The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-02
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capturing the grand. That is about
the situation of affairs from the
American standpoint, although Bob
Cook appears to look gloomy, shakes
his head somewhat despondently and
intimates that he is not satisfied with
the work Of his pupils. But Bob Cook
has been known to do the same thing
many a time before, and then have his
crew walk away from their opponents,
to the great dismay of the latter. In
fact, the throwing of cold water upon
the chances of Yale is in some quar-
ters looked upon as being an old trick
of the master coach: so no Importance
is attached to his cloudy forebodings.
Everybody about the Yale headquar-
tiers hopes for the best, and few people
would be astonished to see the dark
blue of Yale driven to victory on the
Thames.
Mr. Cook has not been too proud to
try everything in the English style OF
rowing which looked advantageous to
Yale, and this policy, instead Of being
sneered at. has met with the heartiest
approval Of the oarsmen and critics
of England. Trinity Cambridge peo-
pie have been particularly courteous
to the Americans. J. 3. Close, the
coach of that colleges first crew, has
done everything possible to assist Mr..
Cook in his work, and when Clarke,
the coxswain Of the Yale boat was
First Trinity took his place and thus
added to the good feeling existing at
Henley.
Bob Cook this morning was out on
horseback and put the Yale men over
the second half of the course in 1925
with SO stroke. This is the best time
yet made and it has done much to give
confidence to the Americans and their
supporters.
The New College crew did the same
distance in the same time few days
ago, but under better conditions. There
was a strong wind off the Bucks shore
| this morning and a heavy fog made
matters still more uncomfortable, but
! the Yale boys were out for early prac-
| tice. They were compelled, however.
! to wait until II o'clock for the ends OF
their slides 20 be lowered and placed
at the angle they occupied previous to
trying the English style of even slide.
The men then did some short stretches
above the bridge with the old oars
| and slides in regular positions and
pronounced themselves as better salts
| fed.
Mr.. Cook during the preliminary
work coached the crew from a pair oar
| boat. and seemed better satisfied than
at any time in the past.
| Clarke, the American coxswain, was
well enough to be in the Yale boat,
/ and handled the rudder ropes admir-
| ably, in spite of the fact that he was
! all muff1ed UP. Leander did the course
| in 7:1O, covering the first half in 3:31
with a, 38 stroke, but the members Of
| the crew were exhausted at the finish.
Trinity rowing short stretches against
| the second crew of that college, and
with the latter very close, did the
course in 1928 New College made a
record over the minute barrier, going
| 127 feet beyond.
Leander and New College are looked
upon as Yale's strongest rivals, and
! the latter, it is admitted. will take a
lot of beating. Trinity Hall, with five
members Of the crew which beat Cor
nell, may also be looked upon as GER
tain to put DIP a good race, and so the
grand may be said to have narrowed
! down to Yale, Leander, New College
and Trinity Hail.
Nearly one-haif of the seats on the
grand stand near the finish have been
turned over to the Americans for. the
accommodation of their friends, and it
was the desire to have as many as
possible of the latter present. which,
combined with other reasons, prompted
the Henley regatta people to bring
about the withdrawal of the Eton
schoolboyS. Had they not done so
the first trial heats would have been
rowed on Monday next and many
people from across the Atlantic might
have missed the pleasure of seeing
Yale win her first heat.
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