Evening star., 1901-07-05
PENN WAS 0UTROWED
Beaten by-keandef B. G. at Henley
This Mofni1g.
CLOSE CONTEST FOR ENTIRE DISTANCE
Americans Failed Ito Equal Their
Time Of "Wednesday.
MOST EXCITING TUssLE

NJ OST EXCITING TUSSLE
| HENLEY, ENG. July 5.-To the disap-
pointment of all the Americans at Henley
the Leander Rowing Club crew this morn
| Ing defeated the crew of the University Of
| Pennsylvania In the final heat for the
| Grand Challenge cup by length In min
| utes As seconds.
| There was bright sunshine and puffy
cross winds blew from the Bucks shore
| slightly favoring the Leanders' station
| The followers of the British crew eyinced
| the greatest confidence. and Leander mon
| ey was everywhere available. but this con-
| fidence never exceeded anything beyond
| even money. The Pennsylvanians' friends
| picked up several hundred pounds, and q
| Philadelphia occupant of houseboat is
| said to have invested 900 in favor Of his
crew.
Both Crews Cool.
| The Pennsylvanians reached their boat
house at II o'clock apparently as fit as
| possible, while many of the followers of
the red and blue showed marks of the in
| tense strain of the final minutes. The crew
stripped, chatted and laughed as coolly as
! though going out for practice
| Ellis Ward, the American coach, placed
miniature American flag upon the rudder
! OF his boat as the coxswain came to the
| boathouse and said to Smith: Keep that as
| far ahead, my boy. you can
| The following are the names of the two
| crews:
| Leander-C A. Willis, bow; H. ]. Duval-
| Ion. w. Dudley Ward, G. M. Maitland c.
| D. Burnell. ]. E. Payne. c. ]. D. GoldIe,
R. B. Etherington-Smith. stroke; c. 8.
| Maclagan. coxswain.
Pennsylvania-R. R. Zane, bow; R. H.
| Eisenbray, F. L. Davenport. S. Crowther
| jr., A. H. Flickwer, G. 8. Allyn, w G.
| Gardiner, J. P. Gardiner, stroke; l.. J.
| Smith, coxswain.
Penn Led at First.
| Both crews at the start showed no trace
| of nervousness and were sent away in cap
ital style. the Pennsylvanians rowing for
ty-three to the minute and the Leanders
rowing fortytwo. At the end of Temple
Island the Americans led by third of
! length. At Fawley Court. the time was
I minutes 25 2-5 seconds. with the Leanders
| three feet ahead. From there on 1t was
! splendid struggle, out Of which the Lean
| ders gained inch by inch. The mile was
| reached in minutes Is seconds. with the
Leanders half length ahead which they
| increased to three-quarters of a length.
| At the Isthmian. the Pennsylvanians made
a desperate spurt but it was of no avail
and two men weakened perceptibly opposite Q
! the grand stand. The Leanders won by a
| length In minutes AS seconds.
"Simply OutrOvved," Says Ward.
1T was a grand race" said Coach Ward,
as the Leanders crossed the finish line.
| 1--WE were simply outrowed and have no
| other explanation to make"
It certainly was the best and most ex-
| citing tussle ever seen at Henley. There
| was scarcely the advantage Of three feet
in the Leanders station.
The cheering for the contestants as they
l Str1rO1lad tho H. Z {6c E1,op
Henley had never before heard such wild
applause as greeted the ePennsylvanians and
Leanders all down the course, and the
| cheering was delirious from the partisans
| of the Leanders as the latter'S boat, crossed
| the line at the finish ahead Of the Pennsyl-
! vanians
An Englishman's story of the Race.
Theodore Cook, an old oxford oar. wrote
the following full description Of the race
| for the Associated Press:
The morning dawned with splendid
| weather. There was a very slight breeze
off the Bushes. but the wind fell toward
| noon and there was very little difference
indeed in the stations. AS the Pennsyl-
! vantans padded down to the start. all of
| them wearing huge straw hats and broad
| smiles, the crowd gave them a rousng
reception. and they padded gaily through
| the crowd toward Temple Island A few
| minutes afterward the Leanders came out
| and the cheers grew louder still, for there
was an enormous crowd present and after
| the Pennsylvanians' two victories the ex-
| citement was intense for the Americans
| apparently were confident. and though the
! Leanders had said nothing, their beautiful
| form, perfectly together. supple, strong and
| elastic, spoke volumes for their determina-
| ton to make great race. And they
| did, with precisely the result l have invari-
| ably predicted ever since l saw Ellis
Wards boys at their first work on Henley
| Reach
| On I-mnire Williams launch was Coach
| Ward, with Reginald Hart, the Pennsyl-
vania graduate manager.
! Both boats came to the post some time
| before the appointed hour. and all the
| Pennsylvania men seemed happy and COM
! Portable, especially No. and stroke. Capt
| Flickwer watched the wind carefully, but
| 1t was worth only quarter of length at
| the most for the first quarter of a mile, and
| it became a following breeze. with no ad-
| vantage to either as soon the boats
| were past the Farm.
| The ropes used to hold the Berks boat
steady were hardly ever pulled taut. AS
| Umpire william leaned over the bows of
| the launch and said:
"As soon as this puff Of wind has passed
| L will start you. 1 shall say Are you
| ready? once. If there is no answer /
! shall say, Co"
| The Pennsylvanians then squared their
| blades and the coxswain put a megaphone
to his mouth, while everything grew dead
| quiet.
Williams words came with the shock of a
cannon. Are you ready?
| Penasylvania Leads.
| The Leanders' second stroke was in be-
| fore Gardeners, and for short time the
| pink oars were few feet ahead. But the
| Pennsylvanians soon wiped out that differ
| ence, and by the end Of the first minute
both Zane (bow) and Eisenbray (No. p
could the back of the Leanders' bow
| At this encouraging sight all the first four
| oars rowed like demons and the Pennsyl-
vanians We're going faster than they ever
| went before. But they also had a faster
| crew beside them, for now the gap between
| the boats stayed stin and now 1t lessened
inch by inch. for Payne and Burnell
| QLeanders) We're swinging out and showing
| their blades through in magnificent form.
| while the Pennsylyanians kept up exactly
the same hard clock-work smash. and
| F'lickwer began to watch that bow beside
| him creep up slowly for another hundred
yards, and as both crews, at the highest
5nsr pressure passed ,e, tine Farm the
Then came that crisis In the race which