Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-07
Athletics Disgraced.

ARRIVAL OF THE CORNELL CREW AND ACCOUNT
OF HOW sCHINKEI. SOLD OUT THE RACES
The Cornell crew, before noticed as having
arrived in New York from London by the steam
ship Spain, have been besieged by reporters
but they seem very reticent In regard to the
matter of Schinkels treachery Commodore
Chase, when asked where Schnkc was replied:
ION! In Paris, suppose, spending his i-gOtten
gains" He also said: IF Schinkel dares DENY
his treachery and makes a fight, we can bring
abundant proof to convict him." He was after
ward drawn somewhat into conversation and
said: I'VE never suspected him crooked. though
he was always Directing to any new improve
ment. believe he served squarely i'm the Stew
ards race. That was lost race from the start.
as from our position We could not possibly win
In the next race-the Metropolitan, at Putney,
July 14th-his conduct was suspicious. He
never let the stroke go over forty, when forty
four could have been made with ease. His
strokes were also remarkably weak. We could
have taken second place, but Schinkel seemed
to drop off suddenly near the finish. Even then,
the general opinion was that Schnke had acted
as he did through Observation-Disclosures believing that
the crew had no hope Of winning. In the
Vienna race his conduct was such as to elicit our
strongest suspicious, but even then we were not
certain until a member Of the Vienna Regatta
Committee came to us and said that Schinkel
had been paid ], 500 forms (abOut 5000 to lose
the race. The money was paid by one of the
most prominent men in Vienna. / can give
names. if necessary. 1 acted as spokesman, and
accused him of it, telling him to clear himself at
once if he could. Then he denied his guilt, but
cOntradicted himself in many particulars.
''The race was rOwed on the Danube August
IL. We started well together, pulling strongly.
and at the end of the quarter-mile were five
lengths ahead OF the Austrians. / was steering
when hard work seemed to come on me all at
once. We were limited to the middle of the
river, and | had trouble in keeping the boat
straight. This was because Schinkers stroke
seemed to lose all its force. We were not tired
as We had not exerted ourselves: vet the boat
no longer gained Schinkel almost stopped
rowing. and the three others did all the work
Suddenly Schinkel braced himself, gave a half
dozen strong pulls, and then dropped his oar
He pretended to be sick, but there were no evil
dences of sickness. We asked him if he could
not brace up, but he only groaned. We threw
water on him, and then turned the boat and
went back.
''Schinkel had no money when he went to
Vienna, but after the race he was seen with
plenty of money, jewelry and seemed to be hay
ing good time. We did not say anything to
him in Vienna, and he returned with us to Lon
don. We there accused him of having sold the
race. He denied it. We told him he had dia-
mOnd ring and draft on New York. He de-
MED that. We asked permission to search his
person and his trunk. He refused at first, but
finally said we might search his trunk. We did
not do so, for we knew he could have secreted
what we were looking for on his person. We
then got rid of him. He came back the next
day and wanted his return ticket on the Spain.
We would not give it to him, for we did not
want his company"
When asked if they knew anything Of Schin-
kel's having sold out to betting men in Ithaca
the members Of the crew said they knew moth
ing more than what was In the papers.
GREAT Cur IN FREIGHT RATEs.-Owing to
the immense shipments Of -four from Minneapo-
lis to Chicago for eastern use, sharp competi-
ton has sprung up between the eastern trunk
lines as to carrying it. One manager stated on
Monday that -four was being taken from Chicago
to New York for Is cents per barrel This is an
unprecedented cut of rates.
ELEVEN MEN BLOWN TO ATOAs.-A special dis
patch from Marquette, Mich, says that q powder
explosion occurred there yesterday morning in
the packing house of the Lake Superior Powder
Company. Eleven men were blown to atoms
and small pieces Of their bodies were blown In
every direction.
FOREST FIRES N MICHIGAN.-There has been
no rain in six weeks In the Saginaw Mich val
ley, and heavy fires are burning and doing Inn
mense damage to property. Reports of numbers
Of farm houses. barns and crops being burned in
Saginaw and TuscOla counties come In Proba-
bly, 10000 worth of property has been de-
stroyed In the valley during the past week.
The readiustere Of the Spottsvlynnia VA,