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
Dc the quartet are from British col
anles, Australia and South Africa;
bat they can not be said TO hail from
The British Isles.
Be an that as It may, it would not
be an unmixod 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 Il would
serve to unite American sentiment
land sympathy between our colleges
as against the foreign foe, and thus
prove a blessing to our own inter-
collegiate association
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u ECENTLY q peculiar thing hap
IN pened at Yale, and at Pennsyl
vania, on Saturday last, exactly the
same thing transplred Coach Guy
Nickalls, of Yale, sent the first. 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 supposedly the
best while the second eight had IN
ished three lengths ahead OF the fav-
.afites II was to laugh
When the race ended on the
Sehuylkill last Saturday 1t was no
ticed by Coach Vivian Nickalls,
brother TO Guy, that the third crew
had walloped his first selectees by
|ahout 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!
E this IS the way English coaches
CO ch and train their FIRST crews
Ge ffmAS admit we don't under
als English methods, in which
there would appear 10 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 pun
out the victory We can Inn
agine these English brother coaches
having a fine laugh az each others
expense the first time they meet
Speaking OF rowing, I was asked
the other day why Southern col
legos did not put crews In the field.
or ON the water. rather. Where
upon | asked my questioner where
was the water TO nut them on
7 is a singular fact that very few
colleges IN the South are located
on or near q water stretch OF any
sige or length; while In the North
aud East exactly the reverse Is true;
there they seem nearly an to have
been originally located near good
sized rivers or lakes. Thus Harvard
has Che Charles River Vale he's
Ions island Sound, Penn the Schuyl-
klll, Brown the SeekonlI and Nara
gensett 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
lon q lage OF Us own. Chicago on
Lake superior and Princeton on its
artificial Carnegie Lake, when It had
none there 70 start with And so
len without end