Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19
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 No crews were permitted to butt in to the first set and certainly precious few were wanted or invited Every one was wanted in the second group. The former was the last word in col loge rowing. The latter was the last word in college racing. Except for a little early season racing which was mutually overlooked in so far as it's importance stood there was no over tapping of these elear-cut and we'll defined lines. The big guns in college rowing, sounded only at New London or at Poughkeepsie, depending upon your affiliations. Nothing much of i'm portance was accomplished or really happened
 As a point aside let us view the matter of this final training for the races at both New London and Pough keepsie. The crews were wont to move to the shores of their respective courses for from two weeks to a month in advance of the races. Whereupon they did a daily work out which would shame a modern army. Having seen these boys during this period of their training it was no surprise to ne that our college lads rushed SD wildly for commissions and enlistments in the army. Having judged the navy by their own crews at work before the final races it is hard to ina zine how the navy got it's share of men. So
 much for that
 There was never any great harmony shown between the two college rowing associations. It was generally the other way If the New London race was first on the cards the winning crew sometimes patronized the Pough- keepsie side show afterward. If the Poughkeepsie races were over first the winning eight was rushed off to it's college home-rowins season being over.
 That was the way 1t went in little things. How about the big ones? In 1902 when the writer was managing his college crew an alumnus arranged with the U. S. Naval Academy rowing authorities to have the navy crew in- yite the various college crews to row a big rega tta at Annapolis. Here was a big chance to get <he college crews together and to break up party hnts That regatta never was realized. But it is odd and it is pleasant to note that just such regatta is to be rowed on the Severn at Annapolis the end of this May It took the war to knock the legs from under the side shows at New London and Poughkeepsie, both carrying on business as the real thing. The war has given us better un- derstanding of sport. The impossible propositions of few years back in college athletics are gladly taken up and adopted today. Patriotism is the reason for this It causes each of us to understand the other fellow. Patri- otism aroused, nothing more, is the reason why the Yale and Harvard, On the one hand, and Columbia, Cornell and Pennsylvania, on the other, the main cheeses of the New London and Poug ghkeepsie divisions in rowing are to row at napolis this spring. Only trans portation difficulties have pre- vented the west from being in this as
 well.
 While more people might see such a race were it rowed over one of the old courses it was good sense not to do | this. First, such place might
 arouse old prejudices. Second rowing at Annapolis insured the participation of the crew of the Naval Academy which has not since 1907 participated
 in anything like big college regatta
 The decision in college rowing is what is needed in intercollegiate ath- | letics in general. Fortunately it proves Iudl we are SOlflu our cOueSS edl1- letic problems because of the war and to a great extent without the need of laws and prohibitions. We are learn ing that the trouble in intercollegiate sport is not the sort we can adjust or right by rule. as some would have us think, but that 1t is of the sort that
 we can eliminate to a great extent by
 the simple scheme of understanding the other fellow, Those wrongs. so called, which we seek to eliminate by | regulation are but the result of and not the cause of intercollegiate athletic ills.
 Our troubles in this line of endeavor have been due almost entirely to lit tleness, narrowness and smallness, a lack of understanding of each other and a holier than thou attitude Once
 we get common cause like this war has brought 10 light to get us think ing and working together for the com mon good we find that automatically most of our evils disappear.
 Copyright. 1918, by Sol Metzger)