The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-21
YALE MEN STAND In
CREDITED WITH QUIET, GENTLE
MANLY COEDUOP.

MANLY C0kDU0E
Press Comments on the American Team at
Henley are With One Exception Favor
able to Laudatory, Whereby Becomes
Manifest a Desire to Make the Visitors
Comfortable, Along With an Equal De-
sire to Make Last Years Cornell Men
Decidedly Uncomfortable - What is
Said of the Yale Men and of Their Work
copyrighted 1896 by the Associated Press)
London, June 2O.-The quiet gentle
manly behavior of the Yale men at Hen
ley and their splendid physique, have
created the most favorable impression
upon all who have seen them They
are already great favorftes, and the
comments of the press, generally, are OF
the fairest and kindliest description
A notable exception is Sir George
Newnes' Daily Courier, which today is
full of sneers. 1t says, for instance;
The Cornell men claimed that their
defeat was due TO their being drugged.
This years crew come of a higher class
but ii must not be supposed that they
are the social equals Of aristocraitic
Harvard. If the Yale men are beaten,
as is very possible. they are not likely
70 take their defeat as pleasantly as
Harvard would
The New college and Leander crews
are working hard at Oxford New col
lege has g. formidable eight, of which ].
]. DaKnopp of Alliance, y. Y, who was
bow of the Oxford crew which defeated
Cambridge in the historical race on the
Thames this year, Is a member.
The Yale crew, however, has had al
most a weeks work at Henley, it will
be gratifying TO their friends 70 learn
that they are in the best of health and
speedily improving. Bob Cook dS per-
fectly satisfied and confident. After
the work Of the oarsmen today, a rep
resenUative of the Associated Press had
a long talk with the famous coach and
the men themselves. Mr.. Cook said:
The men are in superb condition. They
have not been in the least affected by
the change of climate.
Regarding our short, quick stroke,
Which the papers criticize, you can. say
that it is as long as the stroke we en-
ploy in races in America. L found il
necessary to give the men severe work
and, therefore, l made them pull fast,
The crew DO not find the Henley course
different from the home courses, and it
is fully as fast"
George Langford, the stroke In the
Yale crew, remarked Instead of
finding the climate enervating, 1 think
il h~op I faNf Llsss in,
life" and with this Captain Treadway
and Messrs. Baird and Rogers coincid-
ed. From my seat in the boat" said
Captain Treadway, 'T can judge the !
pace and We can row as fast here as
over American courses"
7. l.. Clarke, the coXcwain, said: The |
boys are pulling wonderfully well and |
are improving right along"
D. A. Wauchope, the stroke OF the |
Trinity crew. said: ''They are strong |
crew and infinitely superior to the Cor |
nell men. I was a member of the Trim |
fty Hall crew which helped TO beat Cor |
nell, and / was much gratfied in so do |
ing; but, these Yale men are so gentle |
manly, and are better in work and man |
ner Their stroke is handsome and /
even, but l should like to see a little |
more strength put into the finish and |
have them dip little deeper"
DR.. Mcdowell, the American cham
pion sculler, who arrived here yesterday |
finds fault with the narrowness OF the |
course He says: Il have been used 1
TO much wider space and feel as though |
1 shall run into the boat. 1 also feel
that the wind blowing directly across 4
ne course makes 1t difficult 10 keep the
boat in proper trim However, sports
/ could take a defeat without |
regrest / think that the Yale stroke -
too short for this course"
Mayor Simmon of Henley claims that
the Yale men have wonderfully improv-
ed within the last two days. He says
their stroke Is much longer than at first
and on that account ne hopes for the
best, especially as the Americans are
feeling we'll and are pleased with the
climate
The Yale men for tomorrow have
been invited to lunch with Frank Crisp
of Friar Park, Henley. a famous lawyer
and afterwards they will be the guests
Of Mr.. Cooper, secretary of the regatta
who will take them on a
steam launch to NARROW for tea.
William Waldorf Astor today, with
house party consisting OF Ladies Brod-
arick and Churchill, Lord and Lady Tai
bot. Lord and Lady Cranbourne, Lord
CHARTERS, Sir William Harcourt and /
Colonel Oliphant, came up the river from
Cliveden, and visited the Yale boat J
house.