New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-26
ROWING At COLUMBIA
Rice to Boat Freshman Fights at
OnCe-Graduate Fund.

Fall rowing will he the first of the au-
tiimn sports 10 get under way at Columbia,
as it is the intention of Rice. the coach, to
have his candidates for the varsity and
freshman crews on the water by the be-
ginning Of next week For this purpose
meeting of all the new men who have any
inclination for rowing and all the oa~smen
a present In the university will be called
At the end of this week and plans discussed
for the work. Rice will probably put rs
many freshman Fights he can muster
men for or the river on the first day Of
the week and a few days later he will get
his varsity squad ready for practice
In former years Rice has lost much time
each fall. hut this season nothing stands
in his way. and he determined TO get things
started early as possible. OF last years
varsity crew only four men are left for
nucleus for this years eight. They are
Renshaw. No. 5; Downing, No. 4; Pitt. No.
>. and Miller. No. I. Upon these four and
+. S J. Phillips. VINO rOwed No in the
1909 varsity eight. but who was compelled
10 stay out last year, Rice will base his
hopes for 1911.
Morton q. Bogue. graduate treasurer OF
the rowing club, has issued the following
statement to the alumni:
The record of the crews for the last four
years. 70 wit: 1907 to 1870. is far ahead or
similar period of time. When analysed this
record shows that we have been second
three times and third once, and our second
places were earned after the hardest KIND
Of race, and some of the closest finishes
were seen in regattas in this country. since
Rice has been coaching, our varsity crew
has beaten Syracuse three times; has beat
en- Wisconsin four times; has beaten Penn
sylvania three times, and beaten Cornelf
once. and Harvard once and this year our
freshman crew defeated the Yale freshmen
at the American Henley and finished sec
ond at Poughkeepsie, for the first time in
MANY wears. We point with pride to this
record as showing that the rowing club,
with the help of its members and sub
sCribers. has done A great deal for the de-
velOpment of the sport of rowing at Column
bia. We hope that even though diSappOtnt-
ed at the result of the this year, we
may achieve what we ali desire-victory at
Poughkeepsie.
permanent fund during the coming year, to
the end that we may provide for unforeseen
contingencies and depreciation of equip
ment. We believe that the time Is not far
off when ii will be necessary TO build
more spacious barge or boat house for the
accommodation of our oarsmen. and we
shall be glad to receive at any time such
subscriptions our graduates feel able to
afford toward q permanent fund. The In
terest on such fund would. furthermore. ne
available for general maintenance eXpendi-
lures and would decrease the amount OF
money to be raised annually for ouch pur-
poses.
We received two subscriptions of $1,000
eaCh-one from Edwin Gould, who has been
for many years one of our most generous
supporters. and the other was made anony-
mousIy These two subscriptions. as well
as $500 of the fund originally subscribed
toward the coaching launch, have been
credited 10 the permanent fund 1t VIII be
noted that the club has received this year
from the General Athletic Association the
sum Of S. 176 q. This association was or
ganized In January. 1910. on the theory that
if all our graduates made one subscription
Of $40 to a general association. sufficient
funds for the maintenance of all sports
could thereby he provided
II NAV he said that the General Athletic
Association has shown that II can be made
a complete success. for in its short exist
ence Of six months IT has all but succeeded
in ACCOMPLISHING that for which ii was or
saniZed.