Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-26

its old-time rivals.
FRESH AS DAISIES.
But it was hopeless struggle and surely
and steadily the flying representatives, OF tne
red and white, never changing thelr sleauy
stroke of thirty-two to the minute, are"
away as If they were enjoying an afternoon
spin instead of participating IN contest
that will go down in history as the great
est race ever witnessed i'll American waters.
AS thew approached the finish line II was
seen that the Harvard eight We're nearly 10
n man in difficulties, while several oil the
Yale men were flying signals OF distress
Then the Cornsll crew, as II In mockery az
tho discontinue of their rivals, lhcreaSed
their stroke to thirty-four and shot past the
Judges boat every man as fresh, apparently,
as when, he started, and as II not satlslled
with their wonderful exhibition, rowed Tor
a quarter of a mile down the river, iilst CIV
ing three rousing cheers to the man VINO
had coached them to victory, Charies IL
Courtney.
Ten seconds after Cornell, Yale crossed the
limo and Immediately stopped rowing, with
No. (Whitney) and No (CampbeiD IN
state of collapse.
HARVARD COLLAPSES
Then came Harvard sixteen seconds be.
hind, it's entire crew used up and three OF
dta men utterly helpless. Hardly had the
nose of the Harvard shell reached the finish
when Boardman, stroke. fell back OIL his
seat Wrightington at No. and j. +. FER
kinls at No. also lost their oars ana their
companions commenced to splash water over
them. In the meantime Goodrlcn, captain
was trying to raise Boardman, but was TOO
weak and the coxswain was throwing water
over the two. After a long wait Tor thelr
launch. which could not get through the
crowd of various craft that seemed TO come
from everywhere at once, the men were
reached and taken to their quarters.
/ Alter the race the Cornell crew was taken
on board their launch, which steamed proudly
across to the boat house, where crowd OF
1000 men, women and boys had assembled
and were waving flags, handkerchiefs and
pieces of bunting The oarsmen mad 10
fairly fight their way through the mob to
tho boat house Once inside they were sur
rounded by undergraduates ana the en-
thusiasm knew no bounds. Courtney and MS
men were overwhelmed by kilograms OF CON
gratulatons from all parts OF the country
this evening. There could be no relaxation
In the training OF the crew, as their supern
condition must be main tanned for the race
with Pennsylvania and Columbia, so the men
sat down to the training table at o:jo as
though they had Just come III iroih al oI-
binary practice row.
The Yale crew tonight elected Payne Whit
ney captain of next years crew. lie Is II son
of william e. Whitney OF New YORK, ana -
B. NJ. Goodrich, '9S, was tonight unan.
imously elected captain by the Harvard
crew. Mr. Lehman made a short speech
which was heartily received. The men vii
return TO Cambridge tomorrow.
Following are personal sketches or the
three crews which contested in the race:
HARVARD CREW
George ID. Marvin of New Rochelle, N, Y,
rowed at No. on his freshmen crew ana
on the sophomore crew of this year. whlci
won the class races.
Charles c. Bull Of Belmont, Cal, roweC
-four years ago on his freshmen crew an,
Capitalized his sophomore crew, on which h
rowed g. He also strolsed the trial eight'
last fall. ,.,..
Edgar N. Wrightington of Brook Inc
Mass. rowed bow In the 70 varsity crew ah' ah'
IN Inc ~ sophomore crew, but was alb
sent from, the varsity of last yi.,,o, year; ,t
A. A. SpraGue OF chicago captaneu M
varsity crew. ,,,. a., 49,.
James II, Perkins OF Milton Mass, begal
his rowing last year. when he rowed in th
VARSITY boat. +, -. ..
DAVID M Goodrich Of Akron, O.. rowed
on his freshmen crew at Harvard s'rekSd tn