Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-03-21
AN AMERICAN HENLEY.
Plans Being Made to Organize
Imvitation Association.
WEEKS RACING CONTEMPLATED.

Thames Course at New London Sc
1ected For the Events-Harvard and
Yale VIII Send Crews-Prominent
Rowing Universities Will Be the
Most Important Members of the
Organization.
An American Henley, of which so
much has been said in the past, Low
seems to be assured. With the great
est secrecy the plan has been worked
up by Boston rowing men and has just
been made public. An invitation asso-
citation is to be formed, consisting chief
~ of the larger athletic clubs, the large
rowing colleges, such as Harvard, Yale,
Cornell, Pennsylvania, ETC., and the
prominent rowing clubs of the coun-
try. A weeks racing is to be had and
will be held yer the Thames course at
New London toward the end of June
at the same time as the annual Har-
vard-Yale races. These will not be in
terfered with in the least and will act
as the main attraction for the regatta.
The classes will be as many as entries
can be secured for and will range from
single sculling to eight Dared crews
The plan, says the New York Even
ing Sun, had it's birth in the minds of
several Boston rowing men and has
been developed to the present stage by
those most actively interested in the
Boston Athletic association and the
Union Boat club. While the work was
going on at Boston Walter Camp was
correspondent with, and he has been in
strumental in bringing the plan to a
~1,aaocof-I hand o11fci6n Of tho4 aitu
The following organizations have con-
! scented to send entries in the different
events: From Philadelphia the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania Barge club, from
New York Columbia university, the
New York Athletic club and some boat
club which is not yet known; from
Ithaca Cornell university, from the
| west the University of Wisconsin. The
i Durham Boat club of Yale and the
Weld and Newell Boat clubs of Har-
/ ward have consented to make entries,
/ while Boston is represented by the
Boston Athletic association and Union
Boat club. Should the Princeton crew
! m~aterialize the Tigers undoubtedly will
be invited to join.
The purpose of the new organization
is not to antagoniZe the present Ma
: tional Association of American Oars
men, nor to interfere with the different
open regattas now given all over the
! country, but the members will enter
these races the same as before and at
the same time have a special week to-
gether at New London. The week in
which the annual H~arvard-Yale dual
races are held is chosen as the date OF
the new event chiefly for the reasOn
that at this time a large crowd Of col
lege graduates go to New London, and
as they are so closely akin to the mem
bers of the new organization, whose
membership rolls consist chiefly OF
these graduates, the time and place
could not be better in order to insure a
large attendance and lively interest.
A committee is to be selected from
the different members Of the associa.
ton, and some officers will also be cho
sen to manage it. All the prominent
rowing and athletic men who have
been approached On the subject have
expressed their thorough approval anC
confidence in the plan, and there is lit
tie doubt of it's success.
The only obstacle that has appeared
to mar the successful contamination OF
the plan is the lack of money will
which to carry on the regatta. 1t viii
be necessary to buy land or lease i
and erect lighthouses thereon for the
purpose of keeping the contestants
boats. A good deal of money will b.
required to run the regattas. and prizes
will also have to be bought. The
amount subscribed by the bushes
men of New London is expected t.
solve this problem.