The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-04
ROW AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON
AT MINNETONKA.
BOTH CREWS ARE IN FORM.
AND AN EXCITING CONTEST IS
LOOKED FOR BY THEIR
FRIENDS.
PERSISTENT MADISON LAD!
Stronger Than Ever, Apparently,
Seek to Defeat Their Old-T1me
COnquerors ON Water.

After two vain efforts to defeat the
Minnesota boat clubs eight-oared crew
the Wisconsin university eight will try
again this afternoon to send the blue
down to defeat. They are more conf
dent than ever both previous crews
having been open to the accusation Of
greenness on the water, and arguing
that the longer they can row together,
consistent with the development and
not the waste of muscular energy, the
Badgers believe that they are better
situated this year than ever before.
The Wisconsins still row the same
stroke that carried them to victory in
the recent match with the Yale fresh
men, the curious stroke with a quick
recovery which their trainer, Andrew
O'Dea, brought from Australia under
the title of the Yarra-Yarra, but which
old oarsmen say was rowed by Har-
ward nearly score of years ago, and
which the Madison oarSmen are now
rechristening the Wisconsin stroke, be-
lieving 1t in its present notifications
to have become sufficiently distinctive
and characteristic to warrant that ap-
pellation. One Of the notable defects
in the Wisconsin boat last year was
the unevenness of the inboard work.
ODea has worked hard to get this out,
and in the practice, at least, it has dis
appeared. Whether or not it will re-
appear in the excitement Of a race re-
maiLs to be seen.
The Minnesota crew will paddle the
shell much the same as last year, al
though experts claim to have perceived
slight modification in the stroke
since the crack eight went east and
met the best Fights in the country at
Saratoga last year. The recovery Is
somewhat slower, perhaps.
Coach Kennedy of the local eight,
says that the crew is at a. dis
advantage by reason of the lack of
vigorous practice in the water, due to
their having beer. employed in the city
daily. Kennedy, however, is full Of
confidence in the stroke oar, as well as
In the practiced stroke The personnel
or the crew is somewhat changed since
last year, but he believes 1t to be a
crew fully capable Of maintaining the
nigh standard set by the Minnesota
club in previous regattas.
The race Is for the Schlitz cup, which
was given to the University of Wiscon-
sin. navy three years ago by the Uih-
lelns or Milwaukee, to be put up as a.
trophy for races between the Wiscon-
sin and some other crew The Wiscon-
sin navy selected the Minnesota Boat
club, and the cup was put I'D to be-
come the property of the crew that
won 1t In three consecutive races Min
nesota has won two, and if it wins
again today the cup becomes it's prop
erty, and therefore If there are to be
any more races between the two crews
a new series will have to be arranged.
The cup is of silver. gold-lined, and
STANDS about three feet high 1t is val
ued at between $500 and $500.
Wisconsin will row in the same shell
used last year, which was built by
Davy. of Cambridge, under O'Dea's
directions.
The Wisconsin crew is made up as
follows:
in. weight 146; No. 2, W. Alexander,
captain, "a, #. 10 in, 155; No. 8. M.
Seymour, 20, IT. in., ISL; No. 4. T..
Street. fit. " in, 1885, No. 6. L. Austin.
%, 6 TT. 1 in, 1864; No. Z, A. F. Alex
ander, %. it. 10 in, 1421k; stroke, c.
McCenville. ~, TT. 10 in, 15z; coxswain,
II. Crandall, 20, 5 #. 10 in, 1OS. Sub
stitutes: r. B. Daniels, q, f. II in,
150; l.. Kinnaird, 20. it. g. In, 142.
The average weight of the crew is
1925 pounds
The Minnesota crew will row as fol-
lows:
Minnesotas-Bow, Bend, 157; No. 2,
Denegre, 1f2; No. 8, Bohiand. 1852; No. 4,
Bjornstad. 169; No. 5, Burlington, 1850;
No. 6, Langford. Ito; No. Z, Bend, 1872:
stroke. Houghton, III; coxswain, Swar-
tz, 10S.
The race will be rowed late in the
afternoon, and will be witnessed by a
large number of Wisconsin alumni and
students. George Earling, son Of Gen
eral Manager Earring, Of the C. M. &
ST. F., will bring a number of Chi Psis
in private car.