The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-06-27

nappy HIS men carted him about on
top of their shoulders. till he was COM
PEELED to cry for mercy, and late in the
evening a mob OF 'rooters," 300 strong,
headed by drum corps, marched from
the Nelson House to Rivervilla, where
the Cornell crews have been living, and
serenaded him far into the night.
The city smells Of burning powder
1t was said some days ago that the
winning crew would celebrate their
victory in New York. Perhaps they
will, but Poughkeepsie has the matter
in her own hands tonight Upon the
return Of the defeated Quaker crew to
their quarters, coach Ellis Ward was
surrounded by newspaper men and he
then gave out the following statement
but would not affix his signature.
~ am perfectly satisfied with the
work Of my varsity crew today. While
they were fairly defeated, yet they
need not be ashamed of this fast time,
even in the face of defeat. / noticed
especially, how the crews of Columbia
and Harvard were on the point of col
lapse at the finish, SO much SO that
they were taken home on their launch
es, while the Cornell and Pennsylvania
eights rowed back to their quarters like
the men that they are. There is one
consolation in our defeat, however, and
that is in the fact that my senior crew,
composed Of fellows who have never
rowed in race In. their lives, more than
defeated the Columbia crew, who, with
one exception, are the same men who
put up such good race last year.
Coach Courtney, Of the Cornell crew,
made the following statement tonight:
Il am agreeably surprised at the re-
suit. I did not anticipate that the
varsity crew would do such good work.
In fact, I had not the confidence in
them that had in the freshmen, be-
cause, during the practice work before
leaving for Poughkeepsie, the best time
in which the varsity crew could get
over the three-mile course was 16 min
utes and 40 seconds, and to be up to the
standard they should have accom-
plished it in 1916
"The Harvard and PENNSYLVANIA
crews have not much of which to be
ashamed. Their work was very good
and they were game to the last. AS to
Columbia's work / have nothing to
say"
1t is doubtful If any set of men ever
took defeat so much to heart as Co
lumbia. Captain Prentiss almost shed
tears as he said: 1--WE were fairly
beaten; that is all I have to say"
Others of the crew were hardly more
communicative, though number of
them expressed the opinion that
THEIR MISERABLE SHOWING
was due entirely to improper training.
Coach Mumbord, of the Harvard crew,
said:
Il am very we'll pleased with the
work of the Harvard university. They
rowed great race. The contest was
SO close that it resolved itself into
question Of generalship, and our men
fa 1I1f in "a ircf mil off
having passed the first mile, and hav-
ing found themselves right at the front,
they had settled into steady stroke
and not attempted to hurry into lead
so soon, everything would have been
all right"
The record breaking time of the race
was, in a measure, due to the ebb tide
that was quite effective, but it is be-
lieved that the timekeepers, unable to
see any flag at the finish, have made
an error. The watchers in the press
car on the observation train, made the
time of Cornell between 1854 and 20:04,
and the watches on the Associated
Press loop, at each mile, started and
stopped by electrical connection, made
the time similar to this. No watch that
can be found that tallies with the Of
fetal time. This does not detract from
Cornell's victory, as she has. with any
of the times taken, broken the record
The official time as given is: Cornell
1923; Harvard, 1892; Pennsylvania,
20:11; Columbia 21:35.
Pennsylvania men tonight say that
the time Of their finish is absolutely in
correct. They say that such differ
ence means fifteen boat lengths behind
Harvard and they were less than two.
The timekeepers are not to be. found
tonight to answer these criticisms.
1t is estimated that 10000 persons
saw the race. The observation train
carried 5000. and 5000 were on yachts
and other vessels. Many Philadelphia,
Boston, Brooklyn and New York So
ciety people witnessed it from private
yachts. The Ethel, owned by James
Bond, of Philadelphia, was among the
yachts. while the Empress, with Robert
Thorn, of Chicago, and guests on board,
held fine position.