Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-18

time is considered sufficient to put
Pennsylvania out of consideration for
first place.
Nobody knows just how strong either
Syracuse or Wisconsin is. Syracuse
has had one dual race this year. that
being with Annapolis. The Middfes
won in somewhat decisive fashion and
by comparison. Syracuse is now ranked
after Pennsylvania. Coach Ten Eyck
has accomplished wonderful things in
previous years and it will not be safe
for either Cornell or Columbia to count
Syracuse out at this time. On two DIFF
ferent occasions Cornell has lost TO
Syracuse unexpectedly. The Syracuse
men are hoping that this year there
will be a duplication OF their former
surprise parties.
Wisconsin has not had any dual re-
gattas this year, and inaSmuch as
the westerners have also made
change in coaches they are not looked
upon to accomplish much. There is TO
college which completes at Poughkeep-
sic that continues rowing under more
adverse circumstances than Wisconsin.
Not only does the crew have to be sup
ported by subscriptions, but it gets
very few opportunities to test its
strength before entering the big re-
gatta. These two handicaps have been
largely responsible for Wisconsin's an
Cornell Victories.
Since 1898 Cornell has won the inter-
collegiate rowing championship eight
times. Pennsylvania three times. and
Syracuse twice. The Quakers scored
their victories IN 1898, 1899 and 1900 Not
once since then have they won. Cornells
victories have come in series of three. In
and four years later repeated this trick
Cornell has now won twice in succession
since Syracuses last victory. and in order
to maintain their record the Ithacans
must win this year.
Cornell las an additional incentive to
triumph this year. The Ithacans are
making a tremendous effort to break all
intercollegiate records by winning three
major sports championships this year
They have already won the title in track
and field athletics. they are virtually sure
of first place III base ball, and they re-
quire only the rowing championship to do
something which no other college has
ever succeeded in doing in recent years
Ii IS hard to tell just what effect if
any. the course will have on the final out
come. Pennsylvania and Columbia have
drawn courses number i and 2. while
Cornell is out in the stream. Ii there is
a strong tide flowing down the river then
tage, and. other things being equal
should be the winner. But If the river
should be choppy, as it was last year. and
the race delayed until late. the advantage
would be all with Pennsylvania and CO.
lumbia. and under these circumstances
there might be surprise, II is unfortu-
nately true that the several courses at
Poughkeepsie are not of equal value, and
il has not always been true that the
strongest crew has won.
Is for the freshmen and varsity four
cared races there is no way to determine
which crew is. or should be. favorite.
Cornell, by virtue of her better rowing
equipment. and the tremendous squad
which Coach Courtney gets out every
year. should have the advantage in these
two races. Some time ago Coach Court
ney made up his varsity four from a
quartet of veteran oarsmen. and. for this
reason, the Ithacans are likely TO be the
favorite for this event. As usual the
freshmen race should be anybody's race.
Kick Over Olympic Entry Dates.
There is disposition 10 do a good deal
of growing over the fact that the Swed-
ish Olympic committee has set June IA.
1912, as tie closing date for America =
entries to the next Olympiad This is
week later than had been originally de-
cided, the additional time being a con-
cession made to this country at the re-
quest Of our representative. Prof W. b.
Sloane. This means that the entries
must he in hand on that date in Stock
holm. This is very likely TO conflict with
the plans OF the American committee for
the selection of its team. Next year the
intercollegiate \. A. A. A. and the west
ern conference championships will be held
June /. If the American committee fol-
lows Its usual plan 1t VIII hold tryouts
to pick the American team one week
lot civ dox
intervening between the date Of the try
outs and the time the entries must be in
Stockholm.
There are only two ways of overcoming
this difficulty. Either the tryouts must be
held on May % or the team picked with
out tryouts. A third alternate would
be to extend the date for the receipt of
entries. If the tryouts were held on May
-. they would conflict with the holding
of the New England intercollegiate cham
pionshps and would also interfere with
the training plans of all the colleges in
the l. c. A. A. A. A. The /. c. A. A.
A A. meet is so important that the big
universities would not risk their chances
of victory in it even for the Olympic
team
The objection to the plan to pick the
team without a tryout would be very
strong. and rightly so. There is no
and fair enough to pick the best team
it could master without tryout, but
a good many athletes would protest
against this. If such method were
it would result in giving
preference to men with regulations. and
a good many new stars might be over
looked altogether. If IL is eventually
found that the date for the receipt
Of entries cannot be extended the COM
mittee could order tryouts for May p.
and then announce that the /. c. A.
A. A. A. and the conference champion
ships in the middle west would also
be considered tryouts, so that the col
lege men could take their pick or COM
pete in both