Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
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/ from the achievement. in view of the
TACT that Tabor, one of the very fast.
est of the four, is an American born,
bred and made runner, added to
which is the fact that he has already
participated his full four years in
intercollegiate sport that would be
permitted BY our rules. Two others
Of the quartet are from British col
onies, Australia and South Africa;
but'th can not be said to hail from
| the British Isles.
Be all that as it may, 1t would not
be an unmixed evil If the American
colleges were to lose this great race.
A victory for Oxford would revive
interest in athletics in Great Britain,
the dearth and death OF which would
have to be deplored the world over.
Also such a victory for the English
college team would result In more
international matches Of all kinds
being arranged Likewise It would
serve to unite American sentiment
and sympathy between our colleges
as against the foreign foe, and thus
prove a blessing to our own inter-
collegiate association,
- ECENTLY peculiar thing hap
N pened at Yale, and at Pennsyl
vania, on Saturday last, exactly the
same thing TRANSFERRED Coach Guy
Nickalls. of Yale, sent the first, sec
ond and third varsity eights over the
full course for the first time this
year IN a three-cornered race. At
the finish the amazing observation
was made that the third crew had
finished some twelve lengths ahead
Of the first rew--snpposedly the
best. while the second eight had fin
ished three lengths ahead Of the fav-
orites. 1t was to laugh
When the race ended on the
/ Sehuylkill last Saturday it was no
tlced by Coach Vivian Nickalls,
brother to Guy, that the third crew
had walloped his first selectees by
about three and. one-half lengths,
while the second crew was nearly
three lengths TO the good In advance
OF the first. II was to scream.
| f this Is the way English coaches
coach and train their first crews
we frankly admit we don't under.
stand English methods. in which
there would appear to be some mad,
ness. Perhaps their method is to
coach the FIRST eight throughout the
season. then enter the third crews
against Harvard and Cornell to pull
out the victory-whatf We can i'm
aglne these English brother coaches
/ having a fine laugh at each others
expense the first time they meet.
Speaking Of rowing, | was asked
! the other day why Southern col
Ileges did not put crews in the field
or on the water rather Where
upon asked my questioner where
was the water to put them on.
TT is a singular fact that very few
4 colleges In the South are located
on or near water stretch Of any
size or length; while In the North
and East exactly the reverse is true;
there they seem nearly all to have
been originally located near good
sized rivers or lakes. Thus Harvard
has the Charles River, Yale has
Long Island Sound. Penn the Schuyl
kill, Brown the Seekonk and Nara
gansett Bay. Dartmouth the whole
Atlantic Ocean, Columbia the same
little pond, plus the Hudson River
West Point Is located on the Hud
son. Annapolis on Chesapeake Bay
Cornell on Cayuga Lake. Wisconsin
on a lage of its own. Chicago on
Lake Superior. and Princeton on It's
artificial Carnegie Lake. when II had
lnone there to start with. Aud Sc
on without end.