Word: henley
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Stephen Henley Noyes 1L., quarterback, was prepared at St. Mark's School. He played on his class eleven in his Junior and Sophomore year and last year was substitute quarterback of the University team. He weighs 150 pounds, is 22 years old, and stands 5 feet 9 inches...
...Athletic Committee has decided to allow a composite crew from the Weld and Newell Clubs to row in the American Henley at Philadelphia on July 2. Training for the crew will begin after the graded races. The crew's expenses will be covered by the Athletic Association. Men who wish to try for the crew should send their names to G. D. Boardman, Westmorly...
...meeting of the English Henley regatta committee on Saturday it was decided, by a vote of 13 to 2, to exclude all crews coached by professionals. The text of the rule is as follows...
...many years the possibility of holding a rowing regatta in this country on the plan of the famous English "Henley" has been often discussed. Within the last few years the interest in rowing among college men and graduates has so rapidly increased that the time has come to take a new step in the organization of American rowing. The increased interest in rowing is shown by the enthusiastic support given by undergraduates to newly formed rowing clubs in many of the universities and by the success in many places of interscholastic rowing associations. From these sources have sprung a body...
This feeling in regard to the place of rowing as an amateur sport has now taken form in the organization of the "American Rowing Association," with plans frankly based on the English "Henley." The government is vested in a Board of Stewards who have entire control of the regatta. This plan of organization differs radically from that at present in vogue in other associations in this country; but it is believed that this form of government will do much to relieve the Board from politics and internal dissention. The members of this Board do not officially represent any university...