Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-07-11
'CORNELL THE WINNER.
ROWed Over the Course, While
the English Grew Failed to
Start at the Word.
A DISAPPOINTING EVENT
English ROWsrS Made q Mistake and
Got Tho MOrd too Soon.
. FINE WEATHER AND BIG CROWDS
Fully 5000 Americans There
to Cheer Cornell.
WHY THE lEANDER FAILED TO START
A DISAPPOINTING EVENT
FINE WEATHER AND BIG CROWDS.
Fully 5000 Americans There
to Cheer Cornell.
why THE LEANDER FAILED TO START


Unsatisfactory Ending of tho Centest BE-
tween tho Cornell aud Lsander Crows ~
the Great Henley Regatta rursday---rhe
EhKiishsnen Refused 20 Start WHOM tho
Word Was Given, But Cornell Newed
over she courss--tsrsat Crowds ASSEM-
bio, Including 5000 Asnsricans, aud
Isnjoy the Othrr Evsnh.
HENLEy-oN- THAMES. ENG, July o.
Cornell was the wirner In the contest
with the Leauder crew al the Henley
regatta to-day.
ENoLfsHMEN REFUSED TO START.
Lcandcr refused to start when the
word was given and the Cornell crew
rowed over the course.
The time made by the Cornell crew
was 8m. ils. sad
SCENES BEFoRE THE BkoEh
HnNbEr.oS-THAM July 9,--The
weather this morning WAS warm and
cloudy and light wind was blowing
from the Buckinghamshire shore, but
~ the time the first heat was started at
noon, q very strong wind was blowing
from tho same direction, giving tho
crews there q great advantage. SUM-
days rest and yesterdays light practice
had a permanent effect for the better on
the members OF the Cornell crew. They
rose early this morning and after light
breakfast which had been preceded by
good rundown. they arrived ut tho
,Rbost house at geo In good spirits and
~conhdent OF victory.
Hager, Fennell and Spellman, espe-
cially showed marked improvement
\ Hager, iu conversation with tho repre-
I sentative Of the Associated Press, said i
II think / am all right again, though
not as fit as a week ago"
Epcllman and Fennell echoed the SEN
timent OF all tho crew when they said I;
"Wo will make the race Of our lives aud
we hope for the best result"
COACH COURTNEY SICK.
Charles e. Courtney, coach Of the
Cornell crew, was sick in bed this morn
ing and did not come TO the boat house
K with the young men from Ithaca. The
Cornell crew left their boat house at 10
o'clock and padded their racing she'll
slowly to the starting point. f|
The scene was one of unusual aAima-
tion, even for Henley.on- Thames. Many
house boats and othercraft were mbored
along the banks OF the Bucks shore,
gayly decorated with flags and flowers
aud fllled with large parties Of fashion-
able people. W..
WEIGHTS or THE CREWS.
The course was staked out with white
posts upon which numerous signal flags
were flying. The Cornell crew entered
their boat al the following weights ID
M. w. Roe, '96, bow, 1850 pounds, e,
o, Spellman, OF, No, ?, 1853 pounds; u.
O. Hager. '96, No 8, 1853 pounds +. w.
Freeborn, '97, No. 4, III pounds; T..
Fennell, Jr., No. 8. 179 pounds; George
p. Dyer, 06, No. 9, 1871 pounds; q. Al.
Louis, '97, No. 7, 100 pounds; Tom
Hall, stroke, ia pounds; r. D. Golson,
'97, coxswaln, 100 pounds. To these
weights we're added three pounds dead
weight 10 mike up the minimum re-
quired for coxswaln.
The crew OF the Leander Boat Club
entered their boats as follows;
q. w, N. Graham, bow, 140 pounds;
~, A. Ford, No. 2, 1876 pounds; s. Gre-
ham, No. 5, 1850 pounds; +, G. Duncan
son, No. 4, 1877 pounde; w. B, Stewart,
No, y, 1877 pounds; q, D, Burnell, No.
=. 1888 pounds; M. q. Pilkinton, No. z,
l72 pounds Y, W. Kent. stroke, l51
pounds; F. 9. Begg, coxswain, lio
pounds.
II will thus DO seen that there is only
emitting the coxswalns.
FULLY 5000 AMERICANS PRESENT.
At uoon to-day, judging from the
number Of American flags flying on all
sides and by the many familiar faces on
and about water, II was estimated thai
there were fully 5000 Americans present
Of Henley. They came bycoaeh aud by
train from London, prepared to sustain
rAruall xtfffl 0baarinu nd atl
mark Of announcement possible,
Messrs. Hall and Fry Of the Cornell
Club and fully 800 American students
and their friends, assembled in little
knots along tho course with flags In theii
hands and streamers on their umbrellas
and sticks, prepared to encourage the
Cornell crew.
When the first crews were started Of
nom, very strong wind was blowing
from the Buckinghamshire shore, giving
the crews pulling on that side OF ID,
river a great advantage, In fact 1t wal
predicted that every crew pulling alonG
the Bucks shore to-day, including Cor
nell, would win unless II was decidedly
inferior 70 us competitors
I'VE MEAN TO WIN"
The Cornell crew lunched at II o'cloel
and then retired for short sleep. The,
were called at Q o'clock and were al
feeling, as one OF them expressed II
"Out OF sight" Another member o
the crew remarked Significantly, wv
mean 10 wln." 5
BuNco'sTEERERs AT WORK.
There we're number OF American
bunco-steerers among the crowds a
Henley to-day and II is safe to say tina
they were reapinga golden harvest fron
the luckless Englishmen who fell II
their clutches.
CHEERS Pok both CREWS
At 2 O'Clock the Cornell crew, in tw
carriages, drove through the fields I
the starting point, the American colleg
boys running and yelling after .h
vehicles, uttering cries which astonishe
the Britishers.
~ At 230 p. IN. the Leanders paddle
down the course to the starting poinI
They looked in splendid form and wcr
loudly nheered by the crowds on bot
banks OF the river.
THE rRIzE ON EXHIBITION.
The Grand Challenge Cup trophy wa
displayed during the day on the gran
stand, and wss the object Of muc
curiosity among tho Americans an
others. II Is beautiful embossed hon
with two handles and inscribed upo
&]H itare the names of every winning Gre
"A which has competed for II since II wa
4 c.first rowed for In 1880.
] EXCITEMENT AT FEVER HEAT.