The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-31
OUR OARSMEN AT HENLEY.
Attempt 10 mar All hut Harvard. Yale and
Pennsylvania Men Fails.

nglish criticisms touching on the recent
resolution declaring American crews by
The Henley Regatta rewards are to the
effect that the amateur rowing man proper
Is not yet understood in America and that
crews here lack the genuine amateur status.
The n. A. A. o.. is also blamed for being care
less in its recommendations Of what IL
termed bogus amateurs to Henley, and until
tbei American governing body changes its
methods and has q closer un derstanding
with the Henley people no Am orleans need
hope to nave their entries accepted. It Ia said.
One OF the stewards at this meeting tried
to have u resolution rushed through de-
barring all American crews except Yale.
Harvard and Pennsylvania. Cornell was
not mentioned. for IL 10 understood that the
Ithaca knights OF the sshen blade are not
regarded very sweetly by the Henley stew
ard. But this resolution was sidetracked.
The latest issue of the Field to hand. COM
m entinR on the matter, said.
This mandate IL evidently aimed mainly
at American entries. The Oarsmen OF the
put their house in order in this respect, Ger
many. France, Belgium and Holland have
respectively established societies analogous TO
our own Amateur Rowing Association to act as
tribunals to inquire into the status of clubs
and competitors from their lands who claim
at Henley These societies guarantee Tor
Otherwise) the status Of oarsmen who desire
to compete at Henley under Agreements and
AOhOA Vi INV W y
on behalf OF the Henley executive, and the
latter now accept such guarantees as reliable
and as relieving them ofthe burden Of specific
investi gation in each individual case, Pre-
viously. the only. protection which Henley
stewards could obtain lay in production by
an aspirsnt OF certain local testimonials as
TO- his. qualification. and the class OF persons
who thus testified were too often sadly deh-
Gent in knowledge of the correct definition
OF an amateur, even II the record was given
In all good faith and not c~oEruptly;
tion OF Amateur Oarsmen has professed to
execute this function on behalf of American
body in the matter of the vesper crew has
forced the Henley authorities to adopt their
present attitude. The N. A. A. o. must now
come to some agreement FULLY satisfactory
be relied upon for the future; and until some
reliable source OF guarantee can be found
American entries will not be, acceptable.
One prominent steward pressed for a veto
against all American crews and clubs except
ing those OF. certain STANDARD American uni
versities. This extreme strinRency has been
waived by the stewards in order to give the
new regulation a fair trial; II after this more
bogus American entries pass muster and
obtain of1cial guarantee from. the Teputed
continent, tina final resource may have TO be
to bar all United States entries saving Har-
ward. Yale and Pennsylvania universities.
amateurs must not be ranked as TO expenses,
even partially, by any but their own clubs to
which they subscribe. The late oner by an
American syndicate TO frank British dniver-
sity crews for an American regatta suggests
of itself that the genuine amateur status Is
by no means fully realized across the ocean"
The financial report showed tnst the balance
from the meadows stand and enclosures,
donations amounted % sLs.se9. The total
the dates for the regatta OF 1907 win be july ..
10 and IL.