Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26

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from Columbia and Georgetown. with the
possibility that both Cornell and SYRIA
cuse will compete. Most of these crews
will, of course, be second or freshman
eights but there will be one or two var
sity combinations among the entries.
The various colleges are making gooo
use of this regatta each year to try out
their green oarsmen. This is really the
ony regatta Of the year in which the sec
ond-crew oarsmen have chance to row
an intercollegiate race before the Pough-
keepsie or New London regattas. In this
way Il serves as an invaluable aid to the
DEVELOPMENT Of the crews. which accounts
for the liberal patronage it is receiving
each year.
West Invites the East.
The Western Collegiate Conference AS
ISOLATION has most ambitious plan Tor
attracting attention to its annual track
and field meet. To accomplish its pur-
pose the association has sent invitations
to the University of Pennsylvania and
Cornell to participate in it's championships
June 6. It IL almost cert ain that the In
yitation will be declined. 1t certainly
will be in the case Of Pennsylvania. for
on the date Of the western meet, July u.
Pennsylvania must entertain the athletes
of the whole east in the eastern Olympic
tryouts.
Until the American Olympic committee
consents to let the intercollegiate cham
pionship meet serve as tryout for the
Olympic team all the other eastern ath-
letes will be obliged to compete at Phila-
delphia IL they hope to get on the Amer.
lean team. But even II they are excused
from the second competition they would
find it almost impossible to compete a,
Chicago. 1t will be noticed that no in
vitation was sent to Michigan. The VOL
verines will not be eligible for the east
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be an open date for them. Apparently
the westerners think that by inviting
PENNSYLVANIA and Cornell and ignoring
Michigan they will make the Ann Arbor
collegians repent their recent secession.
But IL Michigan wins first or second at
the eastern intercollegiate the SITUATION
will be reversed.
Harvard Students Criticise Eliot.
The latest outbreak of President Eliot
of Harvard against the present condition
of college athletics was in no wise unex-
pected. but apparently it will have even
less influence than in previous years.
President Eliot's diatribes against college
sport are now an annual feature OF his
utterances but their effect on the COL
lege world is about the same as water to
a ducks back His influence, according
to reports from, Cambridge. Is less than
ever with the Harvard students. In fact,
every attack he makes on athletics is an
SWered by some OF Harvard'S Undergrad
uate or alumni publications, while the
Harvard athletic committee does moth
ing.
II will be seen at once that President
Eliot's panacea for our athletic evils will
never do at all. He reasons that by linn
iting intercollegiate contests to two COM
petitions the evils now complained OF
would disappear. Naturally drastic &C
ton of this kind could never be carried
out unless there was harmonious action
by all the leading universities. If the
authorities of the universities which are
Harvard's rivals felt as President Eliot
does this would be easy enough. But
there are few IL any sympathizers with
the doctrines of the Harvard president.
Instead of limiting college sports most of
these universities would extend them.
There is no question that intercollegiate
contests are the strongest factors we
have to develop college loyalty. while the
good they do to the student physically
and morally are incalculable.