New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-03
Colgate's
Cashmere Bouquet
Toilet Soap.

at Just the moment when she ID most hkey 10 sag
and lose her velocity. Cornell won from Harvard
and Yale on this. and she won from Columbia and
Pennsylvania ON this. together with other things.
such as Pennsylvania sinking.
coRNELL's DIFFICULTY.
After the mite was passed It became evident that
rcnnsylyanie was out of the race. The stern of
her boat soon began to settle and the repetition OF
the Hasco Of two years ago occurred Just after
passing the two-mile point. At that time The
Tribune stated that the fault did not lie SO much
with the shell. which had been bruised by the
wash from a pleasure steam err two days before. as
with the style Of Wards stroke. and the result OF
Yesterdays race proves this statement In the face
of much adverse criticism at the time. The ward
stroke Ia a heavy sagging pull and hard run on
tho slides at the full reach 1t invariably gives
the shell u push into the water aft and makes the
stern 20 down to such extent that even the
lighter boat drags water between strokes. The
Same fault was as noticeable to-day as then. ana
the water had no more to do with the sinking OF
Pennsylvania shell yesterday than the wash from
Governor Mo-ton's tug did two years ago. In fact.
It Is an improper almost disgraceful thins tnat
large university should spend all the money
necessary to support q crew. should enter Tor Dig
race and coach eight big manly chaps like the
present Pennsylvania crew. to sink them at
point only few feet beyond the half OF the course
No such happening can be anything but tho way
the men are coached and tho stroke they are
taught.
Pennsylvania crew is the heaviest and strong
est of the three which rowed yesterday ana II Is
not only unjust to them but discredit 10 tho
University itself to place such sight peiore
those who have come to see the race ana %
humilfate Pennsylvania men who are there a
defeat Is no discredit II the fight Is a gooo one
but to sink ignominiously shortly after the start
in water that two other crews hardly shipped any
seas In is because Of fault and incompetency some
where. It is so because any crew OF standing-the
St. Paul Halcyon or Shattuck crews-could navc
come down and done better than that II Is not
because the men are not boatmen. Dut because
their training Is not sound. Pennsylvania started
away from the pistol fire at clip that was IN IT.
self manfestly absurd. Any ono sitting IN tho
referees launch or riding on the train could see
| at the fifteenth stroke that such a speed would
soon kill the men, No race can be won with Dig
squirt of the highest speed at the very start. And
yet Pennsylvania hurried away at n thirty-iouF
| or thrty-fve stroke. with the men pulling their
| hearts out before they had covered ten boat
lengths. Then when Pennsylvania got down to
| her work she had necessarily to slow down. ana
| this too at time when Cornell and Columbia
were Just getting down to a good speed and In
| creasing their velocity each moment. The result
was as 1t Is always such occasions. that Penn
sylvania dropped behind quickly when she once be-
| gan to lose ground.
One of the most peculiar sights that II has been
| the fortune Of rowing to witness In several
years was the work Of No. in the Pennsylvania
boat 1t appeared that after the haf-mile had been
passed the stroke was trying to get the time down
! q little but No. apparently had different opin"
ion, for he kept on-probably he lost his head-and
pulled ahead Of his stroke making an apparent
| break In the boat His oar went into the water
perceptb,e time before that Of the stroke. and. OF
course he carried the rest of the boat with him.
The result was that the stroke was coming up from
| the full reach when No. and the others were
getting In their power. and when they hao started
| on the reverse the stroke was Just nn'snins
pulling his oar through. Nothing could more
graphically illustrate the bad training and coach.
| ing of the crew than this papable irregularity IN
No rs work. Arh to show them II was not thing
of the moment. ne kept 1t up until the boat sank
and no more rowing could be done. Altogether,
Pennsylvania lamentable showing ana
every one felt sorry for the big. manly chaps who
| sat In the boat for they were worthy OF better
| teaching. .. v,o,y
| Columbia on the other hand. while she did not
by any means win the race pulled the whole course
through puckily, and pulled strong and vigorous
| stroke steadily from start to finish. Unqueston-
| ably her boat went as fast ut the middle OF the
stroke as Cornelrs Possibly it went faster. But
| there was not the power In 1t that carried the
shell on between strokes, and hence Cornell gained
ana gained IL regularly from start to finish This
| gradual gain going on from haf-mie TO half-mile
awayr hO' e 81 the stroke The
| water did not affect Columbia any more than II
dd Cornell and Tough ho as ,Se S Ses
Of ofas ali i' three boats while Cornell frequently
eearer Sf spray Il is Clear therefore that
Cornell gained was in the shoot of the shell be-
in the Columbia boat boa No was as. weak spot %;
| backward and forward. his head swaying ABOUT
81 ;Ss SSs
can realize what little irregularity In one mans
in Sf %oysms SS q the d sSa Rp;
boat gave for the last two miles must have Jared
the Of az ias pasd 'ss he
we'll through. neither squirting nor dropping on at
any point In the race not losing on any careless ;S;
s sn9 the che Checking king Of the shell '
TINE OF THE STROKES.
On account Of the rough and choppy water the
time of the given out by the referee and time
keepers--that is. 20+7 and I:S0-is slow Yet Cor
nell could have evidently taken off good minute
by the fact that she scarcely got over thirty-one
strokes to the minute down the entire course 20.
ihs rouSs oS hs Coaching this
has all tended the se peF m
S Sse dowP I'm coumSa hit up
stroke at the three; mile point but failed TO gain
the as ssS up 10 s Of sHs
| for the half-mes is interesting again this week
showing tho regularity OF Cornell Tor the whole
| race:
| After the start. ............. ~ o. ~
| n mile. y. o. ~
E $;;.:: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: + !: :
| Just before finish. 80 ~
| sStrL,py +Sank