Show A f W UP r I Authorities Are Already Turning Turn Turn- t i ing Their Attention Towards Towards Toi Towards To To- wards Rowing r INTERCOLLEGIATE MEET MEE Princeton to Apply for Admission Admission sion to the Thames l I Regatta I BY MANHATTAN I Republican Special S S New ew York Jan 23 ThIs I This Is Is fine t weather to tall about rowing lug Never Never- ever ever- less this Is the sport which Is now occupying the attention i of the college athletic authorities The crew squads have been called together tog for tor Lion tion In some onte of the colle colleges cs tank lank c 1 work already has begun Jf gun and In a a. littie lit lit- liti i tie lie while all nU the men who hope to represent alma ulma mater on n the tho water for tor the season of 1909 will bo ho hard at wr work T-lr T It Is of course far too loo soon to make an any predictions as to tho the merits of the crews but from froni tho the number of or men who have reported it Is apparent j that more mOto than usual Interest will be shown in aquatics this season on Columbia's chances aro are particularly bright for a winning crew craw She almost won the regatta last year ear and will have almost a veteran el eight t this year car I There aro five forty ort Ji e varsity candidates candi- candi I dates and twenty five o freshmen In tho squad squa that Is now nt ot wor work on tho the thoI I machines Of the thc varsity men B. B P. P I Ceru Cerussi si 09 Ott L L. II H. SpaldIng 09 C C. Pj P. P j Jordan 03 R. R M. M Keator 10 F. F H. H I Saunders 10 P. P Renshaw 10 J J. J 1 H Ryan an 09 Ott F. F S 5 S. S 10 and n R. R K Murphy Imph 10 are veterans and from tram the in indications it looks as if it Columbia Col Col- will have an nn almost veteran combination n next spring spring- The fhe Columbia management favors the rowing of or the Yale alp race on the new now I course which Rice has laid out for the tho use of or the Columbia crows on the west shore of tho the Hudson The University of or Pennsylvania has I I lla had winning teams in practically every o branch of ot athletics in recent years with tho the exception of or her crews For seven cven years ears the Quakers h have ave failed faUe to turn out a e eight ight that could successfully defeat de do- feat f eat the other college and uni uni- t crows annual annually n. n assemble assem assem- som- som ble at to row in the Intercollegiate In In- In t regatta There appears t to o be but one ono reason renson for Cor this lon long s string tring of or defeats this sport aport is not r receiving thE thi support given baseball I In n past years the prospects have e been beon b right bright for tOI winning eights The Tho candi candi- d dates ates who have havo tried for tor places on tao tio v varsity have been bl big and strong They h have havo avo made good gool showIngs In their e early arly season work and tho- tho reports that h havo ave coma conio forth from tho the lIed Keel ant and Blue Institution have 6 been of or tIme tho l typo that Inspire the ad- ad i oC or tho the swoop s wingers rR with all nil kinds or of hope liopo And t hen thon whon when tho the real time came carne tho time Q wore not thor thoro at the tho finish This year the tho outlook for tor a 3 iy clos c row crow is poorer than usual On Only I six fix v veterans of or the races at ut Pou a are arc re left In college to form a n. nucleus f for tor or the crew They rhey arc re Dean B Ballard allard Crooks and Hen Hen- th ric Besides these oarsmen theme thole a are uro re Bennet Fox Smith Thompson and S Stites of ot last years year's freshmen boat i T rh The he olli gc l' l The Pennsylvanian I line has taken oC occasion at this time to print at 11 editorIal li In ln which v the under under- I tc body Il as a n. whole hole and the larger m men n In particular are flayed In inI r I r I a manner that should be Productive e of ot ofA good results I A ray may of ot hope has 1 forced Its way through the heavy gm gray clouds that have been hovering ho over the rowing quarters at Georgetown university for tor the tIme past last two yours years threatening to extinguish tho the lost last cherished spark under a deluge of ex ex- An And tho the little flickering flame j I has hns Just managed to keep I alive during during- I i tho the fall just Jut passed and pre present winter I owing owing- to the th careful of or those who thio are arti really desirous of seeing the Blue and thi the tho Gray crew on the water Now however It appears appear as though a long dormant alumni are about to toI I I I come to at the eleventh hour and anti step i t to lo the tho fore tore with some home necessary I I cial aid alti It was announced that th the the- financial condition there thera wa was such as j I to necessitate the limiting of or time the rowIng row row- ing lug activities of ot Georgetown to Interclass interclass Interclass Inter- Inter class contests only and antI that no dual meets would be bo cn engaged in In but that the sport would not be he dropped en en- That latter portion of tho tIme announcement an an- was waR the lone lono spark It is said raid now that the alumni of ot various largo large cities e especially New ew York are row rousing rousing- ln themselves es and realizing that It Is time for them to get buS busy with the tIme tusk task of replenishing replenishing- tho the aquatic cotters coffers of Georgetown With such tb the tLe case case the Blue and Gra Gray ma may onlo once more be represented In the tho intercol intercol- le lAte classic at next June Tune Tho intercollegiate track and field championship meet will be hel held at Cambridge on May 28 8 and ond 29 On May lay the annual meeting metUng of or the Yale Yale- Harvard ord varsities will b be held at t Now New Haven On May ray Dartmouth and anti Harvard meet at Cambridge e and andon andon on May Ia 2 the Bulldog and Johnny first will 1 strive for on cinder path and field at Ca Cambridge j The rumor has haR been revived that I Princeton intends to apply appl for slon simi Into the tho Thames re regatta atta n B Bj this it Is li not meant that the TI Tigers ers want toro to row ro next June but it Is known that they do want to get In line lino as 3 soon a 8 as rowing rowing- ig is full fully organized at the New Neu I Jersey Jere Institution and a good varsity eW crew developed Yale Tale Is In favor of admitting Princeton Princeton Prince Prince- ton to the regatta but Harvard Horard is averse to such a move The crimson rowing authorities take lake the stand that the present arrangements are Ideal and that tho regatta would not be improved Improved Improved Im Im- im- im proved any by In a third mem mom ber her There will be an interesting struggle ogle gle le among among- the weight at the games RameR of ot the Pastime Athletic club at nt Madison Square Garden Garlen Monday londaY It I Is Isa isa I a sure thing that young oun Elliott lot the toe phenomenal schoolboy shot putter shot shot-puter will wi b be among the leaders at nt the tho finish No o loss less authority than Martin Sheridan has declared that in fn a year or two Elliott will mako make tho the present snot putting record look sick Martin Marn Sheridan himself Is always forced to I extend himself to the tho fullest to boat beat this youngster r I I I Tad lad a J Jones oil en captain of or tho the Yale Yal Yule nine nino I lQ lost last t year Captain Murphy today that he will bo be on hand March h 1 1 and wilt will wll H upend spend mt practically all al th the tho I spring with tho the squad In tho the capacity ot of head hend coach conch Work ork for tor tho the baseball Ir I players has han begun at Yale Tale but oril only r in the hap hap of tat tt conditioning conditioning- on tho tha I gymnasIum floor 1001 for tor the tho battery candi candi- dates datos They Thoy will wil commence their cape cage work york In iii about two o h week weeks but no gon I oral call for tor candidates will be bo Issued till February 22 I ti Captain Fred Murphy Is negotiating I with Tom Toni Tucker the Bo Boston ton National I league pitcher who mn may be engaged I Ito to coach tho the pitchers |