New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
Interest Wanes at Co.
lumbia; Syracuse Will
Not Be Sighted
BY FRANK O'NElLL

While the ice flows slowly along the
Hudson River and the thermometer IS
flirting madly with the zero mark, the
rowing coaches at the various colleges
are planning for their spring regattas.
The date Of the intercollegiate regatta
has not been named, and will not be
until the meeting of the board of stew
ards is held, some time in the near
future. 1t is probable, however, that
time-honored preceaens will be fol-
lowed and that the crews will answer
the call TO the line during the last
week in June. Yale and Harvard will
settle their question Of supremacy on
the Thames shortly before the regatta
at POughkeepsie.
In all probability hvo crews will face
the starter at Poughkeepsie. Cornell,
Pennsylvania, Columbia, either Leland
Stanford or California and Syracuse
will meet unless some untoward cir
cumstanes prevents. There was some
talk Of emitting an invitation to SYRIA
cuse TO compete in the big regatta.
There is a general feeling, however,
that were the intercollegiate Rowing
Association not to invite the Orange
crews it would be guilty OF poor sports
manship. Such an action would un-
doubtedly result in much bitter feeling
and would not foster the best interests
of the sport.
Should Not Slight Champions
Prominent rowing men have ex-
pressed the opinion in the last several
days that not to invite the 1915 cham
pions would be to act in distinctly poor
taste. The Orange eight swept the
river last year in the varsity and
junior varsity races. With veteran
crew this year, Ten Eyck's men are the
logical favorites even at this early date.
To quote one man who is closely iden-
tilted with the sport: Surely, Cornell,
Columbia and Penn are not hosting the
white flag of surrender already
Captain Walter Glass was graduated
from Syracuse last year, but the other
members OF that wonderful varsity
combination are back in college, all
eligible and all out for the crew. Glass
rowed at No. at Poughkeepsie last
year. Starting at the stern Of the boat,
Cy Whiteside, that wonder stroke, has
Williams, Worden, Hopkins, Osman,
this years captain; Wallis and Sprague
behind him. Jim Ten Eyck apparently
has only one man TO develop for the
No position to establish rowing his
tory at Syracuse by winning the var
Sity race two years in succession.
For the other coaches the task is one
of building combination powerful
enough to compete with this array OF
veterans. The work is already under
way. Columbia has summoned the can
didates for the crew and Jim Rice is
putting them through their preliminary
training in the gymnasium. Joe Wright
has returned to Pennsylvania and has
the Red and Blue oarsmen tugging
away at the machines. Syracuse will
take up the business of conditioning its
men in a couple OF weeks. Princeton
Harvard, Yale and the Navy will start
work early in February.
Columbia's Interest Flags
! Columbia, although handicapped by
lack Of numbers, is reasonably well of
in veteran material. Captain Bob
OLoughlin has four veterans of the
varsity race at Poughkeepsie to follow
him. They are Legs, the stroke; Sang
stacker, bow man; Lahey, No. 4, and
K. o. Pennell. No. Z. Jim Rice, TO all
appearances. places little value on the
junior varsity men, for ais early boat
ing has given the call to Schillidsy,
I Curry and Brown, members of last
years freshman crew. The return of
Red Tischborne to Columbia rowing
may boost the stock Of the Blue and
White crews. Tischborne is veteran of
the 1916 crew and powerful oarsman.
Interest in rowing at Columbia is on
the wane-or so il would seem, at any
rate. Fewer than forty men are out