Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-23
EXCITES ROWING INTEREST
Success Of Pennsylvania Crew is
Stimulus.
GREAT WORK OF CAPT. BENNETT
HoRgIand, Present Leader, Has .
Hard Pacemalser 70 Follow
Campaign - New
well on.

PHILADELPHIA, oct. 21-The great
success OF the Pennsylvania varsity crew
last spring at Poughkeepsie has increased
interest In rowing at the university. The
squad they had last year was tho biggest
that ever was got out, and the reason for
that was the ardent work done by Alton
Bennitt the captain. He went through
all the departments. attended class meet
inEs and made a strong personal canvass
Of the university. The result was that
more than 125 men came out for the var
sity eight
Although they didn't look like much
when they first got to POughieepsie,
about ten days practice there made almost
another crew Of the ouakers. BY the day
OF the race they had improved 20 much
that almost anyone would have conceded
70 them q chance TO Be an excellent third
The crew proved to be even better thar
that, and having the advantage Of the
smoothest course for the early part OF the
race hung on desperately to Cornell and
finished a very close second.
Having seen what was accomplished ~
the hard work CaptaIn Bennitt ala iasi
year, Lloyd w. Hoagland, who win lead
the crew this time, has begun his cam
paign. Il Is thought that because OF tht
excellent rowing last year Il win not be 8,
hard to get the men out for the race
Furthermore. OF the eight who aid 90 vel
on the Hudson only one man is lost. HI
Is Walton The ether men Of the VARSITY
eight--Alexander, Do Long. Smith, Reath
Bennitt and Shoemaker, besides Hoag
land-wiH report Williams. the coxswain
also will be out Shoemaker and VII
iiams may have some trouble arranging
their college work to permit OF their row
! ing, but they will make an effort.
Bell. Browne and Thomas from the var
/ sity four; Peterson, Stifel and Mulfort
I from the substitutes and all of last year
/ freshman squad have enlisted for the au
tumn practice. The main difference be
tween this season and last is that les
year II was almost impossible to get tn
veterans OF the 1908 crew to promise 20 b
/ out This time the veterans are not onl!
willing. but eager, because they behev
that Pennsylvania has a royal chance 4
win on the Hudson.
The turnout for the first days rowini
was 112 men. Of whom fifty were fresh
men. This Is an unusually large numbe
for the beginning. in fact the bigges
| Penn has had for some time. II serve
to show that they are In earnest at Penn
sylvania in their idea OF following Up IN
vania hasn't had 20 good q crew, with tn
exception Of the 1906 boat since 1900.
We're members Of the Finished Sscon
club" says q Penn oarsman, with Co
lumbia as the other member. We wer
second In 1905 and 1910 and they were sec
ond in 1907. 1908 and 1909, This next tim
we're going to break into the 'finiahe
first class again"
The fall rowing will last four week.
It will come to an end with series Q
department races. For the first time firs
year men in departments other than th
academic will have a chance to compet'
First year crews will be selected froi
law, engineering. veterinary, medicine an
dental departments. as we'll as from IN
college, In addition there will be depart
ment crows made up OF upper class me
and class crews in the college This wi
make altogether fourteen crews for tn
races. The fall regatta will cover thre
days, the final for the championship {
the university being ON the last day.