The herald., 1895-07-10
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the board of stewards this evening is
| sued the following statement: The CON-
| mittee. while deeply regretrng tho most
| unfortunate misunderstanding at the
| start OF the Cornell Leander race. feel
| that they must abide by the laws of boat
| racing and cannot reverse the decision
| of the um plre and starter"
The mem bers of the Leander crew are
all wild against the umpire Tor his de-
| cision IN favor of Cornell, and In their
rage they saw the most unpleasant things
| against the Ithaca boys.
C. w. Kent stroke of the Leander
| team said. s.I have rowed in many
races and have never met with such un.-
| sportsmsnliKe conduct. We bad not heard
the umpire say Go when the mess was
| made"
Another member of the crew remarked:
ssWe don't want any more such crews as
| Cornell"
sThey are not sportsmen," said still
another mem Der on; the Leanders, 'and
this is why Yale and Harvard Wont row
them. They are not wanted IN England
| again. The only satisfaction that they
| will get is a good licking tomorrow"
Determined effort is being made by
| the Britishers. led by tine Leanders. to
place the Cornell crew in ;,,. the ~, wrong es and
come upon their shoulders. The
LeandersNand their sympathizers ignore
the decision of their own umpire, which
| is upheld by this evenings decision OF
| the stewards. The general cry is Damn
| America and Americans, AS matter
| of facr the Cornell crew are not only
strictly within their rights, but in view
| of the umpires orders they could not we'll
have done otherwise. II would have
been pretty QuixotiC thing had tney
disobeyed the umpire and retuTneo 70 the
post, but meantime Lea nder would nave
nrobably gone on and sw on the race. It
is the Leanders who are showing most
unsportsmanlike spirit.
Andrew S. White a nephew of ex-
| President Andrew D. White OF Cornell,
said to reporter OF the Associated fress
| this evening in regard to this thing: 1T
| is the greatest outrage that was ever per-
petrated on good faith. The attempt to
| put the blame on our boys is a dsstardly
thing. They could only obey the umpire;
| Before the regatta we were warned on all
sides to beware OF the LeandeIs. :Ihey
will do you in any way pusslpie, IL was
| said. 'They will run you Tito the post as
| they did the French crew last year. We
were told, even before the draw, things
| had been fixed that our race would be
against Leander. In our hearts we be-
| lieve that Leander went to the post de-
termined not to race. We had the best
position and had beaten their best
| time.'
MIR. Francis, the Cornell manager,
said: =,
must be remem bered that Leander is not
| the only crew we have to n1eet. Ever
| since we have been here we have been
unfairly treated by the British press.
| Umpire Frank william, after the meet
| ing of the stewards this evening. said:
| II could not do different than senu Cor
nell. Myself and assistant saw that the
| crews we've ready. l gave the word and
both seemed 90 start. Then came calls
from the Leanders, No we are not
ready Had I ordered the c1ew of the
! Cornells back they might say that be-
cause they were ahead at the start the En-
| sIish umpire recalled them to favor their
opponents
This version of the occurrence can be
confirmed by the correspondent OF the AS
sociated Press, who witnessed 1.-The race
| from the umpire's boat
Sporting Life says: Mr.. Frank Will
an, acting umpire, has offered to give a
| prize to the value of one hundred pounds
| for Leander-Cornell race on the day the
| regatta closes. 1t remains to pe seen
| whether the offer will have any result.
"Of course many people will blame Will
an for not calling the fowers back, but it
must be remem bered that there is no ap-
peal against the umpire's decision. 1t
was an international contest anu' any
sem blance of partiality toward an Eng
| lish crew would have opened the Hood
|
Far and away tie best race of the day
was that OF the Leander Rowing club and
| the Argopauts of Toronto. Time and
again it looked as if the Canadians were
| hopeessly defeated but the manner in
which they held on suggested the tenaci-
was worth travelling hundred miles to
see. This magnificent struggle was an
excellent make-weight tor the Cornell-Le-
| ander tizzle.
Cornell will meet tomorrow the crew of
the Trinity. Hall. Cambridge, which de-
feated the London Rowing club today.
While the crews were pulling for the
starting point Mr.. G. S. Francis one Of
the trustees of Cornell university. who
was in boat, pulled up to the umpire's
launch and demanded to be taken on
board. The umpire politely refused, say
ing: my boat Is full now."
Mr.. Francis replied: "All right; l am
an agent of the Cornell crew and l think
you might favor me. promised the boys
l would follow and thus encourage
| them"
But the umpire again denied his re-
to the shore.
The crews of the London Rowing club
and the Argonaut Rowing club of To-
ronto started in the first heat for the
stewards challenge for fours at 4:0S pm.
| The Canadians were first away, X. g.
Nuns setting the pace at 43 to the min
ute, which placed them length ahead.
But at the hiIf mile post the London
crew had gained on them, and they
raced almost nose and nose down to the
mile post which was passed at :13 :57.
Rowing As strokes to the minutes the Ar
gonauts then gained slight advantage,
but the pace told and +. z. Thompson
splashed badly. The two boats from
that time continued to race on about even
terms until when within few feet of the
finish the London crew put in splendid
squirt and won by two feet IN SIN. los.
The following is a summary of the events
today
Grand challenge cup-First heat-Trin-
ity Hall, Cambridge, beat the London
Rowing club easily by four lengths in 7
minutes 90 seconds.
Second heat-Eton college beat the
Thames Rowing club easily in 7:3415.
Third heat-Cornell rowed the course in
SILL; Leander did not start.
Thames challenge cup, eights-First
heat--St. Johns college, oxford, beat the
Thames Rowing club by a length and a
half in :57.
Second heat-Nourous Boat club. Am
sterdam, beat Lady Margaret Cambridge,
easily.
Visitors challenge cup, triple sculls--
First heat-Trinity Hall, mbridge,
beat Caius college, Cambridge.
Stewards challenge cup, fours-First
heat-London Rowing club beat the Ar
gonaut Rowing club OF Toronto, by two
feet.
Silver soblets. double sculls - First
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