The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-07
AMATEUR ROWING REGATTA AT
 SPRINGFIELD TO DRAW CROWD
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New " ork. Aug 7-Judging from 4he number ot entries received the 4Snd regatta of the National Associa- ton of Amateur Oarsznen of the Unit ed States, to be held on the Connectd- cut river at Springfield next Friday and Saturday should be one of tfasI most successful in the history of the. organizatfon Nearly every pronin- en4 club east of the Rockies is repre- sented, while the Canadian contingent headed by Robert Dibble of Toronto, the holder Of the, single sculls cham pionshdp .is largertttaan anticipated, in view of the wars
 The Natto11aI Regatta. returns to Springfield after a period of seven years The races last year were held afS Phi1adelpllia where the first regat-S ta was rowed1 in 1873- The National Association was formed the year pre- vfous in New York in order to bring the sport under the supervision of a reepgnized governing board. Up to, that time oarsnen, who royyed for sport sonly. frequently indulged in races with professionals for cash lprizes ar1tEs even Harvard University crews were compelled to enter such events in order to- nace. President Eeraerffus Charles w. Eliot, Of Haf-4 yard. rowed on a Crimson crew as stud dea1t for a. cash prize, and under F171LGTQIRLGLIeAEl OtAlA t9O called professl9nal.t ek .Itsis recorded however, that the winnings of such Harvard crews were always turned T over to cla6rity.
 M The Springfield regatta. will be held on the east side of the Connecticut river below the old toll bridge. The l river runs about three quarters of a mile an hour but high water this sum F zner hasF slightly increased the speed i of the current The program in-. cfudes quarter mile. interme eddate. as sociation. and championship events for single scul1s: intermediate and senior q oubIes: uuadua1pIe souls; fnterme- dia1e and senior paired shells; senior doubles; quadTup1e scul15; inter9ne- diate and senior paired shells; senior International four pared shells; and. Intermediate junior and senior eights. The Association singles will be held on Friday which will enable the win ner to obtain d full days rest for the championship singles. The singles, doubles and intermediate and senior four races will be one and one-quar- ter miles with turn. The others w5M De same d1stance but straight
 There are problems in aIf kinds of sports. The baseball nlagnates are always on the alert to Increase at tendance at their parks while the col 7ege football executives are constant 1y worried by the necessity of caring. for many more Spectators than tn cir stadiuIns will seat The situation at Cambridge is an example. When the Harvard stadium was built ina 1903, 1t was expected hat the vast horse shoe would equal all seating demands for years to come In just 2 years aEafEsas h1ads1 heEseI6 instIe position nua1 Ya1e-HaEvard game to New Hs- ven unless the Boston Building Com mission will permit the erection of large temp porary stands for the big game next November.
 In 1913 some 45, 600 spectators saw this game at Cambridge Last a4l- tufnn close to TO, 0eO paid 137,0OO to witness the Crimson defeat the Blue 36 to 0. Now the same 7o,00O and some addifiona thousands want to see what Yale can do ins=tI1e way of a comeback. While Coach Percy F9a;ughton is worrying about a stlbsti- tute for Charley Briek1ey, Graduate out how ito puts7o.0O0 spectators in a stadium never meant to seat more than half that number.
 George rPerring of the Kansas City FedeTa1s. is battfng around 250 with for more than 30 years The, bat. go the story goes. was handed down to George by his father. who had 1t made from a piece of the old Ohio state peniten+iary scaffo1d. Some players would think that there was a get them better hitting figures than these
 Gun clubs are just awakening to the fact that grounds tdat nave been shot over number Of years are verdtable lead mines One western club has re- gently taken out more than 25 toms Of shot and believes. that as much more remains to be mined. With lead at $70 a ton the returns are we'll worth the labor involved. It is now uuite possible that some clever Ameri- ran business men may Buy tap the European battlefeIds after the war. soil.
 when Garry Hermann heard that thE New York Americans had pur- chased Dan Nipple the pitching sem sat1on of the Indianapolis A. X club. he stated: eThere is q working agreement between the Cincinnati and Indianapolis clubs which gives the Reds first chance over the other big league clubs for Triples services ? Evidently Hermann did not see fit to exercise his option since the latest
 911AAe11il t1Ae c1tlO44e1 <AsSOClallO1 of Professional Baseball leagues show that T1pple has been purchased by the
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 The Rutgers college football squad has been training for some weeks on a specially hired farm with the idea pf being in perfect shape, both from physicaI4 and gridiron stand point, when the season opens next month. Juet what Princeton viii say about carrying the Back to the Farm'' campaign to this extreme in case Rutgers defeats the Tigers on Octo- Der 2, should prove interesting read Ing