The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-04


first. ATLANTA crow, with Blake second. woIvennooks
thrd. Athletics fourth and In s!x-oared slss Coum-
bia WIN Colgate Goodwin, Eassn and hoao0cN'
October H. on toe Kills. At Metropolitan regatts,
four cared race Columbia WITH Sage, Edson Timpsoa
tue ola champion crew, which Eldrcd stroked 10 hon.
orabe victory in SO many holly contested races, but
newly made up four, one OF whom, II remember
r.hty, Lad bur two weeks before rowed mis- first race
outside OF his own club rcgattas.
Errors and omissions excepted this Is u faithful
record OF all the races except their private COLLEGE
rowing, In which have been engaged either OF tho
men from whom Columbia selects her new
Study the record closely, and the following
FirstrThat Columb,a's claim to int ercoegate gu.
premacy this record In 1874. 1rst; IN 1873,
second; 1876, third, both University aud Ere IL
men races and second 10 Yale IN Centcn nai Iuernu-
tona University In 1877, college regatta, but
beaten by Harvard m an ci-hi-oared match
Second-fhat the four selected Tor The new cham
pion crew. ana whose numerous and many friends
proclaim the fastest crew In Am"rica, have positively
never rowed race and IRE entirely unricd and with
out any record whatever.
Third-rhst q summary OF all the on-coIicg,ate
in whicnany OF these seven men have partici-
patcd shows that neither OF them has ever rowcd IN
any four Saratoga teur resattas that
OF tho five national amateur champ oIship rcgatias
they entered In but one that OF 1876; that no one OF
these seven ever rowed az iinst crew which had
any claim 10 CHAMPION or oven nrst class honors,
excepting the one boat which they lost TO the Alta
Ian Ia crew Pbadclphia and the ed record
OF all races pulled by any winch nclud led either
these men follows LIN six-oarod boati--Beat
Dauutless and Friendship once; beaten by Dauntess
and Now York Rowing Cub once. In four-oared
boA,s--Beat Now York Annette club three times
Nautilus twice; Vo-par, Enzabeth, Triton, Hudson,
Nassau, New York Rowing Woverhook, ATLANTA
Second class crew aud Argonauta Second class crow
each, and beaten each by Ataianta rst and
second class Ia pairosred boats-Beat Nassau
beaten by Nautilus twice, aud no record Mt
all IN scuiluR ooats.
Youwill search this list IN vain Tor Tho names OF tho
first cuss crews the countryside crews that attend
The grca, open rcgatas ana win and ose tho amateur
cham ION SHIPS and lower Tue time records.
claim for nrst class aquatic rank, based on such q
recorl MS n IL much AZ II the trends Junn Bess
.ili, rd
sungcr has beatca Gallagher, oi Cleveland buriegh,
oil Kuiamazoo; Shaeler, OF New YORK city; Carter, OF
Toledo aud Knight, of Corning. He has also beaten
mauy nrst class amateurs aad has challenged
vgnaux to play Tor $500 at Portland. Oregon. which
match cnacnge has boon declined. We consider MIN
the first blllariist in America, and IL sexton aud
Slcsson aud Rudolph do noi think 80 why do they not
challenge him y!
"old oarsman" also says that IN his judgment tho
Nautilus PAIR The fastest PAIR now on the wacrsa
claim whose gigantic imrudence makes the columpn
bra ggadocio look quiio reasonable inc Nontius par
have done less rowing and moro taking
any pair that ever iloated Their cx-
act record Is that they have beaten the Coum-
bias twice, the Nassaus and tho rrtoAs
once aud have beon beaten by the Athletics once and
Al.antas once They have rowed III public resattas,
all told, heats OF mile each and thres heats OF
II mile and a halt each; have never entered IN any OF
the great open regattas and have beaten first
class or even second class crowi Did any man
ever claim any position whatever on such u record as
thaLY The ATLANTA PAIR have rowed many Rlces in
good company; have held tue amateur cham ponship,
aud have been beaten by but two crews-kennedy
and Riley, VINO could beat anybody. ami Smith and
Klorn the fastest Tor any distance that can be
found IN America The record OF Smith and KIllorin
IS simply this that since they FIRST saw pair oarsd
boat in July. 1876 they have attended all the Leading
rcgattas, have pulled against every crew they could
nnd, ana even let double scull boats rather than
not get race; have every they ever pulled,
aud all put one OF them without working hard enough
for healthy exercising pull. and while two such
sufficient education and intelligence to write for tho
newspapers prae ABOUT the Nautilus pair Did any
body ever hear such nonsenscr
sold OarsmAns' clam that Mr.. Kennedy Is the
fastest sculler the country is the only proposition
be advances which has any show OF reason. AT Sara
toga IN 1875, Riley beat Kennedy five lengths, Yates
fuinting and stopping In the last half mile. Yates
wes three lengths ahoad of Kennedy at the mile and
hall but could not stay the full miles. In 1877,
at Detroit, Kennedy entered In the National and
wrote few days before tho regatta stating That
he should DO there and asking M TO enter HIM IL tho
Northwestern Regatta also Yates came from Grand
Haven, Robinson from UnIon Springs, Tonpkins from
Troy, Leo Newark and ODonne from New
Orleans, and Mr. Kennedy who lives nearer to Detroit
tnan either OF these five, did not show up do not
remember that he pulled any race In 1877, and men
who drop for or two In this progressive
sometimes find themselves lett hopelessly behind.
Lee easily beat Yates at Detroit and has since beaten
goes Newark and beats Lee nc has clearer title
to the Western championship than has Mills or Sand
way.
Aud finally comes the most ridiculous part of the
whole business sold Oarsman' starts the howl ana
n dozen imitators join in the chorus:-" II
anybody thinks they can beat Columbia or Nautilus
or Kennedy, why doh't they challenge thomY p
II there is one fundamental principle acknowledged
and accepted In all gaincs, from marbles up warn
IL Is that the champions accept, not ISSUE challenged
and tnat aspiran,s for championship honors shall
challenge the holder Go TO their homes, or to some
mutually agreed neutral point, aud Try to win tue
coveted position. II would be considered silly and
boastiul Tor an acknowledged champion OF any game
to challenge any pirtculr person ut that game. His
position champion OF Itself a Standing challenge,
ana all overturcs must come from the other side.
Here we have four, pair and scucr neither OF
whom has held the championship or been within
sight 1t, and they ask the real aud technical aud
acknowledged champiou four and pair and scullcr 10
challenge them. II Columbia thinks SHE has the
fastest crow in the country her only manly course ID
to .'ro Wcsr' and row the Emerald and the Shoe
wae.cac ncttcs. Until this IS done her prctensions
arc unjust to the CHAMPIONS and equally sonselcss
and ungenerous. Nautilus are in precisely tho same
| condition., ana Kcnnedy's first stop toward proving
himself tho fastest sculier must be to travel from
Sru,her Staton, Ono, TO newark, N j., ana row q
match with Mr. George W. Lee.
We have a homey, backwoods provcro winch eau
tions ambitious youths mot to bite off moro than
they Can chew" Would 1t not be prudent for CO.
unbia and Nautilus and Kennedy TO take lew
mouthfus OF our tough champions just 10 sharpen
their teeth before attempting TO masLicatc the oars
mon OF The names aud tho Seine?
Some thoughts on the proposed international con-
test must await apother letter. Yours truly.
WILLIAM Is. CURTIS.