The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-07-19
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Thu American Boys Badly Demoralixed In
Their second Race.
LONDON, July 1.-THE members OF
the Cornell crew arose early to-day,
were we'll rubbed down and had break
fast at 7:3O o'clock. They were all
well and in the best of spirits. AS
Trinity crew padded into position in
order to meet Cornell in the fourth
heat Of the trial races for the grand
challenge cup they met with q rousing
reception. Their average weight was
165 pounds.
Cornell was slow in taking up posi-
ton on the Berkshire side. The word
Ego" was given at 1899 o'clock, aud
Cornell caught the water first and
started with q stroke of 46 to Trinity's
~. Cornell was half a length ahead
on turning into the course after pass
ing Regatta island. Then the Cornell
runners began to encourage the Amer
lean crew and under this stimulus the
Cornell men, who had dropped to 38,
spurted and increased their ead to a
length. Trinity was then splashing
slightly.
Cornell made the half mile in two
minutes and twenty-five seconds, but
passing Frawley court went to pieces.
Freeborn, No. 4, in the Cornell boat
dropped his oar and put his hands to
his face. The Cornell crew seemed
paralyzed at this. Hall, stroke of the
Cornell crew, seemed not to under
stand what was interfering with the
momentum of the boat and half
turned round. BY the time the Cor
nell crew were again at work Trinity
Hall was q length ahead.
The Cornell crew then bacame 81
rattled that they rowed like a lot of
school boys, and Hager, No. 3, dropped
his a and fell back into the arms Of
Spellman, No. 2. The latter instantly
relieved him, and as Hager did not re-
cover himself, Colson, the coxswain,
called out sharply, What are you
about there?" Hager then resumed
his a and seemed to try to row, but
no sooner had the crew recommended
pulling with Trinity hall five lengths
ahead than Freedom again dropped
his oar and with one hand before his
eyes seemed to grope blindly to recover
It. By this time Trinity hall was
eve or eight lengths ahead, rowing
to a long, eve stroke, and they could
plainly be seen laughing to one m
other.
Passing the mile post in five minutes
twenty-five seconds, Fennell's head
fell forward and he seemed about to
faint. He also dropped his oar and
rubbed his forehead. The shouts of
encouragement of little Colson, the
Cornell coxswain, could be distinctly
heard above the din of cheering from
the shore, where the Cornell men were
running along the bank, frantically en-
d~eavoring to encourage the crew. Fen
nell recovered and tried torow, but his
a struck the water fat, although it
was sometimes in the proper position.
The Trinity crew was then hopeless
ly ahead and the ace was virtually
over The crowds on the river
banks and in the boats along
the shore were frantic with de-
light at Cornell's unfortunate situation,
but the Cornell men continued to run
along the shore shouting all kinds of
encouragement to the demoralized
crew.
The Cornell men in the boat, how
ever, seemed more fit to be in their
collins than in a BOAT rae The Amer
lean spectators ashore and afoat were
heart broken at the collapse. The
grand stand was filled with brightly
dressed American girls and many Of
them were crying at the finish.
Trinity Hall won the race easily by
eight lengths and as the Cornell boat
crossed the finish line Fennell fell
from his seat in a dead faint.
The B%ritishers were wild with de-
light when Trinity passed Cornell at
the three-quarter post, but words
failed to express their enthusiasm
when Trinity Hall won and Cornell
tailed along past the grand stand.
Then the Cornell men were received
with Kisses. They stopped rowing be-
fore they passed the judges who hoist
ed the sign, mot rowed OUT
The band then played "God Save the
Queen" as the crowd cheered itself
hoarse, and Fennell lay as if dead in
the bottom of the Cornell boat, while
his nearest companions splashed water
in his face. He soon recovered, and
the Cornell crew slowly padded to
their boat house.
The general opinion is that the Cor
nell crew were hopelessly overturned
and that there was no climate or mala-
ria about it. Colson, who acted as
spokesman for the Cornell crew, said:
"We had a hard race and we were
fairly and squarely beaten"
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