Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-01
INTERCOLLEGIATE ROWING
LEADS IN Weeks SPORTS
BY Hal Sheridan

t"rNteh Ior tne Vniteu Press
NEW YORK, May NO better
move for the advancement OF college
rowing could be made than for The
intercollegiate Rowing Association tt
add to the Poughkeepsie regatta pro.
gram race for crews Of limited weigh
as has been suggested. Rowing is one
OF the cOstliest-if not the costliest--
OF college sports. There are no "bie
gates" in rowing as there are in base.
ball and football. 1t is sport which
requires more Of candidates with les.
opportunities for public performance
IN contests than any other. Only its
cleanness and in many cases the gen.
erosity of wealthy graduates have KEEP
it alive at some institutions. Therefore
any move which will tend to pOpularizt
it is worthy of fullest discussion anC
consideration. \ limit weight even
would undoubtedly draw entries from
other colleges and make the POugh.
keepSie races more representative
There are four colleges, Brown, Yves
leyan at Middletown, CT, Rutgers an(
New York University which would sent
teams to PoughkeepSie if they had
fair show. This does not mean tha
these institutions will enter only if the!
can win. II is merely that they can.
not afford to train crew Of ligh
weight to compete with the heav,
crews which Yale, Harvard, Cornell
Pennsylvania and Syracuse are able Il
select from the wide range Of materia
which their far greater attendance Of
fers. Of course, weight is not by an,
M fhn 1x-ha1a ihincr n l,,
it is as great a factor in rowing as i
Is in prize tlghting-and what woult
pugilism be without weight classes?
The race is well on and from tn
way the clubs have been shaping VI
it looks as il the prophets had the righ
dope. The teams in both leagues, will
the exception Of Boston, are just abou
showing what concensus Of opinion sal
| they would show. It's true the Re,
SOX didn't start like repeating wOrl
beaters, but Dame Boston isn't worry
| ing and she shouldn't, for she has tn
same remarkable machine representa-
| her that finished ahead Of McGraw afte
| a gruelling fight last October. BOstO
| didn't set the pace so very early las
year and while a running get-awa
proves a big handicap, it is comfortin
! to have the bad streak come at tn
START when you know you have tn
stuff to retrieve few early setbacks.
II looks like the mile record is /
for a trimming this season for some
thing is bound to crack when two sue
grand runners as John Paul Jones q
! 4 oil Tnl. 70 DnA
are pitted against each other in tn
intercollegiate championships on Ma
81. Both Jones and Taber close thei
college careers this spring. Taber
| admittedly anxious to become undis
puted college champion before he take
up his duties at Cambridge as a Rhode
scholar, and Jones is just as anxious I
round out his four years Of wOnderfu
work as the title holder. That rae
should be worth going miles to see.
Lawrence Waterbury. Harry Payn
Whitney, J. NJ. Waterbury and Dew
ereux Milburn probably will compos
the team which will represent Americ
in the international polo championshi
matches in June on Long Island.
is the same team which captured tn
title abroad in 1909 and it is the sam
team which won so handily from tn
| Britishers over on Long Island tw
years ago. Whitney and J. NJ. Water
! bury took the rough edges off an
hardened themselves by many week
| of hunting last winter. DevereauX Mil
burn always keeps himself fit. Law
renee Waterbury, whose physical con
ditiOn wasn't of the best two years age
| is not going to take a chance this yea
and he has played all winter at rae
quets, which is anything but a molly
coddle game. "Larry's' winny Of tn
national racquet championships is proc
that he went into the game for all h
was worth. For the past three week
the "big four" have been playing to
gether and from the way they hav
gone at it should have no trouble win
ming out in any preliminaries whic
| may be played to decide who shall pla
the English team. It is admitted tha
they will have to go better this yea
to win, for the Englishmen, prOfltn
by their last failure. will this yea
| bring over enough ponies. 1t wa
lack of fresh ponies which was one c
| the greatest factors in their defeat tw
years ago. Weather permitting, tn
matches will be played June 10 an
June IA. Should each team win a gam
the third date will be announced afte
the second contest.
That $4,000 which the two majC
leagues lost through rainy weather ma
have had something to do with Presi
dent Wilson's action I'm requesting VIII
lis MOOre's resignation as chief of tn
weather bureau. 1t was officially an
nOunced that Professor Moore was ere
leased" because he used federal EN-
plOyeS to boost him for secretary c
agriculture on government time.
course, that may be so, but millions G
baseball fans are known to have bee
inimical to Moore for years because G
the poor weather he has frequentl
dished out to them on big days. tn
rain and cold furnished for the openin
Of the season may have had more to d
with the ex-weather chiefs enforce
resignation than the administration 6
Washington will admit:
It's good to learn from Secretar
Tom Davis of the Highlanders that h
IS not after Ty Cobb. Having bagge
Peerless FRANKIE Chance the New Yor
| Americans ought to be satisfied for on
| season.
Supply Ship Endangered
! BOSTON, Apr. 3O.-Several thous