The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-07-11
CoHYEAA,s INGLoRIoUs DEFEAr

Easily Whipped by Trinity Halls Crew of
Cambridge-l he Ithacans Were the First
Ofi-They Led for Mile and Then Col
lapsed-A Big Crowd of Spectators-What
the English Papers Say-Grand Challenge
Cup Now Between oxford and Cambridge,
Henley-on-T Thames, July 10-The Cor
Challenge cup to-day. In rowing the
second round of trial heats the Ithacans
were badly defeated by the Trinity
Hall crew of Cambridge.
The Cornells led up to the mile post,
after which they were unable to main
| tain their speed, and the Trinity crew
drew ahead, winning by two open
lengths in 7;15. The Cornells were ut
terly exhausted and practically gave up
the race after the mile. Hagar and
Fennell let the oars drop from their
hands. Groans from the spectators
greeted the Ithacans as they padded
over the finish line.
| The time of winners, 7:15, is the
| fastest made in this seasons racing ON
the Henley course. The record is 6:51.
| The cup was won last year in 1922 The
course is one mile and $50 yards
There was a big gathering on the
river, but the crowd was not as big as
yesterday. The Trinity Hall crew got
warm reception as they padded into
position.
The Cornell crew did not go to their
boat house before the race. They stay
ed at their quarters until shortly after
10 o'clock, and the substitutes padded
the boat down to the starting point.
| The wind was lighter than yester-
day and blew from the Bucks shore,
AS to position, the Trinity Hall crew
had the advantage, and the weather on
the Berls side Of the river.
sThen came the heat between Trinity
Hall and Cornell. 1t was thought that
| the sharp division of opinion as to the
| justice of Cornell's retaining the heat
they won unopposed yesterday would
spur the ithaca boys to efforts to-day
which would show conclusively the
same if the Leander boat had started;
but the Trinity Hall men beat them
with ease.
The excitement of the crowd Just
before the start was intense, and a
good deal Of this feeling must have
been communicated to the crews
When the umpire, Mr. william, gave
the word Cornell started at a stroke
of forty-six to the minute and Trinity
at a stroke of forty-two. The boats
Were nearly level at the top of the
lisland and Cornell was leading by a
few feet at the quarter mile and gained
from this point to the half mile.
| At Fawley Court they were three
i quarters of a length in advance Trim
ity then began to gain, and at the
Bushey Gate they were only half a
length behind. At the mile they had
| closed up the difference to a quarter
| length, and at the Isthmian boat house
they were few feet in the lead and
still gaining.
Just here there appeared to be some
confusion in the Cornell boat, the oars
becoming woefully out Of time, and a
moment later the men had stopped
rowing.
The Trinity men kept on at the pace
that had enabled them to overhaul and
pass the Cornell boat, and crossed the
finish line winners In 7:15
The fact was that the Trinity crew
ran away from the Cornells and the
latter gave up.
The Cornells' time to the Fawley
Court boat house was 1923.
The Cornell crew and their supporters
after the race were too much disguised
and chagrined to say much, but they
We're unanimous in the declaration thai
they would have won if Fennell had
not given out.
The New College crew beat the Elton,
to-day In 7:4S. This leaves the contes
for the grand challenge cup to be Tough
out tomorrow betweo Oxford and G m
| bridge as represented by the New Col
lege and Trinity Hall crews
Coach Courtney was still i'll in bed to
day
The second day Of the Henley regatta
opened with fine weather and was mark
ed by a large attendance, many person,
being present who were detained ii
London yesterday. The principal feat
ures of the days program were the tria
heats between Elton College and New
College Oxford and Trinity Hall Cam
BRIDGE and Cornell university Of Ithac.
for the grand challenge cup, the win
ners of which will contest in the fina
heat for the trophy. The first of thes
heats was between the New College ant
Elton Fights and was won by the forme
by a length and a half
Both crews struck the water simulta
neously at forty-two stroke Elton LEI
| slightly at first but at the top of Tenn
pie Island the New College boat showed
! just in front, and maintained this yer,
small lead to the quarter mile mark
From this point the New College me-