The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-26
YALE MEN FINISHED SECOND
IN 2O:44, THREE LENGTHS AND A
HALF BEHIND THE LEADERS.
Harvard Was Third, Five Lengths
for American Training Methods.

NA'AANi
ward came in third. five lengths astern of
Yale; time, q 100.
Cornells time by miles: First mile 4;45;
second mile. 1876; third mile, 1884 9-5;
fourth, 29:34.
Harvard So quarter mile, 80, 49, 30, respec-
lively; half-mile, g. 49, 81 three-quarter-
two and a half miles, 80, 90. %; three miles,
81 &c. 81; three and half miles, "a, 81, 81;
three and hree-quarters miles, "a, 81. 80;
finish, a. 81, and Harvard dri1ted across the
line.
American grit, American methods and
American training as against American
grit coupled with English methods and
English training; a crew of American col
lege youth trained under all American
coach won from two other American col
lege crews eight-oared contest, the
two other crews having studied. the one
under an American coach with a mixture
of English and American methods and the
other discarding all American teachings
and methods and importing an English
coach in an endeavor to prove a superiori-
ty for Henley mehods-1-o such contest ever
occurred in this country before. Cornell
University has not been able to meet Yale
University on the water since 1875, and
then as to-day, she d. Gated the boys of
the blue.
After long pickering, Yale University con-
scented, under pressure from Harvard, to
again meet Cornell The match was ar
ranged, ard to-day the leading crews of
these three leading colleges of this college
strewn country started down the four-mlie
stretch together. Yale finished second,
three and one-half boat lengths separated
from Cornell Harvard, with her newly ac
tInd fiTiGh he'd
she was over eight and half lengths be-
hind Cornell. Her eight were thoroughly
exhausted, while the opponents of Ameri-
can theory as applied to the propulsion of
eight-oared shells, finished at a hot pace
without any distress being apparent.
ROWED ON ITS MERITS.
The tide was slack, the wind favored
particular crew, and absolutely no favor OF
any kind was shown by nature toward the
result The race was rowed its merits
The race also set a conclusion on the long
ncoted question concerning weights Yale
stripped into their boat at an average OF
III pounds Cornell, 1853. Yale used every
pound of it's beef and the leverage OF its
oars, and at times with nervousness
which made the boat fairly lift from the
water. Cornell employed her trained7Qown
muscle without beef in a leisurely, conf
dent manner that pulled her at every stroke
toward victory. 1t was singular coinci-
dence that the English trained crew, Har-
ward, pursued exactly the same method as
to the number of strokes per minute as did
the winning crew. and, although they
weighed on an average ten pounds heavier
than Cornells men, that extra weight told
for nothing, and either from too much
'fineness" in training or lack of ability to
pull the stroke set for them, they were
practically dead after the second mile
1t is also curious to note that Cornell pulled
exactly the same kind of stroke and the
same number of strokes to the minute that
she pulled last year when she won in rec
ord breaking time and that Harvard, while
advertising that she had entirely
methods, was defeated in exactly the same
manner that defeated her last year. Brief
ly, the result OF to-days race is that Cor
nell asserts her superiority in rowing,
method OF training and capability over the
two larger universities, and she still holds
the record for Intercollegiate Fights in
1929 which she made last year.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
The race was one of the most brilliant in
the history of aquatics in this country
The crews started with a stroke OF thirty
two for Cornell and thirty-six for Hazard
and Yale. Harvard gained slight adVan-
tage over the others at the start. and the
usual note of jubilation went up from the
Harvard adherents. 1t was apparent with
in the first quarter-mile that the Cornell
crew was using the same methods that
took them on to victory last year-that of
a slow and telling stroke that would wear
out their opponents. The boats Travelled
swiftly, although it was easily nouceable
ba X,
conditions did not favor record breaking
Yale with quick stroke, hung IN the rear
until after the first quarter OF mile, WnlIe
Harvard and Cornell fought 1t out cornell
forged to the front before the end OF the
first mile was reached. Harvard struggled
Valiantly, but before the END OF the mile
and a half in the rear OF ale Cofneil
went on with that easy, swinging stroke
little Colson, in the coXsWa1n S box, eau
tioning them not to run away with it. Har-
ward acting under the instructions OF their
training master, used at many points the
same stroke as to numbers, but 1t seemed
to have little effect the boat OF cornell
running away from Harvard.
At the tWo-mile point the Yale crew were
going away from Harvard, and the latter
seemed unable to prevent it, although they
were rowing away at the long thlrty-tWo-
stroke that had been predicted winning
one. After Yale got away from Harvard
she turned her attention to Cornell, and
just beyond the second mile made a des-
perate squirt to catch the slim youngsters
Never for q moment did the young white
shirted lads from Cornell get ratified. Back
arithmetical motion and powerful swing
that was surprising to watch. The weighty
youngsters from y ale used every pound of
leverage on the end of the oar. but they
could not bring their boat alongside of the
swifty-moVng craft of the Cornell boys.
The Harvard men were rowing in a very
weak fashion during this next mile, and it
was evident that they were thoroughly
used up. At the bridge the coXswain of
the Harvard crew had TO give the Harvard
stroke little water in his face and for a
moment, under the reviving influence, the
boat swung along at goodIy 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 thirty
two and Yale was working away at thirty
three and thirty-four and evidently tired
A HOPELESS STRUGGLE.
Before they reached the third mile post
Yale had begun to squirt, and the eight
powerful representatives of old ELS muscle
and stamina bent to their work with a Won
derful exhibition of sheer will power, for
their strength was gone. For a period or
perhaps three minutes the dying struggle
of the giants lasted and they gained a liz
tie on the flying leaders, and poor old Har-
ward, with nearly every man exhausted.
chung with the tenacity of bulldogs in the
wake of her old-time rivals. But it was a
hopeless struggle. and surely and steadily
the flying representatives OF the red and
White. never changing their steady stroke
of thirty-two to the minute, Grew away as
if they were enjoying an afternoon spin In
stead of participating in contest that VIII
.rn down In history a the greatest race ever