The morning call., 1893-03-23
BOATING RIVALRY.
Stanford Students Hold
Drill Races.
SPECTATORS MUCH EXCITED.
The Grand Stand Breaks and Forty
of the Students Are Given
Cold Bath.

The students at Palo Alto have not been
idle in boating matters while their rivals at
Berkeley have been organizing their club.
OF course, after the excitement which was
caused by the announcement that Stanford
would send a crew 20 the Worlds Fair had
passed there was less enthusiasm about the
new project.
Still, the originators were not dsheart-
ened, but went to work to get up a little
spirit and excitement
They decided that the best way to do this
would be to get up some drill races.
The contests were set for last Saturday
and were to be rowed by crews representing
iale, Harvard, Cornell ard Pennsylvania.
but on account OF the iHclemeut weather
not enough men were ready TO row, so that
only three paiT-oared barges raced in place
OF the four four cared shells that had been
announced.
P. Downing, '95, and Frankeuheimer, '95,
we're in one boat; Bancroft '95 and Poin-
dexter, '9T, were in another boat, and Pat
teTs0n, = special, sat all alone in the third
boat
The course was from the east end of Lake
Lagunita, as the little lake at the university
Is called, and Is StTaight-away to the turn
at the west end. This brought the finish in
front Of the bnathouse, the starting point.
At o'clock Saturday afternoon a crowd
of students carrying umbrellas gathered on
the banks OF Lagunita and roliecred about
tbs b0athOuse 10 see the first race ever
Towed at Stanford. The race was laugh
mgly exciting, as none of the crews mad
ever rOwed together before. OF course
Patterson, being all alone IN the boat, fur
nished a good share Of the entertainment of
1he crowd.
There were many among the audience
" 10 believed that the solitary oarSman
would win, and their prediction was ful-
filed. Patterson took the lead a once and
came in way ahead, TO the encouraging yell
OF "PatI PatI' from the banks.
The next race was virtually a test nf oars
manship between '95 and 90. Kennedy and
Patterson IN one boat aud Copeland ana
Hamilton in another boat represented 90,
while Ilnnin and Barr bent to their oars
for '95.
just as they came un abreast the starting
point and suppressed silence had settled
upon the crowd, a tremendous crash, ac-
eompaDied by pandemonium of yells aud
shrlekS, went up from the baathOuse.
The incline leading 10 the float, which
served a a grand stand, had broken in the
middle and over forty students went down
into the water in the widest confusion.
AS soon as it was seen that no one was hurt
and The ludicrOus sight Of men trying 10
collect their hats and umbrellas and get
ashore rs fast as they could scramble over
each other through the shallow water be-
came evident continuous roar Of laughter
went up from the rest OF the crowd.
The race resulted In a victory for Ken
nedy and Patterson in behalf Of '9j.
AT Berkeley the students interested in
boating are preparing for a long siege Of
training. They have secured the services
as coach of Nr. Garnet. an old Harvard
Oarsman. and one Of the best authorities on
boating in the country. Mt. Garnet will
coach the team for two or three months and
then Mr. Lyle viii reaasume this position
until The return Of MI Garnet from South
America.
When the club was first organized Mt.
Lyle offered his services as coach until
somebody else could be secured. The boys
gladly accepted the Offer and fer the past
two weeks have been training under his
instructions.
There will probably be No race with STAN
ford until October. so that the boatmen will
have ample time to perfect themselves in
the stroke.