New-York tribune., 1869-05-06
~ T1E IyTERNA1oNAL COLLEGE BOAT RACE
GREAT INTEREST AT HARyARD-sTl'ENGih VI
Tur AMERICAN CREW-A COMPARISON

GREAT INTEREST AT HARyARD-STfbNuih w
TINE AMERICAN CREw-A COMPARISON
Perhaps no question for many years mas
.yoused such general interest at the UhiVeisy
,ors and tutors Joining with the students III
80 ,,o, nrove TO bo tie means, more than any event
49, , -, occurred Of placing Harvard's fame with
, =, th t,yo foremost universities OF the Old World
,yn.,oyer opposlton may have preceded iui'
',Iorstanding OF the subject has already died
s,v,v and the fact that Haryards two
al 5o imnorfapt positions OF bow and stroke will inspire
eonAdence In her for which they mao hafuy noptu
Mr. simmons, who pulled tho starboara stroke ~ tne
inning boat al Worcester, n 1861 and the port waist n
Jesln the fastest amateur crew in Amerlcaas or lae
his claim 10 the title Of Haryards strongest oar; and
few will question his fitness for the most importaut
ioriug who has been lately appointed captain. mas
wisely placed himself IN the bow, where his
man with wonderful faculty for coaching ana WILSON
eradicate any fault that may exist m tue men Mo @ m
decided upon, yet among the available men are @
McBurney Of last years crew. Bass and bi,e '"D "Dycd
strapping Western mon who would nave p"na'vI
81 the crew TINS year against nae opIlcra T,.A list
Mhns anu nay o, ,,,r,,,es f,vo men well qualified
to support Lorng and sinmous In t; ru ~ ~
ms NOT yct severed his cauns with the university 3hI
ls possible, and certainly 10 be rCppa1iahis
pluck viii contribute 70 make the victory suieI
Fortunately, inan tn "t nropcriy trained VIII
~ei less than either STR Nelson the oxford coAswaih
even Mr Gordon Of lntiivsg nSs S to Harvard
CHM happpi.s % own We refer 10 Mr. Arthur buhhAh
-. a.. ou,iIIe. of % good steersmau. some stiU
Hghior uau from one OF the lower classes may be pre-
fe9 words about the Es glish crews will not be out
Of place here And hrst 90 sEoad be remembered tRl
aptrs t hp last Varsity race were taken iu bustcF
Marth aud not in the heat ~ July. Fret as 10 OAor
I9ur wiz NOS oN,MSiiSr @ aTI william viii prob.
It. fffn frlfs0
twin not be difficult 20 match them as TO Wesht, az
least Time whose WelEhl mas utth uuSca, t ,o ~ i5
pounds aud t must hc borne lu NINA not ouy ll ~
heavy men are Hpl 20 he W pu1 @ man nc n evenly
distributed among the crew. or these four men, IhIec
viii almost certainly nl places IN the picked crew.
I'm regard 10 Cambr9ec. Mr. Golde, the stroke, was
pronounced by Mr.. George Morrison, at the duhet tt
ihc race tic best oarsmau n either boat II. E anon'
nvc pounds lighter than simmords; MessrS Anderson
President Of the e.. a. b. C. aui McMGh'Sl are ,,d 'nS
iasf year against oxford. Tie former Is n hgntc,
man tan any man m f itch Ms HGbSSf0 H5boaf ls, h".' tr
fc less probably than Rice OF Harvard hr Young, vic
& a'S u Ne bavc seen mo record Of their ages bat
IN 1867 Tc London Times, tnu said that tho VCragt
man in either was over % The average ago OF
the Harvard Grow will be nearly II not quite "a. ,
Ihc ruce with Yale seemed pn iusuperable obstacle,
SobScSs make satisfactory adjustment The idea is
to have fonroared race instead Of a sixoar. 10 take
Snts nc r,cs must he earlier than usual not at ALL
bec,use the crew lnust leave for England so as To
nave about six weeks training ON the other
side OF the wnter. IL docs not seem as though
the Yale men would object TO ou.oarcd race, but theE
may n they do t TO be hoped that the contest VIII
NOT fan through that account. Why not let Harvard
Iran our men FOR Tho international race and, when the
time trial with Yale cOmes, have them get into
six with two OILERS who VIII have been IN training a'
row the race. The Wards find no difficulty IN 1t, and VIII
should Haryardi
The expenses Of a trip to England will obviously b.
much less they would have been in sending egh
as proposed last year, probably not reaching $UM AM
I'm this connection t IS gratifying TO anticipate YeTl
material reduction Of the rates O passage for tho
and 10 know that gentleman has already promised Il
meet Onehird of the entire expense another to con
tribute $780, aud seven others, one college instructor
800 each. -
In closing 10 may he said that The Official replies o. the
English clubs the challenge Of Harvard are expected
hourly, being now overdue. F1}OstOn Advertiser.