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Show ARGENM natives IlVEJpilG "Las Regatas Interaacion" Ace of Sports Here WI KNOS AlftKS, Jan. s Kngiand has Its Thames and America Its Hudson, add Its Schuylkill where brawny armed youths hav made historic tha sport of rowing Argentina In the same way haa Ita Lu-jan, Lu-jan, a winding, slow flowing- Inlet of the Klver Plate, but with a straightaway stretch of nearly two miles, ideal fdr rowlng- races. Here la held annually, opposite the summer resort of Ti are, the Argentine rowtn classic called "las Rearataa Into In-to rna clonal ea,- in which eight -oared and four-oared crews, double and aingle scullers scul-lers representing- cluhs of the different nations na-tions II ties tn Argentina, struggle for supremacy. su-premacy. Thla year's regatta, which felt on Armistice day, waa the first one since before the war In which there waa a full representation of the best strength of all tha clubs, British and German rowers, notably, having; been absent. But both these nationalities were) again wen represented repre-sented la this year's racea, tog-ether with Italiana, Spauiarda, Bcandlnavlana and Argentines. Hundreds of skiffs, punts, shells, trim motorboats and luxurious yadhta, decorated deco-rated with flaas and pennants of all nations, na-tions, filled with spectators, lined both bnks of the river to watch the contests. Thousands of other spectators stood on the banks, many found perches In the poplar treea that hang over th stream, whMe .every villa and boat club along; both shores had Its complement of cheer-ins; cheer-ins; partisans, Ths lontfest of the twelve racea of the day waa an eirht-oared senior contest or 2M meters, for a cup pretiented by the kmc of Hpain. It waa won by the Buenos Aires Rowing; club, Argentine, in 7 minutes min-utes 14 seconds. A German club waa second. sec-ond. ITHACA. X. T-. Jan. 5. There are rumors ru-mors current about the Corse U campus that Oil Dobie Is very unhappy iti his present pres-ent position snd that 41 lb rhool doesn't break, ola lhrw-var cva tract b wllL |