Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-27
ROBERT l.. SHAPE, CAPTAIN.

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81 1895 is up to the standard, there seems
to be no good reason why Cornell should
| not win laurels in the Henley regatta not
outstanding the fact that she will be op-
posed by the very flower of European oars
men, including the very best men on the
Oxford and Cambridge Fights. The crew
has been well trained by the veteran oars
man and coach, Charles f. Courtney, and
sails for England May 20.
The Henley regatta is rowod at Henley.
town on the Thames about 20 miles from
London, and has been an annual fixture
since 1889. 1t sprobably strictest, simon
purest amateur contest of note annually
decided in the world, as well as the most
important amateur event open to alnbi-
tious oarslMcn. The rules of the English
Amateur Rowing association are about as
strict as they could wei be made and pro-
vide that no person shall be considered an
amateur oarsman who has ever rowed or
stcercd in any race for a stake, money or
entrance fee; who has ever Knowingly
rowed OR stecrod with or against a profes.
slonal for any prize; who has ever taught,
pursued or assisted in the practice of ath-
letic exercises of any kind for profit; who
has ever been employed in or about boats
or in manual labor for money or wages:
who is or has been by trade or employ
ment for wages a mechanic, artisan or Ia
borcr or engaged in any mental duty; who
is disqualified as an amateur in any other
branch of sport.
The Thames at Henley is hardly an
Ideal spot for great regatta. Only three
crews can row abreast on equal terms,
and as numerous crews enter each event on
the regatta programme the contestants are
compelled to endure the strain and fatigue
OF trial heats, which are decided the first
day of the regatta. When the final comes
OH, the captains of the three successful
crews draw lots for position, and owing to
the varying strength of the current in diff
ferent parts of the stream this apparently
trivial ceremony often practically decides
the fate of crew before it pulls a stroke
1t is said that no crew assigned to station
No. 3, tho part of the river where the cur.
rent is strongest against the oarsmen, has
ever been known to win a race
The great race of the regatta is tho Grand
Challenge Cup for eight oars, tho race
Cornell is so anxious to win. The distance
is 5-16 miles and is u mere squirt when
compared with the four mile races so com.
mon in American college contests. Coach
Courtney has made q careful study of the
Henley course and will have time enough
ON the other side to get his men acclimat.
ed and thoroughly accustomed to the river
Tho regatta will be held July9 10 and II,
and although the personnel of the Cornell
crew has not been absolutely decided upon
IL of the men named in tho following list
will go to England:
r. L. Shape. milwaukee,; e. C. Hager, Buff
falo f. W. Freeborn, Ithaca, N. Y; G.. p. Dyer,
Annapolis; Il. D. Hamilton, Ithaca N Y. IF. G. |
Sladc, Yonl.ers, n. Y; E. Spillman, Tonawan-
da, N. Y; W. 3. Chreswill, Buffalo; NJ. W. Roc,
Chester, n. y; G. A. Louis, Brooklyn; E. A.
Crawford, ithaca, N. Y. j. II. Taussic, Wash
ington; T. W. Fenncll, Elmira, N. Y. T. Hall,
Washington, Ontario; +. Johnson, Catskill N.
Y; r. E. Sanford, Chicago; G. S. Moore, Olean,