The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27
ECHOES OF THE BIG RACE.
CoRNELL,s VICTORY AND WHAT rs
BEING SAID OF II.

Not ~ater-Lehmn does TO Cambridge 10
Have = Degree Conferred Upon nim-Goed-
rich. the Harvard Captain. Reelected.
~oueHKEEPsIE. Juno 2e.-This evening Coach
Charles Courtney OF the Cornell crow said:
"Inever made a signod statement In my life,
and n statement purporting to DO signed by mo
and appearing in a New York newspaper this
morning is an Internal lie. I wish you would
tell THE SUN so. l have showed no par
TALLY to newspaper reporters, and said
very few words yesterday about the race.
1 was asked to ~criticise the English stroke, but 1
declined TO do 80, as l have enough to do TO
criticise my own crews. was not interviewed
by a reporter Of tho newspaper In question, and
! did not use the language attributed to me In
| that journal.
Rudolph c. Lehman, before leaving Red Top
this morning, denied having been interviewed
by any newspaper man after the race yesterday.
Further, he stated positively that all the alleged
interviews with him woro fakes" pure and
simple. He did not make a signed statement or
authorize the publication OF a statement bearing
his name or make any abatement for publica-
ton. The Harvard crews left Red Top
this morning, but before going Goodrich was
reelected Captain and it was announced that
mfr. Lehman had decided to defer his departure
for Europe and will attend the Harvard COM
mencement Wednesday, whom the degree Of A. NJ.
Will 10 NOnlCIECuu HO hIlh III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
will be heard with o great deal Of interest, as 1t
shows tho respect and osteom felt for Lehman
! at Harvard, and is a tribute to his ability and
accomplishments outside the domain of aquatlcs.
Interest in the Cornell-C Columbia Pennsylvania
races on Wednesday and Friday Of next woek
will be heightened when It is understood that
Coach Courtney feels that they will be close. He
said tonight:
1.-THE races next week will, I believe. DO hotly
contested"
1t Is Pennsylvania whose crews are uncertain
factors in tho contests. The Quakers do excel.
lent work one day and make an Indifferent
showing tho next. Their best work Is good
enough to make Cornell row tho race out to the
end. Columbia is not regarded as being in very
good condition. and tho time before tho race is
almost too short to bring about much improve
ment.
In view of Courtney's reported remark that he
regarded this years crew as fast as the record
breaker of last year, some surprise has been ex-
pressed that the time made Friday was not
lower. On this point Courtney insists that the
Cornell varsity eight Is very fast, but he
says that the conditions were not as favorable
run out too far. Tho crew encountered slack
water at the end Of the course.
pour in on the coach OF the Cornell crew. They
came last night until he was obliged to beg the
ItltRThpn uhnN&eT I'LL q Tt6tt u DeIOTe
noon to-day no had received twenty-five more.
An important announcement was made by
would probably be no change in the lineup Of the
crews when they me- Pennsylvania and Column
bia next week. An exception may DO made in
seat at No. z was filled by n substitute to-day. as
he is suffering from boils on his neck and arm.
Otherwise Courtney thinks the crews will not be
After their work IN tho race yesterday the
showing no traces of stiffness or exhaustion.
The freshmen went out for the first time since
Wednesday. and both crews rowed several miles
noted. The crews were. out twice to-day
and showed no traces OF staleness or any desire
to slight practice. The water was very ohoppy
all day. Andrew oDea, the University Of
Wisconsin COACH: was a visitor a. cosneli's
s e. 0G nafura al q iaFsf her m's ssrose. a1 6'De to
waass a and de Goursn w!ts shares arr tf Ris c Tiews on 5'R ESis
subject. In any event. the Wisconsin eight is
likely to be represented in the races on the Hud.
Ths despatch from New Haven that Yale pro;
and he said that Cornell would make no reply
to such a prGpp S ydpn Until II it mad been
that Yale would take any such unsportsnan-
like. position. Mr.. Murdoch believes that Cor
i nsits en ndietGTS ys as Il Wiil w serve eF fo aetra ser am nfh.
tious young men to her who might otherwise go
The Columbia freshmen took a mile pull on
time this evening: Their time was not given
out; The Pennsylvania crews rowed afternoon
and morning, This afternoon they rowed to the
icehouse and back again, q distance altogether
of four miles.
Cornelrs great victory over Harvard and Yale
Was discussed by almost every body yesterday.
those who were not posted as to the Inside work.
inRs OF things ut Poughkecpsie was an undenia-
who Wis ,s SC ski nTi y coached hSi Ithhe the %inSer sy the me1
Courtney. though not expressing opinions for
publication. knew all along what, kind. of a
varsity crew he had, and in a confidential chat
with a Sun man last Monday at Poughkeepsie
he practically called the turn in both the fresh
and Friday respectively. When THE Sun man
asked him point blank for an opinion OF the
t tsiSnn But t When hho he reeeiyed d. as saSS Ss't tbst b is
opinion would not be published he said:
II an not banking much on my freshman
crew. Harvard'S youngsters are good, but Yale's
eight is the fastest of The lot.
As 1t turned out Yale won, Harvard was acc
Earding the varsity race Courtney expressed
years. 1t is no faster, mind you. but It can
equal the notwithstanding time made by the
oS5aHi saF II We h Sre beaten ease 5 bg el 1nde H sImiISf
or Yale the winning crew will have to establish
nell eight was not pressed enough to, equal
last years time. The victory Of the !thacans
Yea Yea th %0'i il pccp orneIl 0 %as b sas Pufitti0 would Gshti
BIO her last chance to meet the Cambridge and
New Haven crews. for they had openly declared
that in the event OF such an occur
at New London next year. The success
Of the Comedians. therefore, was hailed
with supreme satisfaction on all sides. and there
is an almost unanimousd desire to see these crews
meet again. As a prominent college man said
last night:
"cornell's triumph means that Harvard and
Yale must meet her again. Courtney's methods
have proved the most efficient. but Cook and
lehman should try once. more 10 beat him.
The race was 30 barron of tukes and the vic.
tory was SO pronounced that Harvard and Yale
cannot gracefully avoid another contest next
year"
Coach lehman, II is said. may return TO
America again to renew his efforts Mt Harvard.
There seems to he an opinion that no didn't
have, sufficient time to put his ideas thor
oughly into effect, and that with an
other year OF labor he might be more success
full. Rowing men who have been watching
Lehmann's efforts carefully say that his hardest
task was to inangurate the English system OF
training and rowing in the face Of customs
which had prevailed for years at Cambridge,
and with which the crew men had become thor
ouRhly imbued.
"Lehmann's task was much. harder than
when he coached the Oxford and Lcander crews
on the other side" said n veteran oarsman