St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-09
ENGLISHMEN ADMIRE. THEM
AND BELIEVE THEY WILL
DO WE'LL.
THE GREAT CONTESTS TODAY
Crews to Take Their Last Spins
Over the Course This Morn
ing.


greeted with hearty cheers and cries
of well rowed." When the crew re-
turned to their quarters they looked
much brighter. The dry, warm day
had had good effect upon them and
Courtney was in much better spirits.
Two policemen are guarding the Cor
nell boat house tonight. In the
morning the crew will paddle in their
racing boat to the starting point
and will then take carriages to their
training quarters and rest until the
hour before the race. They will then
don their racing clothes and re-enter
the carriages, which will take them
to the starting point. Commenting
on this arrangement Manager Court
ney remarked: This insures avoid
ance of the crowds which line every
inch of the roadway, and which
would tend to excite the boys. Once
seated in the boat they will not
notice anything else. According to
present arrangements no substi-
tutes will be necessary"
Lock to Lock, newspaper which
is considered an authority on
Thames rowing matters, says to-
night, in reviewing the prospects of
the racing tomorrow: "Cornells
style is different from ours; but any
STYLE is to be commended which ap-
plies strength at the right moment,
and does so in perfect harmony. In
all these essentials the Americans
excel. I also believe they have suffi-
cient stamina to negotiate this try
ing course, and label them Danger
ous-Very.'
COURTNEY DISCOURAGED.
In view of the depressing ac-
counts circulated regarding the
health of the Cornell crew, a repre-
sentative of the Associated Press
had a chat with Charles E. Court
ney, their coach, at the boat house
this morning. Courtney looked very
glum then and said: 81 do not know
whether the Cornell crew will be
able to row tomorrow. The fact is
we have two sick men, Hager. ard
Fennell, who ought not to row in
their present condition. But if, our
boys are fit, I should feel very con-
fident that there is not crew on
the river equal to them. They have
been steadily improving in, practice
and are making faster time at each
trial. If the invalids are not better
tomorrow, we shall have to put in
substitutes or else scratch. II / had
the thing to do again / would re
quest permission to bring twenty
five men here, and keep two crews
in training. 't
Courtney does not share the suspl-
cions of c. S. Francis, the trustee
of Cornell university, who accompa-
MED the Cornell crew to England,
regarding alleged unfairness in the
drawing of lots for the different
heats, which resulted in pitting Cor
nell against the Leander crew. Com
menting on the drawing, Courtney
remarked: ct is true that the af-
fair was managed differently than
at home. Here there is one man who
draws the names from a hat and
then tears them up, none of the 9TH
ers seeing them. But this man was
an old Leander Boat club man of
the highest repute, and if he desired
to favor his club he would have
given them a bye"
ADMIRATION FOR CORNELL.
Courtney seems to be overanXious
about the result, and has been work
ing very hard, and there is reason
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much better than he imagines. Ger
| tainly there was no sign of dis
| enlargement among them when the
| boys arrived at the boat house at
| 10 o'clock. 1t is true that some of
| them looked pale, but they were all
| in the best Of spirits, and Fennell
and Hager were as lively as any of
them. The boys launched their boat
| shortly after 10 o'clock and roWed at
| half speed down the course. All the
J other crews We're out, and it was
| admitted on all sides that none of
them approached CornelFs form or
| appeared to row as easily. The men,
bers of the Leander crew have an
undeniable hang in their stroke A
number of the English coachers
were grouped with Courtney on the
river bank while the crews were
practicing, and one of them said:
We'll, Courtney, your boys certain
ly row in the best form, and in bet
ter style than any of the crews on
| the river. We give them four out
of six points. Their principal fault
in our mind is in the shortness of
their stroke, but their blade work
and the use Of their hands could
not be BETTER EHd
Courtney admits that the stroke
of the Cornell boys was not SO long.
as he would like, and said il was
simply because Hall would not
reach as far as Courtney wants. On
arriving at the starting point, after
their practice, the Cornell boys pad
died back to their boat house in the
best form. foa S
TORONTo's OARsMEN. faoef
The brothers Thompson, of the
| Argonaut Rowing club, of Toronto
| who are entered for the diamond
SOULS and also for the Stewards
challenge cup, with their fellow
| clubmen, the NUM- brothers, did the
course singly. and then the Argo-
naut four went over the full course
e. A. Thompson, discussing the
drawing of lots Saturday last, said:
'I do not think Mr. Francis was
wise in the way he has talked to
the Cornell crew. Any charge of I'M