The Springfield herald., 1897-07-02
THE BIG BOAT RACE.
CORNELL IS THE WINNER.
Her Crew Following the American Method
of Training Runs Away From Yale and
Harvard which Have Adopted tho Eng
IIsh style.

Poughkeepsie, N Y, June 25.-
Cornell won, time 20 minutes, "a sec
onds. Yale was second by three
lengths and half; time 20 minutes.
A seconds. Harvard came in third,
five lengths astern of Yale, 21 minutes.
Cornell's time by miles:
First mile. 4:45: second mile, 1870;
third mile, 1874 So; fourth mile, 2O:34.
The stroke: Start, Cornell. 80; Yale,
SO; Harvard. 49,
Quarter mile. 30. 80. 80 respectively.
Half mile, 32. 33. 81
Three-quarters mile, 80, 33. 33.
Mile 80, 81 "a.
One and a half miles. 80, 80, 80.
Two miles, 30. 81. "a.
Two and n half miles, 30, 30, 80.
Three miles. 81, 33, 81.
Three and half miles, "a. "a, 30.
Three and three-quarter miles, "a
"a. 80.
across the line.
American grit, American methods,
and American training, as against Am
ericaD grit. coupled with English
methods and English training. A crew
of American college youths trained un-
der an American coach won from two
other American college crews an eight
cared contest. the two other crews
having studied, the one under an Am
ericap coach with n mixture of Eng
lsh and American methods, and the
other disregarding all American teach
ings and methods and importing an
English coach in an endeayor to prove
n superiority of Henley methods. No
such contest ever occurred in this
country. Cornell University has not
been able to meet Yale since 1887, and
she lost then. but to-day she defeated
the wearers of the blue.
After a year of pickering, Yale Uni
versity consented, under pressure
from Harvard, to again meet Cornell.
The match was arranged, and to-day
the leading crews of these three lead
ing colleges started down the four
mile stretch together Yale finished
second. three and half boat lengths
separa ting her from Cornell. Har-
ward. with her newly acquired Eng
lish methods. flushed third. and she
was over eight and one-half lengths
behind Cornell. Her eight were thor
oughly exhausted, while the eXponents
Of American theory as applied to pro-
pulsion of eight-oared shells finished at
a hot pace without any distress being
apparent. The tide was slack, the
wind favored no particular crew. and
absolutely no favor of any kind was
shown by nature toward the result.
The race was rowed entirely on its
merits.
The race also set conclusion upon
the long-mooted question concerning
weights. Yale stripped into their
boat at an average of Ill pounds, Cor
nell 1873. Yale used every pound of its
beef" and the leyage of its oars, and
at times with a nervousness which
made the boat fairly lift from the wa
ter. Cornell employed her trained
down muscle in a leisurely confident
manner that pulled her at every stroke
towards victory. 1t was singular CO.
incidence that the EnGlish-trained
crew, Harvard, pursued exactly the
same methods as to the number of
strokes per minute as did the winning
crew, and although they weighed on
an average of ten pounds heavier than
Cornell's men, that extra weight told
for nothing. and either from too much
"fineness" In training, or lack of abi1-
ity to pull the stroke set for them, they
We're practically dead" after the sec
ond mile. 1t is also curious to note
that Cornell pulled exactly the same
kind of stroke and the same number
of strokes per minute as she pulled
last year when She won in record
breaking time. and that Harvard,
while advertising that she had entirely
new methods. was defeated in exactly
the same manner that defeat met her
last wear.