The record-union., 1897-06-26

Shirted lads of C0rneII get ratified.
Backward and forward went the
sweeps, with powerful swing that was
surprising to watch. The mighty
youngsters from Yale used every
pound of leverage on the end of the
oar, but they could not bring their
boat alongside of the swiftly moving
craft of the Cornell boys.
The Harvard men We're rowing in a
very weak fashion during this next
mile, and it was evident that they
were thoroughly used up. At the
bridge the coxswafn of the Harvard
crew had to give the Harvard stroke a
little water in his face and for mo-
ment under the reviving influence, the
boat swung along at goodly pace,
but only for a moment, and just as
they passed under the big bridge the
stroke began to give way Cornell
was rowing at 80, and Yale was work.
ing away at 33 and 81, and evidently
tired.
Before they reached the third mile
post, Yale had begun to squirt, and the
eight powerful representatives of OLD
Ellis muscle and stamina bent TO their
work with a wonderful exhibition of
sheer will power, for their strength
was gone. For a period of perhaps
three minutes the dying struggles of
the giants lasted, and they gained lit
tie on the flying leaders, and poor old
Harvard, with nearly every man eX-
hausted. clung with the tenacity of bull
dogs in the wake of her old-tlme rivals,
But it was a hopeless struggle ana
surely and steadily the flying repre-
sentatives of the red and White. never
changing their steady stroke Of thirty
two to the minute, drew away as II
they were enjoying an afternoon spin,
instead of participating in a contest
that will go down in history as the
greatest race ever witnessed IN Ameri-
can waters. As they approached the
finish line it was seen that the Harvard
eight were nearly TO man IN dlf1l-
culties, while several of the Yale men
were flying signals of distress.
Then the Cornell crew, as if in mock
cry of the discontinue of their rivals,
increased stheir stroke to thlrty-tour
and shot past the Judges boat, every
man as fresh, apparently, as when he
started. and, as if not satisfied with
their wonderful exhibition, roWed for
a quarter of a mile down the river, first
giving three rousing cheers to the man
who had coached them to victory,
Charles z. Courtney.
Ten seconds after Cornell Yale crossed
the line. and Immediately stopped row.
ing. with No. (Whitney) and No. )
(CampbelD in a state of collapse. Then
came Harvard. sixteen seconds behind,
her entire crew used up, and three or
her men utterly helpless. Hardly the
nose of her shell reached the finish
when Boardman, the stroke, fell back
off his seat. Wrightington, No 3, and
J. F. Perkins, No. 5, also lost their
oars. and their companions commenced
to splash water over them.
In the meantime Goodrich, Captain,
was trying to raise Boardman, but was
too weak, and the coxswain was throw
ing water over the two. After a long
wait for their launch, which could not
get through the crowd of various craft
that seemed to come from everywhere
at once, the men were reached and
taken to their quarters.
After the race the Cornell crew We're
taken on board their launch, which
steamed proudly across to the boat
house. where a crowd of 1000 men,
women and boys assembled, and were
waving flags handkerchiefs and pieces
of bunting. The oarsmen had to fairly
fight their way through the crowd into
the boathouse. Once inside, they were
quickly surrounded by under graduates,
and the enthusiasm knew no bounds.
Courtney and his men were over
whelmed by the congratulations from
all parts of the country this evening
There could be no relaxation in the
training of the crew, as their superb
condition must be retained for the race
with Pennsylvania and Columbia, so
the men sat down to the training table
at $50 p. m. as though they had just
come in from an ordinary practice row.