Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07
COLLEGE OARSMEN
Unusual Interest in IntercoIIe-
giate Association This Year.
MANY DUAL REGATTAS
Match Between Pennsylvania and
Yale Great Boost for the
Quaker Crew.
BY Edward R. Bushnell,

i'"i4e as Iiefe IL f1Sht now. AT all the
universities which make up the Inter
collegiate Rowing ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
pennsylvania. Columbia, Syracuse and
Nlsconsln-and al Yale and Harvard the
interest Is exceptionally keen. All these
institutions are devoting not only the
u-ual amount of attention TO the intercol-
! i"giate regatta on the Hudson. but In adj
/ dlt1on they are preparing for a series of
! dual regattas such as this country has
never seen.
chief interest i centered in the dual
and triangular races to he. rowed. These
are events which serve to keep alive the
interest Of the oarsmen in the preliminary
@eason. mere is already arranged A
series of unusually interesting contests
Harvard and Cornell meet, as the,- have
zone tor number of wears past but in
ahdltion there have been arranged two
/ other meets which will attract the keen
/ interest OF the college rowing world. The
/ hrSt OF those is a dual regatta between
| laie ana PENNSYLVANIA, to be rOWed at
! Springfield. Mass This contest has saved
! the rowing situation at Pennsylvania by
giving the Quaker OarSrnen something for
which they are willing to work Nothing
has pleased Pennsylvania men quite so
. hucn as TINS alliance with Yale. 1t is
likely that Pennsylvania men consider a
/ seat IN TINS crew almost much OF an
/ honor as to win place I'm the Pougll-
keepSie smell. AT any rate the arrange
mcnt of the race has doubled interest in
rowing at Pennsylvania. and the Red and
! Blue expects to profit correspondingly at
! fohShkeepSie. no matter what the result
! OF the Yale race.
| The arrangement OF the PENNSYLVANIA
| race and the three-cornered meet
! ing with Cornell and Princeton one
week later has acted similar
stimulus TO Yale. Last wear the Ellis had
nothing to lock forward to but six long
months OF Sruelin2 practice and the Har-
ward race at the end. This was a pretty
| mig sacrifice to make for twenty minutes
| Of rowing. and the feeling Of discourage
ment had much to do with Yale's success
stVe defeats at the hands of Harvard
! Yale men do not look to Princeton 10 give
them much of battle. but they are look
ing forward eagerly to the brush with
Cornell. With their natural confidence
Yale men look forward to victory over
Princeton and they hope to lead the
!thacans over the finish line. 1t will be
the first meeting between Yale and Cor
nell in good many years. and if the
ieSatta is success 1t Will likely be re-
peated.
This race will mark Princeton intro
duction into intercollegiate rowing Not
until this Year could Princeton get faculty
consent for an intercollegiate race. There
is no doubt that the Tigers are assum-
- quite out Of the question that they
should win from either Yale or Cornell.
and they will have occasion for sincere
accommodation if they are able TO
make this real race.
While Princeton has said nothing def
mite. il is believed that on the outcome
of his race will depend Princeton's action
in entering the Poughkeepsie regatta or
Joining with Vale and Harvard In a tri-
angular regatta at New London. There
still remains the natural objection 10
Princeton meeting Harvard and Yale on
the Thames. This is that the Thames
Is not wide enough for three crews 70 row
abreast. There is no other body of water
acceptable, outside Of the Hudson, and
Cor this reason the Tigers are more like
IS 10 be seen at Poughkeepsie than al
New London. 1t is likely that something
definite Will be known on this point with
in another year
OF the crews which row at Poughkeepsie
cornell and PENNSYLVANIA are the farthest
advanced. The Quakers have had the
adVantage Of better Weather. bat Goa CHI
Courtney has lost time in seiecting
his varsity eight. Courtney is a man who
is never afraid 10 make unexpected and
sudden changes in his crew, but he ap-
preciates the value Of selecting his var
SitE crew as early as possible. Unless
souethng happens TO make him change
h!S decision, it is likely that the varsity
cre>- will meet Harvard. Yale and
Princeton as IT is now rowing.
Princeton's New Track Policy.
ANY one who has been following the
plan of campaign adopted by keene
Fitzpatrick to develop Princeton's track
material must know that in a snort
time the Tigers will have 10 he
!erkoned with in the intercollegiate
mpionships. Indeed. they are likely
To cause ii good dsai OF worriment this
Ver% year. F'itzpa trick started out with
the determination to arouse interest in
the sport among the students. some
ihing which no other coach had ever
been able to do Within few months
lie former Michigan coach has doubled
the number of candidate ties. and he has
apparently found some good men among
the new ones.
/ The most striking indication of Prince
tons new policy seen in the big
team which the Tigers sent to the Uni
Terslty of Pennsylvania relay carnival
For this event Princeton developed
teams for the freshman and intercol
.egiate one-mile races, the two and four
mile relays. This not done with
the thought that Princeton had the
slightest hope OF winning more than
ne of the four, but rather to arouse
interest on the part Of the students
and TO develop athletic talent In ex-
plantation Of this Fitzpatrick quotes his
experience at Michigan. For nuinber
Of Years Michigan sent east only a
four-mile relay team. Two years ago
FitZpa trick announced that if a team
| of quarter p1ilers could be developed
capable Of doing 3.26 for the event he
would take them east. AT once a host
Of candidates turned out, and Michigan
had team which was the virtual win
ner of the mile championship.
Fitzpatrick expects to have the same
results at Princeton. He has succeed
ed in interesting the students, and he
iS har hicI, will
certainly be heard from at Cambridge
With the exception of the broad and
high jump and the two-mile run. the
Tigers have some iirst-c1aSS material
for every event. Furthermore. ii
should he remembered that Princeton
now enjoys the advantage of having
one of the best coaches in the country
iii Fitzpatrick. all of which means that
the Tigers will bear close watching this
year
Great Distance Runners.
Athletic sharps are awaiting with keen
interest the dual meet between Cornell
and Pennsylvania on the latter's field
next Saturday. From present indica-
lions there will be four unusual races.
mile and two-mile runs. In each of
these the cream of the intercollegiate
world will compete, and the cOmpeti-
ton is likely to he just as keen as in
the intercollegiateS.
The FACE which is likely to be of the
greatest interest Is the mile, in which