St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-20
Win FIFTEEN MEDALS.
Minnesotas Close atnGeneva
With a Splendid Victory.
THEY BEAT THE DELAWARES
In an Eight-Oared Race Al
most Without Practice.
RAPID FLIGHT OVER WATER,
The Finish Made Amidst q
Bedlam Of Whistles.
RAPID FLIGHT OVER WATER.
A FEW REc0RDS ABE BROKEN

Special to the Globe
LAKE GENEVA, Wis, Aug. 19.-ThIs
was the closing day of the Columbia
regatta at Lake Geneva, and tile setting
sun went down upon another Min nesota
victory bathed in crimson of tue bright
est hue. The Minnesotas made their de-
but in an eight-oared shell, and celebrat-
ed the event by winning victory over
foemen worthy of their STEEL TOday's
events were confined to members of the
Chicago navy except the international
eight-oared race, for which the Pull
mans, Delawares and MinneSGtas were
entered. The Pullmans did not start,
but the Delawares and Minnesotas
lined up at > o'clock. The race was to
have been mile and half, but, the
starting flags having disappeared, the
mile course was sub stituted. The Min
nesotas did not 20 to the starting poi Mt
with their wOnted confidence, having
rowed in an eight but twice. and the
splendid appearance of the husky Del
aware braves did not tend to allay their
fears. Nevertheless, the knowledge
that Archie Wright. who in years long
gone, in the heyday of his youth,
stroked the University of Pennsylvania
crew TO many hard-earned victory, was
at stroke,
Helped the we ak-EHearted,
and the steIltorian voice of Coxswain
Yardley helped wonderfully (as long as
it could be heardl. The crew was thus
constituted: Wann l, Paget 2, Arm
strong 3. Hatbert 4. Mabon 5. Houghton
q, NettletOn z, Wright stroke, YaIdley
cOXswain. The boats got away to a
good start in rough water against
b 'ad wind. the Minnesotas having the
! worst OF it in the outside course. For
the first.quarter the crews were even,
pulling a thlrty-seven stroke, and then
the Minnesotas gradually forged ahead
and won by Two lengths in 5:4l1z,
amid a bedlam of steam whistles,
Minnesota cheers and faint calls from
COXswain Yardley, who had steered a
perfect course. The boys leave for
ChiragO tomorrow. and are very we'll
satisfied with the result of their efforts
at Geneva, having won fifteen gold
medals and an elegant silver cup almost
too heavy for Yardley, its custodian. to
carry. The two races lost by the junior
four carry regrets, tempered by the re-
Election that but for unfortunate acci-
dents the Juniors would have closed the
season as seniors. with the same I'M
broken record previously sustained as
| juniors.
The managers of the regatta are iubi-
liant over the fact that two or three
Records Have Been Broken.
Edwin Aedley, of New Jersey. started
with his wonderful quarter-mile dash of
! LII. lowering the record of John f.
Corbett at Duluth by two seconds. In
/ the international single he outstripped
| COrbett, who, according to Ed Hanlan,
| held it at 10:04 since he roWed at Sara
toga IN 1887. Hedley's time was $3.50.
| The time made by the ArgOnauts in the
senior fourS is also claimed as the
| fastest on record in fresh water.
William Weinan and j. Korf. of
Chicago, beat Malcolm and Gastricks,
of st. Louis, at Salt Lake in 1889, rowing
the mile and a half with a turn in 1896.
! The next best record was 9:O4. made by
| the Modocs, of st. Louis, at st. Joseph,
! No., last year in fresh water. The Ar
| gonauts' time here was $50, which
! oarsmen claim is better than the Salt
| Lake time when the different conditions
are taken into account Today's pro-
gramme was fully equal in interest to
| those which preceded 1t. Three crews,
| the Iroquois. Delawares and Catlins
were entered tor the Chicago navy
senior doubles. The Delawares spurt
ed in fine style toward the finish, and
won by length.
One OF the Prettiest Races
| was the one-mile International gig, in