Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1920 — AQUATIC SPORT CAME BACK TO ITS OWN DURING 1919, FOLLOWING THE BIG WAR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AQUATIC SPORT CAME BACK TO ITS OWN DURING 1919, FOLLOWING THE BIG WAR

Rowing enthusiasts plan to make the year 1920 a notable one in the annals of the aquatic sport. Last year rowing was restored to the popularity It enjoyed before the war, despite the fact that the intercollegiate regatta was not held on the Hudson last June. Many other rowing events were carried out on successful scale. One of the most notable victories of the year In rowing events was that of Alfred Felton of Australia over Ernest Barry on the Thames, England, Octo-ber-27. Barry had held the sculling title since 1912, when he had defeated Richard Arnst Felton, in .wresting the honors from Barry, won by a margin of six lengths and helped to make the year notably consistent in regard to upsets In sports. The navy was considered by the majority as the best of the* college crews In 1919. The Middles defeated both Penn -and Syracuse In the American Henley on May 31. Penn later won the Childs cup meet at Princeton and afterwards Cornell downed the Red and Blue in a dual race. Early in the season Yale trimmed the Tigers on the Housatonic. First Post-War Race. The Yale-Harvard tussle, the first post-war race, was resumed with all of its former color and brilliancy. The Blue won the dual classic in splendid fashion, although the Crimson was the favorite. One of the largest crowds that ever attended the National regatta witnessed the races at Worcester. It was estimated that more than 25,000 saw

the events from the banks and other vantage points. The Duluth Boat club oarsmen, as has been their custom for the past five years, carried off most of the events, winning five of the twelve championships. Jack Kelly of the Vesper Boat club of Philadelphia canrled away the title as national sculling champion, having things virtually his own way. The Duluth crew won the national senior eights race and the Century Boat club of St Louis captured first place In the senior fours. The national senior doubles race was won by William Faulkner and Cary of the Riverside Boat club of Cambridge. . Kelly, in addition to winning the sculling championship, established a new amateur record for a quarter of a mile. He covered the distance on the Schuylkill river in 1:14 3-5. Regatta to Be Revived. There was considerable harangue and much speculation as to the holding of the regatta on the Poughkeepsie, but the year passed without the tourney being held. However the regatta which previously to the war was one of the spectacles of the rowing season, will be revived next spring on an even more pretentious scale. The stewards have decided to make the distance three miles Instead of four and It is expected that all In the race will again enter, as well as several others. It is quite likely that two or more Western crews will be Invited to participate In the meet. Including Leland Stanford and Washington universities from the Pacific coast

Notable Figures In Rowing World During Year 1919