The Dickinson press., 1895-07-13
CORNELL IS ALONE
SLIGHT HITCH IN THE OPENING:
RACE AT HENLEY.
The Leantlers Fail to Respond to the
Referees Word to Gu anL the
Cornell Team Rows Over
the cOurHe
ALONG.
THEIR KICK OF NO AVAIL.
The Lennders Protest, but the Board
CT Stewards Decides That Corr
nell Won the Race.

cf Stewards Decides That Corr
nell Won the Race.
Henley on Thames, July II. - The
fifty-sixth anniversary of the Water
Derby in Great Britain has opened
and promises to be one of the most
interesting on record. This is mainly
due to the fact that the seven entries
for the Grand Challenge cup, the ''blue
ribbon" Of aquatics, includes that Of
the crew from Cornell university,
Ithaca, N. Y. The Grand Challenge
cup was first competed for in 1889,
the Leander Rowing club, composed
mainly of ex-Oxford and Cambridge
oarsmen, are the holders of this
trophy, and the Leander Boat club
holds the record for this race, 6:51.
made in 1891, over the Henley course,
one and one-half miles.
Consequently there was an increase
Of interest in this event when it was
decided by drawing lots at the town
hall, Henley, on Saturday last, that
Cornell was to meet the Leander crew,
the most prominent oarsmen of Great
Britain, in the first heat in which the
Americans took part.
The excitement was at fever heat
when the course was cleared in prep
aration for the most important event
of the day, the race between Cornell
and Leander in the third of the first
series of trial heats for the Grand
Challenge Cup. When the umpire put
the crews in position, Cornell was first
in place, and Leander slowly padded
to the point assigned to that crew.
Several boats followed in the wake
of the crews and the umpire sharply
ordered them away, as they seemed
to seriously interfere with the Lc-
anders.
The umpire then said:
"Hurry up, I.eander."
When the Leander crew was in
place. the umpire cried: 'Are YOU
ready?"
Cornell replied. "Yes."
A member of the Ieander said first
eyes," and then the Leander stroke,
c.. w. Kent, turned and cried "No,
no."
The umpire an instant before nad
said: eco" Leander at the word
started. half her crew pulling for dear
life. but the others turned and shouted
"No, not ready"
Cornell on Like II Shot.
The umpire waved his hand to Cor
nell, which crew had taken the water
promptly when the word was given,
shot ahead and continued over the
course. The umpire's boat at first did
not follow, and the Leander crew,
with the cockswain. f. Begg. in a ter
rible rage, pulled their boat toward
the umpire's launch. and Begg said:
II told you we were not ready"
To this the umpire made no reply,
and his launch steamed ahead after
the Cornell crew, which was now far
down the stream.
The Leanders, until the umpire's
launch passed away out of speaking
distance, continued to shout wildly,
"We are not ready; why did you serve
us so?'
But the umpire did not look at them,
and increased the speed of his launch.
In the meantime the Cornell crew,
pulling steady, even stroke seemed
satisfied that they were in the right in
continuing the race. Passing the end
Of Regatta island +. D. Colson, the
coxswain, half-turned and held up his
hands to the umpire's launch, but the
umpire waved them on, and Colson,
with a satisfied look, quickly resumed
his position and gave sharp order
to the crew, who had relaxed the tre-
mendous pace with which they had
started. Then upon reaching the half
mile post, where the crowds began to
thicken, the Cornell boys were loudly
cheered. A few feet beyond this there
were excited shouts coming from both
banks of the river, and the words,
"Where is Leander; why don't they
come? are they lost!' could be heard
every few feet.
IAN English crew would never have
kept on" said an excited Britisher.
On the grand stand among the
Americans the feeling was one of
great disappointment. An American
said:
well, I would rather they had
licked us than have thing like this"
However, the universal opinion
among rowing authorities was that
Cornell was perfectly right in rowing
over the course, and that they could
have done nothing else in the face Of
the umpire's order. The Leanders
have filed a protest against the race,
but the board of directors will no
doubt sustain the referees decision.
The Leanders appealed to the board
of stewards, but they decided that
Cornell won the race.
The Days Events.
The following is summary of the
events to-day:
Grand Challenge Cup-First heat
Trinity Hall, Cambridge, beat the
London Rowing club by four lengths
in 1856.
Second heat-Eton college beat the
Thames Rowing club easily in 7:334 L.
Third heat-COrnell rOwed over the
course in S:11. Leander did not start
Thames Challenge Cup UIigh:s)-
First heat-St. Johns college. oxford.
beat the Thames Rowing club by
length and a half in 1857.
Second heat-Norcus Boat club, Am
sterdam, beat Lady Margaret, Cam
bridge. easily.
Visitors Challenge Cup triple
Sculls)-First heat-Trinity Hall. Cam
bridge, beat Caius college, Cambridge.
Stewards Challenge Cup IHours)-
First heat-The London Rowing club
beat the Argonaut Rowing club, To-
ronto, by two feet.
Silver Goblcts Double Sculls)-First
heat-The Thames crew beat the
Lady Margaret. Cambridge, crew.
Second heat - London Rowing club
beat New College. Oxford.
Diamond Sculls - First heat-Guy
| Nickalls rowed over the course, his
brother Vivian having scratched.
Second heat-Hon. Rupert Guinness
! Leander Boat club. beat +. H. Thomp-
SOD, of the Argonauts of Toronto.
Thompson was we'll in front at the
start, but ran into q pile.
DIR. HEWITTs WORK.