The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-26

~ Corneii never varying the stroke. went
on with that easy, swing stroke. little
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the men not TO run away withit Har.
ward, acting under the instructions oi
their training master. used at many
points the same stroke as to numbers
but II seemed to have little effect. the
boat of Cornell running away from the
Harvard boat.
At the two-miie point the Yale Grew
were going away from Harvard. and
the latter seemed unable TO prevent Il,
although rowing away at the long a2
stroke that had been predicted as win
ming one. After Yale got away from
Harvard she turned her attention TO
Cornell and just beyond the second mile,
made desperate spurt TO catch the slim
youngsters.
Never for e moment did the young
white-shirted lads from Cornell get
ratified. Backward and forward went
the sweeps with an arithmetical move
ment and powerful swing that was sur
prising to watch. The weighty young
sters from Yale used every pound OF
leverage on the end OF the oars. but they
could not bring their boat alongside OF
the swiftly moving boat OF the Cornell
boys.
The Harvard men were rowing In very
weak fashion during the next mile, and
II was evident that they were thoroughly
used up. At the bridge the coxswain
Of the Harvard crew had to give the
Harvard stroke little water In his face.
and for moment, under the reviving in
fiuence, the boat swung along at goodly
pace, But only for a moment, and Just
rs they passed under the big bridge the
stroke began to give way. Cornell was
rowing at 32 and Yale was working away
at 33 and "a, and evidently tired.
The Last Mile.
The last mile OF the race was prob
ably one of the most sensational in the
history Of college aQuatics Sensational
not so much fyom the fact that II recorded
the defeat OF the crews Of the two lead
ing colleges of the United States, but be-
cause 1t demonstrated to the satisfaction
Of the majority of those who have
watched the work Of the crews and the
different methods pursued in their train
Ing, that the Lehman or the Cook stroke
must bow to the superiority OF the
Courtney modification of the two, and
that while wsight and Drawn are fac
tors. they must be combined with skill,
and the skill Is that which Courtney
teaches.
Before they reached the third mile
post Yale had begun to squirt. and the
eight powerful representatives Of old
Ellis muscle and stamina bent to their
work with wonderful exhibition of
sheer will power. for their strength was
gone. For perhaps three minutes the
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they gained little on the flying lead
ers, and Harvard, with nearly every man
exhausted, chung with the tenacity Of
bulldog In the wake Of her old-time
rivals.
The Finish.
But 1t was hopeless struggle and
surely and steadily the flying represen-
tatives Of the red and white, never
changing their steady stroke OF % to the
drew away as II they were en-
joying "a afternoons spin, instead of
in contest that will 60
down in history as the greatest race
ever witnessed in American waters. AS
they approached the finish line it was
seen that the Harvard eight were nearly
to man in difficulties, while several of
the Yale men were flying signals Of dis
tress. Then the Cornell crew, as IL
In mockery at the discontinue Of their
rivals. increased their stroke to "a and
shot past the Judges boat every man
as fresh apparently as when he started
and as II not satisfied with their wonder
full exhibition, rowed quarter of a mile
down the river, first giving three rous-
ing cheers to the man who had coached
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Ten seconds after Cornell, Yale crossed
the line and Immediately stopped rowing
with No. 2. Whitney. and No. 8. Camp
bell, in a state of collapse.
Then came Harvard, 16 seconds behind,
her entire crew used up and three of
the men utterly helpless. Hardly had
the nose Of her shell reached the finish
when Boardman, stroke, fell back off
his seat. Wrightington at No. 3, and
]. Z. Perkins at No. s, also lost their
oars and their companions commenced
to splash water over them. In the
meantime Goodrich. captain, was try
ing to raise Boardman, but was too
weak and the coxwain was throwing
water over the two. After long wait
for their launch, which could not get
through the crowd Of various crafts that
seemed to come from everywhere at
once. the men were reached and care
fully taken to their quarters.
Lehman's Statement.
Coach Lehman Of Harvard gave out
this statement:
I had q peculiarly constructed crew
and last week found that they had gone
stale. began to work to bring them
around, and supposed this week that
had gotten them around again In good
shape, but the work yesterday showed
differently. In addition to that. the
crew did MT row my stroke after the
FIRST maIs, but ran away with thinga
Rudolph Lehman.
Anson Beard an old Yale athlete,
said: 'I saw Mr.. Cook before the Yale
men left. He said to me. We were
fairly beaten by Cornell. They rowed in
better fbrm and with a better stroke
than Yale did. That Is all care to say"
d. NJ. Goodrich, '9S. was unanimously
reelected captain by the Harvard Grew.
Mr. Lehman made short speech. which
was heartily received. The men re-
turned TO Cambridge today.