The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02
INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT
COMMERCE. CREW TO ROW IN
THE SCHUYLKILL REGATTA.

THE SCHUYLkILL REGATTA.
A Subscription Is BEING Taken Up From
The students TO Pay the Expenses Of
the Trip-Horace Mann VIII Have No
Eight Gossip OF the Baseball Teams,
Although the Columbia rowing authori-
ties have withdrawn the offer OF $50 to helI
send O scholastic crew to the American
Henley at Philad elphia on May 20, the High
School OF Commerce has decided to send
Its eight nyway Manager Williams
started q subscription for that purpose
among the students. By Friday last he
had received $50. and there is no reason
to doubt that before May "a the u n will
reach 500. The expense Of sending the
men to the race will be large for a school.
In addition to the nine men In the boat
several substitutes and the coach, Henry
Baokus. will make the trip.
The men will go down the day before
the race in order to get well rested and to
take . practice spin over the course. The
cost Of shipping the shell Is another item.
The reasons given by the directors at
Columbia for the withdrawal Of their offer
are that two crews only will compete In
the scholastic race in New York and that
| the finances Of their own crew are In bad
condition.
There will be no elimination race for the
purpose OF picking a crew for the Schuyl-
kill regatta as originally was intended
This will be an ADVANTAGE re. In that 1t will
not detract interest from the scholastic
race in the Harlem regatta on june 1.
Another result coming partly from the
rowing conditions at Columbia Is the failure
OF Horace Mann School to have q crew.
Horace Mann desired to have an eight
this year and looked TO Columbia for aid
This the university could not give. Another
cause. Of Horace Mann's disappointment
was It's inability to get training quarters
and q boat. The Nonparell Club Is taking
care Of the Commerce crew and the Harlem
Club Is housing the De Witt Clinton eight.
These clubs consider that they are doing
their share toward the encouragement. Of
scholastic rowing, and no other club has
offered to take care of a school crew.
At pyesent the Commerce crew Ia made
ND as follows. Jaburg. bow: York. ?; Ryan.
8; Weber, 1: Byrne. S: Walsh. Q; hcWiniams.
7: sohum. stroke. and Kremer. coxswain.
The men average 1921 pounds In weight.
This IL approximately four pounds heavier
than the Dewitt Clinton crew. The weight
In the Commerce Boat. however. is more
evenly distributed and the men are OF a
more uniform size than are the De Witt
| Clinton oarsmen.
Jaburg, bow. is the lightest maj in the
Commerce eight and weighs iS3 pounds
The next man. York, is the heaviest. He
tipe the scales at ITO. Ryan. 8, weighs 100;
Weber. 4, ies: Byrne, S. 1e2: Walsh. 0. 1875;
Mo"ihislas. z. :es. and schuin' STROKE
Mcwnliams is the only experienced oars
man at cree and his service has been
| FIR n period Of one year only. kremer,
the coxswain. has been at the tiller two
years. Stroke sohum was a candidate
a plaoe In either The irst or second boat
Commerce as well as De Witt Clinton
has a four Dared barge. The member OF
! tnS Grew BREW are Il A missa not E be . bad t idea to
as the eishts.
The inter - ola s,a trnsk s snS 1,sld s ssstes
ON Sni Nay az d IS. Major of Boys High and several
other local stars j. intend e sc enter s .ns s Ts1Ient
Of Brooklyn College Prep will start IN the
! mile at Erasmus Hall games on May 8.
other prominent schoolboy athletes who
| have sent In their entries are Cozzens and
| Sanford OF Manual Training and Major Of
Boys High; An interesting feature VIII
be the faculty relay race between ,S Msn n4Ix
! this will be the first time hat a ~schoolboy
meet has been held, in two sections. the
trials on one day and the finals on The next Il.
resolution not to run In the mile again In
so far as the high school ohappionships
are concerned He feels that his sehoH,
be able 70 get In this event without diff
The only ,schoolboy meet, except the
Sat1rday. is that Of the Roosevelt Athletic
league. Judging from the large entry
list. this meet will be Is big q success as 1t
The Cornell intercollegiate meet win be
held at Percy Field. Ithaca. on Nay p.
These games were revived last MAY after
sftY entries were received. Detroit Upi-
yersity School won the meet and MERGERS,
burg academy was second > mnmpsa 81
schools will send teams to the games this
"A circular was issued by the INTERPLAY
set OF games at the Brooklyn j. s. A, l..
Held on Sunday. May o. There was to Be 2
Ave mile handicap az well as sig other track
under A. A. L. rules, Or, Champion. the
secretary OF the p. $. A.. L.. by. chance saw
one Of the circulars and immediately began
A. A. U. that the games were not sanctioned
and they were OF course not approved by
the p. 8. A. L., since they had no connection
with sehoolboy athletics The games VIII
Havens. the old BOYS High spripter. Is
doing good work on the Rutgers track team
The Whitney shoot probably will be held
In the Seventy first Regiment Arnory next
Friday and Saturday. The executive com
mittee has not taken any action In arrang-
ing an outdoor match.
A new system for nominating on1cers
of the Athletic Association is suggested
BY the. ReecrSss, the .r SfiG h'a P ? p 6nsYIo5
81 B tsSs H, b,s hs sisqo out d pf tR RlaRR a Is hes ~ 9se
fraternities. Part Of the article follows;
Not very long ago. by q new rat. the
committee, In order that the academic
standing OF the candidates might 1e prooed
It cannot be said to be perfect. Even now
one learns OF the nomination and must
vote upon Il within Q few minutes time.
That Is worse than four years ago. when
Ave hours at any rate were given TO think
81 oPttih Ii. o CRSn s sHin,e ehoois 81 the city. We
have found q device which appears highly
c~ommendahle. 1t consists IN having the
candidates nominated publicly . week
before they are voted on.
ITO adopt such g rule as that would De
tunste. indeed, 90 far In our elections. but
the system In vogue Ia dangerous and may
lead to disruption. instead OF to a closer
welding together Of all parts OF, the school;
The new plan would bring, the battle roya'
out into the open: II wolId make the semi
afair and thus increase their Interest and
Importance, rather than a mere fight Of
CLIQUE against clique and ring against ring. !"
The games scheduled In the Manhattan
division Of the p. 8. A. l.. baseball tourna-
% Tsnas. ns3' Hs snssra sns s sTs vs.. cS xs.
tbs. There will be no games Ia the Brooklyn
Next saturdays lawn tennis matches. In