The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-29
YALE AND COLUMBIA
TO ROW ON HARLEM
Regatta to Mark First Local
Appearance Of Blue in
Generation.
THREE FIGHTS TO RACE
Event VIII Come in May Just
Prior to Childs Cup Meet
Over Same Course.

Yale oarsmen will row on the Harlem
River next spring for the first time In
more than a generation. From a
source close TO Yale rowing authori-
ties It became known yesterday that
three Fights Of Old Ell will race over
the Speedway course In q dual re-
gatta with Jim Rice's pupils at Co.
lumbia. The meet will include varsity.
Junior varsity and freshman events. and
will bring TO this city the first inter-
collegiate rowing event it has had In
many year.
In all probability the regatta will be
held some time in May. just prior 10
the Childs cup race, which also is to be
held on the Harlem for the first time in
the long history OF the event. Together
the events will give New York its big
gest intercollegiate rowing programme
II yet has been favore with.
Rowing records name II. Livingston
as the last Yale man to win a race on
the Harlem River. That was back In
1877, when in the fall regatta of the
Harlem Rowing Association the New
Haven collegian showed the way In the
Junior single SOULS. Since then Yale
has made no official entry in any race
in local waters.
Yale Won Last April.
After lapse of six years Columbia
and Yale met in a dual regatta on the
Housatonic last April 1t was shortly
after Yale's triumph over the Pennsyl-
vania oarsmen at Philadelphia. and Yale
made q clean sweep OF the three races
with the New York collegians. winning
all of them in convincing fashion.
1t was this triple victory that boosted
Yale's rowing stock and made the Blue
an early season favorite for the row.
ing title OF 1920. Later in the triangular
regatta with Princeton and Cornell
Yales hopes were shattered when the
Blue finished last in all three races. In
The late season races neither Yale nor
Columbia figured prominently in In
tercollegiate events.
Determined to wipe out the sting Of
last years defeat Jim Rice issued an
unusually early call for rowing can
ddates this fall, and the response has
been gratifying. The material is so
favorable that there Is good prospect Of
Columbia reversing last seasons re-
suit unless Yale can show decided i'm
provement over its rowing efficiency
OF last spring. AT any rate the event
Ia certain to arouse great interest, and
Nale-Columbia regatta day, II weather
conditions are at all favorable. will
draw large throng to the historic
course on the Harlem.
New York n. A. TO Help.
Nothing definite has been decided
as TO the length of the course. but II is
SAFE to conclude that II will be close
10 a mile and half. Officials of
the New York Rowing Association
who held a very successful Middle
States regatta on the Harlem on Labor
Day. will be asked to assist in the mat
ter OF regatta arrangements. which in
clude proper policing OF the course and
the removal OF all obstruction.
In the Childs cup event, which will
follow within a week or two Of the
Yale Columbia regatta, Princeton.
Pennsylvania and Columbia probably
will be the competing colleges. There
Is no rule barring other colleges, how
ever. and at least one more may be
represented in the race