Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-04
HENLEY REGATTA.
Pennsylvania Wins Her First
Heat With Ease.
Trims London Rowing CIub--leander
Wins from New College.
landss's Time, 7.0s. Pennsylvania Under
Same csndiiisas, TOT Is.

opened, Wednesday. although owing to
the large number of entries for the
Thames Challenge cup, three heats IN
the contest for that trophy were rowed
Tuesday afternoon. and were won by
Trinity Hall. Cambridge. the School of
Mines Rowing Club and the Kingston
Rowing Club. The results. "Wednesday.
We're: $50
Wyford Challenge cup, fifst heat.
Kingston Rowing Club. beat Trinity
College. Oxford: time. sos.
The Grand Challenge cup. first heat.
Leander Rowing Club. beat New Col
lege. Oxford; time. 100.
Second heat. Pennsylvania beat Lon
don Rowing Club by three lengths:
time. 7.01 2-5.
Ladies' Challenge plate, first heat.
Worcester College. Oxford. beat Jesus
College. Cambridge; WOrcester's time,
|1l7.
Wyfold Challenge cup. second heat.
Christ College, Cambridge. beat the
Royal Artillery Rowing Club; Christ
Colleges time was SOC.
In the Diamond Challenge SOULS,
first heat, Johnson beat A. Cloutte;
Johnson's time was sos.
The Diamond Challenge SOULS, Sec
Ond heat: G. Ashe beat w. G. Bond
Ashes time was s.4S.
Ladies Challenge plate. second heat:
Eton Rowing Club beat Trinity Col
lege. Dublin. The Elton boys won cas-
lily in 7.25.
The regatta begun under favorable
conditions. The sun was bright and
The attendance. however. did not equal
expectations and in no way reached
that of Yale's year. Comparatively few
American flags or prominent Ameri-
cans were visible.
Bob" Cook. in his final summary Of
the Pennsylvanians' prospects. said:
NO American crew was ever at Hem
ley with better prospects. They are in
splendid condition and confident. They
will. in my opinion, meet Leander in
the finals. when I fear the English
men will beat Them
The Pennsy!vanians. after their heat
for the Grand Challenge cup, disem-
barked at their boat house apparently
as fresh as when they left It. There
was no sign of exhaustion on the rart
Of any member of the crew. The stroke,
Gardiner. said:
I'VE pulled pretty lively at the finish
but there was no time in the race when
we had any doubt about the result
Ellis Ward, the coach. said:
THE crew did the work. today.
which I expected. Their performance
was most creditable. but to me it was
in no way a surprise. There was no
advantage whatever in the stations, to-
day. and all conditions Of the race and
the management were as pet4ect as
possible. 4~sSsS
;''Our work. today. I think, Has DEM
onstrated our ability to uphold the
credit Of the University OF. Pennsyl-
vania against any crew we may meet.
After the race. Prof. White of the
University of Pennsylvania, said: II
took Stroke Gardeners pulse as he left
the boat. which was about SO. Gardi-
ner told me the race was merely prac-
tice."
The only event which aroused any
defeat of the crew of Trinity College.
Dublin. Elton led from the stand and
defeated Trinity by three lengths in I
minutes. 25 seconds. As Trinity is to
oppose Pennsylvania at Killarney, July
IL. that race is regarded as walkover
for the Americans.
Hickman's heat against Blackstaffe
for the Diamond Challenge SOULS was a
very tame affair. The Canadian an
peared to be listless and tired, and did
not do himself Justice Blackstaffe led
at the Island and soon increased his
lead to two lengths. Both men took
things easy. Blackstaffe won almost
as he liked by two lengths.
Theodore Cook. the old Oxford oarsman,
who rowed for his university against
Cambridge and who helped Lehman
coach Harvard. has written the following
for The Associated Press:
The Pennsylvanians were on the right
side of the river as you looked from the
start to the finish.
The members Of the London Rowing
Club crew averaged 16S pounds each as
against 164 pounds each of the Pennsyl-
vantans. but the Americans looked far
coach of the London crew, who also
watched from the umpire's boat, did not
seem TO like the prospect. His fears were
justified. for although his crew got ahead
vania. whipping In at Al, soon cut down
the dinerence and began to go ahead very
quickly, getting lead of q long quarter,
Of length at the Farm with the Lon
don crew rowing hard behind them. The
Englishmen were quite unable to press
the leaders and Pennsylvania passed
Fawley Court boat house clear and away,
rowing well within themselves at q laye;
and strong IS which suited them capital
~. No. s. and No. were doing especially
well at this point and John Gardiner,
though his style is not attractive, was
doing just what his crew needed and In
the best way any stroke could do It. They
negotiated the half course in 3.24 and I'M
began to take on the full pres
sure which had lasted up to- this time.
The London crew spurted then, hut they
only produced the effect OF falling still
further back and the race was PRACTICAL
ly over when Pennsylvania passed the
lengths to the good. The Course was
In minutes, 2-5 seconds.
1.-The victory will do the boys good but
the silence with which 1t was received at
the finish was an indication that no one
considered II a final verdict as to their
race against frst-class combination.
1T will be noticed that the Leander
crew. rowing against New College five
minutes before the Pennsylvania, race,
and when the conditions were just the
same, made three seconds quicker time
to the half course and when the Pennsyl-
vanians tind themselves pushed at this