The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-08
TOUGH LUCK ON THE THAMES.
YALE's CREW BEATEN BY LEAN
DER N THE TRIAL HEAT.


the Diamond ScuIIs-severaI Other
Trial Heats Also Roved.
Henley-on Thames. July THE Yale
University crew fell by the wayside to-
day in their first, and consequent upon
their defeat, their only attempt 20 win
the most highly priced trophy Of Brit
fish aquatics, the grand challenge CUP or
the Royal Henley regatta Their oppon-
ents were the crack eight OF the Leander
Rowing Club, whose crews won the CUP
four times in succession, In 1881, lss-, 1885
and 1884 II was a grand race. however,
and the Yale men have no reason 90 ieel
Inundated at their defeat. They Were
simply outclassed. The Leaniers beat
the New Haven crew Boy length and
three-quarters. covering the Henley course
Of one mile and $50 yards in TIA.
Immense crowds Of spectators lined the
river banks al 1.l5 O'Clock. when the sig
nal was given that everything was ready
FOR the third heat OF the grand challenge
cup race, between the Yale University
and Leander Rowing Club crews. The en-
tire course was a mass OF color. Yale
and American flags being very much In
evidence. There was no wind The sky
was overcast and the air was hot. Bob
Cook and Plttman. the old Cambridge
stroke. followed the boats over the course
on board the umpire's launch.
Yale and Leander had drawn heat "A"
in the grand challenge contest. but as
this heat was the feature Of the days
programme. # was decided last week that
heats "B" and &C. respectively, between
FIRST Trinity. Cambridge. and the London
Rowing Clubs eight and the New Col
Iege. oxford. and Trinity Han Cam
bridge crews. should be rOwed hrst IN
order that the principal event of the day
should take place about 80 o'clock, when
the greatest throng OF spectators Would
The starting word was given at 1.S2.
The boats got an excellent start, both
striking the water at the same time.
Emerging from the upper end OF Temple
Island Leander was seen TO have the fore
part of her canvass ahead, and soon IN
creased her lead to a quarter of a length,
but the Yale men were putting great
force into their strokes, and succeeded
IN "a wing their boat even with that OF
their opponents.
To those running behind the boats on
the towpath the Yale men seemed TO get
the nose of their boat in front and IL was
then a beautiful race 10 Fawley Court
A reporter who was on board the umpire $
launch says that Yale never actually got
the lead, but that two or three times they
pulled themselves about even with Lee
ander. The consensus Of opinion, how
ever, IS that Yale led slightly at the half
mile, but that Leander was a foot ahead
at Fawiey Court.
The Leander crew appeared perfectly
fresh at the end OF the race and rowed
at a smart stroke some distance beyond
the finish but the Yale men seemed TO be
completely spent. Brown and Rodgers
respectively numbers 2 and 4, were very
badly done at the finish. The men were
too much exhausted 10 allow raise in
the stroke. Both Brown and Rodgers re-
Quired attention when the race was over.
When they had been helped out OF the
boat Rodgers was perfectly white and
Brown tainted from exhaustion. Both
were very weak and lay in the open air
on a float for some time, while they were
famed and bathed by their comrades.
The men feel that they did themselves
the better crew. They are, of course, ter
ribly disappointed, but feel that
they were fairly beaten. They took their
defeat coura geously. The other men,
Brown and Rodgers, were in fair
shape at the finish, though they were
somewhat blown
Bob Cook said at the conclusion OF the
race that the contest had resulted as he
had expected II would. The Leander
crew was composed of older and more
experienced men. The LeaRders got the
best of the start and led for short time,
but the Yale crew caught them and led
l
boat house.
The members of the Yale crew are all
satisfied that they were fairly beaten,
and they are also entirely satisfied with
the way they have been handled by Cook,
who, they declare, has done everything
that could be done In their interest. Any
story 10 the contrary they viii denounce
as untrue.
In the first heat for the diamond SOULS
r. K. Beaumont of Burton, of the Trent
rowing club, beat +. II. Beddington of the
Thames rowing club, by five lengths.
In the second heat for the diamond
souls, V. Nickals, of the London rowing
club beat S. Swami of the Cambridge Uni
versity boat club by a length
The third heat for the diamond sculls
was between Hon. Rupert Guinness of the
Leander Rowing Club (the present holder
of the trophy and II. I. Blackstaffe oil
the Vesta Rowing Club. The heat was
won by Guinness.
In the fourth heat for the diamond
SOULS, between DR.. w. S. Mcdowell OF
Chicago and Hon. r. A. Guinness of EtoT
College, the former rowed beautifully
He actually played with Guinness, anC
won as he pleased. He finished in $3.50
three-fourths of a length ahead of GUM
ness, who seemed to be greatly tagged.
In the first heat for the grand challenge
cup, First Trinity of Cambridge, beat tn,
London rowing club. Time 7:2O
In the second heat for the grand chal
lenge cup. New College. oxford. bea
Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Time 7:19
In the third heat for the grand chal
lenge cup Leander beat Yale by a length
and three quarters. Time TIA.
In the first heat of the eight-oared rae,
for the ladies' challenge cup, the Etor
College crew beat Jesus College, oxford
easily.
The second heat of the eight-oare,
race for the ladies' plate was won b,
Balliol College, which beat the Bedford
Grammar school eight by half length.
The third heat was won by Radley Col
lege, which beat Trinity College, Dublin
easily.
The fourth heat for the ladies' plate
Emmanuel College, Cambridge, bea
Trinity Hall, Cambridge, by a length
In the first heat of the four-oared rae,
for the Wyford challenge cup Trinity
College, Oxford, beat the Thames Rowini
Club.
The second heat was between Caius Col
lege, Cambridge, and the London Boa
Club. The heat was won by Caius
The third beat was won by the Londol
Rowing Club. which beat the Chris
Church, Oxford, four with ease.
The first heat of the eight-oared rae,
for the Thames challenge cup was wo1
by the Kingston Rowing Club, which bea
the London Rowing Club easily.
The first heat of the race for the stew
ards challenge cup-for four oars-finish
ed the rowing for the day. There wer,
several showers of short duration late II
the afternoon MANY Of the era,tr -