The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-07
Beat Out Toronto
Crew For Grand
Challenge,
AMERICAN WINS HIS HEAT.
Howell Passes Hemmerde
in the Diamond
SOULS.

Henley-on- Thames, July 6.-Despite
d somewhat ominous morning, the
greatest crowd of the week attended
the regatta today, the club, land,
houses and the house boats being
centres Of most vivacious and pic
turesque groups of well-groomed men
and women. The American contingent
was well represented. A prominent
ngure was. R. c. Lehman, who coached
the harvard University crew two sea-
sons as he took his place to watch the
t irst trinity eight, whom he had
Masses of boats were on the river.
While the meadows swarmed with
coaches and the crush on the Isthmian
reminded one of an Easter parade on
Fifth avenue, New York.
American interest centered in the
race between the Canadian and the
LONDON rowing club, which proved a
race worth seeing. 1t looked like a
good thing for the visitors, but the
old adage about youth and its day
came painfully into view again. The
Kanucks rowed a wonderfully game
race, but the Londoners certainly i'm
proved as they went along. Ridge
stroked with great judgment, and the
ladvisability of Capt. Loves scratching
his four in the Stewards cup race was
manifested
The seventh heat of the Diamond
SOULS was an attractive event. The
winner of this race would qualify for
the final heat The fact that Hem
merde of the Leanders had rowed so
consistently all through the practice,
making his half-courses in times which
ranged between minutes and 4 min
utes 10 seconds, made him an adver-
sary to be reckoned with. 1t was
thought that he might make the Anglo
American row out and so establish a
new record.
Nothing whatever marred the days
sport until it was nearing a close.
Then occurred the first mishap. This
was when the bad steering of the
Trinity College four caused them not
only to lose the race, but to break their
boat.
At the first attempt Cambridge end
ed with smashed rigger. This was
! the end of a magnificent quartet of
oarsmen. They have no one but them
selves to blame. Had they kept their
heads, it is more than probable they
would have got into the final, but the
trainer and coach proposes, the cox
swain disposes.
| The Elton crew, which got into the
| finals for the ladies' challenge without
rowing today, should easily vanquish
the Pembroke eight tomorrow.
The first heat for the Wyfold chal-
lenge cup for four-oared crews was
won by Trinity Hall, Cambridge, which
beat Kingston by three lengths, in
minutes SO seconds In the second
heat London beat Thames.
| First Trinity defeated the London
Rowing Clubs eight in the sixth heat
of the race for the Thames challenge
cup, finishing Ia lengths ahead, in
minutes 10 seconds.
In the seventh heat the Kingston
Rowing Club defeated Jesus College.
The Leander eight won the fifth heat
of the grand challenge cup by IL
| lengths over Trinity. Time, 6 minutes
Z seconds.
In the sixth heat the London Rowing
Clubs eight defeated the Argonauts OF
Toronto. The sixth heat was mag
nificent race. London started rowing
forty strokes to the minute to the Ca
nadians' thirty-eight, and slipped away
at the outset. They were half length
ahead at the Rectory and at half the
distance of the course were length
and half ahead the time at that point
being 3m. 28s. Then the Argonauts
spurted grandly, creeping up inch by
inch, and at 500 yards from home were
on even terms A struggle ensued, but
London just contrived to stay the bet
ter and won the heat by bare half
boats length. Time, I'm, 15s.
In the first heat for the ladies chal-
lenge plate, eight-oared crews, Penn
broke beat Ridley by two lengths and
a quarter. Time, I'M, 29s.
In the first heat for the visitors chal-
lenge cup for four oared crews, Penn
broke beat Balliol. The second heat
was won by New College over the Mag
dalen four.
The fifth in the contest for the
stewards challenge cup, the favorite,
Hammonia, beat Balliol easily in I'm.
34s.
In the sixth heat for the diamond
challenge SOULS, Blackstaff beat Ashe,
winning as he liked in SIN. Ais. In the
seventh heat B. H. Howell, Thames
Rowing Club, who is an American
student at Cambridge, defeated e. Q.
Hemmerde, Leander Club. Howell
romped away from his opponent and
finished alone.
In the fourth heat Of the silver COB
let's and Nickals challenge cup, pairs.
the st. Georges Hospital Club defeated
the Thames Rowing Club entries. ST.
Georges had practically a walkover
and crossed the finish line in 9m., lis.
The Thames oarsmen upset at first and
ofter the race had been started the