St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04
The W|NNIPECS WIN.
Four Brawny Manitobans Take
the Chief Event of the Year
at MinnetOnka.
The LUPlineS Break an Outrlg-
ger and Drop Out of
the Race.
A Surprise in the Victory of
the Minnesotas Over the st.
Paul Double.
Pearson, Of Duluth, Rows ALI
Over the Lake, but Beats
Brown.

The great Northwestern rowing event
Sf the wear was decided at Lake Mime
tonka last evening. The senior four of
Winnipeg beat the Minnesotas and Lur-
lines. and will take the Sir Donald A.
Smith cup home with them. There was
only one thing lacking to make the clos
ing day a great success, and that was
good races. The conditions could not
have been more favorable, but fate was
against the Oarsmen. Still, the crowd
was not disappointed, except the Min
neapolis people. The LurliAes have
not made a good showing this year, but
had fortune not been against them
Yesterday it might have been different.
it was dead sure that the Winnipegs
would win the senior four. That is,
every one thought it was dead sure eX-
cept the Lurlines, and while they had
little to say, they had great confidence
in their crew. And the result showed
that every one except the Lurllnes was
at fault, for had not the Minneapolis
crew met with an accident, it is pretty
certain that they would have carried off
the race. But the Ounigger broke, and
that put them out of the race. At
the last moment the Minnesota
four, which won the junior four Friday,
decided to enter the race. The course
was one and one-half miles straight
away. from the Lake Park hotel to Min
netonka Beach. The LurlineS drew the
center and the MinnesotaS the outside.
When the shot was fired the Winnipegs
were first to catch the water and the
Minnesotas last. The water was a tritle
rough. and this gave the MinneapOlitans
the advantage. The LurlineS started
out with a 80 stroke, which they soon
increased to a 3S, and it pushed
mthe to the 'front.' The MinnesOtas also
pulled 3S, while the Winnipegs stuck
to that slow. powerful "a. There were
eXclamations of surprise among those
who saw the LurlineS pull. Their
stroke was magnificent. 1t was very
strong, even and regular, and not sec
Ond was lost in recovery. The stroke
of the Winnipegs was perfect one. but
it was trife slow for mile
and a half. The Lurlines started
in towards Big Island for smooth water.
When they crossed Carter's point they
led by two lengths, and in the next 100
yards they gained another length.
Then they met with an accident. The
Outrigger of the bow oar struck the
mile stake, and it was broken off. This.
of course, put them out of the race.
The Minnesotas steered so badly that
they were practically beaten after the
first mile. The Winnlpegs stuck to
their regular stroke and did
not push matters. They won
in 10:OS. The Lurlines pulled
over the same course last year in S;15.
Before the race odds of 800 to $50 were
offered on Winnipeg. The last race of
the day was the senior double. Fox and
Turnbull, of the Wi1nipegs, were to
pull against MuchmOr6 and Libby, of
the Lurlines. The latter, however.
were so disgusted over the accident in
the senior four that they did not come
out, so the race went to Winnipeg by
default. The pair pulled over the
course, and their work caused buzz Of
admiration among the crowd.