St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-02
The Crew Which Wins the
College Race at Mime
tonka Saturday.
Cumors Going the Rounds
That Rapid Trials Have
Been Made.
Fred PIaisted Makes Some I'M
portant Changes in the
Penn Boat.
Based on Rowing Form, Cor
nell Is Expected to Take
the Race.

the Race.
The great race between the Universe
ties of Cornell and Pennsylvania will be
rowed from WayZata to Lake Park, Lake
Minnetonka. next Saturday evening.
The hour has not yet been named, but it
will probably be between 5 and Z
o'clock. During the last two weeks
there have been but few days when
the water was not too rough for race
until after o'clock. After that hour it
is usually smooth enough to permit the
boats to start. Arrangements are being
made to issue hand bills calling upon
captains of steamboats, and pleasure
crafts of all kinds to keep the course
clear between the hours of o'clock and
Z. 1t will be necessary that no steam
ers, sail boats, or even row boats, be al
lowed to cross the course for twenty
minutes before the race. The starting
boats will be anchored at the flag in the
morning Of the event. All boats follow
ing the race will be requested to keep
astern of the referees boat. These re-
quests on the part of the carnival com
mittee will, it is hoped, be complied
with by all those who witness the race,
as any interference with the course of
the boats will be disastrous. If, in the
first race of the kind held ON Mime
tonka, failure was produced by inabil-
ity to
Keep the Course Clear,
it is very doubtful whether in the flu
ture any big events could be brought
here. The coaches OF both crews as
sert that they will not start them until
the course is absolutely clear. The
selection of Col. John T. West as ref
cree appears TO give general satisfac-
ton. He has officiated in most of the
local races, possesses a cool head and
very good judgment. There should be
no danger of foulIng on this course, as
there Is plenty of water for both crews.
and it is understood that both coaches
have given instructions to their cox
SWANS to give way rather than run any
risk of foulng.
An attempt to predict the result OF
the contest would be altogether futile.
Cornell is moving tine boat along in a
very satisfactory way, and the action in
this boat is well nigh perfect. There is
not trace of roughneSS or awkward
work anywhere. The men pull with an
easy uniformith and completeness of
finish calculated to throw the balance
"a
very
Much in Their Favor.
and II the race were three miles, as 1t
has been in past years, it might be safe
to offer odds on the crew from Ithaca.
There IS practically no difference in the
stroke the Cornell crew will row this |
year from that which has won them so |
many victories in the three-mile events.
and there is question which can only |
be decided in the race itself, whether
these men can carry that stroke over the |
additional mile. tits very evident that
Courtney, the Cornell coach, and the |
men themselves are firE believers in |
their ability to lead the Quakers over
the entire distance. No one saws this. |
of course, the talk OH both ends of the |
long lake being particularly modest,
but the belief is just as apparent as
though proclaimed from the top Of each |
boat house. Courtney, when asked what |
he thinks of the probable outcome of |
the race, merely shrugs his shoulders, |
and remarks that no race was ever won
until it was pulled. This professor
of Craftsmanship is just as clever in
finesse as he is in the art of rowlng-as |
great diplomat as he is an oarsmau. |
OF course, the Cornell crew have been
tried against time more than once. but
the trials have been conducted with a |
great deal of care that no watch but
that of the coach should show the result.
There is well'deined rumor in the
neighborhood of Lake Park that the
Cornell crew made the four miles in a
trife under twenty-three minutes, and
Ii they have done this, they are
The Fastest Crew
likely to show up on Minnetonka this
season or next. 1t must be remembered |
that this trial was made on lumnv |
water, and without tide, which makes
a difference of several seconds in the
time. Courtney insists that his men
have not been timed over the course at |
all. He says it can do no good to time |
them, as 1t is too late now to make them |
row any faster than their present gait.
and the result of the race is bound to
be the same, no matter what the time of |
the two crews may be at present.
The most that can be said is that Cor
nell is rowing strong and well. The
stroke is as smooth and clean as the !
most captiouS critic could wish to see it,
and the boat moves rapidly. There are
four long miles to go,and if the Ithacans
can keep it up over that distance with |
out going TO pieces, they stand an ex-
cellent chance to win the race. So far
as condition is concerned. there were
never eight men better fitted to make
the effort of their lives than the crew
Courtney has trained. They are we'll
matched, and as game lot of fellows as
ever grirped sweep.
PennsyIvanians Confident.
Over at the Pennsylvania quarters
there is feeling that the crew now rep
Tesenting the university is the best and |
strongest that Pennsylvania ever turned |
out. Woodruff has an alarming way of |
running down his men. He has de- |
clared again and again that thew could |
not come within five lengths of winning |
the race, that they were an awkward |
lot with whom the Yale stroke was i'm |
possible of accomplishment, and to |
whom rowing in any style was foreign |
art. In view of these expressions of the
coach, 1t is remarkable that the crew