St. Paul daily globe., 1895-08-11
EVERYBODY AT THE COURSE
HAD EXPECTED WINNIPEG
TO WIN EASILY.
MAN IN DULUTHBOATFAINTS
WORK OF THE MINNESOTAS IN
DICATEs THAT THEY ARE
THE FASTEST CREW.
CORNING WINS IN SINGLES.
The Rat Portage Club Withdrays
From the AssOciatiOn-Re-
Satta Ends With n Hop.

Minnesota owns the earth today.
Her oarsmen quit pouting yesterday,
took their fingers out of their
mouths, came down to business,
hauled down the British flag and
kicked it beneath the waters of Min
netonka, where it will likely remain
for some time to come The cherry
and white were run up in its stead
TO slgnalize two of the most surpris-
ing victories ever achieved on that
course and the fact that Minnesota
has the fastest four in America.
The Minnesota four rowed down
the braWny and hard-fisted sons of
toll who came here with their minds
full Of confidence, and it must be
admitted that the result, while en-
. lnently satisfactory to all Minneso-
tans, was as much a surprise to the
Wearers of the cherry and white as
1t was to the defeated men from
the Lake of the Woods.
1t was the talk of the resort that
Winnipeg had the senior four race
already won. No one but a few con-
servative sports like George Nettle-
ton and John Gait believed that Min
nesota had the ghost of a chance.
Merr1ly the Winnipeggers whiled
away the afternoon and gave no
thought to the possibility of defeat.
Ihey had been jollied to death and
really wondered why the race should
be roWed at all. They thought the
j
Judges might simply hand them the
medals and give them the race.
There was really no use in wasting
the time to row it, the Minnesotas
were so easy, you know" But Min
nesota went in there with an air
OF determination and rowed the Can
adams down in one of the handsom-
est contests ever seen on the course.
Nor was this all. The surprise was
still lingering in the minds of the
people when another and still more
surprising one followed fast on its
heels. The junior singles contained
the name of Tom Walsh, one of the
fast men from Rat Portage. He, too.
was given the race before it was
rowed. 1t was a cinch. No matter
who rowed against him, Walsh was
a sure winner. There was no entry
against him when it came down to
scratch, but at the last moment
LeaVltt Corning, as game an oars
man as ever stepped into a shell.
threw off his coat and went after
Walsh. He put up one of the gamest
struggles ever seen ON the lake, and
gave Tom Walsh some pointers how
to row. When he finished fully a
length and a half in front of the man
from Rat Portage there was a
SHOUT OF GLEE
that could have been heard at Wav-
zata it was so genuine and hearty.
SO that the Minnesotas who went in
the days racing without the ghost
OF chance to win took the only two
events in which they were entered.
The Britishers were so bubbling over
with smiles of magnanimity and
compassion that it did the Mime
sofa boys a whole lot of good to go
in there and NOW down the boasters.
That Winnipeg senior four broke the
record at Saratoga this summer.
They were beaten by the champions
of American by only three feet. They
in turn were beaten by Minnesota a
length and a half of clear water.
which demonstrates to the satisfac-
ton of everybody that the Mime
sofa four is the fastest four in Amer
lea.
And so John Gait exclaimed when
he saw with surprise the remarkable
feat accomplished by the Minneso-
tans. His eyes bulged out and his
face took on an expression of dumb
| amazement as he stood on the Prov
of the st. Louis and saw his men
rowed down.
minnesota has the fastest four in
America" he exclaimed to Starter
Jack Parker, and that gentleman
thanked the famous patron of row.
ing, and sacrificing the dignity of
his position fon an instant, yelled
with the gusto of a Comanche In
dian. He was delighted beyond the
power of words to express.
The men of the red and blue SIM
ply stuffed their hands into their
| with the mute eloquence of the Ca
madam in the anguish of defeat in
the face of certain victory.
Duluth had entered in the senior
four the same crew which won the
junior four on Friday, but the crew
kept up only part of the way. At
the mile the bow suddenly gave way
and fell back in the boat in a dead
faint, while No. 8 busted himself
throwing water on the PROSTATE
form of the bow who had more than
he could stand in two days. 1t was
a game young crew, but 1t couldn't
stand the pace set by Minnesota in
that fast contest with Winnipeg.
The crowds were larger by far
than on Friday, and the lake was
dotted with a myriad of craft of all
descriptions The Saucy Kate had
met with an accident and the judges
| therefore found quarters on the ST.
Louis. Starter Parker cleared the
| course few minutes before o'clock,