Evening star., 1911-06-04

easy for the Oxford-Cambridge teams
when they meet In July More than ever
do Americans wish that it were possloie
to have this country represented py sonie
of the Cornell athletes or men from sonie
of the other colleges which scored.
Outside of the defeat Of Pennsylvanla
and her relegation to fourth place the
most surprising feature OF the meetIlls
was the showing of Michigan. "n4s.
team got third place. only half point
behind Yale. The wonderful Craig. by
winning two f1rsts in the spr1nts ana
eoualing the intercollegiate RECORD I'm DUH
and the world record in one. gave Micnl,
gan a good start. and Horner he,peu ",
along with his first place In the shot-
put The work of Gamble and Han IN
taking third and fourth In the quarter q.
mile. and Of Ross in scoring IN the ~
ward dash were wholly unlocked LOT oy
outsiders.
Navy Helped American Regatta.
Nothing the American Rowing Associa-
ton has done in recent years contrlouteo
more to the success of its annual regatta
a week ago than the competition or the
Naval Academy crew. 1t was the hrst
time in the history Of rowing that the
Middies ever competed on the Schuylklli
and the second time that the Sailors were
ever allowed to compete away from
home, the exception to this last state
ment being In 1907. when they were al
lowed to row at Poughkeepsie. In both
cases an interested Secretary OF the Navy
secured the desired permission for them
In the first instance their friend was MI.
Metcalf. an old Yale oarsman. Last week
1t was Secretary Meyer. who witnessed
the regatta from motorboat.
Nothing was said about the future plans
of the Middies. but they were so much
pleased with the regatta that they want
nd <hn
stewards will certainly be glad to have
them. AS things now stand. 1t is difficult
for the Middies to secure permission to
compete with any regularity at Pough-
keepsie. the distance and the time neces-
sary to train over the course making it
almost impossible to get away. Philadei-
phia, however. Is so close to Annapolis
that the Middies can compete In the
American regatta with loss of not more
than two days.
Each year sees a more representative
lot of crews in competition. This year
there were oarSmen present from Column
bia, Cornell, Yale, Harvard and Pennsyl-
vania. besides host of clubs What the
stewards desire to accomplish Is the pres
ence every year of these college crews.
not in alternate years. as has been their
custom.
AS a result Of this regatta and the Har-
vard-Cornell race on the same day, 1t be-
gins to look as though Cornell and Co.
lumbia will be about even first choices
for the Poughkeepsie regatta. Columbia
is the only crew that has beaten the
Navy this year. The Middies won from
Pennsylvania and Syracuse, and were
aching for another chance at Columbia.
The New Workers proved that their previ-
Gus victory was no f1uke by decisively
beating the Middies a second time BY
comparative records the Columbia crew
ought to be stronger than Pennsylvania,
particularly with the Quakers weakened
by the absence of Reath. their star stroke
oar
Cornell won from Harvard, just as was
expected she would. The Ithacans pre-
sented a fast-moving eight. and the re-
suit was never in doubt. The defeat was a
bitter disappointment to Harvard, for the
Cambridge crew would sooner win from
Cornell than from Yale at present.