
pion, IS q candidate for third base for
the Columbia club. Tommy Corcoran,
who is coaching the Adorningside play
ers. ia enthusiastic over young Gould's
ability on the diamond, and it is not at
al improbable that the son OF the rail-
road magnate viii make the team.
Edmund H Coy, the great Yale full
hack. who likewise is a fine baseball
player, has received a number OF offers
10 90 into professional baseball. but he
has turned them all down
Tad Jones has accepted the position
OF director OF the z NJ. c. A. OF the
shefheId Scientific School. and viii be
one OF Yale's main coaching stays next
season.
Yale has another hnd IN John r XII
patrick fitzpatrick has beaten Coy's
record for total strength. making 1853
units as against Coy's 1644.4. which was
the high record for Yale. fitzpatrick is
an all-around bigger man than Coy, and
as captain OF this years football team
showed marked football ability.
Wesley Coe. champion shot-putter. has
decided on a novel method OF keeping
in trim this winter. He is going to a
Maine lumber camp and expects TO DO
the work OF a Iumberman- II anything
viii keep a man n perfect physical con-
dltion, II is the work OF a lumberman
In the Northern woods, and II COe does
not break records when he comes out
next spring shall be very much sur
prisec
January IS has been selected as the
date for the New York Athletic Club
swimming carnival 4 most interesting
program has been arranged. and a
number Of the speediest swimmers IN
this country have signifed their inten-
ton OF entering.
I suggested some time ago that
Princeton would perhaps make a better
showing in the latter part Of the foot
ball season If she were TO arrange her
schedule so that she would have a
game after the Yale game under
stand that the Princeton football
authorities have about reached the
same conclusion, and negotiations are
now pending for a game with Cornell
to be played after the Princeton
game It would be 8 great thing II
such a game could be arranged and
played in New York
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