The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-04
AMATEURS
ENTER CLASSIC
At HENLEY
Union Boat Club Eight Enter
ed for the Challenge Cup to
be Rowed July Fourth

New YORK. May Amazon row
Ing clubs and college uursm,u are
greatly INTERCEPTED In tho training
progress OF the Union Boat clun
eight of Boston which has been en-
tered FOR the grand CHALLENGE cup at
Henley, England. regatta go he
held July %. The crew aud suhsti-
tutes. consisting mainly ct former
Harvard university oarsmcu lrr rap
idiy rounding into rowing form and
experts who have been following the
daily training predict q pov.fIul fast
ana finished eight VIII carry the
Union Boat club colors af the ia
nous English regatta. Tho crew ~
at present. contain some
OF the heaviest. strongest tud most
finished oarsmen to win varsity let
tiers 10 recent Harvard Fights Al
though the combination averages
wei oNcr $50 pounds az %, present
time. Il Is expected that when 10 Is
hoatcd ON the Thames The aycrag
VIII be but o pound pr two below
these figures
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coaches are scheduled 10 s1Il for
Liverpool on juno 10. ms viii ar
rive at Henley about June 90 This
viii give them seven days loo which
To complete their training and be-
come familiar with the course which
is far different from the American
courses upon which they have been
accustomed To- row. Durinr the Trim
across the Atlantic the oarsmen viii
continue their dailS training as far
as conditions viii permit. Running
and setting-up exercises VIII be
part Of the schedule. and Il is pos
sible that the rowing machines used
by colleges and boat clubs for in
door work viii be carried abroad for
use during the voyage. Every eff
fort viii he made 10 land the crew
In close to perfect condition. u is
thought hat the weeks training at
Henley will be sufficient 10 COM
plcte the conditioning without the
Danger ui upse's due to climatic
changes AZ would be the case in n
longer interval between arrival and
racing.
u has been learned from the past
experiences OF athletic teams and
crews competing in England that "a
stay Of two or three weeks abroad
takes the edge Off the physical con-
dition Of American athletes The
climatic conditions are such that 4
is better TO fix the date of arrival
several months before tho compcti
tion or plan To arrive at tho scene Of
contest within % few days uf tho
event Both methods have been al.
opted by past entrants at the Henley
regatta. Hud both have been found
feasible. but there appear TO be no
compromise possible 81 the oarsmcn
are To retain their best physical CON
dition up to the day Of the races.
This has been the experience OF
American oarsmen Dung the past
forty years, for as far hack as 1879
eyes on the famous trophies compel.
ed for annually At Henley. In tina;
year c. w. Lee entered for the Dia-
mcnd Sculls and was defeated by 20
narrow margin after au exciting race
over the ~ mile 55u ward course.
hitch IL but 40 feet wide az its
best reaches. The same year tho
famous Columbia university four won
the visitors challenging rup for fnur
hours. In 1892 j. T. X Doms Of Hol-
land. won the Diamond Souls. be-
ing Thu firt foreigner tu capturc the
historic rowing trophy
In 1881 Cornell entered four for
tho afgUaswWNa aaa .H -
The Ithaca oarsmeu tr.ed agsia In
1895 entering an eight Tor the grand
challenge, with no bother results
The next year Yale trler for this
trophy and was defeated hy the 10
ander eight of that year Six yeas
later the University ct p%ennsylvania
crew met "a similar fate
The next year Yale Iried for this
ever have been NOR, 0prtunatc for
the Club Nautique de- Grand Of Bel.
GUM scored the FIR. foreign vic
tory for the grand challenge cup in
1890 and repeated In 1903. Three
Years later che sydno, lowing eight
81 New South Wales also won. Can
ada. too, scored "a victory in the Dla-
mond Souls race Ia 1870 when l. =.
scholes Of Toronto Won. Several
Canadian clubs have NJ eights To-
Henley bu, never sucr,. led In win
ming the grand chaliD Another
attempt viii be made his year So
that the Union Boat ci.W will have
competitors from this continent as
well as abroad. Whilg the Union
Boat club eight IL 70 coatOn rowing
entry. Il Is composed OF former
Harvard oarsmcn whigh IN however.
quite different from thy entry of "A
Harvard crew az Henley Harvard
has never entered % '~varsity crew at
Henley although the 'r imson oars
men have twice met th. crews Of the
famous English universal eA In 1868
the Harvard eight was defeated by
pxford's crew by thrs, lengths in a
-four and one-quarter mIle race over
the Thames course from Putney 10
Aortiake, Cambridge won from
Harvard by two Lengths N 1906 over
the SAM course Hlrl ard rowinp
authorities expect, however, that the
Union Boat club crew viii prove a
most formidable entry Tor the Hen
ley race, which. helms Tut one mile
and $50 yards, h. far rom the Cruel
Ting race Of four and one-fourth
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