Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-10
WILL WELCOME YALE.
English Boating Circles Waiting for
the New Haven Boys


the New Haven Boys.
A London dispatch says: In sporting
circles there has been considerable atten-
ton aroused by the cable dispatches an
nouncing Yales intention to send a crew
across the Atlantic to compete at the Hen
ley regatta The news met with a kind
reception among the amateur oarsmen, and
no doubt is felt that the appearance of
a sportsmanlike crew such as Yale is sure
to send will do much to efface the Bit
tcrness resulting from the Dunraven in
cident and the unfortunate experience Of
the Cornell crew in England last year.
A representative of the Associated Press
saw Mr.. ]. F. Cooper, secretary of the
Henley regatta committee, yesterday, AMI
had chat with him regarding the prospect
OF seeing a Yale crew among the contest
ants on the Thames this year. He ex-
pressed himself as being much pleased at
the prospect OF New Haven crew putting
in ALI appearance at Henley, and added:
Il am quite sure the regatta authorities
will cordially welcome the Yale men, and
l hope they will pl owe to be as good on the
water as they have proved themselves to
be on land.
make a few inquiries of the Cornell crew
of last year as to when to start and how
long they ought to practice how to become
acclimated in our humid, relaxing atmos-
phere, and whether to live on a hill or in
a valley. I think three weeks is the mini
mum time to be at Henley before the re-
gatta, which is fixed to take place July I.
8 and o. This would entail starting aboJt
June at the latest.
Another matter which would be worth
While for Yale to consider is that Cornell
only raced for the grand challenge cup,
and the American crew was very sorry
afterward that they did not enter for the
stewards challenge cup. The latter is a
four-oared race, and one Of our leading
events. A Yale entry would give the con-
test more of an international character
than was the case in 1895, although the
Canadians gave our men grand tussle for
the prize. The entries from America close
On March 81.
Talking about Cornell, 1 think one of
the reasons the crew did not make better
showing was that the men were very stale
They trained too hard and had too little
by their experie nee. I will give every
possible assistance I can to make the Yale
mems path easy. 1 hope they will have a
thoroughly enjoyable trip"
Truth, discussing the prospect Of Yale
sending crew to England, says:
with every desire to welcome Yale, we
cannot help expressing the selfish wish
that for one short year no foreign crew
the excitement to such fever pitch that
pleasure Is to great extent destroyed.
However, crew or two will undoubtedly
come, and in order to meet emergencies
the Oxford University Boat Club has or
dered more racing boats"
There has been an exodus Of yachts
this week toward the Mediterranean where
they will take part in the Riviera racing
Britannia, Ailsa and Satanita met with
rough weather while on their way there
Ailsa had to return to Gibraltar owing to
the severity of the gale which she en-
countered, and seaman of her crew was
washed overheard and drowned.
Mr.. Ogden Goelet's new racer, Samphire
is expected to make the twenty class
lively, she Is a replica of the Niagara
Her chief opponent will be the late Prince
Henry of Battenberg's Asphodel, now the
Aranella, and owned by the Grand Duke
of Mecklenburg- Schwerin.