New-York tribune., 1912-02-08
BUSY TINE FOR OARSNEN
Columbia to Meet Princeton in
Dual Race, Among Others.

The Columbia and Princeton varsity
crews will meet in dual race on Lake
Carnegie either on May { or on May is
next, according 10 an announcement when
was made by the management of the CO.
lumbia rowing club at a meeting Of IN"
candidates for the varsity and freshman
crews, I'm the rowing room. Yesterday.
The triangular regatta with Columbia.
PENNSYLVANIA and Princeton engaged, which
was 10 take place on either Of the above
dates hy the announcement made a month
ago will probably not b. held because OF
the traditional disapproval of the stewards
Of the intercollegiate Rowing Association
70 have any Of the Poughkccpsic crews
meet in race before the final rccatta in
June,
II will he the first time that Princeton
ard Columbia have met I'm any Kind OF
owing contest I'm thirty years, and II is
hoped that the race hcnCcforth will be an
annual fixture Columbia Is to row IT'S
regular race with Annapolis on the Severn
River on May II. the date on which Prince
ton and PENNSYLVANIA will come together.
Inasmuch as the American Henley re-
gatta at Philadelphia. on May ., takes
place in the midst Of tho Columbia cXami-
nations. the management has decided not 20
enter any crews. Instead, however, a num-
ber Of crews will be entered in the Harlem
regatta. on Memorial Day. The varsity
crew will row in the senior cight-oarcd
race, and practically every crew that Rice.
the coach. will have on the water at tha,
time will be entered in one race or an
other. spring regatta also Will be held
on the Hudson River, and the varsity crew
-rfnila
one Of the local club crews II arrange
ments TO that end can be completed. THIS
regatta will be held late In April or early
in May.
/ The freshman crew will have good
schedule before IT goes up the river To
Poughkeepsc for its nnal race. contest
has been scheduled with the Princeton
freshmen. which Will be rowcd on LAX"
Carnegie on the day OF the columbia
Princeton varsity race. There also Will
be a race between the freshmen and "A
high school crew in the Columbia spring
regatta. II IS probable that the Central
/ High School OF Philadelphia eight will be
the crew invited TO take part In this race.
In addition the management is cndcavor-
ing TO arrange "A race for the freshmen
with another college first year crew, and Il
. q.
with the Yale freshmen will be resumed.
The last race in which the freshmen viii
compete before leaving New York will be
( in the junior event in the Harlem regatta.
Active practice began yesterday after
noon when the candidates for both Crewa
roported 10 Rice for their first work of
the season. The squads were larger than
has been the case in any year In the past,
IfIfs IN
ALI There will be additions next week and
il is believed that the full squad VIII be
/ more than one hundred in number
Plans for the further development OF the
! land which the Columbia management has
bought for the crews at POughkcopsic were
announced 4 two story building VIII be
. constructed On tho ice house dock. II viii
contain the kitchen and dining rooms and
there also will be large social nan. no
uToyision will be made, however, for sleep
ug quarters as the men VIII use the
barge as In the past. II VIII he possible
TO devote the entire upper peCh Oh u'c
barge 10 this purpose.