Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-07
Little Opposition to the Crews
Henley Trip.
PROSPECT OF GEORGEfOWH'S Nine
Plans for the Season Of GaIIaudet's
Team.
TONIGHT'S HOCKEY MATCH

that has ever been held at Yale, the stu
dents of the university last evening rati-
fed the scheme of the Yale navy to send
the varsity eight to England to compete in
the royal regatta at Henley in July.
The meeting was called to order by Arson
Phelps Stokes. jr.. of the senior class.
Manager De Sibour of the navy then
briefly stated the plans of the navy regard
ing Henley. and asked the students present
to first make any suggestions or remarks
they desired, and then vote for or against
the plan. No remarks were made, and
when the tellers finished counting the vote
they announced that it stood $50 to 10 for
the trip. Many of the students did not re-
main TO vote, as they felt there was no OPP
position to the scheme and their votes would
not be needed.
This was the only business transacted at
the meeting. but after the meeting the
managers of the navy announced that they
had decided to have the oarsmen sail June
6. They expect to take fourteen or fifteen
men along. and probably at least three
coaches will accompany the oarsmen.
Cost and Equipment.
Two shells exactly similar to those used
by Yale for the past ten years will be
taken. The expense of the trip will be paid
for by the Yale Financial Union, just as the
trip Of the athletic team was paid for. but
more canvassing will be done among the
aid the crew. All the money raised In this
way, however, will be turned over to the
Financial Union, of which Walter Camp is
manager, and which has charge of all ath-
letc expenses of the university.
1t is estimated that the trip will not cost
the Financial Union over $500, as It Is
practically certain that wealthy graduate
will provide for the passage over and back
This may make the trip cost even less, as
the Cambridge athletes spent only 5000
last fall on their trip.
The only step now necessary Is to enter
the crew for the regatta. The entry will
be made this week, and only the varsity
eight will be entered. The navy has de-
c:ded that 1t is rot prepared to enter
either a four-oared crew or a single. The
varsity will be entered for the grand chal-
lenge cup for which Cornell unSucceSsfully
rowed last year.
There is little doubt that the university
will have a big representa- of students
at the regatta. The crew will have more to
cheer them on than was at HrSt thought
probable when it was decided TO go to
England. Arrangements have been made
by which the transportation of Yale stu
dents who are to go to England with the
crew will be considerably facilitated.
History of the Henley.
The candidates for the crew and those
who intend to accompany the eight have
been studying up on the history and rules
governing the contests at Henley. The in
years ago. was the outcome of various
eight-oared matches which had been rowed
on the Thames course for ten years prior
to that time. In 1889 the citizens of Hem
ley contributed 100 guineas for the grand
challenge cup. to be contested for by eight
were added, as the Thames Challenge,
Stewards and Visitors challenge cups;
the latter two being for fours. The English
universities longer compete at Henley
imnOSSihla fn oil
the eight best men of a university crew
Tor the two big races each year, and so.
since the Putney match was considered
of more Importance than any other con-
test, the energies of the university crews
are devoted to that.
But both Oxford and Cambridge are rep
though not official representatives, are re-
garded by many as better crews usually
than university Fights. which would have
two races to row.
The course of the regatta begins about a
mile and two-thrds above Henley, at the
Regatta Island, the finish being just north
of the town. One mile and $50 yards is the
exact lergth of the course. Although more
narrow than American crews are accuS-
toned to, 1T almost perfectly straight. This
Is the new course, which was adopted in
1856 The present course has much less
slack water than its predecessor, and so
furnishes fairer test. Position counts for
something in these contests.
The Yale crew will be the fifth American
college crew to enter an English regatta.
Harvard sent a four-oared crew over in
1869. which was defeated by Oxford on the
Putney-Mortlake course by about three
lengths The second attempt was made by
Columbia College four in the Henley re-
gatta. This crew enjoys the distinction of
being the only American crew that has
been victorious in English regattas 1t won
the Visitors challenge cup for 1878, by de-
feating the crew Of Dublin University
colleges of Oxford. Cornell sent over a
crew in 1881, which lost in the Stewards
cup for fours open to all amateurs The
fourth attempt was made last July by
Cornell, in the Grand challenge cup. In
v hich she was again defeated