The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-30
TOMORROW THE DAY OF THE BIc
RACE AT LAKE MINNIE
T0NKA.,
BOTH CREWS IN Fine FORM.
DULUTH MEN BELiEvE THEY CAN
SMASH THE PREVIOUS REC
ORDs THIS TIME,
MINNEsoTAs Held ONO WATCH
As They Have Been Working in the
River Current, but Are Conf
dent of Victdry.

Three or four feet is not much of
defeat in a hotly contested eight-oared
boat race, but it Is a beat for all that,
and the Minnesota eight which has had
its shell taken from the river to Min
netOnka, has for the past day or two
been putting in the last hours getting
in shape to tally even with the stout
lads who reached here last night with
their shell for the victory they seized
last year from the wearers of the car
nelian and white. Trainer John Ken
nedy and his charges are comfortably
housed at the Lafayette. and the boys
have been pulling over the course each
evening to get the lay of things, and
incidentally to put the finishMg
touches on the work they have been do
ing since the ice went out of the river.
AS an earnest of what a thoroughly
pretty contest it must be, let it be stat
ed that the boys from the Zenith CITY
have, in spite of the rather lukewarm
support given them by their towns
people, got together very excellent
eight, and have tasted victory, so that
they will come up to the starters pis-
tol prepared to come In ahead or fall
over in their boat. They are going to
have a hard battle, too, at that The
MinneSotaS are in very much better
shape for a hard race. than they were
year ago, and while they may not de-
scribe circles about the Duluth shell
during the race, they will surely make
the Duluthians row all they know.
The race, which Isl scheduled for to-
morrow evening, will be rowed from the
T oh
a distance of mile and a half straight
away, the finish being directly in front
Of the Lafayette hotel, from which an
excellent view can be had.
A splendid opportunity will be af-
forded spectators to watch the entire
race from the pavilion and the high
ground which surrounds the hotel.
Fudge" Heffelfnger, the big Yale
guard, has been selected as referee. and
the other officials will be named after
a conference between the two clubs
some time today. 49, .
The Duluth crew with trainer and
substitutes reached st. Paul last night
over the Eastern Minnesota and repair
ed directly to the lake. The course
will be surveyed again tomorrow just
before the race at the request of the
against time and the present record.
1t is the intention to start the event
as nearly after 6 o'clock as possible,
there being trains on the Great North
ern arriving just before that time from
st. Paul and Minneapolis.
1T is going to be the prettiest race
Of the regatta" is the way Coach Ken
nedy put it last night, land l will tell
you why. The Duluth men won last
year, and are doubly anxious to repeat
the trick. The Minnesotas have been
hard at work since spring with the ex-
ception of George Langford and
'Hervy' Simpson, both of whom were
East at Yale. Their presence in the
boat will help rather than detract from
the work of the balance of the crew,
owing to the fact that they have been
working in Eastern water. Whidden is
also a new man in one sense, but will
acauit himself creditably. 'Merrie'
Bend, who will stroke our crew, is every
inch an oarSman, pulls steadily and
never loses his head. You may rest
assured we will give them a good vigor-
Gus race, and do not know any good
reason why we should not win
Strictly speaking, the st. Pauls have
not at any time been subjected to the
rigidity of training table, Mr.. Ken
nedy having rather trusted to their
good Judgment in the matter of diet,
etc. He considers them in good work.
ing trim, and expects them to show the
result of their steady, faithful work on
the river.
The crew went out for spin last
night and went early to.bed. The coach
protested not to have any accurate
knowledge as to what time the crew
could cover the distance in, explaining
that the swift current in the river,
which has been very high almost all
the time the crew has been rowing,
would prevent any precise knowledge
on the subject. The Duluthians have
been timed on their course from their
boat club house to the dixie in Duluth
harbor, but just what the time is they
have kept to themselves. 1t is limited
they are confident of smashing the
records which now stand The st. Paul
average is about 1913 pounds, and the
makeup of the eight, with the weight
of each man, is as follows: Whidden,
No. 1, weight, 1876; Boland, No. 2, 1853;
Simpson, No. 8, 155; N. p Langford.
No. 4. 1711s; Bjornstad, No. 5, 1877; P.
HGughton, No 6, 10; G.. Langford,
No. 7, ITO; NJ. Bend, stroke, 1863;
Schwartz pOYSWain