| Show ff t i N 1 i if i l H I HENLEY NEW LONDON t tI f T TI I I It I t tt t t PO UGH K E E E f t N t Ht 1 H t o I i i t I J oO I UK In rowing waon euon of ot IDOl 1001 will attain Its III zenith during the theten T ten d y Jun JUM 11 and July Jill 6 will oa oan In I n rIch t royal fashion and ami the will b ace high In of ot luring During this period three will hold sway I regatta In the tho forthcoming ta tUII Is mainly In the I h k and Henley r rIC cn The Hie action Harvard In il r of Mid of the annual lou Jou le wi hilA H mused much comment Th The general opinion in Is ts that the Ji iv II le hav ha m made de a I aloof from lh their lr in 11 JV pr of ot the HII Yale Yal anil ond W on th Hudson would tl oo otter r an opportunity to tod n I d ile th real eal champion As matter are now arranged tin th moot will remain open to dl Jul The rho al regatta comes first Jin J ar i Tin court at New I London COlin Conn a I In former h hI has i I II Vale al from tho present Is In the b form Captain I hilI Allun lIen of ut lu lust t years al s varsity eight I has be n coaching the men He has beneficial changra and victory for the blue of Old Kit II crew la I Just now the th center of ot attraction to the tho stu students dents The Th position of ot which nt first the crimson much trouble Id I well filled by II Bancroft lit H lUll has hud more experience than UIn any other man mun In the tho boat When he was put at It rake It was 8 said that he was too Urge for tor the position Criticism I I hUll by II Ills his good work I Bancroft I h fast C t rounding Into lie 1 n strong and oar al RI although though his hla form for stroke Is I not yet et perfect Captain will rl lV at lit atNo litNo No 6 til th seat at vacant by lW He Ik I a n very Ir strong for the middle 9 lil the r too fur forward and RII having a tendency to rush his slide The races raes nt at PoughkeepsIe will take place July 2 Six colleges have han sent In their They Cornell Penn Pennsylvania sylvania Columbia Wisconsin Syra Syracuse Syracuse cuse and Ind Georgetown Tho first and second B places placed In tho contest for tor the varsity crews appear to lie between Pennsylvania and Cornell Pennsylva nias crew Is of ot course weakened by bythe bythe the sending of ot her best men to r The eight however con contains a double quartet of ot oarsmen who are In prime Ime form torm and condition They can wield the spoons In impressive and they have made a 1 good showing against Henley aggregation aggregatIon tion In the tho practice heats on the Conch Coach Courtneys laM Inns are aro evidencing their usual capa capability While Courtney is not of ot the opinion that his men are the Jest best ever eer he thinks that tho are due And Courtney generally known know what he In III talking about The Wisconsin Badgers like young will III come out of ot the west with an nn amount of at determination that In itself Itsell would be lie to HI 1111 and sink Rink an ordinary racing shell The Badgers are a 1 lutty lully lot None of ot the theother theother other crews that competed In the thC great race of ot 1839 Is apt to forget torget the work of at the Wisconsin crew that would have havo I won on the JIg big vent event but for a deplorable accident The fhe were many man yards In the lead on nn the approach to the It seemed all II over but the proverbial shouting Hut But suddenly a dilapidated old ohl strawberry rate crate ap appeared appeared In their course directly under the bow boll of at the thc shell To fo swerve the fouling of ot the rival crews pressing l re close astern The attempted to dodge the floating obstruction hut but buthe he The Quaker crew swept by a winner I After the tho race the Wisconsin oars oarsmen men tried to 10 tho crate as 8 a n liOn sou souvenir venir but It could not bo found toun There i was WI at the time Home talk that the mil had Md been lleen net nt at tho head heI of ot the course with Intent This theory however groundless and was rightfully I Columbia hat has been making n 1 to develop a 1 winning crew roach Haitian Is III gradually bringing the New York to a n utaRp of development on n a par with that of or the Columbia crew of at 1895 which de defeated deflated Cornell and Pennsylvania The Thc material during the last three or tour four years has hAil not be b n of or the best but the themi mi 1901 men all that coul coult be desired Tn decisive lve defeat of ot the crack Daunt leng crew rew of New York In tho recent Harlem regatta augurn well for tor the blue and while in the contest The Th Henley regatta will occur on the famous Thames course near heM London July J 3 4 5 G The Pennsylvania crew cre has hasa a good chance to finish well 11 up In front The preparatory work of ot the eight has been heen so HO creditable that It would not surprise many marty to see the Quakers ers win But Dut as Chuck Connors would wiy IIa up n a slick game The fhe Englishmen I know the tho course from be beginning ginning to end as a 11 hl rat knows the galley lalley The Leander Rowing Hawing club of ot London should on form torm win the Hen Henley Henley ley This organization has hns the tho pick of ot the graduate oarsmen ot and Cambridge The Tho experience of ot these theBO men combined with their acknowledged edged ability should make them the worlds Couch Coach Ellis I lIls Ward will probably open the eyes eys of or the r thin year The Pennsylvania crew sailed from Philadelphia June JUlie 8 While en route to Liverpool the oarsmen practiced on onn onu n u shell and In consequence arrived II on all the other side In good con can condition The Henley crew Is made up chiefly of at men who bent Cornell Columbia and Michigan at last year ear These are the men who ole to row bow No 2 kuhne No 3 Crowther No 4 Flick wll captain No G Iii Allyn No 6 W No 7 J Gardiner r stroke The Henley crew Is III able uble to spurt up to 33 35 or 40 strokes a minute and to hold the pace paco Indefinitely The distance in thu th Henley race Is l 1 mile yards Irda It l Is a a long sprint To get nt this crack of ot the pistol Is Important Ward has given much attention to starting Every Ev ry day before leaving the United States the Henley eight practiced starts with the crew and beat eat It halt half a length nt the very ery Jump off ott I The fhe mainstay of or the Pennsylvania boat Is John Gardiner Ha II Isa perfect judge of ot pace and knows the powers of or orthe the men behind him thoroughly thorough He III can hold tho eight together better Jetter than any other stroke Ward has hns had W Gardiner at nt No 7 Is almost on n nOOt good OOt ai a the man who ho faces the cock swain BO so the two to most Important po positions 10 In the shell nn aM well as nl asIs Is possible G 0 8 S Allyn made the varsity for tor the first time lime last At last Juno he displayed re remarkable remarkable skill and nerve nero by Jy the way he recovered his hla seat after having slipped U It In the hundred yards of ot the race Zone Zane 04 Ol bears the tiie honor of ot be being beIn ing In the only freshman In tho Henley crew erl He lie Is one of ot the first men lien of or any nn college to make the varsity crew In the freshman tre year The Pennsylvania Henley crew will ns a finale to the rowing Benson com om compete pete pele on the lakes of with a crew tram from Dublin university The race will probably take place July Jul 13 this date being favored by the Quaker The challenge came from B E J French secretary of ot the tho Dublin Ii it 1 MRS BEERBOHM TREE ACTRESS Dame Rumor declares that thal Tree is coming to this country again next season and will have his ns his lending leading woman wom Mrs Irs Tree rree It she ahe la lanot lanot not or brilliant In A I histrionic WilY way Is I tit at leant entitled to distinction lion tion as ns the possessor of ot better judgment of ot the merits of at a play than alY other woman on the English I ng stage stalle Boat club and read as follows We hereby h challenge the University of at to row a race over n three mile course under A It n A rules on the lakes of ot Any date between July 10 and 16 will be bo acceptable ble It This rowing challenge Is the first ever sent lent to an nn American college volun olun voluntarily by n 1 foreign Institution Dublin university has a 0 strong crew ere It is said to bo be In a n class cluss with Oxford and Cambridge The Ward crew will so 0 to Ireland directly after the Henley regatta and take quarters on the course courso selected Old time oarsmen recall the Irish crew orew that came to America and rowed rowell In the races held In connection with the Philadelphia Centennial The fhe sons ROilS of ot beat oil all comers In time that stood as 19 a n record for tor years Just at nt this time a I glance at the dif different ferent strokes of ot the various racing crews that are occupying public atten attention tion will prove seasonable sen The Tho stroke that Pennsylvania men are rowing and In which they have at attained a n great greal degree of ot proficiency Is the characteristic Ward stroke chang changed ed little If It any from that used u Cd last year car It depends on the leg drive even more than on the tho catch The drive of at atthe the tho leg Ie on the thc finish Is strong and gives such an nn Impetus to the boat that there Is surprisingly little catching The reach Is good the blade being carried carrie well back bliCk but the tho grip of or the water in IB slower than that of at most of or tho other I crews This is the Ward stroke that I Iwon won the last three Intercollegiate re Ie regattas gattas for tor Pennsylvania and twice low lowered ow ered the record for tor the tho course The Thc Cornell or what ls Is better Jetter known as nH the tho Courtney stroke e has haH a distinct distinctive ive h feature It is generally conceded that Cornell boats drag less between strokes than ban those of ot other colleges From the catch the Cornell oarsmen keep their backs absolutely straight Thu arms are not bent ent until the body boily has had Us till full swing On the thc feather Ceather feathering ing In of at the Hie oar the wrists tire rire dropped In a I sweeping graceful curve and the tho arms anns arc again straightened to their full tull extent At Jt the catch the oar In Instead stead of ot entering the water at right an angles as does the Quaker stroke dips lit nn angle of ot nearly 45 degrees and turns otter It Is In the water The power of the Courtney stroke IB la obtain obtained ed cd with the oars at nt right angleD to th the I shell At the finish of ot the stroke the legs are stretched to their full extent when they have hae ceased to bo of ot use Then the tho are brought into play strongly for tor the first time being prin principally used to 10 complete the swing The Tho Wisconsin stroke la Is a modification modifIcation tion of ot the famous one taught by An Andrew drew ODea ODen It Is of ot English I origin orl ln and It has won victories for tor university crews The catch Is not GO so hard as the ODea stroke but the oar goes cots In with a n light catch In order to keep from jarring the tho boat Tho body pull is also gentle but when the tha slide begins and the arms are to he be used the hands are brought up lIh almost n Jerk and the tho boat jumps The Tho recovery Is good al although although though It seems to check the tho shell slightly between strokes The blade as asIn In Edward Columbia stroke cuts out of ot the water sharply nt the end and la Is feathered back ns tar far as ns possible FREDERICK R n THE UNIVERSITY OF HENLEY CREW 1001 |
