St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-22
THE OUTCOME AT SARATOGA
HAS NOT D4EfPENED THEIR
ARDOR.
REASONS FOR THE DEFEAT.
UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES
COURSE.
HAVE NO COMPLAINT TO MAKE.
On a Trifie Longer Pull the ST.
PAM Boys Could Have Sc
cured the Lead.

The Minnesota crew returned
from Saratoga yesterday morning.
While disappointed al the result OF
the contest they feel justly that they
deserve the confidence which their
friends still reposa IN them No soon
ar had The crew arrived than 4 num-
Der Of them promptly resumed regu-
lar practice upon the river
The boys relate certain things
which 50 70 show that their defeat
was the result OF several minor cir
and that, had The race
been ten strokes longer. Minnesota
might have won after al. No claim
Of unfairness is advanced. The out
come was one for which no indi-
vldual Is blamed In 1fa first Place.
the excellent new boat 50 kindly
loaned the crew by the Duluth club
had never been used, and was not
provided with q In. without which
steering was impossible. Then, after
the arrival Of the boys al Saratoga,
one Of them became IL and only
recovered IN time for The race. The
In had been promptly ordered. but
II did not arrive until tha day BE-
fore the contest For these reasons
the crew were unable 10 make z
time pull over The course They
rOwed over II once or twice slowly.
but were navsr in 2 position 10 Try
a test against time The Saratoga
course measures q mile and a half
straight away The Minnesota crew
had. done all their pracucing On 4
two-mile COURSE Tne difference prob
ably resulted II their losing The race.
The only entries, II VIII be reme1n-
barred. were TIA B0henians. Of New
y 0-k, the TTitOns. Of Newark: and
the MinneseIas. Both Of the other
clubs were composed Of older men
than those from St Paul. and the
Tr1l0ns especially had been rowing
much longer The first named crew.
by the way vera 50 thoroughly true
10 their name that once under wav.
the aband0ned The English language
and received all commands IN 1hair
mother tongue. In The matter Of
general form. however. al experts
conceded that the 1Iinnaso1as
RANKED FIRST.
The Impression was general that the
Gopher oarsnen would prove The VIC
Tors The wafer was smooth. and tha
wind light No boat enjoyed auv a5-
vantage IN position that CT ne Min
nesotas being IN ths middle. The three
crews got away promptly. and The
BohsIn1aLs. Al once started in With 4
rapid St-Oke-zbou1 - The Trsro0s
were rowing about 90. while the Min
DesoIas felt 50 sure Of the result that
they had decided 70 begin the race al
q moderate rate Their initial stroke
did not rise above IS. VEN. soon the
three crews had assumed the positions
in which they Observation-Disclosures
first. ITlIonS second A1anesotas third
Al the mile Ihs Tr11ons had secured z
lean ever the Northwestern crew Of q
4ull length and The New Workers vera
half q length ahead Of The Trfro-s.
Just hare The Minnesotas should have
b1gun 10 squirt But they had. as
already stated. done all their practice
work On z two-Inile course. where they
has found The beSI results follow from
squirt begun a the mile and q quar-
ter Proper allowance vas not made
therefore, for the shorter distance Of
the Saratoga course. Al the mile and
4 quarter The ST Paul boys raised their
stroke promptly 10 about 40 Imme-
dia1ely the new shell began 10 gain
rapidly Every stroke brought the
third crew 4. foot Of more nssre- The
second The Bohemians and Tr1tons
buckled 10 once mora, and managed.
for q while, 70 hold thzir own. But
towards The end Of The race The Min
neso1as felt almost al their best. wfllz
The OtheT crews were well nigh Zzinded.
Al The finish the St Paul crew vas
But SIX FEET BEHIND
the Tritons. and eight feet in the rear
Of tha victorious Bohenians. IN The
press dispatches The relative distances
were misquoted- Tins. the latter part
Of The race was al IN favor Of tfle
eight from Raspberry island. demon
sUaung that their method. as z whole
vas superior ID that Of The Eastern
rods longer. tia Boha1nians and T-it-
ons, who were quite tagged out. could
not have kept from losing ground,
wh1ia The Ainnsso1as. then doing their
very best. mLs1 certainly have forged
ahead The relative condition OF the
crews was due, without dispute. ID 1f1=
New York and Newark Fights having
failed % husband heir strength 81
starting IN 81 more moderate speed
The system Of the Minnesotas was
proven Lh= correct one Their suur-
however should have begun 2 quarter
Of Z nile sooner Another factor
which operated against The Mime
sofas was the unfortunate break Of
two consecutive weeks IN their IRA c.
dce- This was dua 10 the absanoe Of
z suitable boat
Great things ara expected Of 1he
races at MilneI0nka, aug s ard 3
The Winnipegs are likely 70 show sgzns
excellent results On this occasion -
Saratoga 1heir crew succeeded IL cap
turing the 1ours, but did not SECURE he
seniors Eacket. Of Rat Portage. also
distinguished himsslf as probably fhs
best amateur sculler OF either si6as o.
Tia boundary He would 10 des4bt
have vanQuished everything IN N:
class II he had not been ruled o71s or
account C z foul which. II IS wis
peced, was by 10 means his Owl 1allt
TEkNIS AT FTONhA.