The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

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stand what was interfering with the
momentum, half turned round. BY
! the time the Cornell crew were again
| at work, Trinity Hall was a length
| ahead. The Cornell crew were rat
! ted and rowed like a lot of school
boys. Hagar, No. 8, dropped his oar
| and fell back into the arms OF No. 2,
! Spellman, who instantly relieved him.
| AS Hagar did not recover, Colson,
coXswain, called out sharply: What
are you about?" Hagar then resumed
| the oar, and seemed to try 10 row,
| but no sooner had the crew recon-
menced pulling, with Trinity Hall five
| lengths ahead, than Freeborn dropped
| his oar and with one hand before his
eyes, seemed to grope blindly to re-
! cover it. By this time Trinity Hall
was seven or eight lengths ahead,
rowing long, even stroke, and could
| plainly be seen laughing
Picture of Despair.
Passing the mile post in minutes
% seconds, FennelIs head fell forward
and he seemed about to faint He
also dropped his oar Shouts Of en-
couragement Of little Colson, the Cor
nell coxswain, could be distinctly
heard above the din of cheering froe
the shore where the Cornell men were
running along the bank, frantically
endeavoring to encourage the crew.
Fennell recovered and tried to row,
but his oar struck the water fiat, al
though it was sometime in the proper
position. Then again the men on the
opposite side of the boat seemed I'M
able to lift their oars and were occu-
pied in trying to steady the boat.
Hall, rowing steadily, looked the pic
ture OF despair Nevertheless, he kept
at work and almost alone seemed TO
pull the boat, after passing the mile
post. Hagar, for second time
dropped the oar, but recovered nlln-
self, although he seemed ready 10
faint again. Dyer, No. ?, and Zoe, tne
bow oar, who with Hall had been DO
ing all the best work, also began 10
show signs of exhaustion and began
splashing badly. The Trinity Hall
crew was then hopelessly aneScd and
the race was virtually over.
The crowds on the river banks and IN
boats along the shore We're frantic with
delight at Cornelrs unfortunate situa-
ton. The Cornell men continued 10
run along the shore shouting all klnds
of encourag cement to the demoraLzed
crew. The Cornell men in the boat
however, seemed more fit 10 be N
their collins than in the boat race.
The Girls Cried.
he Spectators e~s'AAS-~ $3.50.
afioat were heartbroken at the collapse
of the Cornell crew. The grand stand
was filled with brightly dressed Amer
lean girls, many OF whom were crying
at the finish
Trinity Hall won the race easily by
eight lengths, and as the Cornell boat
crossed the finish line, Fennell tumple
from his seat in a dead faint. Inc
Britishers were wild with delight when
Trinity passed Cornell at the three
quarter post, but words fail to express
their glee and enthusiasm when Trim
ity won and Cornell tailed along past
the grand stand.
The Cornell men were received with
Kisses. Fhey stopped rowing before
they passed the Judges, who hoisted
the signal mot rowed oat.
The band played God Save the
Queen" and the crowd cheered itsed
hoarse. Poor Fennell lay as if dead
in the bottom of the boat, while his
nearest companions splashed water in
his face Happily he soon recovered
and the Cornell crew slowly padded
to their boathouSe, which was situated
about quarter OF a mile beyond ths
finish The Cornell men presented
solemn sight as they arrived at the
boathouse, where their friends in wait
ing did not know the result, but there
was no necessity for asking the queS-
ton. The appearance of the crew only
too surely gave the answer. Tears
stood in Roes eyes as he stepped out
and the crew were so exhausted thai
they could scarcely lift their boat from
the water Several members of the
Cornell Glee club tried to arouse the
drooping spirits of the Cornell crew,
saying:
You have no reason to be ashamed;
you did your best
HAS the crew been overtrained?"
Colson was asked.
Mr. Francis orders are that there
should be no talk on that subject,
was the answer.
Upon reaching their dressing Tom,
half of the Cornell crew lay down on
the board floor and painted like hounds
after long run. In addition to the
regular attendants, the members of the
Cornell Glee club who were present
acted as rubbers and assisted in wash
ing down the crew with cold water.
The other Cornell men, outside the
dressing room, enlivened the proceed
ings by giving the college yell again
and again at the full strength of their
lungs. Meantime, the large boat
house had become crowded with
Americans, and this had q cheering
effect upon the defeated crew. In id
ditio1, number of Englishmen called
pressed themselves as being sorry that
the Americans were defeated.
The following are expressions which
some of the Cornell crew q ade after
dressing:
F, W. Freebor2-The English are the
best men.
George P. DYER think we have
nothing to be ashamed Of
Tom Hall am not sorry we came.
G. A. Louis-It is a waste of time to
talk about defeat
Colson, the Cornell coxswain, de-
serves credit for the way he kept his
head and encouraged the crew. He
kept shouting to the men while they
were tumbling about, STEADY, boys,
steady, go ahead, you have got them
HopeIessIy Overtriined.
The general opinion is that the Cor
nell crew was hopeless overturned,
and that there was no climate or mala-
ria about it. Colson, who acted as
spokesman for the Cornell crew, said:
I'VE had a hard race, and were fairly
and squarely beaten"
Trinity Halls time in the race with
Cornell was m. los. The record is en-
15s. made by the Leander crew. The
cup was won last year in I'm. 22s.
In the third heat for the Thames
challenge cup. Kingston beat the
French crew of the Societe d'Encour-
agement au Sport Maui z. In the
fourth heat the crew of &oles-. rowing
club beat the crew of the London row.
ing club.
In the second heat for Stewards
cup the crew OF the London