Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-05

has stirred up considerable feeling
 among the graduates of these universi- 1 ties, and not without reason. In the ! usual course of sporting competition { the winner of an event is supposed to
 represent the best individual or team l in the contest.
 1 In the case of the PoughIeepsie race. 1 however, a lengthy explanation ap- l pears necessary to account for the de- l feat of Cornell and the fading away of ] Columbia. It is perfectly true that
 Columbia set terrific pace and Cor , nell rowed at top speed in order to keep abreast. while three of the other four eightS, nurSuing a saner course, roWed some two lengths in the rear until time for the crucial spurt It should not be overlooked, however, that Syracuse, Washington and Wis consln were all within striking dis
 tance of the leaders, and nusoanded their strength until the proper time for the final effort.
 At least ore new coach will be seen on the Hudson, for Pennsylvania has secured Vivian Nichalls to succeed
 Bills Ward as rowing coach. Nichalls,
 who has signed q three year contract,
 will take charge of the Quaker crew
 candidates next autumn. He is one of
 England's most. famous oarsmcn, be-
 ing a member of the Leander Rowing
 club Of London, an Oxford university
 graduate and former holder of the dia-
 Tnond sculls and Winfield souls. With
 hls brother Guy Nichals, he won the
 Henley four cared championship for
 several years, and was a member of
 winning crews In grand challenge and
 stewards challenge cup races. AS
 coach of the Detroit Rowing club since
 1909 he has been most successful in
 turning out winning crews which use
 a stroke combining the best features
 of English and American waterman
 ship.
 Also a Pacific coast crew can be ex-
 pected to cross the continent for the 1914 regatta, for Coach Conibear of Washington stated after the races that
 should the Seattle oarsmen win the Pacific coast championship they would enter the Hudson race next year. Le~ land Sanford adopted the same plan in 1912, and the University of Cali fornia stands ready to finance such O. Grip should the Berkeley oars1nen sue ceed in defeating both Washington and Stanford.
 The outlook for rowing at New Lon- don is not so bright, LaTe reports from New Haven intimate that the English coaching system will be continued next season and that Harcourt Gold, the Oxford university oarSman, will return to assist in the work. This report has not found favor with a number of old Yale grads, and Harvard men are be- ginning to grumble at the lack of com petition afforded in recent years by Y ale crews. The situation was sum- med up as follows by a Harvard alum nus after the sweep of the Thames on June 20: T know 1t sounds like here sy,' he said. but l am getting tired of these one-sided races. For more than five years now have been spend ing good money going to New London to witness a one-mile race followed by a three mile procession
 Harvard men never know the real calibre Of their crew since it is an easy task to look like winner when your opponents are WalloWing hopelessly lengths in the rear. The Yale situa- ton has not been clarified by the i'm porting of English coaches. and it will take at least two years more to secure & satisfactory line on the rowing sys- tenn now being tried at New Haven. Like all loyal Harvard men, I like to see Harvard teams win. but l want to see them win in real contests where honor comes only after a real test and struggle. l have heard it whispered that Princeton is beginning to consid- er the possibility of entering a fresh nan crew at Poughkeepsie, and I should Ike to see what we could do in I four-mile row on the Hudson. snow that our crews are good crews, put the recent races at New London lave been too easy to show them at their hest"