The Washington times., 1911-02-27
OTTAWA EIGHT SURE
Of HENLEY TROPHY
Contest Will Tell Where
Colonial and American
Oarsmen Stand.

OTTAWA, Ontario. Feb. 2.-Backed
by the title of International Senior
Eight-Oared Rowing Champions OF
America. the Ottawa eight, Canada's en-
try for the Royal Henley next summer,
is conceded more than an ordinary
chance of winning the famous English
sculling classic.
The contest will bring out one thing
if nothing more, and that is, just where
the Colonial and American oarsmen Of
today stand in comparison to the Euro
pean oarsmen. and it is because of the
added interest in this connection that
the visit of the Canadian crew is at
tracing such worldwide attention.
For years back the Canadian rowing
clubs have been sending oarsmen across,
and their success has established the
right of the Canuck rowers to compete
with the best that the old country can
produce. In the early nineties the Hall
fax four created somewhat of a sensa
ton by their victories, while Lou
Scholes' win of the Diamond Sculls, and
the easy manner in which the Winnipeg
four brought to Canada the Stewards S
Cup demonstrates that there are just
as good scuIlers bred on this continent
as there are in any part of the world.
Ottawa Crew Undefeated.
Never has a Canadian crew gone
over to England with the undefeated
record of the Ottawa octet. and the
double win of the crew at st. Catha-'
rines and Washington proves that
this boatload of CanuCks is no ordi-
nary crew of scuIlers. At st. kits,
a tho
duce. after a trying training season.
they came from behind and won out
in the last one hundred yards. The
race at Washington proved a process
sion for them, as they were never
extended. These victories, against the
cream of the eight cared boats on the
American continent, therefore, places
the Ottawa crew in a high position
among the worlds great oarsmen.
Though the crew is made up of ex-
perienced Oarsmen it cannot be said
that Coach Ten EyCk, sr.. had any
too much time to build up his eight.
In the first place the Ottawa Rowing
Club was in bad straits financially,
and ii was only because Of the gen
erous donations from some of the life
members that the crews were enabled
to go to st. Catharines in a boat that
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Easy Win at Washington.
Ottawa opened the eyes of the Amer
lean rowing critics at the American Ma
tional Regatta, at Washington. Guy
Nickalls and others we'll versed in the
rowing game, conceded the senior eight
event othe husky Canadians, and the
race proved the wisdom of their judg-
ment, Ottawa winning easily.
Owing to the many clauses which have
for years protected the amateurs COM
peting at Henley from the invasion OF
professionals, the Ottawa club was
forced to return the many public sub
SCriptions that had been forwarded TO
the citizens committee, and 5000, the
which IL is estimated Will be
r. Uuired to send the crew across the
pond, has been raised among the mem
bers of the club.
All Is now ready for the trip and the
members of the crew, with the exception
of Eddie Phillips, No. :, who is i'll, are
for the race. The men are
a special indoor course and
il is thought that by the time they are
able to get into their shell that they
will be in fairly good shape. physically.