The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-15
AMERICANS WIN AT HENLEY
". s. M'DOWELL OF CHICAGO IS
 SUCCESSFUL.

SCCCESaHtOLs
 He Defeats F. A. Guinness in the Second Heat for the Diamond Sculls-The Win nipeg Crew Defeats the Utrecht Univer- sity Crew in the First ueat for Stewards Cup.
 London, July 4.-The annual regatta at Henley on the Thames began to-day. The first heat in the race for the dia- mond souls was won by J. J. Blusse of Amsterdam, who beat s. Fairbairn of Jesus college, Cambridge.
 In the second heat of the race for the diamond souls w. s. Mcdowell beat the Hon. E. A. Guinness of the Thames rowing club, winning by length in 8:10.
 In the third heat for the diamond souls H., T. Blackstaffe of the Vista Rowing club beat c. K. Phillips of New College, Oxford.
 In the first heat for the Stewards challenge cup the Winnipeg rowing club of Canada beat the Utrecht university rowing club, after foul, by three quarters of length in TAT.
 The fouling was done by the Utrecht university boat.
 In the fourth heat for the diamond sculls A. F. G. Everitt of the London Rowing club beat R. K. Beaumont of the Burton-on-Tren Rowing club.
 A gloom was cast over Henley this afternoon by the announcement of the death of Lord Camoys, president of the regatta committee.
 The great European sporting event of this week Is the Henley regatta. The defeated oarsmen of Harvard, who have accompanied MT. Lehman across the water to attend the regatta, will have learned before the week Is over that there are more strokes than the one importation that they roWed at Poughkeepsie. Besides the traditional English stroke, as rowed by the cham pion Leander crew, and the New Col lege and Trinity Hall crews from Ox- ford and Cambridge, they will have an opportunity to study the delicate shades of difference between two Dutch crews from the University of Utrecht and to cheer the American strokes of two sim gle scullers from the United States and a Canadian crew of four from Winni- peg rowing in a Yankee-mad paper shell.
 The American competitors are E. H. Ten Eyck of Worcester and Dr. W. S. McDowell of Chicago. There was con siderable uneasiness felt for the entry of young Ten Eyck in the diamond sculls. After a careful inquiry by the Henley regatta copnmittee it was decid- ed that there was no evidence against his status as an amateur oarsman. In him Massachusetts has a representative who may bring home the much coveted trophy He is probably the fastest sculler of his age that this country ever produced. He is only eighteen years old and still a schoolboy He has been coached and trained for this by his father, the professional
 The entries for the diamond souls are:
 Holder (Hon. R. Guinness) does not start R. K. Beaumont, Burton-on- Trent R. C.; H. T. Blackstaffe, Vista R. C.; J. J. Blusse, De Hoop" R. C., Amsterdam; A. F. G. Everett, London R. C.; S. Fairbairn, Jesus college Gam bridge); Hon. E. A. Guinness, Thames R. O.; T. J. Hogan, New Ross B. G., Ireland; B. H. Howe, Trinity Hall (Cambridge); w. S. McDowell, Dela- ware B. o., Chicago; G. McHenry, Thames R. C.; c. K. Phillips, New Col lege (Oxford), and E. H. Ten Eyck, Wa chusett B. C., Massachusetts. Ten Eyck has drawn bye.
 The Winnipeg crew will compete for the Stewards cup, and will have as competitors Leander club, London Rowing club (holder), New College (Oxford) Thames Rowing club Trinity Hall (Canbridge), Utrecht University Boat club and Triton. Winnipeg has been drawn to row the Utrecht Boat club. Organized in 1894, the crew has had a wondrous career under the care of Dan J. Murphy. After fairly sweep ing the Canadian regattas they went to Saratoga and met all the crack Yankee fours. They won in 8:15, thus breaking all records for lake water. They also won the International championship of America in 1895. They have gone to England without substitutes.