New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-10
WHY YALE WAS BEATEN
NO PUZZLE TO WILLIAM BLAIKIE' WHO
GIVES REASONS.


GIVES REASONS.
.xr.,oAx COLLEGE oARsMEN sPRfNrERs. Hoe
srAYrRs-A STRONG PLEA MADE ron
AN AMERICAN HENLEY
wn., vvyn,am Blaikse talks or writes on atnIe"s
r.,,.r. a. Il With the authority Of an expert Tnsss
ar few 20 we'll posted in that line - me- sno ~"
ever ne tells Is sure to fall on listening ano neo
ears He was surprised at faies ue.0
Lander on the Thames. ana nc c"u' -
s,r The no,owness of the defeat -Four
mon Win a record ard four unknowns have mel tns
hest eight in England and have been Des'e" ~
sa,d m a Tribune reporter yesterday. ne~.c" ~
Tar for such short race further even tnan tne ~
ming british Varsity eight usually leads 's nvs -
the finish on the Putney to Mcrtiake "~o~'
and a half times long as the Hen'ey'
I'VE have not yet learned TO row rea' 'ses' 49,.
crev. a re- not matched when either wins by sevo"s
lengths. Even Harvard. IN the maiden in'e'"s'~s
struggle twenty-seven years ago. ola oe,'e
Yale DID on Tuesday. She was bare length D...
her riya; at the finish Of the long course sHo -
with four men. only carrying coxs"a,h - 49,.
q. either eight bore yesterday unused 70 'o"'Hs
-,.,, IN. =, all and with two Ill on race oAv.
,ook ma taught his men how 20 row. Now ie' INC"
learn how to stay. 49,
we have found that Englands beS men ~
never easy 20 WHIP and u Is Q good lessoh-J".' 49,
we need For who Is q better friend than os"s~
ous foe, II you are Of good stun ne develops you.
viz r,.n have learned much in the last fortniSnt
that vii hefp them In rowing races AFTER ms "r.
ccok learned good deal in his first VISIT 20 Ins'~'~
txenty wears ago. But he left out part
The factors In making horse win by a neao q
q crew by a yard countless, ana cnonce mas ~.
"a do With them Two-ten horses Do not beat S"S
bore.s any more than Majestics DO Lucanms. o~p'
+.,n Cook ,s one OF the best three or four coacnes "a
Anrrtoa His crew had record TO make them ~
all representative. He had four tried men sna .v'
green ones Their usual race at nome nao '~'.o"
through 80 they went abroad Ihey "au
nothing here nor proved that, had they ro"eo u
po,,.hSe.ns,e they would have finished first -
second.
MORE REPRESENTATIVE CREW.
..rn,. "a mt night. We ought 10 have an eight -
t1or,ev every wear but II should be the fastest ANA
,sur esxb, In America-not merely the FASTEST "
New-Heven. II Is harder to win nj heney VIZ"
,r,rn Putney to Morake for In the latter you nav
only TO meet the best crew OF one out OF TWO 'no'
cities Bu at Henley You must race the nee'e"'
crew In England-a much sitter problem. Ana no"
rr,r,t,,ve we are vet In rowing matters. ana no"
,tle we know It is not comforting almost on inc
eve of race day TO read that our REPRESENTATIVES, w
NO. know what cars to use. or what ooaN vi W"
long q stroke, and that our boat at best Is 'hie!~
and weak Especially when the enemy KNOWS JUS
u<hat cars. what boat what stroke and every o,heT
x,ovare and the change OF climate food, air sno
drink without adding needless drawbacks
I'VE have to-day frst-class builders OF raInS
shells The paper-boat builders are mere ifh''a'o'.
originating nothing. You must FURNISH the "'oas-
Then they make tho craft OF paper just as 'heS
ur,h II desired. make you a paper wheelbarrow
s,me OF their shells are copies OF one ouiidero
model some OF another. Clasper. swaddie anu
W.nship are household names IN Ensiah'' WY
even knows the name Of shell-boat builder nere'
A great one died at Greenpoint rev months az"
ex-Judge Charles 3. Elliott, Brooklyns county
Clerk He took the timbers Of a four In MS Trunk
to England. built her there. and Harvard rowed
oxford IN her. then presented her TO the Aoonon
Rowing Club and Captain Galston. OF tne 'A''e'
CLUB pronounced her the finest four ne ever saw
I'VE need a Herreshor TO build rowing ooats -
we'll as sailing ones. We do not race much nero;
not a tenth as much as In England. How many
races has this Yale crew rowed? Or this years
Cornell eight? Or that Of Harvard7 What college
CT university has a series OF humping races Gay
after day fer weeks a: at Hxord d or has radca
defects We wat TN the last week io OF , Juse w snS
then right the END on ,ner sreatest srar
OF the whole year. with the college festivities ds,
some distant track. little known to the oarsmen
staying in nccnyenient quarters IN pehna ssS.s 'nt
as ssen aay X. q sa tns
j. Paine and George ". smaller did It in the nrss
m macS settsl T rsse VARSITY
ochns June Sg, in cool Ma stra S'S oues s
ssnoa from q his roWns They thus settle IS
fast Sly fsn Of h ss CUB aa aSs on
lookout and capture as Leand.r did this time n1s
only four Xs our pa IN Oy orne s
two of this year and Harvard's best two.
GIVE THEM MORO WORK TO DO
"c,ye Cook a month to whip them together. and
would We be now reading that both Brown and
Rodgers required attention when the race was overf
,,ntxo In
that We have not enough Of thoroughly good men
to nll the boat There Is always one doubtful 'nau.
Often there are two or three. Plenty Of humping
would stop this.
England, too. has schoolboys that It takes . good
to beat Eton School has sent too many dam
gerous youngsters to Henley to leave any doubt on
this point. Who heard of Boston Latin
School crew? Or Hopknson School, or st. Paul
School crew that could row? Or any other training
ss.9 sST Gr State m rowing S
than the fact that we have no Henley England
Until we have. We are not likely to do much At
Henley on Tn a INES. ,,., - g., an, .nro.,.
~hsn ead 'ns s"% up '
one and three.quarter lengths VIII come again And
s. near " THIS etyF mile and so yards srashi
ss: s"d row wide for rs readily
near here, too; and better water than Henley has
s r E:',sF than q s.'
crowded Har:em. nor on the Hudson, disturbed
sS 's ss sx:s9s: Bat sn fAs
rather, its branch, the Oyerpeak-say. thirty min
utes from Jersey City No ships 80 there: Perch
good At IT, Crabs. too-caught sometimes with net:
ourishIns boat cub Of 200 members uses this water
and knows its charm; while the keeper Of the club
house, lnnS builds q good boat, for he served HE
time with Casper. I've rowed this water TOO often
not to speak good word for II. Why should not
and diamond souls for the singles? Call Mr. Rookie
feller's attention 70 4. or Mr.. Morgan's. or Mr..
ful-handed American. and he will doubtless attend
TO the prize part as James Gordon Bennett used %
do for the intercollegiate athletic contests. Have
the meeting there or on better water. II you know
anv. Say or Decoration Day.
Let the university crews get GU, Of their rut, too
and IN the middle Of May Then their winner
Will come to this National meet. and likely ind Il