The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-20


N 3 e. Titus champion oarsinas
I'm III OF Anlericn at single sculls d ~
8i sweeps. 5s 81 ~ ID e. IN H
35 r. {.t S, $5 Notwithstanding tho
s4. n. - 80 glowing accounts of
$50 q 81. ~ the work being done
$SSY&A\5S lsS5S In IL England by the
XlLSS9 Harvard boat crew.
7A(VS1%4 ] don't believe this
Americana have
ssAS>g ghost OF d chance OF
= ''llllll 1',' DIV winning their race
With tho Cambria SO eight. There are scY-
eral pure and simple reasons why lar
ward will Sibe beaten The first Is, tho
crow Is not fast enough, and the othetS
are not really necessary. "a ;t
N Tho Cambridge crew liz about the best
In England 81 and " they turn out some
mighty 81 good Vi oarsrnen over there. B.itS
the Harvard eight Is far from being
Bthe best crew In the United States The
Crimson oarsmcn rowed against b. only
ono other college In this country out
side OF Yale. and that was Cornell The
latter crew beat he y men from Har-h
ward by ak lengths II, a two-mile race. q
Harvard would have finished u
she had gone up TO Poughkeepsle and
taken part la q four-mile race witt all
of the others in tp-top condlti Y e. pc
Imagined. Over In England the popu-
lace be lieves that !. Harvard Is by far
the. best thing In the rowing line that
AMERICA can produce.
Looks Easy for Englishmen.
So the only thing 70 expect Is q most y
decisive and easy victory for the 4 Brit
8Ishers. q But. OF q course, victory Is e not
the main thing that the American crew '
Il Is seeking. after all, $g hey are no PINE
against hope that they may some a tin q
be able TO luce Cambria e Il g (! come
\ over hero and row Harvard on her na-5
tive waters 81 But I#don't think this Will
ever come TO pass. & N matter ho many, A.,
! crews We send over there, the Eng y
men will never come over hero on q re-
turn visit u \. ;5s Nj 4, s55t I yss
&sS IN; their own sluggish, way the Brit
Eishers arc wise enough to realize the
advantages they have on thcira5 side q q
tho pond. They know that the climate rafst
wil1affect the visiting crew TO thelr
|detriment. For this reason the Englis !. !. =
themselves with landing tho year, pro-
ceasion from Putney TO Aiortlake. with
gthe struggling Harvard crew In .jj their
wake VI " nv 8 S $i & 55
e. They have not been beaten BY an ~,
American crew In English waters, ' ana
until they a are. there " g We ry4s goooI
excuse Tor them to remain at home
They know that II they come over f q III
t},ey would be unde the ven, same ols
advantages as the Harvard crew als '3 / g
the present time. They would pe ~.
- Atheir liking and everything N gen
feral would combine to make their chatl -,
tho slimmest possible " 81
ia The EnglIshmen know this from ON az az
mai experiences for In 1877 %n en- J, IN
Isnelisi, crow did venture to visit. THESE
hnyns, they were ectRively beate en- I. y y
~ \ Tn,r. cared shell race at the INA
adalnhin Centennial Since then theyf
!, u never returned. thoug Anne nc rlcan
crewa have gone over here every year
english Know How to Row.
Ri -, co,,rae. the English are the smart
q, nenrie on earth when 4 t. comes 70
rownr and things appertalning ], U ere.o g:
for they take more intcres IN the SPY y. =
thai, other countries do. From e ,.,,s
t,;na he is able to walk the Engllsn#
. .tn.u trends the hank OF the Thames
$R,vnr M Therefore, when he Is big ENJOY VIZ
~ net into a. boat no has collectea 8
Sereat denl OF knowledge Of the WHO'S II,i
ana tides thatipreyail on the river. ~ y =
- rnwiedga stands him In 81 good III stea 9
When the time comes for q race on tn Z, = Z
anrna river. Why shouldn't ne 90 g ~. p.s
q defeat a crew that "a m -. V q. ~
stranger to the vagares OF the h y 4.
Especially u that crew rs one y - W.
N On the other hand. the Harvard man
Noes not begin to row, nor does no k ssn'',.
\ Ia & how from the stern OF 9, DOE. ~
5mnnv cases. until he begins at co I !:
Than he'll take a seat In the els , ,h.u.
VOW either mort or starboard, ana keep
Ma eves, in the boat, y Hence no Knows
very little about the roWlns s ~ & a.,
gcompared with the ~ ~ hara
rovy aculls as we'll ms sweeps over tl'e.n:
mn, r,alsea them quick and Hnappy,l nnd
1Iw w them great staying qualities w y
Filings q sweep man never attalh 'a y no no
{ rows nothing but sWoel'ss''ss3li
Are Afraid Of Cornell,
There Is q peculiar fentu apoa. tn :,
race which makes t1ee NM NJ ~ 't,,s n,aar
w ~ donted a few years ago. When the
~ ,,ah Ian heard that Cornell was going
l1ss har Famous eight Is over there
3 g sew s,,, and that old PA Charles
Courtney ~ itm, was going along 70 look after
the crew, 4, z, Ia = .+a vva rda pot
sbusy and made g RUE tnat Il ne NJ /, Grey y.
3s shosa wa az prof ssonal coach with the
t. W. VII hin thirty days prior to the race
~ n,,+ this rule evidently does not ap~4
Il, 1'u 10 Haryard's ''pink tea, or farce
~ Il, game which they are going 70
ft "a wa' over there. as they have their
zach .iJim,, Wray the professional
Australian sculler, with them even now
he s ostias M ma ave ore MS
nv comparing them lay great stress On
what they term the English and the
American styles. They have come 70
Inc conclusion that the former Is the
more nor, ancient. Whether this Is true Or
not 81 will not say. But Il a race could
liz 4 a arranged between the Cornell crew
and that Of Cambridge, to be ro ,syy1 i. ola
sne,,t ral waters. / firmly believe that the i
Hngllshmen would he made to lock y ks