New-York tribune., 1901-07-06
DETAILS OF HENLEY RACE.
OF ENGLISH STROKE
THE BETTER, SAYS BOB" COOK
EBy The Associated Press. !


Henley July 5.-To the disappointment of all the
Americans at Henley the Leander Rowing Club
-ew this morning defeated the crew of the Uni
rsrsftv Of Pennsylvania in the final heat for the
Grand Challenge Cup. There was bright sunshine
nd puffy crosswinds blew from the Bucks shore
eighty favoring the Leanders' station The fol-
,ouers of the British evinced the greatest
confidence, and Leander money was everywhere
available. but this confidence never exceeded any
ching beyond even money. The Pennsy vanian ns'
friends picked several hundred pounds, and a
philadelphia occupant of a houseboat is said to
have invested $500 in favor of his crew.
The Pennsylvanians reached their boathouse at
Il o'clock apparently as fit possible. while many
Of the followers of the Red and Blue showed marks
~ the intense strain of the final minutes. The
crew stripped and chatted and laughed as coolly
IS though going out for practice Ellis Ward their
coach placed a miniature American flag upon the
rudder of his boat the coxswain came to the
boathouse and said Smith
.Keep that as far ahead. my boy. you can"
HOW THE RACE WAS RoWED.
Roth crews, at the start showed trace of
nervousness. and were sent away in capital style,
she Pennsylvanians rowing forty-three to the min
ure and the Leanders forty-two At the end of Tenn
nile Island the Americans led by three men. AT Faw
lev the time minutes 25es seconds, with the
Teanders three feet ahead. From there on it was
singdong a splendid struggle, out of which the
Teanders gained inch by inch. The mile was
reached in minutes Is seconds with the Leanders
half length ahead. which they increased to
.bree-o arters of a length. At the Isthmian the
pennsvlvanians made desperate squirt. but 1t was
IN good and two men weakened perceptibly oppo-
i.a the erandstand. The Leanders. as already
obIed won by a length. Time, minutes AS sec
onds
,oonders crossed the finish line. We were sim
ply outrowed, and nave no other eAPa"a0N ~
make"
= certainly was the best and most exciting tussle
rer seen at Henley. There was scarcely the aa-
o,+aee Of three feet in the Leanders' station Inc
besrina for the contestants as they struggled Tor
.ho lead was terrific. Even Henley had never be-
-. taard such wild applause greeted the Fenh-
sr,vanians and the Leanders all down the course
"a the cheering was delirious from the partisans
- the Ieanders as the atters boat crossed the hne
:. 4he finish ahead OF the Pennsylvanians
The Americans padded slowly to the raft ana
-, choir boat out of the water. Their appear
.,oa indicated that they had hard hght strip
Ming as quickly possible. the PennsYl'aIaiis
were soon in the water for swim
1EANDERs TOO STRONG FOR THEM
Stroke Gardiner smiled as he greeted represen-
tative of The Associated Press, saying
I'VE did not think it. but they were TOO strohs'
-rben r1ungiug into the water. he seemed almost
dazed for moment while his brother sitting on
the hath steps. watched the minute pass that lie
remained under water But Gardiner popped up
quickly and groped his way to the resting board
IT, iI,tas later all the crew were out again, and
while Bob Cook of Pennsylyaia and scores crew 9T
cheerily declared they had given the Leanoers al
fhev had and had never rowed in better form.
M White said the crew came through the oroea
as fine as possible and Captain flckWer sala 'ia'
individually the crew did splendldly o .,,
anv other the coxswain s6id. our start was nor noo
os 1ond as vest erdaY Yet it was fair start l ne
,zind was much against US and in trying TO avoid
puffv gusts 1 was afraid twice that | might lou iou
fea1der we were rowing about forty all through
as near as I could gauge We LED a DIT up 10 tile
end of the island but at Fawley they LED ny le"
feet and we were never able to regain IT.
1T was simply a matter OF a better crew oe-
clare4 hoth Hart and Ward. I'VE think we have
done better than any other American crew. and
though beaten by the best crew in England, we did
everything we expected, except win.