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Show AUBURN, N V . July 17. W j Charles Courtney, so called vizard J Of the Finger lak' 5, who has coached I the Cornell crews which hohl every j Towing record In America, died Bud denly at his summer hotae ;i I 'at I (lcy's point, on Cayuga lake, at about 11:30 this normal; 9 Coach Courtm y bad been out on E the lake fishing this morning and I shortly after 11 o'clock he came in, I leaving his boat and oars itncared I for. a departure from his usual methodical me-thodical habits Ho told Mrs Court- L ney he was 111 and she hastened for I help. Upon her return Ihe veteran I coach was found dead in Ihe bath j room. Dr. E. G. Fish, of Union I S. ilngs. pronounced death duo to an I attack of opopolexji I Coach Courtney several years ago f at a regatta at I'oughkoepsle, on the I Hudson, figured in a train wreck, being thrown from bis berth and suffering Injury of the head. Ho had I since been r.ubject to hemorrhages I from the nose and It Is believed the I stroke today probably result! d fn ui I the old injury. I no |