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Show ENGLAND CAN'T SEND OARSMEN 1 Cambridge and Oxford Out of Poughkeepsie Title Regatta By DAVIS J. WALSH. International News Sen Ice Sporting Editor. NEW YORK. Feb. 1 S Full matt an oar may be swung In the still twilight twi-light of the late June afternoon when th 1922 intercollegiate regatta. is hold at Poughkeepsie, but neither tho light blue of Cambridge nor the dark , blue of Oxford will bo a part of tho 1 color symphony, This much on the word of Morton j G Bogue, one of the stewards of the upper Hudson classic, who tonight nailed as without foundation a reporl 1 that either or both of the English universities uni-versities would have an entry In ".he American championship this year. 'We will like very mm h to have them.'' was the reply, "but tho mattor ' ts a dead Issue now. Wo tried to brim: j over an English crew I 1st year and 1 1 the project failed not only because of the groat expense such an under? taking would entail but also because tho British university rowing season I is conciuded long before our date. 'Naturally the English would experience ex-perience much difficulty in keeping I a crow In condition for s post season 1 race and they realize the futility of wending a poorly conditioned outfit " So much for so much. The element ele-ment of Internationalism the English crow would lend the regatta is a desirable de-sirable on any way you care to view , it. but deidro and realisation aoom to 1 bo a pair of incompatible elements. However, the prospective field, as It stands, is a good one. Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, Cornell and Syracuse, charter members of the association, are certain cer-tain starters and with the championship champion-ship navy crew and Prlncoton listed among the invited guests, tho east IS mustering its boldest front Fri m the mld-ile west aro Invited Mich. gan and Wisconsin while iho Pacific const can send on California, ; Leland .Stanford and Washington, sln-I sln-I gly or in toto. Just as It sees fit. |