The herald., 1897-06-26
AMERICAN
OARSMEN
Pull All Honest American
Stroke
CORNELL'S SMALL BOYS
Leave the Yale Giants in the
Rear
HARvARD'S ENGLISH COACH
MUST SEEK SOME JOB LIKE SAW.
ING WOOD
A Good Race and a Fair Trial Of
HARvARD'S ENGLISH COACH
MUST SEEK SOME JOB LIKE SAW.
ING WOOD
A Good Race and a Fair Trial Of
the American Rowing Methods
Against the Vaunted Eng
glish System
Associated Press Special Wire.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, June 25.-
Cornell won; time, 20 minutes "a Sec
onds. Yale was second by three lengths
and a half; time, 20:44. Harvard came
; in third, five lengths astern Of Yale.
time, 21:00. Cornelps time by miles:
First mile; 4 minutes As seconds; second
mile 1920; third mile, 1884 3-5; fourth
mile, 2O:34
The stroke:, Start, Cornell, 80; Yale.
So; Harvard, 36. Quarter mile, 80, 33, 81
respectively. Half mile, 49, 80, 80.
Three-quarters, SO, SO, 33. Mile, 80, 80,
"a. One and half miles, 32 IS, 80. Two
miles, 80, 80. "a. Two and half miles,
20. 80, 80. Three miles, 32, 33, 80. Three
and half miles, "a, "a 80. Three and
three-fourths miles, "a, 34 80. Finish,
"a, 34 and Harvard drifting 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
eollsgs Ys,;E Xp4ths Nd p..kRsrsn coucn N an en-
inil'o. - ~, rrove a superiority for Henley
oea,oA No smch contest ever occurreo
ihe III .,.;s country. Cornell university mas
~ hesn able to meet Yale since loo''
s clio lost then, but today sne oe-
1900 the wearersI of the blue
After a year of pickering, Yale UNI
.,.;txr consented under pressure iroi-
1Ha,,,ard again to meet Cornell Inc
n,otch was arranged, and TO-DAY .ne
dirg crews of these three leaolns co,
,eres started down the four-mlle stretcn
| .1r Vale finished secono, tHree
and a half boat lengths separating n.a
from Cornell Harvard, with hel nes
aonuired English methods nniSe
s%;na ond she was over eight and nail
,nrths behind Cornell. Her eight were
thnrouphlv exhausted, while the eA,
o,+s of American theory as appileu
r. nropulsion of eight-oareo she,S ~.
;shed at hot pace, without any oistress
being apparent. @.vor.a
rbe tide was slack, the wind favored
narticular crew and absolutely NO
favor of any kind was shown py ha'ur. :.
.a,,,ord the result. The race was roweo
entirely on its merits.
Tna race also set conclusion upon
tho long mooted question cohcernins s
weights Yale striped into tnelr poa'
~ on average of III pounds; Corheii,
" 1bS Yale used every pound Oh us peeA
!. and the leverage Of its oars anu a
- times with nervousness WHICH, iiau'
the boat fairly lift from the water ",
:, nell employed her trained Uo"h niuso'
!, In a leisurely, confident manner INC
rs nulled her at every stroke .ow
~ tory. 1t was singular colncloehoe .no
~ the English-trained crew, HarVaru' pul
~ sued exactly the same metnoo as ~ 80 49,.
~ ,un,her of strokes per minute as dlo III
WEIGHED on an average ten POUNDS neaV
49, than Cornelrs men, the extra we1gf
.o,d for nothing, and either from 10
rouch "fneness" of training or lack
~ oh;1itv m null the stroke set Tor then
i'S thev we're practically dead after u
~ second mile. 1t is also curious 10 no
he tho+ Cornell pulled exactly the san
'e ,-,pd of a stroke and the same nuHp
hs, of etrolxes to the minute as she pulls
7eu 1ast vear when she won in recoru liii
Si- and .hat Harvard, while aoVerlisii
that she had entirely new melhous'
defeated in exactly the same mann
that defeat met her last year. brlei
ico the result of today's races is that ~
his nell asserts her superiority IN rowil
NAY method of training and capaplAty os
teu the two larger universities, ana sne >
the holds the record for lntercoilesie &c
out aigbts of 10 minutes 20 seconds, whl
anu she made last year. .,,.
The race was one CT the most prlilla
in the history of aquatics in TINS count
Harvard gained slight advantage o.
ger. the others at the start. and the US
was note of jubilation went up from the III
reek ward adherents. 1t was apparent II
log the first quarter mile that the Corr
was crew was using the same metnous
he took them on to victory last year.
of a slow and telling stroke, that wo
wear out their opponents. Ihe po
travelled swiftly. although it was ea
and noticeable that the tide was at sig
cred and that the conditions did not favof
after ord breaking. Yale. with qulcA s'i'
hose hung in the rear until after the nrsl ~
ming ter of mile, while HarVaro anu ~
and fought it out Cornell forged 10
front before the end of the first mile
reached. Harvard struggled vallaI
but before the end of the mile ana
was in the rear of Yale. Cornell Wen
, ++,a With that easy swinging stroke
I,,I,, Colson in the coxswain's box caution
them not to run away withit Harv