Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-11
Crew Of The University Of Pennsylvania
Defeated by Lsander. u
TIME, I MIN, 44-5 SECONDS
The British Crew Won by a
.8sp Length.
DETAILS OF THE INTERESTING RACE

heat for the grand challenge cup. There
waa bright sunshine, and puffy cross
winds from the Bucks shore eighty
favored the Leanders station. Tho
followers of the British crew eyinced
the greatest confidence, and Leauuer
muney was every where available, but
this confidence never exceeded anything
beyond even money. The Penpsy Ivan
ian's friends picked up several hundred
pounds. and Philadelphia occupant
of houseboat is said to have invested
f500in favor OF his crew. Leander won
bys length; time, Z minutes, 4 4-5
seconds.
The Pennsylvanians reached their
boathouse at ii o'clock apparently as
fit as possible, while many of the fol-
lowers OF the Red and Blue showed
marks Of the intense strain of the final
minutes. The crew stripped, chatted
and laughed as ooolly as though going
out for practice. Ellis Ward, the
American coach, placed a miniature
American flag upon the fudder of his
boat as the coxswalp came to the bost-
house, and said to Smith: keep that
rs far ahead, my boy, as you can"
The following are the names of the
crews:
Leander-C. A. Willis. bow; II. j.
Duyallon. W.. Dudley Ward, G. NJ.
Maitland, O. ID. Burnell. j. E. Payne,
o. j. ID. Goldie, r. b. Eterington.
Smith, stroke; q. s. MaoLagan, cox
swain.
Pennsylvapia-R. R. Zane, bow !;
r. II. Eisenbray, f. L. Davenport,
S. Orowther, Jr., A. II. Flickwer, g.
s. Allyn, ". q. Gardiner, j. P.
Gardiner, stroke; L. ]. Smith, cox
swain.
Both crews, at the start. showed no
trace of nervousness, and were sent
away In capital style. the Pennsy Ivan.
ians rowing 43 to the minute, and the
Leanders rowing 40. At the end of
Temple Island, the Americans led by
a third OF length. At Fawley the
time was minutes, 2o go seconds, with
Leander three feet ahead. From there
on, 1t was splendid struggle, out of
which Leander gained inch by inch.
The mile was reached in minutes, l5
seconds, with Leander half length
ahead. which it increased to three.
quarters of length. Al the IsthmIan,
the PennBylvanians made desperate
squirt but 1t was Of no avail, and two
men weakened perceptibly opposite the
grand stand.
1T was a grand race" said Coach
Ward. as Leander crossed the finish
line. I'VE were simply outrowed, and
have no other explanation to make. >,
IL certainly was the best and most
exciting tussle ever seen at Henley.
There was scarcely the advantage Of
three feet in the Leander's station.
The cheering for the CONTESTANTS as
they struggled for the lead was terrific,
Even Henley had never before heard
such wild applause as greeted the
Pennsylvanians and Leander all down
the course, and the cheering was deliri-
GUS from tie partisans OF Leander as
the latter's boat CROSSED the line at tn Q
finish ahead of the Pennsylvanians.
DETAILS OF THE RACE.
Theodore Cook, an Oxford oarsman.
wrote the following frll description OF
the race for The Associated Press:
The morning dawned with splendid
weather. There was a very slight
bresze off the bushes, bus the wind fell
towards noon. sn0 there was very little
difference indeed in the stations. As
the Pennsylvanians padded down to
the start, all of them wearing huge
straw hats and broad smiles, the crowd
gave them a rousing reception, and
they padded Raily through the crowd
towards Temple Island. A few minutes
afterwards, Leander came out and the
cheers grew louder still, for there was
an enormous crowd present; and after
the Pennsylvanians' two victories, the
excitement was intense, for the Ameri-
CABS were evidently confident; and
though the Leanders had said nothing.
their beautiful form, perfectly together.
supple, strong and elastic stroke spoke
volumes for their determination to
make great race. And 80 they did,
with precisely tine result haye5invari-
ably predicted ever since i saw Ellis
Ward's boys at their first work on Hen.
ley reach.
On Umpire Willen's launch was
Coach Ward, with Reginald Hart, the
Pennsylvania graduate manager.
Both boats came to the post some
time before the appointed hour. and all
the pennsylvania men seemed happy
aud comfortable, especially No. 6 and
stroke. Capt. Flickwer watched tho
wind carefully, but it was worth only a
quarter length at the most for the first
quarter Of mile. and 1t became fol-
lowing breeze, with no advantage to
either, as soon as the boats wers past
the farm.
The ropes used to hold the Berks boat
steady were hardly ever pulled taut. As
Umpire Willen leaned over the bow of
the launch, he said: "As soon as this
pun Of wind has passed, l will start
you. 4 shall say Are you ready2' once.
II there is no answer, / shall say
Go. ~ The Pennsylvanians then
squared their blades, and the ooxswain
put q megaphone to his mouth, while
everything was, dead quiet. Willen's
words came with the shock of a cannon:
Are you ready2" Leander's second
stroke was 10 before Gardeners, aud
for . short time the pink oars were
Few feet ahead. But the Pennsy lyanians
soon wiped out that difference, and nv
the end OF the first minute both Zane
tbowJ and Eisenbray mo. 81 could see
the back OF Leander's bow. At this
encouraging sight, all the first four oars
rowsd like demons, and the Peunsyl.
vanians were going faster than they
ever went before. But they also had a
faster crew beside them, for now the
gap between the boats stayed still, and
now " lessened inch by inch, for Payne
and Burnell (Leander) were swinging
out and showing their blades through
in magnificent form. while the Pennsyl-
vanians kept up exactly the same hard
clockwork smash, and Flickwer began
to watch that bow besiue him Green up
slowly for another hundred yards; and
as both crews, at the highest Of their
pressure. passed the farm, Leander
drew up exactly level.
then came chat crisis in the race
which foretold. II was splendid
sight to see the American bows refuse