The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-03
AMERICANS WHAT HENLEY
Pennsylvania Crew Defeats Its
Rival in fhe Preliminary Heat.
six Lengths Ahead of the London
Rowing Clubs Eight ut the Fin
ish-Their Splendid Works EvoElcs
Admiration From All Spectators.

Rowing Clubs Eight ut the Fin
ish-Their Splendid Works EvoE1cs
Admiration From All Spectators.
/ HENLEY. july 3.-The Henley Royal
/ regatta opened here today. the University
OF Pennsylvania crew defeating the Lon
l don Rowing Club eight in the second heat
IN the first heat for the Grand Challenge
| Cup. in which the Leander Club and the
! New College. Oxford, ejsbts were paired
against each other, the former Won
/ The Pennsylvania oarsmen won their
/ heat against the London Rowing Club in
easy fashion, finishing six lengths ahead
/ of their opponents. Although the London
I crew was the quickest to get away, Penn
/ syivauia had secured the lead before the
| top of the island was reached. They then
( set such fast pace that the I.oaaoncrs
/ could not live with them. The Americans
rowed right away from their rivals, win
ming with apparently little effort in seven
minutes one and two-ffths seconds
The Lcander-New College race was nip
I and tuck at the start, but the superior
! form of the Leanders soon told and they
Won the heat by one and three-quarters
( lengths Their time OVER the course WIS
seven minutes and nine seconds. The rec
! ord for the course is six minutes ffty-one
seconds and was made by New College
in 1897 and the Leanders in 1891
| The morning dawned warm and sunny
in contrast with the successive rain
storms that had prevailed since Sunday.
/ There was a slight northeast breeze
! which favored neither combatant. Penn
/ syIvauia drew the bucks" side, which the
| winner Of each OF the three heats for
the Thames Challenge Cup had yesterday.
The first heat for the Grand Challenge
Cup between the Leander and New Col
lege Clubs was ~ovved at 1926, and the
| second heat between the London Rowing
Club and Pennsylvania at l2:4G. The
| weights of the respective crews in the
second heat were as follows:
Pennsylvania Zane, 163; Isenbrey. 155;
/ Davenport. I5S: Crowther. IG9; FHckwir
tcaptafn). I73; Allyn, 17s; W. G. Gardiner
Ia; G. P Gardiner. I54, and L. J Smith
(coNswain), 112-
London-Mercer, 142; Howard, 10; Fra
zer. III; Adams. IS2; Payne, 1S5; Western,
10. Crane. IL; Rudge, I43; Tolkern COX
swami IL
! Americans were numerous in the gaily
/ dressed throng that watched the races
from the banks and in the pleasure boats
that lined the course Many of them
I wore the red and blue colors Of Pennsyl-
vania. There was little betting. LeandeF
was the favorite for the final heat
yI-T7fr n
had remained stationary in niidstream
! above the winning post while two opening
minor events were decided, padded slow
| ly down the course to the starting point
( amid continuous handclapping and cries
Of encourag cement. Their easy precision
and s3noothness Of style evoked admiring
remarks from American and English spec
| tators alike
After winning their heat the Pennsyl-
vania men changed their clothing and
when they had cooled of took a carriage
from the boathouse of the regatta com
rnittee. where they keep their shell, to the
Five Horseshoes at the top OF Remenhan
Hin. They win continue the strictest
training throughout the regatta period.
but they VIII probably take II easy after
that until they go to Ireland to row the
Dublin University crew.
The PeHnsyIvaniaus say that the Lean
ders are a great crew. and that the best
men viii win the cup II they lose they
say they viii have no objections 10 make,
as all Of them are at their top form The
Leander crew is the only one that has yet
: won the cup from the Berkshire side Of
the course
The Americans immeasurably outcIassed
the London eight The Londoners' stroke
was 20 a minute and the Pennsylvania 5
d at the start. London led by few feet
to a point halfway up to Temple Isl
and, where Pennsylvania took them in
hand and, pulling most evenly and pow
/ erfuIIy forged ahead as they emerged
/ above the island. The Americans increas-
ed their lead to three-quarteTs Of length
/ at the Rectory. Here London made their
, ONLY struggle For about 800 yards thy
succeeded in preventing the Americans
, from increasing their lead, but then the
/ dark -jerseyed crew were seen TO come
! right ahead and put daylight between the
| boats.
At FowIey. aree minutes and twenty
four seconds from the start, the Ameri-
cans mad increased their lead 10 two and
three-fOurths lengths. At the mile, where
, they were still rowing q forty stroke the
Iondoners were pulling only thirty-siZ a.Id
, J were rolling badly in the boat from eX-
. haustfon. F'o- the last half mile Pcnn@yI
vanfa 10 longer had them for opponents
and simply did their utmost to establish
: a time record for the trial. They finished
perfectly fresh amid the greatest cheer
ing of the day in which could be hearc
, ! their college yell, shouted by their friend.
: on the banks
Leander for the last half mile Of III,
contest with New College did not race
j., New College finished with numbers ], >
= and fallen in u faint over their oars
The betting on the result Of the final is
. now even between Pennsylvania and .
- ander
In the heats for the Thames ChaHeHg.
: Cup for cight-oared crews Trinity Hall
, of Cambridge beat the London RoWin:
= Club By one and a half lengths in sever
= minutes twenty-five seconds
The heat between St George Ashe. O
Cambridge, and W. G. Bond, Of LeanJe-
. WAS won by the former.
r THE AYERS ENQUIRY ENDED.
Grand Jury to Report TO the COur
. Next Week
@ The grand Jury has concluded its fnvcs