The Indianapolis journal., 1896-06-27

har the matter In her own hands tonight
On the return Of the defeated Quaker
crew 20 their quarters coach Ellis Ward
was surrounded by newspaper men and he
then gave out the following statement, but
would not af1ix his signature: Il am per-
fectiy satisfied with the work Of my vars
ity crew to-day. While they were fairly
defeated. yet they need not be ashamed OF
this fast time. even In the face or defeat:
I noticed especially how the crews OF
Columbia and Harvard were on the point
OF collapse at the finish. so much SO that
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 never rowed In a race in their lives.
more than defeated the Columbia crew.
who. with one exception. are the same men
who put up such a good race last year
Coach Courtney. Of the Cornell crew.
am agreeabiy surprised at the result. / did
not anticipate that the varsity crew would
do such good work. In fact had not the
confidence I'm them that had in the fresh
men. because during the practice work on
Cayuga lake before leaving for Pough-
keepsie the best time In which the varsity
crew could get over the three-miie course
was sixteen minutes and forty seconds. and
TO be up TO the standard they should have
Pennsylvania crews have not much of
which to be ashamed Their work was
very good and they were game to the last.
say" ar . o0'o"0'aS WORK | nave n0'n'' 70
COLUMBIA MEN CRESTFALLEN.
The light blue in Columbia's colors was
darkened to coal black shade tonight.
IT Is doubtful IL any set OF men ever took
defeat so much 70 heart Capt. Prenuss
almost shed tears as he said: 1--WE were
fairly beaten; that Is all j have to say"
Others OF the crew were hardly more COM
municative. though a number of them ex-
pressed the opinion that their miserable
showing was due entirely TO improper
training.
Coach Mumford. of the Harvard crew.
said: II am very much pleased with the
work OF the Harvard Varsity. They rowed
a great race. The contest was so close that
IT resolved itself into question OF general
SHIP and our men were al fault In the first
mile II. after having passed the first half
mile and having found themselves right at
the front. they had settled into a steady
stroke and not attempted to hurry into a
lead so soon, everything would have been
all right
The record-breaking time of the race was
in measure due to the ebb tide that was
quite effective, but il Is believed that the
time-keepers. unable to see any hag at the
finish. have made an error. The watches
in the press car on the observation train
made the time of Cornell between 1854 and
20:0i and the watches on the Associated
Press loop at each mile, started and stopped
by electricity connection, made the time
similar TO this. No watch that can be found
Tailed with the official time. This does. not
with any of the time taken. broken the rec
ord. The official time given IS:
Corneli-19 minutes % seconds
Harvard-19 minutes 81 seconds.
Pennsylyania-2D minutes IL seconds.
Columbia minutes 80 seconds.
Pennsylvania men tonight say that the
time Of their finish is incorrect. They say
that such difference means fifteen boat
lengths behind Harvard. and they were less
than two. The tirne-keepers are not TO be
found tonight to answer these criticisms.
II Is estimated that 1000 persons saw the
race. The observation train carried 1900.
and 5000 were on yachts and other vessels
Many Philadelphia. Boston, Brooklyn and
New York society people witnessed 1t 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 a fine position
THE CREWS.
The crews with thef position, weight,
height and age, follow: