The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-17
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There have been some hrst class instances O I
stupidity IN stee ,ng within the past lew days
Among the many crews here; but even the one
which succee ed in running Gown that natboat
favored win o DONKEY enpine and known as the
| Agawam Jerry has to-day been outdone, and Nth
result too pninlul to be laughed at. The Amherst
men were coming up stream close to tie W st
bank-whch I am told. USAGE has made the
CO rect position Tor all crews comirg up
those downward bound be ng exl ected to
keep on-wnei su idcniy they found them
selves IN sha p collision with a down-coming
crew, which proved TO be the Columbia, ami In
m ment the bow the Amherst boat had crashed
against Two Outriggers In the Columbia boat and.
worse o. all. giancing. had struck number three,
Mr. Edward ;. Rapao, in the right side tear ny his
SKIN and INJECTING deep an painful wound.
MR. RArALLO
Is son OF the well-kn0wn Judge OF our Court Of
APP eals. HIS physician sa;s he has not been in
Jured internally, and OOks for his speedy recovery.
He Is determined to row In the race, and his COM
rades say hat u he Is unit they will, as they nave
no spare man, low rs u Jour oar and they believe
tnat even then they vii not he last. saw the Am
heIst boat Don after al bou' eight leet OF
BrR BOW WAS sHIvRRRD TO PIECES,
while her backbone was broken further up; but
one OF the Amherst freshmen assured me that the
boat OF his class was an exact companion OF the
wreck and would suit tine crew OF the latter quite
as WELL Now, mad the bow of either O. these
boats been Keeping as he should, indeed as it
would seem his common sense would dictate, q
sharp lookout, this blunder would have been
avoided, man would not have been cripp ed, and
$500 worth OF boat rendered worthless in a mo-
ment. bow oarsman used to look around every
io1r i've strokes. but now they get their course
and go 1t blindly. WILLIAM Blake.
The --latest Gossip from the College
Quarters. ID.
aa.8 SPRINGFIELD, Mass July TO- 1873
Wild rumors run ri here tonight. or course,
YALE whO as l wrote may all this time be hiding
her hand, has certainly done SO with consum-
mate skill, il the talk tonight be correct,
only that talk itself being clumsy sequel to
otherwise exceptionally goo generalship. for she
has kept so far away up ryer ana Sggt Of
sight, and when she did SHOW showed SO dN}avora-
bly, that no one has talked her favor or thought
she w6!J he Ia the Kfst two.thirds. But the story
is tonight that Cook, her captain, who went all
the way to England to bring her victory II possible
says his crew will come in first before your
readers again eat their suppers. II so. the
mlscaculations here viii be by thousands.
But the story mas been through too many hands,
and I lear will not wash again. Much capital is
made out OF young RapallO's injury, and Column
bia pipes low about her prospects.
saw four oil her men out by themselves, ne and
his companion Of the waist beng absent.
and it is rumoIed that sponge, soaked with
warm water, is kept constantly on the aiing place.
Then, again, the stroke rowed bareioOted one day
and cut his foot with the toe strap The place Will
not neal, and he rows now with wet sponge un-
der his strap 81.
BUTTONS DEFEAT TO-DAY,
n In M
heart tor the morrow, and indeed from good look
at and word with him. right afterwards, think
he is an over-estimated man. watched him
closely in the race, from the little HERALD steam
yacht, which does sucn good service
here, and was surprised exceedingly to see
him pump out SO fast. Before he was out
three minutes he seemed half stined for
breath He looks soft, and, on close inspection, Q
plump, healthy man, bat the reverse Of strlngy
well-seasoned one VINO would be difncult to
beat. II ne is no better with an oar than with the
SOULS Cornell cannot carry him among even the
nrst four tomorrow or I am greatly mistaken.
Cornell man who has seen much English
rowing tells me he stead, es well alter the first
quarter, though Hurried till then, and then does
good, hard work and keeps at it ALI through.
The new man rowing No. 2 In Williams to-day
does not help her chances much; he looks too thin
through, and with his weak back and ABR eviated
body swing and with the poor rowing VI bow to
keep him company, the chances Of the Williams
men tonight seem poorer rather than better.
Dartmouth seems to be, like many OF the crews.
keeping quiet to-day outstanding its strength
for the hour now so close: and wise was 1t OF
the committee in charge and most convenient for
all visitors that that hour will be four O'Clock now,
80 that one can get home at some hour approach
ing daylight.
Bowdoin was out this morning for q pull over the
course goodly part OF It, and the boys do get In
their forty-two q minute right along, and reach
not only as far as the crew OF Price, their trainer,
did, but nOticeably further. But there Is :he same
lack OF the ease in the boat which the "Aggies"
and some others here have, and they will hardly be
better than three at the very best.
The Aggies, like the Harvard. have not enough
Of strength, and the two men next the ends GER
rainiy do not improve. From what they did to-day
am strongly inclined to think they viii be in the
central cluster the close rather than in the 6rst
or course You want to know, as do ell men here
tonight
"wHo WILL COME HOME FIRST
in the hot struggle now 80 nearf" The best answer
can make is to try to name the ave, from which
you can pick your three, and will do SO alphabet
cally to wit:-Amherst Bowdoin, Cornell Dart
mouth and Harvard. II felt confident that
these viii be the i've, II nothing unwecome comes
to either, as that the winner, If not the Harvard
will have to work nightly for her place, should
feel easier in making the prophecy.
Isaw Harvard this afternoon, and, BY request,
coached them considerably. Their rowing is in
comparaby the best on this water-better in one
way even than John Bigln's, for their backs are
straghter and their work more beautiful. think
they have about as few defects as any
Harvard crew ever saw, and II they
had Just q little more strength the good
| old University would, beyond any doubt,
be happier tomorrow night, aquatically, than ever
she was before All were all right three hours ago,
save tue bow, and he aiing but slightly owing to
| this wretched water.
Cornell. as say, got no good from Dutton's dasco
| to-day, and, moreover, in drawing for positions,
| has bagged the very worst OF al-namey, that
| nnder the eastern shOre--the eleventh. II they