The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-11

oar and bathed the exhausted mans tenn
pies Trinity Immediately took advantage
Of this mishap 10 their opponents and
drew away at a wonderfully fast pace.
Fennell was soon restored, but II was then
too late and the Cornell men were obliged
to give up
After the Cornell crew passed the judges
boat they padded to their boat
mousse about quarter OF
mile beyond the finish. a large
crowd Of their supporters were gath
cred there and the men were received with
cheers. Hager was all right. but Fennell
was Immediately placed in a doctors s
care. He had not tainted. but was merely
over-done by exhaustion.
When Trinity passed the COrnells the
Americans on the bank tried 10 rouse the
latter crew by yells, cheers, college cries.
shout of "OA Cornell: don't let 'em pass
you" It was soon seen that Fennell had
dropped and the shouts Immediately ceas-
ed. Every American was at once hlled
with anxiety 10 learn the condition of the
exhausted man, and as many as were able
to do so. went TO the boat house to ex-
press their sympathy.
Trinity had an exceptionally good crew.
Her stroke, NJ d. A. Wahope was the
stroke In the Cambridge varsity race
against oxford last spring. and three 9TH
ers of the crew rOwed in the spring. train
ing as substitutes for the varsity crew.
Since then they have, of course. greatly
improved.
All sorts OF stories have been set afoat.
purporting to give reasons for the failure
Of the Cornell crew. but the simple fact Is
they were in no condition to row. and
never should have been allowed to start.
had Courtney been able 10 be about and
assert himself. For several days prior 10
his confinement 10 his room, he contended
that two or three OF the crew were not In
condition but. incapacitated as he was. he
was obliged to take the word Of others as
TO their condition. The contention Of the
Cornells that they had the worst side of
the river, however Is not tennble, since.
by their own admission. they did not re-
gard the position as worth more than two
lengths to the crew fortunate TO draw,
whereas they were beaten out Of sight
and crossed the line with a boat load Of
paralytics.
The simple fact is that they were out
rowed because Of over-training every
body regarding 1t as inconceivable that
crew of athletes in the hey-day OF
youth and the pink of condition should not
be able TO go over a course OF "A little
over mile In race I'm which only aver
age time was made without being pumped
out from bow to stroke. The race was
anybody's until within 200 yards Of the
finish. when the ill-conditioned men In
the CuTneH boat collapsed ana tie ltnl-
cans were no longer in Il.
The Trinity crew. which averaged i65
pounds IN weight. rowed over the course
in seven minutes and fifteen seconds.
They were r. II. Hope, bow; ]. A. Bott,
w. J. Fernc. w. G. Stewart, w. A. Beiber,
y. II. Howell, A. S. Bell D. A. Wauchope,
stroke. and Paget Tomlinson. coxswain.
London. July 1O.-The Pail Mall Gazette
in its comments on Cornelrs performance
yesterday says. THE Americans Ger.
tainly have the worst kind Of luck wher
they come to this country. They race
just as heartily as the English sportsmer
are accustomed to welcome them. The
Vigllant and her center board still ranlIle
in the minds of yachtsmen, the Yale-OX-
ford meeting did not pass Off without un.
pleasantness and one cannot forget how
Corbett, after being made much OF by the
National Sporting Club, whose reputation
for fairness is unequalied, declared on his
return TO the United States that he would
never box Jackson under their auspices as
he would not receive fair play. But the
action of the Cornell boat in not returning
to the post was rather different matter
and merely indicated the American ina.
bility to understand English notions OF
sportsmanlike behavior. II the Leanders
had behaved as the Cornelrs did many
hundred members of that club who were
present would have felt impelled to hide
their time-honored pink caps in their
pockets. They were evidently Of the
opinion that the Britishers were licked
out of sight, and though Cornell was pad
ding, leisurely along, they were shouted Ia
make IL a record. AS matter of fact this
is practically what they did do"
Atlanta, Ga, July 10.-George Hillyer, a
Cornell man, who was prevented from ac-
companying the crew by sickness, re-
ceived a cable to-day from one Of the crew
stating that 1t is suspected that their
drinking water had been tampered with.