Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1918 — FAMOUS OARSMAN IS KILLED [ARTICLE]

FAMOUS OARSMAN IS KILLED

Captain Holland, One of Beat-Known English Athletes, Meets Death "Somewhere In France." \ The death is announced at the front of Capt. W. F. C. Holland, one of the best-known track athletes and oarsmen in England. He was a versatile track athlete, winning British championships at the 100-yard, half mile, mile and long jump. He rowed in the Oxford varsity eight for four years, and was president of Oxford Boating club in 1880. He rewed No. 7 in 1806 In the Leander crew, which defeated Yale. For several years afterward he coached the Oxford crews, and for ten years before the war acted as judge at the Henley re* gattas.