| Show leanders won by a length in great boat race henley england july athe lean ders defeated the vespers of philadelphia in the second beat for the grand challenge cup the englishmen won by a length time 7 minutes t second the weather clerk provide splendid weather for the keenly anticipated struggle between the vespers and the leandore Le andere this was the first race of the day and the widespread interest taken in it was evidenced by the crowds which thronged thron ged all the vantage points along the course and congregated in tho vicinity of the winning post long before the hour for the start the philadelphians ians arrived at the boat house at 1030 all fit and full of go they launched their boat and set oft on a paddle at 1146 a m amidst encouraging cou raging shouts from a big gathering of their compatriots and the friendly cheers of ake british the slight breeze towards the bucks embre gava the leanders who had the berkshire side a little advantage in position the americans shortly before the time set for he race rowed up to the starting line but the leanders shell was brought up by the outsiders the british crew driving up to the starting point in carriages and embarking thence in the second heat of the deml finals for the grand challenge cup the belgians beat the london rowing club by three time 20 minutes 30 seconds As the boats came up to the line preparatory lo 10 the start the british oarsman oarsmen seemed the mora composed of the two crews the boats got away together but nervousness of the participants was shown by splashing which marked their first half dozen strokes the leanders started with a stroke of 41 to the minute and the vespers 39 the nose of the british craft forged slightly to the front but there was not much to choose between when they passed island in the record time of 47 seconds the phiang however soon began to give signs that the hard work was telling on them the leanders dropped their stroke to 37 but tha vespers could not recover the lead of a half crew which the leanders had made the lead increased to a full length when abree quarters of a mile had been covered the leanders again slowed down their stroke to 34 but they always maintained a safe lead in the last quarter the vespers made a desperate spurt and quickened their stroke rapidly the americans responded and their boat gradually forged up until only three quarters of a length separated the two prows the effort however was futile the leanders had plenty in hand they responded to the spurt of their opponents and passed the winning post a full length angad both crews finished strong PRIZE FIGHTER unconscious portland ore july 4 A special to the oregonians oregonian Ore gonian from alberdeen Am berdeen wash tonight states that fred rosa who was knocked out by jack mcdon i ftc aid 0 olympia today has not recovered consciousness no warrant has been sworn out against mcdonald but he will not bellowed to leave aberdeen until it is knoon whether or not ross will die |
