The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-09
1lIRTNEY IS BLUE.
!. Gems to Think the Cornell
Crew Has No Show.
- soys IN BETTER SPIRITS.
,fske a Fine Appearance on the
river, and Are Heartily
Cheered.

Thames. July S-The Hen
p~->sfa begins tomorrow. Cornell. at
If that day. wifi meet the famous
~ boat club crew. probably the
- or, the river. In view OF the de-
e1-sr~ ACCOUNTS circulated regarding the
F,-s ~ the Cornell crew. representa-
= the Associated Press had a talk
~ ~haries A. Courtney. their coach.
-. he arrived at the boat house this
80 Courtney looked very gium, and
sd A...,a- .,,,. r..r-.r, -.
= - able 20 row tomorrow. The fact
sA have two sick men among the crew,
=. o.srnt not TO row In their present con-
- Tney are Hager and FennelI. The
$50 was In a high fever yesterday even
The two men. however. may be all
-. famorrow, as I was afflicted in the
-. ray. and I feel right one day and
- The next IL our boys were right 1
-, very confident that there is not an
..ssv crew on the river equal to them.
s~sv have been steadily improving in
se.,e@ and make faster time at each
- In splte OF this, I am unwilling 20
-. the responsibility of allowing sick
- 10 strain themselves In race. II the
Lids are not better tomorrow we shall
xx~a T.
sswa done everything possible to keep
- men in condition. but they have been
.-.hle 10 contend with the climate ana
- us;le worries 10 which they have been
ssb,ecsed. II had the thing TO do again
~nagd request permission TO bring TWEEN
sx.sre men. and keep them in crews
toaning
raurtn ey does not share the suspicious
xr & Francis the trustee of Cornell
,nt,ersify who accompanied the Cornell
rrzx TO England, regarding the alleged un-
<.srusss In the drawing Of lots for the diff
fsrsut heats which resulted in pitting Cor
81 against the Leander crew. Comment
- On the drawing. Courtney remarked:
The affair was managed differently
trarn A. home Here there is one man
"a draws the names from a hat and
1hen tears them UP. none OF the others
ep>inx them. But this man was an Old
Jnxudsr boat club man of the highest
rsoute. and If he desired 10 favor his
r,ab he would have given them bye"
cau~tnsy seems to be over anxious
sAs:t the result. He has been working
,ery hard, and there rs reason TO believe
roruAirs prospects are much better than
~ innax,n<s Certainly there was no sign
~ Encouragement among them when the
eoys arrived at the boat house at 10
o'ciock II Is true that some OF them
hoked pale but they were all in the best
AZ xfrsts, and FenfleH and Ha<er were
"a lively as any OF them. The boys
launched their boats shortly after 10
o'clock and rowed at half speed down the
course All the other crews were out,
and n was admitted on all sides that
none Of them approached Cornell's form
q appeared To row as easily. The men,
bsrs of the Leander crew have an I'M
densabie hang in each stroke.
A number of English coaches were
grouped with Courtney on the river while
the crews were practicing. and one of
them said: We'll, Courtney. your boys
certainly row in the best form
tnd in better 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
;heir stroke. but their blade work and
The use OF their hands could not be bet
Ter"
Courtney admits that the stroke OF the
Cornell men is not as long as he would
IKE and he says IL is simply because
Hall will not reach as far as Courtney
wants.
on arriving at the starting point after
their practice the Cornell boys padded
tsrk 20 their boat house in the best form.
Great crowds of people witnessed the
fna. practice Of the crews this evening.
None Of the crews did the full course. As
The csrneil crew rowed up stream and
passed the town where great masses OF
people lined the banks. they were greeted
with hearty cheers and cries of We'll
tsxed."