St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-28
DELIRloUs OVER DEFEAT.
Sensational Incident of the Inter
Collegiate Sculling Contest at
New London.

Sensational Incident of the Inter-
Collegiate Sculling Contest at
New London.
New LONDON, Conn.,, June 27.-The
features of to-day's races were the ex-
citing contest between Cornell and Col
umbia and the sensational collapse of
the Columbia crew the instant they
crossed the finish. When they stopped
rowing six of them, Bradley No. l,
Mekleheim No. 2, Robertson No. 8,
O'GOrman No. 4, Clapp No. 6, and
FOOte No. z, fell over in a dead faint,
completely exhausted. Five Of the six
broken-dOwn men recovered conscious
ness within a few minutes, but
Meikleteim was unconscious for
fully thirty minutes. The six men
mentioned were then lifted out of their
shell and placed on board the Carrie
Goodwin. While these transfers were
being made the two other men in the
Columbia boat, Tuttle, No. 5, and Pei
ton, stroke, also tainted, and had to be
assisted out of their boat. When the
ters the entire Columbia crew were
and put to bed. The men were in
pretty bad shape. They had been
rowed to a standstill. and had COM
pletely broken down. Tuttle, No. 5,
was quite excited, and at times slightly
delirious. Meikleheim and several
others were slightly hysterical, and
showed plainly the effects of
the severe Strain under which
they had been and of the high
tension of their nervous system when
they found themselves defeated. JAS
per Goodwin, the famous Columbia oars
man, admitted that the men were badly
used up and were still under the
weather, but that there was
nothing serious. From other sources
it was learned that shortly
after the race messenger was sent to
Gales Ferry and physician summoned.
n.y. and it is understood that he will re-
main at the Columbia quarters all night
as a precautionary measure. Many
alarming rumOrS are current about the
condition of two of the COlumbias, but
the Columbia men assert that they
will be all right in the morning; that
they pulled an unusually hard race;
Wefe OutrOwed and exhausted, and gave
up brOken-hearted over their defeat.
The Cornell men, who pulled wonder
fully piucky race, are around town to-
night, feeling bright and sound as
dollar. The following is the official
time of the freshmen race: Harvard,
1921; Columbia, 1928.
The Cornell, Pennsylvania and Column
bia crews came into position at 1880 for
the three-cornered race. When the
word was given Pennsylvania caught
the water first and gained lead of
half length. This they could not
hold, and Cornell quickly dashed to the
front, taking the lead of full length.
They managed to increase their lead to
two lengths, finishing in an apparently
fresh condition. For the last half
mile Columbias stroke had lost
its power, and it was only by
the most determined effort that they
held second place. Cornell's exhibition
was remarkable, and is the talk of the
town. With the lightest crew on the
river they averaged forty per minute
for three miles. Columbia and Penn
sylvania could not stand their gait and
were outrowed from start to finish.
After the race the Cornells rowed back
to their quarters, a distance of four
miles. Cornells' time was 1904; dis
tance not given.