The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-20
MIR. WILLIAMS CO.
Courtney Makes No Excuses in
a Great Many Words About
Cornell Abroad.

NEW YORK, July 20, 1S95.-Mr. ChaS.
E. Courtney, the coach of the Cornell
crew, arrived at Quarantine this morn
ing and was interviewed by the United
Press representative Mr.. Courtney stat
ed that he had a very pleasant trip,
smooth weather all through, with the
exception of Sunday, when the water
was bit rough. The famous Cornell
expert, Notwithstanding slight attack
of mal-de-mer, said he enjoyed the trip
immensely and was awfully glad to
get back to New York. England, he
said, was very nice, but the United
States We're good enough for him. Mr..
Courtney will leave for Ithaca by the
9:15 train tonight via the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad.
Commencing long conversation with
the United Press representative Mr..
Courtney said:-"I wish to preface my
remarks with this statement: have no
excuse, absolutely no excuse, to offer
for the defeat of the Cornell crew. Fen
nell -eaught crab, or, as 1 put it, went
fishing one his hook; why he did it, OF
how he did 1t. I of course don't know
but I do know that he had no business
to do SO. and that his mistake or ac-
cident cost us the race. With regard tc
pie at Henley of all classes, nothing
could be finer; it was simply splendid
but we were shamefully treated by the
English press
Mr. Courtney then commenced at the
first days racing and the Leander fiasto
AS he was i'll in bed from Friday even
when Cornell was beaten by Trinity
Hall. he of course could no. give par
ticulars of the actual racing, but a
friend OF Mr. Courtney, who who wa: was O. On
Colonel william. the umpire, address
ed the crews:-'Now, gentlemen, I will
ready? If hear no negative shall say
Go! l shall do it this way Are You
ready? Go! Now. then. get ready. Are
from two voices on their boat. One man
said, No, no! and the second. 'No:.'
see where Leander- were, and Colonel
william waved him on.and on they went.
Mr.. Courtney said he did not see how
and under Colonel Williams Instructions
did, and that the best class of rowing
me men agreed tia that the, their action in the
eight intelligent gentlemen rowing a race
under certain conditions, absolutely laid
down. Mr.. Layman, coach of the Lee
ander crew, said he was disgusted with
the way they the Leanders) had acted
and told Kent, the stroke of the boat
that with. his experience and knowledge
on. Pittman, of the New College
Oxford crew said that the Leandert
acted like a lot of babies, Mr.. Courtney
said "F'sfore leavfng this fasco /
treatment accorded to Mr. Francis, cur
manager. At the request of myself and
crew and at the invitation of Mr. Cooper
Secretary Of the Henley Regatta Com
mittee. Mr.. Francis was to go on the
umpire's boat as CornelPs representative,
but when NJ Francis attempSted5 t9
william very bluntly refused permission.
Had Mr.. Francis been on the umpire S
beat the unpleasantness would never
have occurred, because he as representa-
tive of Cornell could and would have
called Colston back"
Mr.. Courtney is Of opinion that the
than the Yankee shells and said that the
Canadians were the worst boated crew
at Henley. The continual harping on the
fast strokes of the Americans, etc, tends
to make Mr.. Courtney very tired OF
cranks who seem to use the idea as q
kind of sign manual of their expert
in it for fast rowing with New College
oxford or the Dutcn crew at Henley
and that in the trial of one mile and five
hundred and fifty yards between cen, cornel ra
seven strokes more than their opponents
for the whole distance ~, 49,. :,
He considers New College the best OF
the English crews at Henley and says
that while they don't SLn pay much m n atten N
they get their oars in the water they
can pull. The English boating men gave
Cornell four points out of six on rowing
accounting for the two points. by the
fact that they consider the American
reach forward on the stroke too short
The Americans use more Slide than the
English.
In conclusion, Mr. Courtney said
"Our treatment by Oxford and Cam
bridge men could not be excelled in any
way, and every courtesy that could be
shown was given us both by them and
the people of Henley, and though
suffered the first defeat in my, thirteen
regard my first visit to England with
felings of intense qualification"
The Cornell crew will return on the
American liner st. Louis leaving South
ampton on the 7th instant.