New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
Some SideIightS on
the Battle of CreWS

ouently Thomas Reath, Pennsylyania's
Tenre sentative on the board OK stew
ards, probably will vote against any
change,
Columbia, Cornell and Pennsylvania
are the only members Of the associa-
tion. and their action would determine,
despite any opinion that Syracuse, VIA
consin or Washington might express,
for or against th~ change.
Rv a coincidence the three crews
which are members of the ASSOCIATION
are the ones which fought II out to the
finish in the varsity race.
'G'm tickled 20 death that Columbia
won" was Judge lrvine's comment on
the outcome of the regatta. lie s'ld
that he would probably not serve a.
other term as steward. although IT was
urged upon him that IL might be well
for him 20 wait until Cornell won the
varsity race again before retiring
There is little prospect of the var
sitv race being moved to Ithaca mex.
wear. Charles +. Courtney, the Cornell
coach, said that the proposal to move
the regatta from Poughkeepsie TO
Cayuga originated with q newspaper
man in Ithaca before the Cornell crews
came 20 the Hudson, and that the an
nouncement seemed to have been taken
seriously.
Cornell would be only too glad 70
play the host to the other colleges, put
inasmuch as Columbia has spent SlO,-
600 in constructing permanent quarters
at Clearwater Landing, and as Penn
sylvania has engaged quarters for next
year at Chodikee Lake, there is no pos
sibility of the regatta being trans
ferred from the Hudson, according to
a member of the board of stewards
Ralph Horr, graduate manager OF the
University Of Washington crews ssld
before leaving for New York yesterday
morning with party Of Washington
oarsmen, that they would prooao,y
come back next year II the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce thought 1t wise'
and that they would surely be back TWO
years hence. , -.
The plans of the Washington oars
men for q big regatta at Seattle neN'
year, which would include several East
ern colleges, has not WORKED OUT as
we'll as the frst report indicated Inc
Washington crew, however, reels tRE,
Il Is doing 3 wonderful thlhg !oI
rowing on the Pacific Coast by coming
20 Poughkeepsie each year. and as Iohs
as the Seattle business men advance
the $4,000 necessary for the trip they
will not begrudge giving up month u
their summer vacation.
Hiram Connibear, coach OF the WASH,
lnRton crews, thinks that IT would
probably be wise not TO come East neNs
wear, but to make another try IN 1915
-rl,oro we're no fewer than three lou!
starts in the regatta on Friday; Two III
the freshman race and one IN Ihe
sit, race. 1t is seldom that the crews
- pongbkeepsie have to be called back
IN the starting line after the gun Is
fred but this year there seemed 10 De
q regular epidemic of slide jumping
There is talk that it might be a
GOOD plan to have the regatta roWeu
on the lower course, from mlle oeloW
Milton Landing to Yellow Point, WhlCh
is half mile below the finish OF the
present regatta course. by hoLu'He
The race over the lower stretch II
would be possible to have two obserVa-
ticn trains, one on the West Shore ana
one on the New York Central SIDE OF
the river. The only difficulty WIN
such a scheme is that the crews Would
be Al times half q mile or more from
the trains, and il would be niue
harder to follow them.
On the whole, however, II would
seem that this plan would be far bet
ter suited for the convenience Of the
spectators, and the crews would not
have to pass through the eddies caused
by the piers which mark the three
mile point on the regular course. Fur.
thermore, with two trains there would
be ample room in the press car for
working newspaper men.
An amusing incident that escaped in
the general rush happened in the Penn
sylvania junior varsity boat during
the race. Vivian Nickalls had in
structed his coXswains to let the crews
row the last fifty strokes at top speed,
ard the Junior eight set up terrlhc
sprint to the finish. When the line
was crossed Hildebrand, No. 2, was in
a state of collapse.
Half an hour later he was asked if
he had tainted.
"No, l was Just generally tired" he
said. "That coXsWain, Preston, called
for the final so, but before we stopped
we had run il up to 1857
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