receive further honours a little later, in the double sculls (2x). The Swiss pair, Candeveau and Felber, chased them superbly right up to the line, finishing a mere can vas down, causing great excitement among both officials and spectators. 2x: 3 entered 1. FRA 2. SUI 3. BEL Alfred Pie, who won the race, partnered by Gaston Gi- ran, was later to become a famous boatbuilder. 8 + : 4 entered V 1. SUI 2. BEL 3. ITA 4. FRA Hans Walter’s Swiss crew won by nearly 10 seconds. He had-already won in this event in 1912, and earlier in these championships, in the 4+, once again with the brothers Max H. and Paul E. Rudolf. A dinner, presided over by the French naval minister, M. Landry, brought the regatta to a close in the Chamber of Commerce banqueting hall. Unfortunately, through one of those mistakes which are inevitable (!) in the course of such a demanding organizational task, many of the champions were unable to be present to receive their well-deserved congratulations. August 29th 1920 — Brussels Olympic games — 1920 — Antwerp As the course at Antwerp was unsuitable for such an im portant occasion, the rowing events took place at Brus sels. The races 4 + : 2 + : 1. ITA 2. FRA 3. SUI The three crews took it in turn to lead: first, the Swiss pair, Candeveau and Felber, with a great future before them; then the Italians, Ercole Olgeni and Giovanni Scatturin; and finally, over the last quarter of the race, the Frenchmen, Gabriel Poix and Maurice Monney-Bou- ton, recent European champions. This last pair were fi nally overtaken within 20 metres of the finish. 2x: 1. USA 2. ITA 3. FRA With Paul Costello, John Kelly gained his second Olym pic title of the day. Donnes and Annoni, the 1912 Euro pean champions, came second, while the reigning Euro pean champions, the Frenchmen Pie and Giran could only finish in third place. 8 + : 1. USA 2. GBR 3. NOR The British crew appeared to be assured of victory, but were overtaken about 100 metres from the finish. September 8th—9th 1921 — Amsterdam 24th FISA congress On Thursday 8th at 10am, the congress was declared open in the magnificent assembly hall of Amsterdam’s Chamber of Commerce. Doctor G.-L. de Vries Feyens, the president of the Dutch federation, the “Neder- landsche Roeibond”, was invited to take the chair. Present: 14 delegates from 8 countries. 1. SUI 2. USA 3. NOR Under the energetic guidance of Hans Walter, the Euro pean champions from Zurich reasserted themselves over the formidable Americans and the Norwegians. lx: 1. USA 2. GBR 3. NZL A close race between John Kelly of Philadelphia and Jack Beresford, the champion of the Thames. They were separated by less than one second at the finish, after a race of constantiy changing fortunes. The two exhausted scullers received a lengthy ovation. Banned, as a manual worker, from competing at Henley, in accordance with the unbelievably rigid rules of the British ARA, the fu ture American millionaire welcomed the opportunity of proving his superiority over an ARA representative. What a superb souvenir for the man whose daughter, Grace, was to become the Princess of Monaco, and whose son, John Jr., would avenge him on several occa sions at Henley, before becoming in his turn an Olympic medallist, in 1956, and later president of the American Olympic Committee. 50 The Hungarian, Austrian and Russian Federations were assumed to have resigned. The Hungarian federation’s request for re-affiliation was immediately accepted. This latter federation made clear its promise not to support nor to initiate the reintegration of the German federation into FISA. The NARA’s request for admission was passed on to a commission which was to take all necessary measures to bring about a reconciliation and agreement between the two rival British federations. The commission was com posed of Messrs. Baud (SUI), Dryepondt (BEL), Terni- sien (FRA) and de Vries Feyens (NED). The admission of the NARA must not entail the danger that other feder ations’ crews might no longer be allowed to take part in the races of the rival federation, the ARA, and thus be barred from racing at Henley. The requests for affiliation of the Portuguese and Roma nian federations would be dealt with by the next con gress. Every request for admission must now be accom panied by a copy of the national federation’s statutes and the rules, along with a French translation of these. The possibility of setting up a permanent secretariat, consisting of the president, two vice-presidents and the secretary-treasurer, which would allow FISA to broaden its initiatives, was discussed. It was thought that FISA was not yet ready to shoulder this increased responsibili
