Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
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/ from the achievement, In view Of the
fact 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 they can not be said to hail from
the British Isles.
BE all that as it may, 1t would not
be an unmixed evil II the American
colleges we're 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 1t 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.
- GENTLY a 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 flrst sec
ond and third varsity Fights 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 crew-supposedly the
best, while the second eight had fin
lshed three lengths ahead Of the fav.
orites. II was to laugh!
When the race ended on the
Schuylkill last Saturday It was no.
ticed 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. 1t was to scream!
+ this is the way English coaches
4 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 yictory--what? We can i'm.
aglne these English brother coaches
having a fine laugh az each others
expense the frst time they meet
Speaking OF rowing. I was asked
the other day why Southern col
leges 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 OF iSuBlns WnllS IN the NOitu
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 lage OF its own, Chicago on
Lake Superior, and Princeton on its
artificial Carnegie Lake. when Il had
! none there 70 start with. And so
on WITHOUT end.