Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1914-06-28


imous consent of the club presidents. /
Our constitution demands that cour
tesy. Baseball generally this season
is not i'm as flourishing a condition as
It has been the past several seasons. !
But the International League has
been hit no harder than any other
leagues"
The Union Boat Clubs eight-oared
crew which sailed from Boston re-
Gently to compete in the English
Henly this week has made a favor
able impression among the Thames
river watermen. While &c is admitted
that the oarsmen do not create a
particularly impressive picture on the
river there is no denying the fact that
they drive the shell through the water
at high speed Being long and rather
heavy, the oarsmen are inclined TO be
slow In getting under way The eight
has not made any records I'm time
trials, but has covered the Henley
distance on several occasions i'm time
considered satisfactory under the con-
diuons
Marked attention is now being paid
90 the catch and the finish. The aim
Is to get a hard. sharp, snappy catch,
followed by an increasing pull through
the water To this end, the men are
constantly told to drive their legs
down hard once the car is buried, and
speedier start is expected once the
crew Is accustomed to the new shell
construction by Sims. the English boat
builder from whom Harvard has se-
cured racing shells in recent years.
The advent of foreign entrants all
Henley has stirred the English row
ing authorities to renewed efforts to-
ward securing the best home alent i'm
order to efeat the invaders Twelve
entries have been made by United
States, Canadian, German Swiss and
italian rowing clubs, and it is con
sidered quite likely that one or more
Of the grand challenge. Thames chal-
lenge, Stewards challenge and Dia-
mond sculls may go abroad as re-.
suit OF these entries. Since 1872 more
than eighty foreign crews have roweo
in the English Henley on the Thames.
OF this number ten have succeeded i'm
winning temporary possession Of one
or another of these famous challenge
trophies
The American entrants really led
the way, for the Henley records show
that tine first foreign entry was that
of E. Smith. Of New York, who rowed
for and was defeated I'm the third heat
of the Diamond sculls in 1872. Since
that initial effort eleven American
crews or scullers have tried for these
rowing classics, including crews from
Yale. Pennsylvania, Cornell and Co
mmbia universities and several anna
teur boat clubs. With the exception
of the Columbia University four-oared
crew which won the visitors cup in
1878, the American oarsmen have had
to admit the superiority of the Eng
|Hsn in these aquatic contests.
The withdrawal of the German ten.
mis- team from the 1914 Davis cup in-
. ternauonal play leaves Australia
easily placed in the upper half of the
draw since by defeating Canada the
Antpoeaus enter the final round with.
out further opposition. The English
team, logical favorites I'm the lower
half, win have to defeat both France
and Belgian before securing entrance
into the final round to be played at
Boston on August 6-S. The Belgian
players are not considered as formid
able as the French team, which viii
be composed of Decugis Goblet Ger
mot and Samazeuilk. According TO
/ present information Goblet may not be