Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-16
COLLEGIATE ROWING
Yale Pennsylvania Agreement
Big Boom for Sport.
GOOD STEP FOR DARK BLUE
Great Development Of Mile Runners.
Princeton and Yale to Change
Their Foot Ball Plans.
GOOD STEP FOR DARK BLUE
By Edward r. Bushnell.

The extent to which rowing maintains
its reputation as a sport, free from pro-
fessionalism and intercollegiate quarrels,
received striking demonstration last
week with the announcement that Yale
and the University of Pennsylvania had
arranged for a dual race to be rowed at
New Haven May Il. This is merely
continuation of the aquatic friendship
revived by these two institutions in 1905
when the Quakers beat the Ellis in race
on the Schuykill. Yale has since had
standing invitation to row Pennsylvania
again on similar terms, but was unable
until this spring to arrange such a race.
The scheduling Of this race removes the
last possible obstacle to complete har-
mony in intercollegiate rowing Harvard
and Cornell meet in their dual race at
Cambridge May %. while one week ear
lier Princeton entertains Cornell and Yale
in triangular regatta on Lake Car
negie. The arrangement Of the Yale
Pennsylvania race brings the Quakers
into the fold. Now, If Syracuse and CO.
lumbia could get dual races with some
rowing institution in addition to Annapo-
lis the rowing situation would be ideal.
1t is the unanimous opinion of the row.
ing critics that in scheduling this race
with Pennsylvania Yale has taken a step
which is bound to help her long way in
putting the Ellis on an equal footing with
Harvard in the rowing world. In most
sports Yale enjoys the distinction of lead
ing the intercollegiate procession. In foot
ball, in particular, the whole college
world has been glad to follow the leader
ship of Yale, but in rowing the Ellis have
of years. AS the writer has pointed out
repeatedly. much Of Yale's rowing mis-
fortunes have been due to her persistent
belief that the crew lcould be developed
for the Harvard race without the neces-
sity of dual races with other colleges. In
short Yale scoffed at the value of the eX-
perience to be gained in these dual races.
Until Harvard adopted the plan OF ar
ranging all the dual and intercollegiate
races possible in preparation for the Yale
race she was losing regularly to the Ellis.
But the minute Harvard began to row
Cornell annually and to enter her junior
and freshman Fights in the American re-
gatta the Crimson began to forge to the
front and shortly found it as easy mat
ter to beat Yale on the water as it was.
and still is, for the Ellis to beat the Grim
son on the gridiron. Now Yale has taken
q leaf out Of Harvard's book and if the
Ellis concentrate their ability and energy
in the development of a crew, just as they
do every year in foot ball, Harvard's row.
ing supremacy is likely to be short lived.
While nothing definite has been an
nounced on the subject the victory OF
Oxford over Cambridge in their dual re-
Sdtta 1dSt week HldheS tle pUSSiUilIls vi
an international race between the winner
and Harvard more remote than ever. Ok
ford has never shown much of a DISPOSE
ton to arrange regattas of this sort. and
while Cambridge has never been overly
enthusiastic the "Cantabs' have at least
been willing to negotiate with the Amer
leans, and one year they did arrange
race which Cambridge won. 1t is under
stood that Harvard will open negotia-
tons with Oxford at once in the hope of
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