Professionally Coached Crews Barred From Henley

At a 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:

"No eight-oared, four-oared or pair oared crew shall be allowed to compete if, within four weeks prior to the commencement of the regatta, the crew shall have been coached during any practice in rowing, or controlled, or directed in their training, by any person not considered an amateur oarsman, sculler or coxswain, under the general rules."