Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-09
Cornells Opponent at Henley Failed
to Start.
ONE OF THE LEANDERS BLUNDERED
Gave the Word Before the Rest
Were Ready.
ARGONAUTS ROWED WE'LL

derby IN Great Britain opened To-Day ana
promises to be one of the most interesting
| on record. This is mainly due to the fact
that the seven entries for the grand chal-
lenge cup, the blue ribbon" Of aquatics,
; included that of the crew from Cornell Uni
versity, Ithaca, N. y.
The weather this morning was warm and
cloudy, and light wind was.blowing from
Buchinghamshre shore, but by the time the
first heat was started at noon very strong
wind was blowing from the same direction,
giving the crews there a great advantage.
In fact, although fast time will not be
made IL the wind continues blowing as it
| is now, every crew on that side of the river
should win. The Cornell crew has the
Bucks shore in its race with Leander this
afternoon.
Comedians in Good Spirits.
Sundays rest and yesterdays light prac-
tice had a permanent effect for the better
on the members of the Cornell crew
They rose early this morning. and after q
light breakfast, which had been preceded
by a good rub down, they arrived at the
boat house at 9:20 in good spirits and con-
Edent of victory.
Hager, Fennen ard Spellman especially
showed marked Improvement. HaSer, in
conversation with the representative of
the Ass ociated Press, said: Il think I am
all right again, though not as fit as week
ago."
spellman and Fe1nell echoed the senti-
| meTit OF all the crew when they said: 1--WE
VIII make the race of our lives, and We
hope for the best result"
Z. A. Thompson of the Argonaut of
Toronto. reviewing the prospects Of the
Cornell crew, in conversation with the rep
| Iesentative of the Associated Press. said:
4 think the Comedians will win. Their
time on the river has been faster than that
l,aanIpr |
keep up their gait after the three-quarter
post they will cross the finish line first"
C. H. Mum, captain and stroke of the Ar
scraut crew, commenting on the same
subject. said: THE Cornell boys are COM
ing out all right. Their quick. short stroke
will be in their favor at the start, which
is everything over this course"
Charles f. Courtney, the coach of the
Cornell crew, was sick in bed this morn
Ing, and did not come to the boat house
with the young men from Ithaca. The
Cornell crew left their boat house at 10
o'clock and padded their racing shell slow
ly to the starting point. The weather then
was warm and cloudy, and there was a
light wind blowing from the Bucks shore
The scene on the river was one of un-
usual animation, even. for Henley. The
large fleet of houseboats and other craft
were moored along the banks of the Bucks
shore. gayly decorated with flags and
| flowers, and filed with large parties of
fashionable people.
The Rival Crews.
The Cornell crew entered their boat at
the following weights:
NJ NJ. Rose, '96, bow 100 pounds
E. o. Spillman, 81, Tonawanda, N. Y,
a member of the freshman's crew of
last year, No 1862 pounds
E. c. Hager. '95. Buffalo, who rowed
IN IN, the freshman and varsity crew of
F. IT w. No; Tre;6ora. 81. Ithaca. n 1ss I pounds
rowed as freshman in the Varsity
crew of ~, No. +................171 pounds
T. Fennell, jr:, law. Elmira, NY. first
George P, Dyer, 'o5. Washington, d.
c., No. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .161 pounds
C. 4. Louis, 'o7 Brooklyn. member
of the freshman's crew of last year,
Tom Hall of Washington, Ont, known
as the veteran" stroke Of the fresh
mans ard VARSITY crew for three
years, & stroke; o- r,;;r,; y .;:.11l pounds
swain of the freshman crew of last
year. coXswain. 100 pounds
To these weights were added three
mum required for coxswain.
The crew of the Leander Boat Club en-
tered their boat as follows:
G. W. n Graham, bow. .240 pounds
J. A Ford, No. 2..............16 16G pounds
S. Graham. No. 3...................169 3. pounds
F. ]. G. Duncanson, No. ..1S7 pounds
W. B. Stewart, No. 5............-.1S7 pounds
=. =. buIieli, NO. o...............lSS pounds
M. c. Pilkington, No. 7...........172 pounds
c. w. Kent, stroke. ...............151 pounds
f. c. Begg, coXswain. pounds
1t will be seen that there is only twenty
four pounds difference in the weights
emitting the coxswains.
1t was decided that the race should be
started at o'clock this afternoon instead
of at $3.50, as at first announced.
ThronSs of Americans.
At noon today. judging from the number
of American flags flying on all sides, and
by the many familiar faces on and about
the water, it was estimated that there were
fully 5000 Americans present at Henley
They came by coach and by train from
London to sustain Cornell with cheering
and every other mark Of announcement
possible
A Pretty House Boat.
One Of the prettiest house boats on the
river was that of Frank Mackay of Chi
cago and w. J. Richie of San Francisco.
1t was situated in splendid position on
the course, and was flying four American
flags, and had a Hungarian band playing
upon It's upper deck. On the deck were as
sembled large party of Americans in
cluding Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H De Young of
San Francisco, Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ. Palmer
and others equally we'll known.
Among the other prominent Americans
here today are Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Croker of New York, Mr. T. E. Roessle of
Washington, Mr.. Judson Of St Louis, Mr..
Elwyn Baron of Chicago. Mr.. James ]. Bel
den of Syracuse, Mr.. Edward Knox, Mr..
Peter Norris and Mr.. ]. C. Cummings Of
New York
Mr.. John E. Wilkle of Chicago drove a
party to Henley from Maidenshead on a
coach. His guests included Messrs. Percy
F. Earn and Mr.. Fuller and the two Misses
Fuller of Chicago.
Messrs. Hall and Fry of the Cornell Glee
Club and fury three hundred American stu
dents and their friends assembled in little
knots along the course. with flags in their
hands and streamers on their umbrellas
and sticks. prepared to encourage the Cor
nell crew.
The theatrical profession of the United
States was out In force prominent among
its representatives, being Henry E. Abbey,
Nat Goodwin, Sol Smith Russell, Jennie
Yeamans, Mr.. Frohman and Francis Will
son.
When the first crews were started at
noon a very strong wind was blowing from
the Buckinghamshire shore giving the
crews pulling on that side of the river a
great advantage. In fact, il was pre-
dicted that every crew pulling along the
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