The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-08
The Cornell Crew Reported
in Bad Shape.
Barely Possible That the Americans
Will Be In the Race.
The Work of the Visitors GeueralIv
Admired by Rowing Experts.

| Ey-ON-THAMEs, July 8. =. The
Heniey regatta commences tomorrow. and
oorneii al .: 80 p. m. OF the first day will
meet the famous Leander Boat Clubs
crew, probably the strongest on the
river. 'Ao
In view OF the depressing accounts cir
cuiated regarding the health OF the Con-
hen crew, a representative OF The
Assoclated Press had AN In
oe oenview with Charles +. Courtney, their
coach, when he arrived at the boathouse
TINS morning, at 8 o'clock. Courtney
looked very glum and said: "I do not
know whether the Cornell crew will be
apie To row tomorrow. The fact is. we
nave TWO sick men among the crew who
ought not to row in their present condi-
rrJn nel Tine TThhey are are Haggard and Fen
lever yesterday evening. The two
men, however, may be All
right tomorrow. But II our bows were az.
l should feel very confident that there is
mo- not crew on the river equal to them.
,l aney nave been steadily improving In
practice and make faster time at each
triaL In spite of this, am unwilling to
take the responsibility of allowing sick
men to strain themselves in a race.
Al the invalids are not better tomor-
row, we shall have to put in
substitutes or else scratch. have done
condition, but they have been unable tG
contend with the climate and the little
worries to which they have been subjected.
III had the thing to do again, would
request permission to bring 25 men her
and keep two crews In training.'
Courtney does not share the suspicious
OF Mr. Z: s. Francis, the trustee OF Cor
nell University, who accompanied the
Cornell crew to England, regarding al
legged unfairness In the drawing OF lots
for the different heats, which resulted In
pitting Cornell against the Leander crew.
remarked, "It is true that the affair 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
others seeing them. But this man was
an old Leander Boat Club man of the
highest repute, and IL he desired to favor
his club, he would have given them 9
bye" -
courtney seems to be over anxious about
the result. He has been working yery
hard and there is every reason to believe
that Cornelrs prospects are much better
than he imagines. Certainly, there Is no
sign OF encouragement among them
when the crew arrived arrived at the boat
house at 10 o'clock. II Is true that some
OF them looked pale, but they were all In
the best of spirits and Fennel and Haggard
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 other crews were out
and 1t was admitted on all sides that
none OF them approached Cornell's form
or appeal to row as easily. The members
OF the Leander crew have an undeniable
hang in each stroke.
A number OF the English coaches were
on the river bank with Courtney while
the crews were practicing and one Of
them said: swell, Courtney, your boys
certainly row in the best form and In
better style than any other crew on the
river. We give them four out of six
points. Their principal fault. in my
mind, is in the shortness OF their stroke;
but their blade work and the use OF their
hands could not be better.n tt
Courtney admits that the stroke OF the
Cornell boys is not as long as he would
like, and he says 1t Is simply because Hall
will not reach as far as he Courtney
wants. On arriving at the starting point,
padded back to their boat house 4.
Brothers and Thompson Of the Argonaut
Rowing Club OF Toronto, Canada, who
are entered for the diamond sculls and
also for the Stewards challege cup, with
their fellow clubmen, the Munso Broth.
ers, did the course, and then Argonaut
four went over the full course in easy
time. l.. A. Thompson, of the Argo-
nauts, i'm discussing the drawing Of lots
at the town hall here, on Saturday last.
said: 81 do not think that Mr.. Francis
was wise in the way he has talked to the
Cornell crew. Any charge OF unfoirness In
The draw is absurd
The Americans are fast arriving st
Henley. Among the prominent arrivals
,oday were: Mr. and Mrs. Harley Proctor
,f New York; Mr.. and Mrs. +. r. Stevens
of Buffalo, N. Y; Mr.. and Mrs. c. II.
bingham OF Boston; Mr.. +. c. Fletcher,
Mrs. Walters and daughters, and Mr..
William Hooper OF New York; Mr.. r. II.
White OF Cleveland Ohio; Mr.. Sewall
Andrews OF Minneapolis, Mimi; and Mr..
Douglass and Mrs. Charnley Of Chicago.