| Show YALE IS DEFEATED the leanders crack eight wins yale by losing this race Is out of the contest A closely contested race henley on the thames july 7 abe yale university crew fell by the wayside today in their first and consequently upon their defeat their only attempt to win the boost highly prized trophy of british the grand challenge cup of the royal henley regatta their were the crack eight of the leander rowing lub whose oare won the cup four times in succession it was a grand race however and the yale men have no reason to feel humiliated at their defeat they were I 1 simply outclassed the scandera Lc beat the new haven crew by a cenath and three quarters covering alie henley course of one mile and yards in immense crowds of people lined the river banks the entire course was a mass of color yale and american flags being very much in evidence there was no wind the eky was overcast and the air was hot bob cooke and pitt man the old cambridge stroke followed the boats over the course on board the umpires launch the great race was preceded by several others alie first heat 0 the race was between F bedding thomas rowing club and R K beaumont of burton on trent beau mot finished five lengths ahead the second heat between vivia Nic kalla and S swan the old trinity hall blue was won by nickalas Nic kalls by a length in alie first trial beat of the eight oared race for the grand challenge cup the contest Dg crews were first trinity ot cambridge and the london rowing club first trinity won by ot a length time the second heat was between new college oxford aal trinity hall cambridge new college won by a length and a quarter in the starting word for the race between yale and leander was given at p m the boats got an excellent start both the water at the bame time emergene rom the upper end of temple island leander was seen to have the forepart of her canvas ahead and soon increased her lead to a quarter ol 01 a length bu t the yale men were pulling bereit long strokes and drove their boit even with that of their opponents to those running behind the boats on the toiv path the seemed to get the noso of their boat in front and it was then a beautiful race to fawley court A reporter who was on board the umpires launch says yale never actually bot the lead but that two or three times they pulled themselves abut ab ut even with leander the con census of opinion however is that yale led at the half mile but leander was a foot ahead at fawley court the leander crew appeared perfectly fresh at the end of the race and rowed at a smart stroke some distance beyond the finish but the yale men deemed to be completely spent |
