Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-26
F" CORNELL | YELL"
THE ITHICANS WIN TILE BOAT
RACE, EASILY.
AMERICAN METHODS T.IUMPH.
Yale Comes In Second; Harvard
Third-TWO of the Yalensinns In
Collapse mt the End-AII of the
Harvard Men Used Up.

POUGHKEEPSIE, ". Y, June 25.-
Cornell won. Time, 20 minutes, "a Sc
conds. Yale was second, by three
lengths and half. Time. 20 minutes,
~ seconds. Harvard came in third, five
lengths and half astern Of Yale. Time,
q minutes.
Cornell. time by miles-First mile, 4
minutes. IS seconds; second mile, 10 min
utes, 30 seconds; third. 10 minutes. "a Sc
conds; fourth. 20 minutes. "a seconds.
Stroke-Start, Cornell. 30; Yale. SO; Har-
ward. SO; quarter mile, %. 80. 90, respec-
lively; half mile, 81. 80. 80; three-quarters
Of mile "a. 81, SO; finish 81, "a. and Har-
ward drifting across the line.
American grit, American methods, and
American training won to-day, as
against American grit coupled with 'Eng-
lsh methods and English training. A
crew Of American college youths, trained
under an American coach, won from
two other American college crews in
an SCARED contest, the two other crews
having studied, the one under an Ameri-
J can 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 superiority for
| Henley methods. No such contest ever
! occurred in this country before
Cornell University has not been able
to meet Yale on water since 1875. and
then, as to-day. she defeated the boys
of the Blue. After long chickering's, Yale
| University consented TO meet Harvard
and Cornell. The match was arranged,
and to-day the leading crews of these
three leading colleges of this college
strewn country started down the four
| mile stretch together. Yale finished Sc
cond and three and a half boat-lengths
separated her from Cornell. Harvard.
with her newly-acquired English me-
thods. finished third, and she was over
| eight and half lengths behind the Cor
nels Her eight were thoroughly eX-
hausted. while the exponents of Ameri-
can theory. as applied to the propul
sion of SCARED 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 1t was one of
the most brilliant races in the history of
aquatics in this country.
THE START.
The crews started with a stroke Of 80
for Cornell and SO for Harvard ana Vale.
Harvard gained a slight advantage over
the others at the start and the usual note
of jubilation went up from the Harvard
adherents. 1t was apparent within the
| first quarter mile that the Cornell crew
were using the same methods that took
! them on to victory last year-that IF a
slow and telling stroke that you'd wear
out their opponents. At the bridge. the
coxswain of the Harvard crew had to
| give the Harvard stroke a little wafer in
his face, and for a moment unde" the
reviving influence, the speed Increased
momentarly. but just as they passed
under the big bridge the stroke began TO
! give way. Cornell was rowing at y
and Yale was working away al 80 and
! 81 and evidently tired.
The last mile of the race was probably
one Of the most sensational in the his
tory of college aquatics-sensational not
so much from the fact that il recorded
| the defeat of the crews of the two lead
| ing colleges of the United States. but that
| il demonstrated TO the satisfaction Of the
! majority of those who had watched the
work of the crews. and the different
methods pursued in their training. that
| the Lehman and Cook strokes must bow
TO the superiority Of the Courtney modi-
ncation of the two. and that while weight
and Drawn are factors, they must be
combined with skill. and skill is that
which Mr.. Courtney teaches.
AS they approached the finish line. il
was seen that the Harvard eight were
almost to a man in difficulties willie
several of the Yale men were dying sig
nails Of distress. Then the Cornell crew.
as If in mockery at the discontinue Of
their rivals. increased their stroke TO 81,
and shot past the judges boat every
man as fresh, apparently, as when lie
started and as if not satisfied with their
wonderful exhibition. they rowed fOc
quarter of a mile down the river. first
giving three rousing cheers to ne man
who had coached them to victory-Charles
l.. Courtney.
MEN IN COLLAPSE.
Ten seconds after Cornell had crossed
the line Yale stopped rowing. with No.
& whitney and No. 3 CampbelD in a
state of collapse. And then came Har-
ward. sixteen seconds behind, her entire
crew used up. and three of the men ut
terly helpless. Hardly had the nose
Of her shell reached the finish, when
BOaItndn iSlIOhtt ltll bfiNh"e'N va i'''
seat. Wrightington, at No. g. and James
perkins al No 5, also lost their
oars and their companions COM
menced TO splash water over them. In
the mean time. Goodrich, the captain,
was irving to raise Boardman. but was
too weak. and the coxswain was throw
ing water over the two
After the race. the Cornell crew were
taken on board their launch. which
steamed proudly across to the boat
house. where crowd of 1900 men, wo-
men and boys had assembled, and were
,,,o,,,,o flags. handkerchief and pieces
of bunting The oarsmen had 10 larry
6ebt their way through the mon INTO
- ,,oot-house There could be no re-
,uO ,,on In the training Of the crew, as
-. sunerh condition must be main
.iiS', ts cor the race with Pennsylvania
"a columbia so the men sat down 10
az az troining-table at $3.50 i. NJ as
.ne,,ob .ne they had just come in from an
ordinary practice row.
urBILEE AT ITHACA.
,r,.AcA n Y, June 25.-This was
,.',,iao.Dav in Ithaca. The Cornell
49, nave had many victories, but none
go noonlar as to-day's triumph over faie
"a Harvard. When the news came
49, cornell had signally defeated both
vaie ,,'' and Harvard. the scenes were al
most beyond description. students en-
,,raced each other, and professors Tor
cot their dignity as they cheered ana
a., their hats in the air. In an M
nnaihlv short time the business-houses
~, tho principal streets were decorated
',,h the Cornell colors. ana soon AFTER
.d nrivate residences were decorated
wa,u american flags and the Cornell
a'ars VIZ The students and citizens Sc
oo,o "5 a hand tonight. and paraded the
..roots Of the city. Many OF the pa