The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-09

Henley regatta begins tomorrow
| Cornell at $3.50 p. m. of that day will
meet the famous Leander boat club
crew, probably the strongest on the
river.
In view of the depressing accounts
circulated regarding the health of the
Cornell crew. a representative of the
Associated Press had d chat with
Charles E. Courtney, their coach,
when he arrived at the boat house
this morning at o'clock.
Courtney Looks GIum.
Courtney looked very glum and
said:
Il do not know whether the Cornell
crew will be able to row tomorrow.
| The fact is, We have two sick men
among the crew who ought not to row
in their present condition. They are
Hager and Fennell. The latter was
in a high fever yesterday evening.
The two men, however may be all
right tomorrow, as 1 was afflicted in
the same way and 1 felt right one
day and bad the next. But if our
boys We're right, l feel very confident
that there is not a crew on the river
equal to them. They have been
steadily improving in practice and
make faster time at each trial. In
spite of this, l am unwilling to take
the responsibility of allowing sick
men to strain themselves in a race.
If the invalids are not better to-
morrow. we shall have to put in sub
stitutes or else scratch. ] have done
everything possible to keep the men
in condition but they have been IN
able to contend with the climate and
the little worries to which they have
been subjected. If / had the thing
to do again 1 would request permits
sion to bring twenty-five men here
and keep two crews in training"
Is Over Anxious.
Courtney does not share the suspi-
cions of Mr. c. S. Francis, the trustee
of Cornell University. who accom-
panied the Cornell crew TO England,
regarding the alleged unfairness in the
drawing of lots for the different heats
which resulted in pitting Cornell
against the Leander crew. Comment
ing on the drawing Courtney remark
ed:
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 if he desired to favor his
club he would have given them q bye"
Courtney seemed to be over anXi-
Gus about the result. He has been
working very hard and there is rea-
son to believe CornelIs prospects are
much better than he imagines. Certain
~ there was no sign of discourage
ment among them when the boys ar
rived at the boat house at 10 o'clock.
It is true that some of them looked
pale, but they were all in the best of
spirits and Fennell and Eager were
as 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 it was admitted on all sides
that none of them approached CornelPs
form or appeared to row as easily.
The members OF the Leander crew
have the undeniable hang in each
stroke 4 number of English coaches
were grouped with Courtney on the
river while the crews were practtcing
and one of th4m said: We'll, Court
ney, your boys certainly row in the
best form and in better style than any
of the crews on the river. We give
them four out of six points. Their prin-
cipal fault, in our mind, is in the Short
blades work and the use Of their hands
could not be better
Not as He Would Like It.
Courtney admits that the stroke of
the Cornell crew is not long as a.
would like. and he says it 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 back to their boat house in the
best form.
The Americans are fast arriving at
Henley. Great crowds of people wit
messed the final practice of the crews
this evening. None of the crews did
the full course. AS the Cornell crew
rowed UP stream and passed the town
great masses of people lined the
banks, and in going under the bridge
they were greeted with hearty cheers