Show HARVARD CREW HAVE NO EXCUSE Would Like to Tackle Cam Cambridge Cambridge Cambridge bridge Eight in Ameri Amen American American can Waters London Sept 9 While naturally keenly disappointed at their failure to defeat the Cambridge crew the Harvard oarsmen are ire offering no excuses During the five weeks spent on the Thames they exerted every very effort to reach that form which they hey hoped would enable them to win and entered their boat in perfect condition but as was proved this was not sufficient cleat clont to tv overthrow the English crack uni crew which Captain Filley and his men candidly admit was too strong for them thorn The Americans rowed their best from start to finish and took advantage of every lesson esson they had learned since reach Ing ng England and did not lose hope until Cambridge crossed the line Their only wish now nov no v is to have an opportunity of ot meeting the wearers of the light blue in American waters The Harvard Haryard men having havinS completed the serious work worle of their visit are devot ing ng their last week In England to pleasure They paid pid an early visit to their training quarters at Putney this morning after afterward afterward afterward ward going to Emanuel college Cam bridge where John Harvard was edu educated Tomorrow the men will go to Vrest Wrest park as the guests of Whitelaw Reid eid the American ambassador and Mrs Reid returning here Tuesday London Press Comment London Sept 10 All the morning news papers devote much space to commenting on the boat race and while glorying in the sustained s prestige of English thoy they pay a high tri tn butt bute b lt to Harvar s pluck and clean sports sportsmanship sportsmanship manship The Daily Mall Mail says the Americans proved gallant losers and merited the uni universal universal universal versal admiration they received adding It is pleasant to discover that there are some things we on this side of the Atlantic can still sUll hold as our own despite the steady loss of much of our best blood to the United States and the colonies Writing for the same paper Vivian who predicted a victory for Harvard Harvar says Harvard adopted the wrong tactics We could however learn something from the Americans in the matter of sliding but we are a conservative lot and I dont I think the race will teach us anything The Daily News believes that the Cam bridge victory was not so much that of men as of methods The oarsman R B B writ ing for the Daily News says he feels con convinced convinced vinced that Harvard had far more latent pace in fn their crew than the Cambridge men and if taught by one of the few good English coaches it would be hard to find finda a crew to beat them The Daily Telegraph says There is an atmosphere in what Is called sport today which has been some somewhat somewhat somewhat what unduly fostered in America and deeply felt In this country countr the atmos atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere phere of 0 mercenary businesslike calculation calculation calculation tion It is good for both nations that the true spirit should have been made mani fest by such a race as Saturdays Farther on the editorial says It was a most fortunate coincidence after the regrettable h led to the suggestion that Americans in inthe Inthe Inthe the future would not be welcomed at Henley that Harvard should have over overcome overcome overcome come it the same summer and shown En Englishmen Englishmen that there are true amateurs in America Guy In the Morning Post finds among the many lessons taught by the therace theraCE therace race that the days das of the professional coach are over overAll Alt All the writers hope that international races will become more frequent and that Yale will send a crew cr w to England if she wins next year ear at New London |