Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-14
SYRACUSE STUDENTS TO
FIGHT FOR THEIR CREWS
Effort to Do Away with Water
Sport Meets with Oppose
ton on All Sides

NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-The student
body at Syracuse university is not
going to give up the ship without a
struggle. The governing board re-
Gently voted to give up rowing, as
the expenses from athletics exceeded
the receipts and the crews cost great
deal to maintain. but furnished none
of the sineWs of war. Therefore, as
some branch of support had to be
abandoned temporarily for purposes
of retrenchment, 1t was considered
only lust that the one which brought
in no revenue should be sacrificed.
The navy has always been the pride
of the university. More than once in
the past Syracuse crews have pulled
their way to fame, and students and
alumni are determined that every
effort shall be made to man the shells.
To accomplish this the debt must be
raised, and the students are going
about it in a businesslike manner.
Mass meetings have been held and
every man in the university Is to give
what his means will allow toward
raising the necessary sum. outside
help has been promised and over $1,000
has already been raised. The under
graduates are very anxious to raise
the necessary capital in time to as
sure representation in this years re-
gatta. Captain r. b Williams or the
1911 crews said:
"If rowing is dropped for this one
year, next year we will start right
where we did in 1903. We will have
a green, inexperienced varsity ana q
mediocre freshman crew"
At a crew meeting held by the men
in the engineering department Profess
sor Gramlich, former commodore OF
the crew. stated the viewpoint OF an
alumnus In the following words:
"The situation is the same today
at it was in 1908, when the crew was
in debt. This debt was partially pald
and the remainder has been carried
along until the present time. IN 9raer
+o have a crew this year the students
will have to raise $4,000 between now
and April l."
AS a matter of fact, the students
will not have to raise more than half
of the above sum, as Mr.. Cunningham,
an alunnus, said in an address to
mass meeting:
II feel that it Is unjust to hold the
navy entirely responsible Tor inns aept.
r viii 90 around and see the business
men personally and explain the situa-
tion. and I know they will respond. A
certain man will give one-half the
money necessary If you will give the
other half. If you can raise $500 we
will have a crew on the Hudson"
In speaking of the student pody
Coach James A. Ten Eyck said:
1.-THE crisis at presetn is pretty serl-
oiIs. The action of the governing
board in abolishing the crew for. this
wear was simply to meet a business
proposition. They did it, not because
they were opposed to a crew. but be-
cause they couldn't see their why clear
to support one. Every one; from the
chancellor down. is in favor Of crew.
THE enthusiastic support you are CIV
ing the navy reflects great credit on
the loyalty and spirit of the student
body.
columbia had to face this same
problem two years ago. The under
graduates came to the rescue, paid OH
a debt of over $4,000 and sent three
crews to compete at Poughkeepsle.
feel confident you will meet with the
same success and that next spring
Syracuse will be represented on the
Hudson by winning crew."