The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
EARLYRECOVERY
Of U. S. COLLEGE
ROWING IS SEEN
Heavy Series of Regattas
Arranged for American
Crews.

NEW YORK. Dec. 25.-Not only
will the coming season see a COM
piete recovery from the effects Of
the war on American university
rowing, but-on account Of a most
heaitfifuf rebound-it will bring US
a series Of regattas and dual races
that will at least equal anything
that we ever have had 's-
California, Columbia, Cornell, Har-
ward. Navy. Pennsylvania Prince
ton, Stanford, Syracuse, Washing
ton, wisconsin and Yale will have
varsity, second. varsity and fresh
men eight-oared crews, and their
racing lists are such that 1t prob
ably will be an easy matter to
properly place the best in the re-
spective classes at the drop of the
inal curtain.
seven Crews May Enter.
Unless all signs fail over half Of
these great varsity crews wsll fight
It out in a single race over the
Poughkeepsie course-whether for
three miles or four Is yet to be de-
cided.
Cornell, Columbia, Pennsylvania
and Syracuse surely will start in
this historic meet and 1t is more
than probable that the Navy. Wis
consin and the winner Of the Pa
cifc Coast Intercollegiate Regatta
will be in the fray. making seven.
which is the record number reached
some years back.
Although in a couple Of previous
attempts, several seasons ago, over
the long Hudson River route the
Middies were not successful IN
making an impressive showing,
they are now most keen to go TO
Poughkeepsie once more with the
idea of proving that their present
style Of stroke, which has been SO
effective over short courses of late
is good for any distance. This style
has never been tried out for four
miles or even three.
Some good Judges assert that IL
would not stand the test OF a long
race. One Annapolis advocate, how
ever. came right back on this argu-
ment with why, we'd get so far
ahead of the others before half the
distance that we could loaf the
rest of the way"
Won Three Titles.
But as a cold fact Coach Glendon
did last year what had never been
accomplished before when he de-
veloped a crew that % established
its right to the American inter-
collegiate championship. Ce) took the
national championship ana CD won
the worlds championship at the
Olympic games.
Glendon has six Of this redoubt-
able boatload of young giants left,
including the wonder stroke, King.
and as he-like the late coach.
Charles K. Courtney. of Cornell-hss
L fully tested system OF rigging and
shell construction, II looks as though
he would again have a very danger
Gus combination. At all events, ev-
cry eye will be on the Navy next
spring.
Chairman Charles Halsted Mapes,
Columbia; John Arthur Brown, Penn
sylvania, and Charles fireman. Cor
nell, the board of stewards OF the
1Nt6dNld
will, in the near future. announce
the distance of the Poughkeepsie
varsity race.
After the miX-up last spring. when
the Childs Cup race was merged
with the American Henley. it was
decided TO confine this affair TO CO.
lumbia. Pennsylvania and Prince
ton. and hereafter 10 issue no invi-
tatiops to outsiders. Also II was
agreed to hold this regatta on the
home waters of each participant,
rotating around New York. Prince
ton an1 PHILADELPHIA.
Close to Alumni.
This old fixture will be held next
spring on the Harlem River. giving
New York it's first inter-university
race in many years. This city is. of
course, the greatest alumni center
and. as the Harlem River Speedway
is now open to automobiles which
can run alongside and in immediate
proximity to the course, the outlook
is that a record crowd will view the
race. Also, 1t is possible that ar
rangements will be made for an OBJ
servation train on one of the sew
eral tracks of the New York Central
Railroad.