The New York herald., 1920-12-24
NAVY WILL NOT ROW
FOR THE CHILDS CUP
Midshipmen Who Won at
Olympic Games Not In
vited to Compete.

The champion Navy crew, winner Of
the recent Olympic classic. will not be
invited to participate In the Childs Cup
race next spring. according to Charles
Halstead Maoes. one OF the stewards OF
the Childs Cup governing board. II has
been decided. said Mr.. Mapes, that the
affair would be confined In the future to
the three universities that have control
Of the fxture-Columbia, Pennsylvania
and Princeton.
The Annapolis eight took part IN the
regatta last season and had little difff-
Guilty In winning. Princeton finished
second, Penn third. with Columbia a
close fourth. The race was held In con-
junction with the American Henley on
account OF conflict OF dates. but such
will not be the case in the future. A
triangular agreement has been entered
into by the three representatives where
by the site of the event will rotate each
year. II Is scheduled for the Harlem
next spring, on May -. goes TO Lake
Cayuga In 1922 and TO the Schuylkin In
1929.
Mr. Mapes stated that action had al
ready been taken on the stand Of CO.
lumbia's oarsmen In demanding q return
to the former four mile course for the
Poughkeepsie regatta. and there was
great possibility that the old distance
would again be In vogue before many
years had passed, IL not next spring.
Mr. Mapes communicated the position of
Columbia to Charles fireman OF Cornell
and Arthur Brown of Pennsylvania, the
other Poughkeepsie stewards, and their
replies were somewhat unexpectedly In
favor of a return.
Mr. Brown advised that the matter
would be taken up Immediately at Phila-
1al,, .F riraar In ~
made Of the Red and Blue sweep
swingers, past and present He also in
timated that there was some sentiment
at Penn against the Poughkeepsie or
account OF the lateness In the season
and greatly added expense to the rowing
programme.
Mr.. fireman, the Cornell steward. from
whom most opposition was expected
also gave hope OF a reversion to the old
distance. He said that II was very
probable that q similar sentiment ex-
listed at ithaca in regard to the Pough-
keepsie as was the case at Columbia, and
that action would be taken TO determine
just how Cornell stood on the matter
from the oarsmen's point Of view.
Mr.. Mapes, however. said that In all
probability the 1921 Poughkeepsie would
be over the three mile course determined
on before the war. There are several
reasons why II will doubtless stand for
at least one year. In the first place, II
has never been tried at Poughkeepsie,
there being no race there during the
war and the 1890 regatta being held at
Ithaca. But perhaps more important
than that, Navy, Wisconsin and other
crews have already been invited to take
part in the regatta and have been told
that the distance would be three miles.
1t would be too late TO make any change
for the coming season, at least in view
OF these statements.
II the race was heightened TO four
miles II would practically preclude all
possibility of either OF the mentioned
shells being present. Each has con-
Quoted thorough Investigations into the
subject Of four. three and two mile row.
ing. and have decided to stick to the
shorter races.