Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01

methods that took it on 20 victory last
year, that slow and telling stroke that
would wear out its opponents. Yale
with quick stroke hung in the rear
until after the first quarter of a mile,
while Harvard and Cornell fought it
out. Cornell forged to the front before
the end Of the first mile was reached.
Harvard struggled valiantly, but before
the end Of mile and half was in the
rear Of Yale, Cornell v-~ut on with
that easy swinging st. 49, z. AZ the two
mile point the Yale crew was going
away from Harvard and the latter
seemed unable to prevent it, although
it was rowing away at long 80 stroke
that had been the predicted winning
one. After Yale got away from Har-
ward she turned her attention to Cor
nell, and just beyond the second mile
made a desperate squirt. but could not
bring her boat alongside of the swiftly
moving craft of the Cornell boys The
Harvard men were rowing in a weak
fashion during this next mile, and it
was evident that they were thoroughly
used up.
Before they reached the third mile
post Yale made another squirt, and the
eight powerful representatives of Old
Ellis muscle ana stamina bent to their
work with a wonderful exhibition of
sheer will power, for their strength was
gone. But it was a 4-opeless struggle.
AS they approached the finish line it
was seen that the Harvard eight were
nearly to a man in difficulties, while
several Yale men were flying signals of
distress. Then the Cornell crew, as Il
in mockery at the discontinue of her
rivals increased her stroke to "a and
shot past the judges boat, every man as
fresh apparently as when they started
and as if not satisfied with their won
derfuI exhibition rowed for quarter of
a mile down the river, first giving three
rousing cheers for the man who had
coached them to victory, Charles E.
Courtney. Ten seconds later Yale
crossed the line and Immediately
stopped rowing, with No. (Whitney)
and No. (CampbelD in a state of col
lapse. Then came Harvard, 16 seconds
behind, her entire crew used up and
three of them utterly helpless. Hardly
had the nose of her shell reached the
finish when Boardman, stroke, fell
back off his seat. Wrightington at No.
g. and j. F. Perkins at No. also lost
their oars, and their companions COM
n6uC6u 10 Splash WdU6I ON6l JuSlu LII
the meantime, Goodrich, captain, was
trying to raise Boardman, but was too
weak, and the coxswain threw water
over the two. After a long wait for
their launch, which could not get
through the crowd of various crafts
the men were reached and taken to
their quarters. After the race the Cor
nell crew was taken on board its
launch, which steamed proudly to the
boat house, where a crowd Of 1000
men, women and boys had assembled
and were waving flags, handkerchiefs
and pieces of bunting. The oarsme1
had to fairly fight their way through
the mob into their boat-house. Once
inside they were surrounded by under
graduates, and enthusiasm knew no
bounds. Courtney and the men were
overwhelmed by kilograms of congrat-
ulations from all parts Of the country
There will be no relaxation in the
training of the crew as its superb con-
diton must be maintained for the race
with Pennsylvania and Columbia.