Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-21
INDIGNATION OVER
PENN'S SQUEAL|NG.
Local Rowing Enthusiasts Point
Out Unfairness Of Philadel-
phia Publications.
REGATTA AFTERMATH.
Charge Is Made That Navy
Played An Unfair Trick On
Opponents In Saturdays
Two Races.

Two Races.
Publication in Philadelphia papers
of articles practically charging un-
fairness on the part of Navy's crew
management, and. insofar as possible,
taking away from the credit of the
sailors smashing victories over Penn
in Saturdays regatta. and the re-pub-
lication of these articles in Baltimore
papers has caused a storm of indigna-
tion in local rowing circles.
The articles complained of, which
are so manifestly unfair, broadly
intimate that through the entry OF
Navy's Junior Varsity in the varsity
event. a clever ruse" was taken ad-
vantage of which worked to the disad-
vantage of the Penn eight. Straight
through these articles this entry of
of the Juniors is harped upon as a
"favorite trick" which professionals
use to advantage through using one
crew to pace" and wear out an OPP
ponent and then let the other crew
of the same institution set the pace
and then go against an already rowed-
out crew.
In statements from men connected
with the Academy and in the minds
of persons who witnessed the races
these attacks are shown up and fear
fully unfair. A statement by one of
the persons connected with the Acad-
emy rowing further calls attention to
the fact that Penn deliberately
"jockeyed" for advantage in the start
and it was the securing of this advant-
age of nearly half a length that led
Columbia in the varsity event to call
false start within the first ten
starting boats.
Discussing the complaint from Phil
adelphia that the distance was too
great for the Penn crews and that they
would have won over a Henley dis
tance of one mile and five-sixteenths,
it is pointed out that Mr.. John A.
Brown, chairman of the American
Rowing Association, and Penn's rep
resentative, made the distance of Sat
urdays races two miles, contrary to
Navy's wishes-the Navy having al
ways rowed the Henley distance and
much preferring it.
The statements as to Navys Jun
ior crews entry in the varsity event
is discussed in a statement from the
Academy in the following way:
Both Penn and Columbia guaran-
teed entries in the Junior Varsity
event at the meeting of the stewards
and Penn repeated her intention when
she enrolled her Junior crew in the
regatta. Nor did Columbia and Penn
inform Navy until the Wednesday be-
fore the race that they wouldn't bring
Junior crews. This left Navy's ex-
cellent Junior crew without race
and without any chance to win their
numerals Permission was then
granted by ]. A. Brown to officially
enter the Navy Juniors in the big
event rather than take the Junior cup
by default of other crews. He, as
Penns representative officially ac-
cepted the entry and Penn at this
time had plenty of opportunity to still
! bring a Junior crew.
LAS to the boxing of Penn's crews
! there was no possibility of boxing her
| for in this race on both starts, as in
every race this season, Penn jock
eyed In fact, in this race she jock
eyed 10 less than full half-length.
So far as the use of the Junior
eight to pace" them and tire out the
Penn Varsity, for the advantage of the
Navy Varsity later in the race, it is
fact that the Navy Juniors were in
the rear and getting Penn's wash
within the first quarter-mile.
1T is a good case of murder viii
out said one of the people connected
with rowing at the Naval Academy
who then continued: Penn jock
| eyed her starts against Navy twice
in the dual races on May 20th, anC
the same man Cbow oarsman) theT
pulled broken oar gag when he saw
he was losing that day and got ava!
with it. Penn 'jockeyed' length and ;
half against Columbia on Lake Car
negie, and she 'jockeyed' on poor ole
Yale. She was barred from the Yale
Harvard competition some years agt
| for jockeying and it was hoped she
had learned her lesson, but it seem!
!! she is at it again. For the good of hel
own athletics would it not be gooC
for Penn to be a little more discree
and sportsmanlike Then it would no
Ibe necessary to try and prove alibis.