St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-10

First heat: The Thames crew beat |
the Lady Margaret, Cambridge, |
crew. Second heat: London Row. |
ing club beat New college, Oxford. |
Diamond Sculls-First heat: Guy !
Nickalls rowed over the course, his |
brother Vivian having scratched. !
Leander Boat club, beat F. H. |
Thompson, of the Argonauts, of
Toronto. Thompson was well in
front at the start, but ran into a
pile.
THE UMPIRE SUSTAINED.
The board, or committee of stewards,
this evening issued the following state
ment:
1.-The committee, while deeply regret
ting the most unfortunate misunder-
standing at the start of the Cornell
Leander heat, feel that they must
abide by the laws of boat racing, and
cannot reverse the decision of the UNI
pire and starter"
The members of the Leander crew
are all wild against the umpire for
his decision in favor of Cornell, and in
their rage they say most unpleasant
things against the Ithacan boys. c.
w. Kent, stroke of the Leander crew,
said to a representative of the Associ-
ated Press: IAN English crew would
have never gone on. Had they any
spirit of sport in them they would row
again. Our boat was pointing into the
island, and half the men were backing
water. I had my hand raised in the
air towards the umpire, when he
asked, Are you ready?' We all cried
'Nov I have rowed in many races and
T n,~{c.
manlike conduct. We had not heard
the umpire say Go when the mess
was made"
Another member of the crew re-
marked: 1--WE do not want any more
such crews as Cornell
After hearing the decision of the
committee of stewards Kent cried out:
'Well, 1 never want any more to do
with Americans or their crews"
"They are not sportsmen," said still
another member of the Leander, "and
this is why Yale and Harvard won't
row them. They are not wanted in
England again. The only satisfaction
is, that they will get a. good licking to-
morrow
MORE OF THE SAME.
A determined effort is being made by
| the Britishers, led by the LeanderS, 10
| place the Cornell crew in the wrong
and put the whole responsibility for
the outcome upon their shoulders. The.
Leanders and their sympathiZers ig-
/ more the decision of their own umpire,
which is upheld by this evenings de-
cision of the stewards. The general
| cry is, Damn America and Amer
! icans! AS a matter of fact, the Cor
nell crew are not only strictly within
| their rights, but, in view of the UNI
| pire'S orders, they could not we'll have
done otherwise. 1t would have been a
pretty Quixotic thing had they dis
obeyed the umpire and returned to the
! post; and, meantime, Leander would
| probably have gone on and won the
race. 1t is the Leanders who are show
ing most unsportsmanlike spirit, and
in every way they try to. discredit the
Americans.
Andrew S. White nephew of ex-
President Andrew D. White, of Cor
| nell, said this evening: '1t is the great
| est outrage that was ever perpetrated
on Gods earth. The attempt to put
the blame on our boys is a dastardly
thing. They could only obey the UNI
pire. Before the regatta we were
warned on all sides to beware of the
Leanders. They will do you in any
way possible, it was said. They will
|
! French crew last year, We We're told,
even before the draw, that things had
been fixed that our race would be
| against Leander. In our hearts we
believe that Leander went to the post
determined not to race. We had the
best position and had beaten their best
| time
UPHELD BY FRANCIS.
Mr.. Francis. the Cornell manager,
said: "Our boys have done just right.
1t must be remembered that Leander
is not the only crew we have to meet.
Ever since we have been here we have
been unfairly treated by the British
press
Umpire Frank william, after the
meeting of the stewards this evening,
said: 81 could not do differently than
send Cornell along. I myself and Mr..
Goldie, my assistant, both saw that
the crews were ready. 1 gave the
word Co. and both seemed to start.
Then came calls from the Leanders,
No, we are not ready. Had 1 or
dered the Cornell crew back they
might say that, because they were
ahead at the start, the English umpire
recalled them to favor their oppo-
nents."
This version of the occurrence can
be confirmed by the correspondent of
the Associated Press, who witnessed
the race from the umpire's boat.
Sporting Life says;
Frank william, acting umpire, has
offered to give a prize to the value
| of hundred pounds for g. Leander-