The Washington times., 1901-07-21
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at anchor inshore. was enough to take
the nerve and life out of the men. Many
another crew would have gone out OF
| training then and there.
| Not so with this crew. 1t promptly made
up its minds individually and collectively,
that If it could not get in trim for the
| national regatta which was held over the
same course yesterday and Friday 1t
! would make entry at the Harlem River
Labor Day regatta. To this end the boys
are taking light pracuce now and in a
week ten days the hard work and regu-
lar training will be again taken up.
The crew is undoubtedly n fast one, es-
pecially at the mile. and it is to be re-
GREETED that it could not have. been given
chance to measure sweeps with soma
of the cracks from the North and West
yesterday. In a trial against time before
going to the ilI-fated July regatta. the
eight went the full mile in 4.52 minutes
very fast time.
The crew rows: SIay. stroke: Rowland.
I; Smell 6; Mcgowan. .; Wirship. 4: Lowe;
8; Coburn, 2; Herman. Ia well-balanced
and a very stocky crew.
Dick Reddington, the crack runner OF
the Y. NJ C. A. and Stearns are new
candidates for the position of coxswain
TO be sent to the Harlem regatta. Both
are coolheaded. and either would make
good coxswain.
INFANTRY TEAMS SECOND TRIP.
The Light Infantry basketball team is
scheduled for another series of five games
at one of the piers at Atlantic City to be-
gin August 10.
The team was unfortunate on its initial
trip, losing the full series to the Atlantic
City team. the champions of New Jersey.
The rules under which the latter play are
so different from those in use here that
the visiting players found 1t impossible to
make the showing tts5y had hoped for
Their work. howevS lrwas favorabiy
commented upon and sne team made lots
of friends.
CYCLE RACING EXPERTS
Albert Champion the champion profess
sunal rider of France who was seen here
at the Coliseum last Friday night in the S
twenty-mile race against Johnny Nelson, -
is considered one OF the most remarkable1
riders thar ever came out of France Be-H
slices being a great rider he is quite a
genius in mechanics Most motors used
in this country have either been built or
tested by Champion ana the great strides
in improvements to motor construction
have been Inspired b him, MS he is not
only an enthusiastic follower Of pace but
also one OF the greatest ef motor experts
Last year Champion became wel known
because of inventions for single motor
racing wheel and tricycle.. On she lat
ter machine Champion made mile ut
Readville in lis.
Five years ago in Paris he won twenty
one times without a skip in seven months
"f racing. He was born twenty-three
years ago in Paris. and is small. we'll
Stl-up CHIP vice ne WON inc
Wheel race in Berlin. and last year won
the great Paris road race, with entries
from all over Europe. He is the holder
of the worlds three-hour record. and his
name is attached to many European rec
ords. He is known as rider of the dare
devil type. probably acquired during his
long association in France the racing
partner of Fournier.
Johnnie Nelson, of Chicago, whom the
Coliseum management presented Friday
night in conjunction with Champion as
h.a of Sue .fsGb
parents. is about twenty years of age.
and is rather small in build. As an anna
teur he repeatedly lowered records and
gave promise of great ability when he
crossed the line to the professional ranks
He fulfilled every promise, and last year
won more races than any two riders in
business.
Last year Nelson scored the phenome-.
nal record of thirty eight victories out OF
a total of forty-six races. lowering the
colors of every paced rider in America
excepting t,lkes. At Bridgeport he bvat
the worlds record from three to thirty.
miles. while later in the month, at
Charles River Park he was compelled to
again lower records in order to defeat
Michael's. which he did by the barrow
margin of twenty yards.
on the coast in the spring Nelson low
cred Major Taylor's one-r,liie competition
dusky riders figures had withstood over
500 paced races since 1888. This season -
Nelson promises unusually well, and dur
ing the week beginning June 10 he de-
feated Champion on Monday night, Tom
Linton on Tuesday night. and StinsOn on
Wednesday night. q record without par
ailel in cycle competition