New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-26
COENfLES conner At HENLEY.
ENGit-u HYPOCRISY oN THE SrElEcT SCORED
BT AZ ENGLISH AUTHORITY

From The Ioalon Truth , .,,., r,.. 20
iof q unnecessary Ii-fcs.irg visitors hav"
been n"li ~. 30 eppfos..nn a.. oens r, rS2n' YIN
Tho si. Sas q falls. one. The umpire. Mr. WI
IAN. erred N de'ar.ns t. good one. and IN allow
NEE attl~ dlnciit, Tn.g ~cr, new 10 Henley and
English rcsat'ss ~ tac straightforward lctt's Of
tn hnrds 81 me umpire" and g.. he had ordered ih~m
back mo- would nave returned at once. u "a
rcarccy 20 %. wondered at iaIt they should no,
have realized tina, thc cAls.cnce Of m, umpire
cog.I be ignored arI IT, crews 20 back 20 the
start Their WIS on the spur Of the moment
time for consultation. We, thcy are called al sorts
% bad names because they III not act as any Eng
lrh crew would have done under like clrcums ianccs
Arl vet a lin collection comes over of "A
tain French crew being horei into tho piles by a
Thames cicR az Henley The rrerchmcn al not
protest. ana yef Thames never offered 10 row again
Hut We hive CHANGED ~ mat To give our Stors
caches crab at IN" ihIrd stroke IN the Ladies
rnt". Mt once stop and IN" race j. ro~"d AGAIN
over = longth hcnni Thames ana IS dead beaten
nnI o' s2in' iratpm '' "iDi rt ' o P''S
what hypocriies ~ make OF ourselves Has
oyer refused TO - MS hoat go up i plnc' p'Clus'
the bump made OWNS to the boat above catch
ing crab or being badly st"ercd? BE boat never
20 sm'r' X does NOT dr.riNc - WIN a, h'H'} or
anywhere else after catching a crab unless y docs
70 on u.s. merit @ai yn' an Any r"s wsre ali
this sportsman Mike spirit Is going TO end. \ revoke
mlsfak, II Gracc is bowed nrst bail the balls
must hc replaced because II sheer bad luck
' rorc iSck TRcrcf'rc he must be allowed 10
max. runs fI,yhrrbcrt must give up the quarter
mile charnpouShp i,rcdin because IN" latter has
done better times than the holder. and II 3red!n
had not run the half tho same day, he wou.i have
won These are the logical and absurd conclusions
of the whole matter Mei" phys superiority Is
not the test OF a true sportsman. He must De able
a. we'll 10 put up with defeat when through some
slip Of h.s own OF some other person over whom
ne has no control he finds nmse.f out OF court
l..andcr cruelty treated. but IL X TOO Dad 10
cast The regreiahc bluudrr ~ the umpire upon the
shoulders of the Cornell men. The rules OF boat
% other sport are NiIu''SS II tnry are
10 be- east aside at pleasure. AMI an umpire be-
comes "A nOLcntitN II IL IL not 10 u" n'it response
be for his actions Every onc was IN difficult
n,.!fon The umpire said the race was all right
In the face OF that decision the committee coua ho
order the race TO be row ed again How. then could
The Cornell me offer aside the ninpires ru.
inr, II would not have been fair on the conpc'.
tnrs I'm the other heats for IN III 10 do so. ana
Lander. having regard TO their own hiSriy ana 20
that of rowing. would have shown therSrlV"S
sucrisrnen indeed II they had decided 10 hbl"e pN
the wrong rulln. Of umpire even II the visitors
had offered 10 row again. VIII go further ana say
that Cornell had no right 10 row Lander again un-
l9s the winning In me other heats consented
:, f,r rs I am aw,rc neither New Trinity Hall
ever suggested that whoever was succHssfu shouN
row the holders. They prohied by inc uhpfes ms
,akc and therefore. / suppose they are not sports
rn.r II Vns Of course. ridiculous for q match 10
he ARA nr. bci wcrn Cornell and Icandrr until the
racing was over II the visitors had been victorious
they would. I believe. have rowed i.rander lhere
,xas no need for the Englishmrn 10 row n beaten
crew The. fact that the errirH umpire at once OF
frred a Gun Tor this race TO show that tho dis
aruointrneui in not meeting the Americans chnSci
tho fact that the event MS oilN i.'ht N Inc
Grand 10 te forgotten II ii had been the maj. or
a solitary race. tnen II would nave H. brrohi" OF -
a dilemma which WIS best solved by strict ad-
hcr the rules