Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-29
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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AFTER MANY YEARS WILL TRY
AGAIN TO WIN AT PUTNEY.

Several members of the Harvard Univer-
sity eight-oared crew which will race
against Cambridge on the Thames Septem-
Der 8. are on their way to Liverpool. having
sailed Friday on the Cedric The men will
be joined abroad by Daniel A. Newhall and
Sidney ". Fish, who are already in Lon
don, while Charles F. Morgan will sail in
a few days. By the time the men are ready
to meet Cambridge the makeup of the crew
will be practically the same as that which
defeated Yale last month on the Thames
river at New London.
The men who are on the Cedric We're
Robert L. Bacon, No. in this years boat
and captain-elect of the 1907 crew; Oliver
Dwight Filley, stroke and captain of the
Harvard elghts of 1905 and 1896: Gordon G.
Glass, No. 4; John Richardson No. o; ROD
ert M. Tappan, bow, and Francis M Blag-
den. coxswain; Richard NJ. Faulkner cap
tain of the freshman crew this year and
substitute for the varsity; Samuel Warren,
Roger Derby, manager of the 1903 crew.
and James Wray. the coach of the Harvard
crews.
The crew will be met by President Gold
smith of the Cambridge Club, and Will be-
gin practice early in August. The race Will
be over the regular university course from
Putney to Mortlake, four and quarter
miles.
All the members of this years Cambridge
crew. with the exception of one who IS
lfiN
race with Harvard. They viii start work
on the river August 6. so as to have run
months practice.
James Wray, the coach. looks upon the
coming match with Cambridge in an optl-
mistic light, and said the men would lose
no time in getting down to good, hard
training when they got abroad
It Is a notable fact that 1t is just about
forty years since Harvard first sent crew
to row an English university. A four was
sent over to row Oxford over the Putney-
Mortlake course but owing TO various mis-
haps it was defeated. Cornell, Yale ana
Pennsylvania have sent crews to EnSlahd
Cornell twice., but they were sent TO row
at Henley and not against university crews.
There are no university races in the Hen ey
regatta The events are open TO schooIs,
colleges and rowing clubs The crews OF the
rowing clubs are generally made up OF the
pick of the university crews, which as
band Immediately after the Oxford-Cam-
bridge race and go out of training 1t Is
considerable of CONCESSION Tor the Gam
bridge men to consent TO resume tram hs
at this time of the year for the purpose OF
rowing an American crew. The Engllshmeli
have nothing to gain and much to lose.
The race was arranged through captain
Fflley, who received his preparatory educa-
ton In an English school; f. Z. Lehman.
the former Cambridge o1rsman and for a
short time coach at Harvard. and Eix-Capt.
Hlgginson of Harvard, who Is now hVing IN
London.
The Harvard eight viii outweigh the Brit
ems neadly ten pounds to the man, which
ought to be of advantage to them. 1t II
be interesting to know that the English
crew trained last spring without the
aid of any meats, eggs being useu
as substitute the other food BENG
entirely vegetarian. On TINS dleE Tue
Cambridge eight trumphed over oxford.
and if the victory is repeated over Harvard
the diet will receive a still more emphatic
Endorsement for college athletes.