The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
AN EXPERTS OPINION.
Though Two of the Americans
Are Ill, He Predicts Their
Triumph.
THEY ARE MAKING FAST TIME
Have Outdone the Britishers IN
All of Their Practice
Races.

NEW YORK, N. Y, July S.-A special
cable dispatch from Henley to the Mail
and Express says:
Cornell's troubles are coming at an un-
fortunate time, and with the first heat in
the grand challenge cup series to be de-
cided tomorrow, it is unfortunate to have
to report two men On the sick list. Hager
and Fennell are not right, and there is
some anxiety about the latter, as his tenn
perature reached los last night. In addi-
ton to this, he was unable either to sleep
or eat. am of the opinion that he is
suffering from malaria and will be all right
tomorrow. Courtney has had touch OF
it off and on, and at times has been very
sick man.
Although things are not running as
smoothly as one could wish I see no rea-
son to change my opinion that Cornell will
not only win, but the way she will do it
will be the biggest kind of surprise to
Leander.
Elton has withdrawn from the grand
challenge cup and this will give tie
Thames Rowing Club row over in the
first heat because the draw will not be
changed.
In letter under date of Henley, June
%, the correspondent states:
There are but two crews at Henley which
may be regarded as absolutely formidable
in the race for the grand challenge cup SO
far as Cornell is concerned. One is the
Leander, composed of six Oxonians and
two Cambridge men; and the other is New
College of Oxford. The other crews are
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their chances of success are concerned. 1t
is only yesterday that the Ithaca eight, in
trial over the last half of the course
from Frawley up, finished the distance in
$3.50, and this when only pulling forty-two
strokes to the minute at the start and
fortyfour at the finish.
In the Leander and New College trials
the stroke was generally never below
thirty eight to the minute and was invari-
ably run up to forty-two and on several
occasions to forty-four. The difference in
the American and English strokes is how
hard the Englishmen had to row to main
tain the high motor power.
The course from Fawley to the finish,
which is given as half way, is fully five
seconds slower than the first half of the
Journey, LOT Juc TcdsOu tudC Inc water Is
more shallow and the current is faster.
Cornell has gone from the start to Faw-
ley in 3:22, or nine seconds better than the
New College and eleven seconds better
than Leander. Nine seconds means about
two and half boat lengths and eleven Sec
onds mean three lengths. In the trial
against the Canadians Cornell went the
full course in 1904. On another occasion,
and that without pace-making of any kind,
and on the same day that New College
made her I'll, Cornell travelled up the
course in 1902.
All these trials have been performed I'M
der fairly favorable conditions as regards
water, 1t is therefore possible to draw
conclusions and comparisons.
G. S. Francis, the manager of the Cornell
crew, was seen this evening in connection
with rumor which reached here by way
of the United States that perhaps the
American crew would not take part in the
rance tomorrow afternoon for the grand
challenge cup. Francis declared that the
crew never appeared in better form than it
did to-day. Hager and Fennell, the two
men who were siling, are much better.
Francis added that the crew would race,
and that he believed it would either win or
Dush the TAander crew To its utmost