The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-04
CREWSNEARLYREADY
For the Grand Challenge Race
at Henley Next Tuesday.
YALE CREW IN FINE CONDITION
All Judges Place Them Among the
Leaders and say II They Lose IL
VIII Be Because of the Boat
CopyriEhtss ~ the Asscr.a.ea Pos.

Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
Henley Thames. JAY s-<Tae training
az the crews entered for the Grand Chsl-
lenge race. which viii take phase next
week at the Henley regatta. IS aboat eom-
pisted. although some Of them during the
present day and tomorrow viii undergo
their finishing touches
The consensus OF opinion IA that the race
for the Grand cup viii be won BY Lean
der. New College or Yale. with the Thames
crew having good lead for fourth place
in the estimation OF competing critics.
Trinity college and tho London Rowing
Club are considered out OF the race, the
latter because they are far behind their
form OF other years. and the former be-
cause. for some reason unexplained. they
have fallen on remarkably from their per-
formance or week ago. There are sew
ersl factors. however. which are not TO be
overlooked in forecssting the chances OF
the different crews The New College men
are unqnestionahly somewhat overturned.
BOB Cook has carefully avoided this. and
his men viii go 10 the pos, in prime con5i-
ton. a most important factor with the
crews as evenly matched as the present
three seem TO be. The draw, IL there is a
strong wind such as has been blowing
every day this week or Bucks station
means an advantage OF at least length
and half. There is an uniercnrrent OF
feeling here today. fed by the press, that
IL Yale wins II will be because Mr.. Cook
copied the English style OF rowing with a
really good crew. and that Y Yale loses Il
VIII be because they had not time to thor
oughly adopt the English style
Cornell said Mr.. Cooper. secretary
OF the regatta committee. pursued a sus-
picious policy before unknown in Henley
crews. They declined invitations as IL
they suspected that they would be pois-
oned. Yale. on the contrary, seems one
of us. and has met us in the same spirit
We are with them In manners and men,
ana they ara nor looking for traps and
tricks on every side. II they win 10 will
be great thing for Henley. a. we sup
pose Harvard viii not be content, and
perhaps other colleges will not be salts
fed until they add a victory at Henley
10 their home triumphs. But even IL
Yale succumbs we trust IL will not be long
before we see her blue again. and IL
Yale wins you may be sure there will
be no begrudging her the victory. even
among the defeated crews. This Is the
keynote OF the feeling at Henley. and IL
Is repeated among the Leander, Trinity
Hall and new College men. no less than
among the watermen and towpath Ioafers.
The Yale men are lot better together
than any OF our crews. and cannot I'M
derstand why they do not cover more
water. After watching them carefully
I have reached the conclusion that tho
fault lies with their paper boat II is not
as rigid as our cedar boats. and If Yale
IS defeated 1 believe IT viii be because.
while the paper boat is better than any
American-built cedar boat. it is not equal
TO the English cedar boat"
This view is shared by the watermen
in charge OF the tent boathouse. Cook
viii express no opinion as TO the chances
OF the Yale crew. and the men maintain
their same attitude OF reserve. But they
all seem TO be quietly confident