The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-24
THE CREWS 1FTER THE RACE.
Captain whitney of Yale Showed Keen
est DtsappOintment-C Captains Elected.

1mpat1ently awaited the arrival OF the
Yale launch with the crew. When the
launch was made fast those of the
freshmen most impatient jumped
aboard and eagerly questioned the
varsity men, but got no answers. Din
ner was ready and soon after o'clock
the crew was at the tables. Bob Cook,
the coach, would not give a word to
anybody on any subject. Questions
were wholly ignored The freshmen
were saddened by the result and lost
some of their heart for their contest
fearing that Cornell would make it a
double victory.
Captain Payne Whitney showed the
keenest disappointment over the de-
feat of the varsity. AS he stepped out
of the shell and walked up the float he
could not restrain his tears. His men
gave him a rousing cheer and followed
it with yells and cheers for Coach Cook,
who was very much downcast. Cap
tain Whitney said: yale rowed for
all there was in it, every man put
every ounce Of his strength on the oar.
We were greatly pleased with the fine
showing the crew made. We heartily
congratulate Cornell on the victory.
They fought every inch Of, the four
miles, and the best crew won.'
Immediately after lunch the annual
crew election was held and Fred w.
Allen of Walpole, Mass, was chosen
captain of the '99 crew. He is a sopho.
more and prepared for Yale at Andov-
er. Everysoarsman in the Yale varsity
boat to-day was an Andover graduate.
The senior crew went down to see the
freshman race in the Yale launch and
did not return. The eight and substi-
tutes took the s o'clock train for New
Haven. The Yale quarters We're all
but deserted when the launch brought
the freshmen back after the second
race, but the few heelers that were
about gave the youngsters rousing
cheer and when the boys stepped out,
on float they all Joined in the freshmen
yell while the small cannon at the
quarters doomed salute. They quick
ly DOTTED their racing togs and dived
into the river and as soon as they had
dressed crossed the ferry to Montville
and took the 7:31 train for New London.
Coach Rogers was greatly pleased with
the work of his freshmen pupils. The
crew cheered him wildly, and he was
congratulated on every side The quar-
| ters were deserted tonight except by
| the stewards and camp followers and
| tomorrow the shells and racing outfit
will be shipped to New Haven.
Harvard.
| The Harvard oarsmer returned to
Red Top in the launch, towing their
| shell, and arrived at 1:45 o'clock. The
result Of the race was, of course, an
| overwhelming disappointment, but, as
one of the crew said, they were outrow-
| ed and that was an end of it. Stroke
Dobyns said that he tried twice before
the finish to hit up the pace, but that
| wind and water made it impossible.
Mr.. Lehman said that the race was
well rowed. Harvard's time would have
shown about ten seconds better had not
| Coxswain Orton ordered the men to
stop rowing before the line was reach
| ed, owing to a misjudgment Of the
| range flags. "TIle men went to pieces,'
| Mr.. Lehman said, when they struck
| the rough water on the first turn, but
| they got together again and rowed the
race out we'll" The accidental stop
ping before the finish line was reached
was very much regretted by Mr. Leh-
mann and all the members of the crew,
as it gave the appearance of quitting
| before the race was over. The men
were ordered to stop, however, and
| were not responsible. Nelson Perkins
81, captain of the Harvard crew of his
class, was the only visitor at Red Top
| after the race, having returned with
Mr.. Lehman. He said that there was
| nothing to be said except that the two
| leading crews We're more finished in
their rowing and Mat the best crew
| won.
| The men appeared anxious to get
away from the scene of their defeat
and at o'clock they took their depart
ure from Red Top, most of them re-
turning to Boston tonight. Before
| their departure f. T.. Higginson jr.,
was elected captain for the '99 crew.
The newly elected captain is a member
of the class of 1900 and Boston boy
He has rowed on his class crew for
two years and stroked the winning
crew in the race between the two Var
sity eights last fall. The freshmen
crew also made little delay in their
| ltootC " lCdNC Ieco Iop IO-liSIlt Lie
quarters are entirely deserted. Coach
Storrow was very enthusiastic over the
work of his crew and the men were
highly complimented by him. Mr.. Leh-
mann sails for England next Saturday,
but refused to talk about his future
plans.
| Cornell.
The Cornell crew rowed back to the
boat house with a steady stroke which
did not differ greatly from that seen
in the race. On the wharf was Coach
Courtney to greet them, for Mr.. Court
ney only saw g. little of the race from
place on the float. After the con-
gratulations were over Mr.. Courtney
told the boys to rub down, dress and
then go in to dinner. This they did
speedily. Mr.. Courtney, however, kept
at work on the freshman shell. He
said: 1.-THE result, of course, was
| just what I expected. Although Cor
nell was handicapped on the course ]
do not believe it made a bit of differ
enee. I was confident that my boys
would hold their own on the existing
conditions, and I believed and still be-
lieve that there is not crew in the
country which could best to-day's
crew. AS to the race ITSELF 1 know lit
tie of it, except from hearsay. Yester-
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