The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-31
THIS IS THE DAY FOR THE BIG
MINNETONKA EIGHT-OARED
RACE.
DULUTH VS.. THE MINNES0TAS
CRACK AQUATIC ORGANIZATIONS
OF THE STATE TO ROW TO
FINISH.
SPECIAL TRAINS WILL CARRY
The MuItitudes Who Want to Wit
ness the Big Event of the
Season.

Today promises to be a gala day at
the Lafayette hotel at Lake Mime
tonka. The presence of the eight-oared
crews. representing the Minnesota and
Duluth Boat clubs, has served to put
an edge on the interest which promises
to attach to the coming regatta of the
Minnesota and Winnipeg Rowing as
ISOLATION next week. The programme
for the day will begin with the ninth
annual tournament of the Northwest
ern Tennis association, which promises
to attract many representative people
from st. Paul and Minneapolis. The
boat race will be called at 6 %. m. in
the evening and admirers of both
crews are looking forward to the. event
and wondering if the Minnesotas will
be able to tally even with the doughty
oarsmen from the head of the lakes.
who defeated them by narrow margin
last year.
The Duluth crew, accompanied by
w. G. Sargent, captain of the boat
club, and Coach Mahoney, reached the
lake safely Thursday night and went
out on the lake yesterday morning
for practice spin. Capt. Sargent ex-
presses confidence in the ability of the
crew to make very creditable Show
the crew is the same as pulled at Min
netonka last year and average 100
pounds in weight They have done the
distance, a mile and half, in 1870 at
Duluth, and under favorable condi-
tons today hope to equal this, Which
Will smash the MinnetOnka record The
zenith city boys are q trifie lighter
than the Minnesotas. and, if one can
Judge from their practice work yester-
day morning, pull a shorter, quicker
stroke than the st. Paul crew The
M1nnesotas, who are rowing a mod
flied Kennedy stroke, pull well together.
with good clean sweep, giving the
impression Of slowness, which comes
from the absolute ease with which the
oars are used and the recovery effected
AT all events, 1t is conceded that the
race will be holly contested from the
starters pistol, and the victory will not
De anybody's until the finishing line
is reached.
The Great Northern has made re-
duced rates for the event and will send
trains from st. Paul at 1:30 and 4:45
p. m.
Coach Kennedy gave his men a final
SPIN late yesterday afternoon and ex-
presses himself as being thoroughly
confident that the boys will give a good
account of themselves in the race.
Fudge" Heffelfinger has been chosen
referee, and the judges will follow the
race on one Of the big Minnetonka
boats, which will carry a limited num-
Der of spectators. AS already stated, the
course will be straightaway, a mile and
half, from the Lake Park hotel to a
point directly in front of the Lafayette.
and the pavilion and high grounds sur
rounding the hotel will afford excel
lent opportunity for spectators to view
the contest. The betting last night was
slightly in favor of the st. Paul crew.
The crews are made up as follows:
The st. Paul average is about 163 pounds,
and the makeup of the eight, with the weight
of each man, is as follows Whdden. No 1,
weight 156; Boland, No. 3 15S; Simpson, No
8, 155: N. P. Langford No. 4, 1711a; Born
stad, No. 5. 1877; P. Houghton No. g. 10; G.
Langford. No. Z. ITO; NJ. Bend, stroke, 169;
Schwartz. coxswain.
The Duluth men, with their positions and
weights. follows: Chris Tvedt No.
l, 155 pounds; B. NJ. Peyton, No. 2 155: H.
NJ. Peyton, No. 8, 10; Frank Heimick, No. (,
157; Sid McPhail, No. .. 1855; NJ. A. Thomp-
son, No. 6. 1871; Guy Calhoun. No. Z. 1888:
George Gibson. stroke, 17O Fred E. Carr.
coXswain.
During the morning a number of the
crack tennis players, including several
ladies from Chicago, will take part in
the tournament. In the afternoon Stra-
kas orchestra will give a concert and
in the evening there will be hop.