The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-10

reply and his szunch cleaned asead aEseT
xs.e Cornell crew, now FAR oCwn 1.e
course. The I<eanderr. uEfti the umpire
lauzsrh x.assed away cut Of speaking u.s.
tance, continued to shout WHY. =.
are NOT ready. Why lid you serve us so!
Ths umpire sssd not look at them, and n
CREASED TIE sped % MS launch Pass
frx the end Of Regatta Inland, r. G soa-
son the Cornell ecxswain, haE turned
ana he'd MS hard toward me unx'tfe
launch but the umpire waved chem On
and CoIson, with q satisfied look, quickly
resumed his POSITION and gave a sharp
order TO the crew, VINO mad relaxed the
<rsnaendozs pace With which they started
J4oG reaching the hak mf1e posi-. where
the crowds betran I'd thicken. the cornesi
boys were loudly cneered A few feet De-
yond this there were excited sfso1ts from
both hanks swn.re h Lezn1erZ- Why
don't they Gomez .-Are they iost7" could
be heard every few feet
Every few feet on the way TO the finish
Hne the excitement increased, until near
ts7g the finish the suspense vas something
tremendous. The umpire steamed up TO
the press stand amid great excitement
and loud ordinations from al sides But
the umpire wac not ia anyway dssmayet.
and he said: THE race IL CornesFss Lean
der did not start"
The time Of Cornell was s:fi.
The Cornell crew got a very good recep-
ton as they passed the winning post. but
there was some booing mingled with the
English cheers and Cornell yeIis. The Cor
nell crew approached their boat house
looking as IL they had been defeated, and
their friends. who were waiting for them.
we're almost afraid TO ark for the result o.
the race. Finally a reporter put the ques-
fion to the crew. asking II Cornell was
victorious and three or four cornelsers
nodded IN reply. The men got out of their
80 x.~fsf anil fru he. "A
sIon or enthusiasm. with the solitary ex-
ception Of little Colson. who remarked:
I'VE are winners. but there was no race.
The other fellows only made four strokes
and stopped. 1t vac entirely their fault.
for the referee said 60 and you bet We
chaps went. But when we saw our oppo-
nents were making no efforts we slowed
up. as there was no sense in firing our
selvee. can't imagine what was the mat
ter with the other chaps. unless IL was that
they were afraid OF as. But We are the
winners Just the same"
II am sure we would have won" said
Roe: $50 am sorry ting Leanders did not
put themselves TO the test. Anyway, IL
was no fault of ours"
II suppose we should be enthusiastic"
said g. J. Dyer. but there is little to base
II upon
ct was a glorious sight" Freedom re-
marked las We came down the course.
That Was some compensation for the lack
of excitement There would have been no
chance 10 take such eiance5 at the scene
IL there had been "A race"
FcnnelI remarked: II am sorry now we
did not dow enough TO study the faces of
the pretty girls"
Hall said: '~rhe umpire said go and We
could only obey"
There was no glory IN IT," exclaimed
Epellmaa, but It was better than defeat.
t.n 4trn~
could hardly be called good exercise.
Cornell did not get 10 Its boat house
before . big crowd OF friends arrived 10
tender congratulations. but they were
received very faodestiy.
Later In the day the I.eander crew en-
tered protest against the decision OF the
umpire. which protest was referred 10
the board OF stewards. The umpire In
formed the representative of the Asso-
ciased Press that the Cornell crew was
perfectly right IN every way. THE 1se-
anders tell me that none OF them said
yes 10 my inquiry whether they were
ready or not. But we OF the launch GER
tainly understood them So
The board of stewards this evening is-
sued .he following statement: The COM
mfttee. while deeply regretting the most
unfortunate understanding at the start
OF the Cornell-Leander race. feel that
they must abide By the laws OF boat rae
Ing, and cannot reverse the decision or
tht umpire and starter
The members OF the I.eander crew are
all wild against the umpire for his de-
cision In favor of Cornell. and In their
rage they say most unpleasant things
against the ithaca boys.
E. W. Kent, stroke of the Leander
team. said: II have rowed in many races,
and never met with such unsportsman-
like conduct. We had not heard the UNI
o. n
Another member Of the crew remarked;
I'VE don't want any more such crews as
Cornell"
.~rhey are no. sportsmen." said stili an
other member OF the Besnders, and THIS
IL why Yale and Harvard won't row them.
They are not wanted In England again.
Tn only satisfaction that they VIII get
is good licking tomorrow"
determined effort IL being made by
the Rritishers, LED by the Leanders. "a
Yiare the rirrnell crew IN the wrong and
nut the whole responsibility Cor the out
come upon their shoulders. The Lean
aers and their synsnathlzers ignore the
decision Of their own umpire. which Is
rYr,hs,d by shis evenings decision or the
Stewards The general cry IL %
America and Americans" AS matter
OF fact. the Cornell crew ere not only
strictly within their rights, but in view ol
the urnpire's orders they could not vel
have done otherwise. II would Aave been
a nrery nuixotic thing had they dis
ohevoa the umpire and returned 10 the
..,s,. nu, meantime searder would have
probably gone In and won the race. II Is
sha Iseandars who are showing moss
understandable spirit.
Andrew s. While. a nephew OF EXPIRES
fsent Andrew n. White. OF Cornell. said 70
a representative Of the Associated fress
this evening in regard TO this thing
nnrnetrased on good faith. Tho attempt
N M, the blame on our boys is a bastard
~ thinx They could only obey the um
ntre Before the regatta We were warned
on all sides 20 beware or the Leanders
.They will do YOU In every way possible,
~ was said They VIII run YOU into th'
most. as they did the French crow las
wear We were told. even before tn
draw. that things had been fixed 80 tina
our race would be against the Leanders
In oar hearts we believe that the Lean
der. went 20 the post determined not q
race We had the best position. and ha'
beaten their hest time"
NJ Francis, the Cornell manager. said
'.our boys have done just right. II mus
be remembered that Leander Is not tn
only erSw we have to meet. Ever siDc'
We have been here we have been unfairly
treated by the British press"
r-mnsre Frank william. after the meeting
ef the stewards this evening said: q
could not 10 differently than send Cornell
along T. myself and Mr.. Goldie. my as
xsstsnt. both saw that the crews wer,
ready. gave the word. and both SCENE,
20 start. Then came calls from the Lean
aerS. Ne. We are not ready Had I or
siered the crew OF the Cornells hack. the,
might say that because they were ahea,
at the start the English umpire recslleN