The evening times., 1896-07-02
YALE. AGAINST ALL ENG[AhD
American Oarsmen Making
Ready for the Great Race.
NOT AFRAID TO ROW
Crack Varsity Crew Will Meet the
Who the Men Are-Canada Will
Have Representative at the Re-
gatta-Previaus Contest and Time.

Henley, ngland, July 2.-Amerlcab u
champion university ON the water will rep
resent the great Republic In the regatta here
July Z, and O.. No second-rate varsity
oarsmen are ovet here this year To give
Britons a taste Of Yankee skill and
muscle, butuheirights men or blue who have
for years kept Yale far in the lead In all
American aquatic contests.
TINS TINE aie- Will, single-handed, face
the pick OF Engla nd's CA rsmen. Ifshe wins
against this great field her representatives
will own "a large part OF Yankeedom when
they return home. This regatta is conced-
edly the greatest rowing event in the
world. II is to beating what the Americas
cup contests are to yachting. Those Who
win in them have an imprescriptible light
to consider themselves wold's champions.
Interest in Yale's appearance this year
has been heightened by Cornell's failure
last year. The latter's eight oars made a
good showing in practice and up to the
time one Of them caught a crab, SO that the
real ability of the Yankee varsity oars
men isstili practically an unknown quantity.
Yale. with the prestige of years OF vic
tory behind her, Is therefore Looked upon by
the Briton as the best type OF Western row.
ing power, and represents to the English
idea the finest qualities of America n
Craftsmanship, quite as well as would an
ail-co!lege crew ch oscn from the best
boating universities in the United States.
Not only that, but last year Yale defeat
ed the crack English al thletes nj New Have en-
on track and field, and the English sport
ing public are eager to see il Old Eli is
as good on the water as on cinders and
grass.
WHAT YALE WILL COMPETE FOR.
The events In which the Yale oarsmen
VIII cOINDetP the r:t(a fol fba prnnd
challenge cup teight oars), the Stewards
challenge cup -four oarsl, the pair-oa race
and the race for the diamond sculls. The
Cornell UarsineD expressed regret that they
did not enter the four-oa red race when they
took part in the Henley regatta last year
This is the fifth American crew to do
battle with England on her own water.
Only one OF those crews returned with
trophy. II will he the third time eights
have met, and both the tther two were de-
: feated. or the five international races
already contested all were on the other
side but one. and England has three to the
Credit of Ler college oarsmen. Here is the
record:
1904 Harvard Varsity eight rowed
Oxford over the regular Oxford Cambridge
four-mile Thames Course, and was defeat
ed By six seconds.
1915 First Trinity College OF Cambridge
GhhCiSitS SCpS iouE-OsfIth crew 10 OuT
Centennial Regatta at Philadelphia. and
was defeated by.a Yale four, of which Pob
Cook. the prescnt Yale coach, was stroke.
1STS-ColuInbia sent a four -oared crew to
England, which won the Visitors Challenge
Cup
1Ss1-Cornells sent to Henley q four -oa red
crew that had the previous year won the
American Intercollegiate Regatta on Lake
George 1t lost at Henley, as well as on the
. continent.
1S95-Cornell sent an eig ht-oared crew to
Henley. entering only for the Grand Chal.
lenge Cup.
MEN IN THE YALE CREW.
The Yale crew is made up OF ] H simp-
son. Alexander Brown, William II. Beard
James o. Rodgers, P. H. Bailey, John McC.
Longacre, Ralph Treadway, and George
Langford.
The great race OF the regatta is the grand
challenge. The course for this is ! mile
$50 yards, and has only a slight bend
The Thames here Is narrow. SO narrow one
can throw a stone across. This affords the
most neutrality-suspicious. for observation
Fully 10000 persons saw last year S races.
The prettiest sight in the world Is said
to he the stream after race, when hun
dreds OF small boats, crowded with gayly
dressed women, flock over the course like
bright plumaged water fowl on jolilfi-
cation. The housel,oats along the Thames
all rendezvous at Henley during the re.
gatta, and with their sides decorated with
all sorts OF bunting and partly hidden by
groups OF spectators they make beauti-
ful background for the smaller craft.
The fastest time ever made over the
course was 6:51, made Ly the Lean..er
Club in 1891: the slowest was 7:4s I-2.
The greatest rivals to Yale will be the
Leander crew, which is composed of the
best men in Oxford and Cambridge
The Western Hemisphere will have other
representatives than Yale at the regatta.
The famous Argonaut Rowing Club OF
Toronto, Canada, has sent its celebrated
four to Henley. Z. A. Thompson, of the
crew, has entered for the diamond SOULS.
They were at Henley last year, but made
no conspicuous successes.