Show EASTERN ROWERS INVITE WESTERN I I Want Stanford to Contest in Regatta Next J June tine ROW UP STREAM THIS YEAR the Canadian May Try to Defeat T Torn Tom oln Longboat BT DY MANHATTAN Republican SIH Special cI l Service New York Jn Jan 2 The Tue The inter collo glate giat regatta to bo be rowed at PoughkeepsIe Juno June 26 6 Is la now tho tim principal topic of discussion among collego o athlete ath ath- lete letes One question which Is frequently frequent freQuent- J ly hy asked Is la at nt to what colleges will willbe willbo willbo bo be presented presente Cornell Columbia Syracuse Syra Syra- cuse cuso and auth Penn Pennsylvania J anla appear to be he bethe hethe the only certainties Wisconsin will aJ row while Geor Georgetown and Annapolis probably bJ will not It is said eald and on good oo authority that It i Is probably that n a crow crew from one clue of ot tho the universities o- o 01 othe I the thc Pacific coast will ho bo seen seon In competition It ItIs ItIs Is II known that at least one of or the trio of big Institutions Institution of or learning on tho tim far for coast that support rowing 1 has queried the stewards of or the 1 Fought Fought- regatta reg about ent entering and It Is IA said RaM that when whon tho the st stewards send out the Invitations In the latter part of January a general one ono will be tendered ton ten dered tiered to Leland Stanford university and tho the universities of or California and Washington a There will be bC a proviso a attached to tho the Issuance of ot th this Is In Invitation invitation vl- vl tation to come cast east ant an and compote against the big crews crows ut of this section of the country countr A A suggestion will bo ho made o by the tho stewards that the three universities In I question hold haIti a try out regatta on n nr a r regulation mile four c course urso on nn tho the Pacific Pa ia chic coast and that the winners be sent to Pou Poughkeepsie It Is cr very likely that this will win bo ho done It Is IB declared For some sortie time It has been said s that a regatta will bo ho hold hoM In connection with the Yukon Pacific exposition at al Washington Washington Wash Wash- ash ington during tho the spring Wisconsin 1 has been Invited as well as Yale Harvard lIar lIar- vard yard and Cornell to compete in this but there thero is little possibility of or any anyone anyone one of ot tho three eastern Institutions sending Its crew to Seattle It Is not likely that an Invitation will win bo be sent Bent to Princeton university for tor tim the 1909 re regatta regatta regatta re- re gatta unless the New Now Jersey institution ion tion should signify that such would I I be bo acceptable The Tha races will ho Ito Ve lO vowed rowed up stream this year car for tor the first timo because use of ot the tho tide Men Ien prominent In the tho world of collego college col col- lego lege rowing rowinG are arc discussing the tho situation situa situa- tion ton at length and have ha come to tho conclusion that the rowing of or the races str p stream up-stream lm will not In the least interfere inter- inter ere tere with wih any of ot the other conditions that havo have governed the oyent event In tho the past paRt Tho starts of or tho the three races which annually make male up the program at Ie will wil bo be made at practically practically tc the santo same time It Is planned lanned now to send the freshmen eights awa away from the mark at p p. p in m. and allow one ono hour and a quarter between tho the starting times of each rach of ot tho the follow follow- ing event events Thus hus the thc start of the sity ly four oared race raco will be tie made at tt a I quartet past pant four U and tho tIm main feature feat reat- ure nrc the varsity oared eight lC race at so c 0 One of or the most Important features to develop during during the tho winter Is a new ruling that will win govern goern tho tim rowing of ot the varsity oared four oared COU race raco There has haR been much discussion of late years rs Ct a aa as asto to tho the advisability of oC having ha cox cox- to todo d. d do the guiding in this event VItt AH itt close followers or ot crew worK in too tho colleges understand that the four four- oared boat is made mado up of oC what might ht very cr proper properly he bo termed tho the varsity ol eight ht leftovers and since e the tho varsity crews are aro not nol alwa always picked much In advance of or tho Rio rowing of tho the big race of ot tho the these oared four spring sweep swingers have little time t to practice together The Tho bow oar of or course coure In a n oared four shell does the guiding and andas andas as this requires no practice the tue themen themen men consequently have hc not been as perfect In the art as us thc they might have been In past races Coxswains will not be permitted In Inthe inthe the tours next spring but a R new rule rulo has been adopted which will wil undoubtedly undoubtedly e edly Jy have havo ha e a tendency to make tho the bowmen bow boa ow men mon more moro efficient in their work The rulo rule n reads as aa follows In th the case caso of 0 oared four Cle crew candidates for bow boW not more mor than two In number shall bo be nominated by each entrant on or be before be- be e- e f fore re June 3 3 and tho thu final Inal nomination for bow must be made from froni frol the tho candidates candidates candi condi- dates then entered In this wa way It will 1 have ha e at least 23 22 lays days s practice in their position I This promises to bo ho an au unusually in interesting Interesting In- In season for the tho ice Ico skaters A number of oC big meets are now noW in course of arrangement and more willbe will willbe 11 be bo planned as opportunity offers Tho The principal event no now to come coma will b be planned as opportunity offers otters Tho The principal events e now no noto to como come will wIl bethe bo be bothe bothe the carnivals at Saranac lake Jake and Montreal John Harding of tho Saranac Saranac Sara Sara- ra nac Skating association was In Now York a few days clays a ago o securing an Eastern amateur skating association 6 sanction neton lot for the tIe affair up tho state and acquaint the local skaters with tho the details of ot tho the meet Tho The carnival will wU extend over the entire entro week of February 1 C. Tho The Montreal games will wi bo Ito tho the first of ot their kind in several cral years ears There too tuo a weeks week's carnival Is planned Ute the meeting winding ln- ln up on Saturday January Jan Jan- uary I t. t with the International chain cham plon hips All Al the tue tte titles will wil be bo die die- of ot at on otto one session Hession as in lii the tho past past Except that that the they will b be bA held lucid at Orange lake N. N Y V. Y nothing has been decided regarding the national nation nation- naton- naton al championships H It I Is very ver el probable though no official announcement tins has been heen made that Lincoln's birthday willbo will viii bo be dec decided ed upon It I falls on a Friday Frida next year ear but that will Hl be bo quite as ae asgood asgood good us lil Saturday un under cr tho the circum circum- stances I understand an i is If heln being made madl to match tho the little Cann Canadian lan who won tho the last Athens Marathon and Tom Torn Longboat conqueror of Do- Do rando registration card W was withdrawn after ho he accepted a n gift of or 2000 and a house and lot lol when ho he returned from Greece but they they never nover really called caner him tutu it I professional In the generally accepted meaning meaning of or tho the word But lint has other oilier things s In mind Perhaps It I itis I Is because the pur purees os offered have ha e not not be been beon n Jar largo large o enough h to tempt him At an any rate he declares that ho hu will wil never er 10 run for tor n it cash prize Instead ho lie Is pulling all al the tho wires within reach to get lac back Into Inlo good gool standing with the authorities In order that he ma may run in tho the Greek Olympic OJ Marathon In 1910 If ic f he tie then ho 10 may moy run lun Long Long- boat oat WIly Why h nut not make mako malt It I a it four cor nerod affair taking In Durando and Johnny JohnlY Hayes es 1 as well The rite University of or P Pennsylvania may next year car havo have on lt Its Hi rolls one of oC the strongest men In tho the country Ho He Is hI Arthur E E. E Bartlett the Worcester academy athlete who has shown wonderful wonderful won won- strength strength- Mike Murphy was much Impre Impressed sed with Bartlett and Is anxious to ha have him enter the tho Institution then tion ton whose athletes he handles |