Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-07
rowing
Orange and Black Prominent
on Water.
PENN'S RELAY CARNIVAL
Games Will Attract Total of More
Than 100 Athletes.
Yale's New System.
BY EDWARD r. BUSHNELL

BY EDWARD R. BUSHNELL.
For an institution which does not COM
| pete in either the intercollegiate regatta
| at Poughkeepsie or the dual regatta be-
| tween Yale and Harvard at New London,
princeton has mapped out a very preten-
| tlous rowing program. In addition to a
| triangular race with PENNSYLVANIA and
Columbia on Lake Carnegie the Tigers
| this week accepted the invitation of Har-
ward University to make the dual race
| betweeen Harvard and Cornell on the
charles river at Cambridge a triangular
affair. In addition to these races Prince
| ton will send one and possibly two crews
to the American regatta, to be held in
| Philadelphia the last week in May.
In spite of the fact that Princeton beat
Yale and finished second to Cornell in
the triple race with these two institu-
tions on Lake Carnegie last year. the
Tigers can hardly look for anything bet
ter than third place this year. Both
Pennsylvania and Columbia are consider
| ably stronger than YaIe's 1911 eight,
| which Princeton defeated. The Tigers
Will meet even stronger competition in
the race with Cornell and Harvard, and
| they will be extremely fortunate to fin
| ish second in either of these contests.
In spite of the interest which has de-
veloped In intercollegiate rowing at
Princeton the Orange and Black has not
reached the point where 1t will enter an
| intercollegiate championship regatta. 1t
has standing invitation to send its crew
to Poughkeepsie, and If this course were
not satisfactory 1t is likely that Harvard
and Yale might make some arrangement
to squeeze in the Tigers. But what lean
ing Princeton has shown has been toward
the Poughkeepsie regatta. and If the time
ever comes that Princeton wishes to ex-
tend her rowing influence she will prob
ably cast her lot with the crews which
compete on the Hudson.
There are two principal reasons why
princeton hesitates to take UP rowing
on such big scale. The first is that her
intercollegiate competition has been SO
snort that no one can tell how firmly the
sport has been established. Certainly
Princeton does not care to comp etc in a
Dig intercollegiate regatta unless her
crews can make something like a. re-
spectacle showing. 1t is true that Prince
ton d1d unusually well last year. but it
would be unwise to attach too much i'm
portance to Princeton's showing in a
single competition.
The second reason for Princeton's hest
tation Is the tremendous expense involved
In sending crew to Pouphkeepsie The
Tigers do not feel that under the cir
cumstances they would be warranted in
making the outlay of $4,000 or $4,000
when would be required for such an I'M
dertaking.
The American Regatta.
So successful has the American regatta
been in furnishing competitive rowing
that this years regatta will be better
supported by the colleges than any of its
predecessors. The stewards Of the A.
X. A. do not intend to furnish competition
for varsity crews. because these get all
they need in dual and other regattas. But
so little provision is made for freshmen
and the junior crews that the stewards
conceived the idea of furnishing them
competitive races. which heretofore had
been denied them until they won a seat
in varsity boat. In this one respect the
American Rowing Association has done
a tremendous good to the cause of college
rowing.
This year crews will be sent from Har-
ward, Yale. Cornell. Columbia, Pennsyl-
vania, Princeton and probably from the
United States Naval Academy. Some time
ago the midshipmen announced that they
would be on hard with two crews, but
since then there has been some fear eX-
pressed that the regatta might interfere
with some examinations at the academy.
If this conflict can be avoided the middtes
will be on hand They competed last year
for the first time. and so pleased were
they with the result that they wish to
The schedule for this years regatta has
been announced as follows:
First single SOULS for Farragut cup.
Second single SOULS.
First double SOULS for Schuylkill cup.
First four SOULS, centipedes.
First four-oared shells for Puritan cup.
Second four-oared shells.
First eight-oared shells for stewards
cup.
Special interclub eight-oared shells.
Junior collegiate eight-oared shells for
New England cup.
Interscholastic eight-oared shells for
Franklin cup.
Freshman eight-oared shells.
All races will be one mile and $50 yards,
straightaway.
Pennsylvania Relay Carnival.
So great is the interest among all can
didates for this years American Olympic
team that the University Of Pennsyl-
vania's annual relay carnival, which will
be held on Franklin Field April p, has
already attracted a record-breaking num-
Der Of entries. This great meet has been
attracting a greater list of entries with
every year, but this year there will be
good many new competitors. When the
entries closed this week the management
announced that almost 400 different teams
had been entered for the various relay
races. Counting five men to a team this
makes a total Of very near 500 athletes
This, however, does not includes the en-
tries for the special events. They will
swell the number to close to 1,7OO. With
the exception of the Olympic games no
other meet in this country ever brought
together SO many athletes.
Outside of the usual interest excited by
q meet of so much Importance. the belief
that the performances which will be OBJ
served by nearly all the members Of the
Olympic selection committee will count
to some extent in judging the ability of
the many candidates between whom the
committee will have to decide is q mag
net which Is drawing some of the entries,
particularly from the far west. There
seems to exist an impression in some of
the more remote parts of this country
that performance made in the east and
before members Of the eastern selection
committee will earn more credit for an
athlete than the same performance in one
of the sectional try-outs.
The Pennsylvania management has an
parently not given up the hope of Sc
curing the entry Of one or two relay
teams from Cornell. The announcement
that Michigan will send four-mile re-
lay team means that the Wolverines will
probably win this event unless the
Ithacans decide to send down a team
There Is no doubt that Cornells wonder
full quartet can win the event and estab-
lish new worlds record if it so desires
Cornelfs excuse for not entering her
team was that the outdoor season is so
late In starting at Ithaca that the men
would be able to get little outdoor