Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
Washington Crew Wants a Race.

Reports from the Pacific coast are to
| the effect that the University Of Wash
| ington. the premier rowing organization
of that section of the country. wants to
try its strength against the leading col
lege crews which will compete at the in
| tercollegiate regatta on the Hudson. For
two years there have been rumors to this
effect. but not until last year was such an
effort actually made. Then the effort was
made too late for the consideration of an
entry by the stewards. 1t is understood
that this year Washington will apply In
plenty of time and endeavor to show the
"effete east" thing or two in the rowing
| line. Since there is no disposition on the
part of the stewards to deny an opportu-
nifty TO all corners there is every reason to
believe that Washngton's entry will be
accepted, if properly made.
In this respect the intercollegiate Row
ing Association is not like the organiza-
ton which controls track and field ath-
letics. The latter association declines to
| let any college compete, only whenever
the spirit moves ft. An institution must
pledge itself to send a team each year, or
it will not be allowed to compete even
once. The rowing stewards like to en-
courage the same thing. but they are will
ing to permit the Navy to compete when
she can. and they would certainly extend
the same courtesy to Washington, whose
crew would compete under the greatest
difficulties.
Club Men Catch Up With Collegians
The present season of indoor athletic
meets has been featured to date With the
lack of college entries. and according to
the present outlook the demand for the
collegians will be much less than ever be-
fore. There are two reasons for this.
The first and more important one is that
the club men have been devoting an I'M
usual amount of attention to this form of
athletics and can furnish competition
quite as keen as can the college men.
Furthermore. the raise in the standard of
performances has been so great that the
club men can now hold their own in
nearly all events with the collegans, and
in few years may excel them.
There has also been a disposition on he
part OF not a few universities to shut
down on the number of indoor meets a
which their students are allowed to COM
pete. Both Harvard and Princeton have
long confined their winter competition
TO but two or three meets, and this year
Pennsylvania has reduced her indoor meets
about one-half.
An unusual amount of interest has been
aroused by the announcement that VIII
son. the famous mile runner of England,
who was beaten by Sheppard by the scant
margin of a yard in the / 800 meters run
at the Olympic games. is going to make
his home in this country. Several weeks
before the Olympic games We're held,
Wilson set a new Olympic record for the
1..OO meters by doing the distance in
$50 %, about four seconds faster than
it was done during the games, 1t was
said in his behalf that he was overturned
when he lost to Sheppard. But. be this
as ii may he is a wonderful runner. and
If he makes his home on this side of the
Atlantic he will be a welcome addition.
Discussing Summer Ball.
For the third year in succession the
Intercollegiate A. A. OF the United States
has spent most of its annual session In de-
batting the question of the summer ball
players, but with absolutely no results.
The appointment of special committees
las .ittle if any effect on the evil as il