New-York tribune., 1921-01-12
Hudson Regatta
Officials Send
OpenInvitation
.sBig Three" Requested to
Participate in Smile Race
at Poughkeepsie June %

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Al Invitation to the university and
.,,lsse crews of the world to compete
J, the intercollegiate championship
,.vstsa, to be rowed at Poughkeepsie
= June %, was the outstanding fea-
,,,e OF the annual meeting of the
soard of stewards of the intercollegiate
paving Association held here yester-
day.
While the blanket invitation, as
,soutsd in the form of resolution,
so.s not mention any foreign institu-
tim by name, it is understood to in
.lude the English universities of OK
;ord and Cambridge, the University of
foronto and such colleges of Con-
tinental Europe. including Scandinavia
and Australasa, as may maintain a
scholastic standard similar to the
founder members OF the association
Columbia, Cornell and Pennsylvania.
In addition to this invitation, specific
limitations will be issued to other
American colleges, which, in the past,
have entered crews for the Hudson
tjtular regatta. including Syracuse,
Wisconsin. Navy, Leland Stanford, Cali
fornia, Washington and Massachusetts
! Institute Of Technology.
The broad invitation to the college
crews o. the world would also include
Princeton. Yale and Harvard. The .at-
ter two Universities, however, appear
to be automatically eliminated, because
Of the fact that the Harvard Yale
regatta is scheduled for New London
;on Friday, June "a.
City to Finance Regatta
) That the board of stewards and the
city Of Poughkeepsie are preparing for
an intercollegiate regatta of far greater
scope than heretofore attempted is
made certain by the announcement that
the Poughkeepsie Chamber of Com
merce has appropriated a considerable
sum to help finance the regatta. This
is the first time in the long history of
college rowing on the Hudson that the
association has received an offer of
outside assistance
1t was stated that there would be no
difficulty in sending away as many as
fifteen eight-oared crews in the varsity
:, race ii that many entries could be
secured. The largest entry to date in
the Poughkeepse regatta was in 1907,
when seven crews rowed over the four
mile course.
The board of stewards also decided to
adhere to their original determination
70 make the varsity race over a three
lai-e ss.. d Of z fourmile course, in
accordance with the resolution adopted
several years ago, but never tried out
owing to the entry of the United
States into the World War.
It was stated in this connection that
while the determination "a hold down
the feature race to three miles estab-
lished no precedent for 1922, it was
felt that the various universities in
vited and to be invited had understood
that the main race would be at three
miles, and for that reason it was con-
sldered unwise to attempt a change
for the coming regatta at least.
First Visit for Britons
While many American college crews
have from time to time competed in
England, an English varsity eight has
never crossed the Alta ii ma for a re-
gatta in this country. With the ten
sstve understanding existing between
Cornell and Cambridge for visit of
spring, 1t is hoped that the visiting
eight if it comes can be persuaded to
remain for the big intercollegiate re-
gatta.
0xerd also will receive an invita-
tion, and in view of the remarkably
close race between the United States
Naval Academy eight and the Leander
Boat Club crew, composed of Oxford
and Cambridge oarsmen. at Brussels in
the Olympic regatta last summer, it
is hoped that both will accept
With the date for the regatta fixed
Tor June % 1t is evident from a study
Of the tide tables that all three races
vii be rowed late in the afternoon.
According to tentative schedule the
junior varsity eights will row two
miles at p. m; the freshman eights
"a similar distance, starting about
4:45 P. m, and the varsity eights three
miles at p m.
All these matters were considered
! before the final decisions were an
nounced BY the board of stewards, con-
!. ssllstlng OF Charles II. Mapes. Columbia,
9 charles E. Tremain, Cornell and John
A. Brown, Pennsylvania.