New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
Coast Crew May Row
In Poughkeepsie Race
Leland Stanford and
California Will Be
Invited to Compete
BY FRANK O'NEILL

pionship OF the Pacific Coast The
board OF stewards Of the intercollegiate
Rowing Association will invite both
colleges 70 compete in tho East, but
it is understood that only the winner
will accept.
Leland Stanford and California will
row in the Pacific Coast regatta against
the University o. Washington. This
event will be held in the Oakland
estuary on April "a. II Washington
should win the Western championship
there is little likelihood Of her crew
being invited here. The Evergreen
State crew rowed on the Hudson River
in 1914, finishing fifth in field OF six.
An indiscreet remark, said TO have
been made b. Hi Connobaer. coach Of
Washington, caused breach which
has never been closed.
Beaten BY Inches
The coming OF the native sons will
be welcomed by Eastern enthusiasts.
Not only will 1t supply the demand
for new faces, but the wonderful race
rowed by the plucky Stanford crew in
1915 still linger, in memory The
Cal'fornians we're beaten by inches
only by the great Cornell crew after
a crive that carried through the last
two mile. Of the struggle. Il is hoped
that both crews will accept the invita-
tion.
A man who il prominent in rowing
circles said last night: "All rowing
men will welcome the California crews
20 Poughksepsie. We need new blood
every year and nc arc finding it harder
and harder 10 secure. II should be the
business of the intercollegiate Rowing
Association 70 do everything possible
to promote interest in rowing. Get "a
many crews as can be had for the
races. Cast aside any petty jealousies
that may exist. | wish tina. We could
have ten crews face the starter every
year in our intercollegiate regsttss
81 wish that Yale and Harvard would
not hold themselves sloof. but would
come over to Poughkeepsie and enter
with the other crews. It would seem
tist in holding their own regatta they
are endesvoring 70 establish little
sristocracy all their Own. They could
settle their question Of supremacy in
larger field and work benefit for
the sport, which should be bigger in a
sense than the college"
he II
colleges will row assures the POUCH
keepsie regatta OF at least four entries.
IL is by no means certain that SYRIA
cuse will be invited TO compete In
fact, a man who has been identified
with college rowing for some time gave
what amounted 70 an assurance that
the Orange crews would not answer tho
call 70 the line on the Hudson.
lie said that the members Of the col.
leges comprising the Intercollegiate
Rowing Association were far from sat
isiied with the methods of Syracuse in
getting oarsmen 10 enter college. It's
within the power of the association 20
invite or not 10 invite crew TO COM
rete. and IL also Is within its power TO
reject any entry without stating the
cause.
W Pyio'ucp
There are two sides to every cues
ton, and Syracuse does not want for a
champion. An oarsmsn vhs won fame
in college circles some tins ago, and
not a Syracuse man either, said: "1f
the intercollegiate Rowing Association
does not invite Syracuse TO compete At
Poughkeepsie next summer IL will be
guilty Of unsportsmsnlike conduct. II
will admit that Syracuse crews are too
powerful for the other colleges 10 meet.
IL will make a tacit admission that vic
tory is more sought than the best in
terests of rowing. Syracuse will have
a veteran crew on the waters this
spring and unless something unfore-
seen occurs should win at Poughkeep-
sic"
IL will admit for the sake of argu-
ment that some OF the Syracuse oars
men learned TO row at Duluth. What
harm is there in that? Many boys
who learned to row at Cascadilla enter
Cornell, but there is no complaint.
hundreds OF young men are taught to
row in Duluth. They start as boys in
ordinary rowboats and are graduated
from the barge 10 the Shelf. RAGS,
are held in the various classes. and
the game Is learned from the bottom
under competent instructors.
THE boys start at an early age. and
By the time they arrive at college they
are, in q sense. veterans. They know
the feel OF an oar. They know when
they are rowing together: when they
are catching the water properly, and
they understand the control Of the
slides. The result is that when they
Ell
confidence inspired by several years
experience. where the ordinary FRESH
has the experience Of few weeks.
az is true that Jim Ten Eyck is
coach at Syracuse and that his son
has coached at Duluth. There is moth
ing TO show. however, that the promis.
ing men have been proselyted. There
is nothing 10 show that all is not as
1t should be.
No Shrieks Of Protest
a number OF men from Duluth hav.
chosen Syracuse as their college. These
include track. football and basketball
players; yet this aroused no comment.
A couple Of boys from out there en-
tered Cornell. One rowed in a cham.
pionship crew at Duluth. but so far
no shrieks of protest have come from
Ithaca. wonder what Columbia OF
Penn would say IL they could get Q
couple Of good men from there.
think they would praise Him from
whom all blessings flow and shut their
mouths forever.
"Now. suppose for the sake of srgu
ment that Syracuse is not invited e
row. No positive good will be worked
On tho other hand. the regatta sn<
rowing as a sport will suffer syria
cuse has been prominent az POUCH
keepsIe. II has been represented n,
strong. we'll coached crews. IL woul,
be a shame II her crews were lost Z,
the events"