The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-28


appenlinaiy for new start. which he had
a right 60 do inside ofAS0 seconds. The
referec's boat whist1ed the crews back
and the fact thae Corneh's boat Was fur
fhtr down the river AZ One time raised
Cornell hopes. A second time the crews
were lined up and ct q N.55. another start
was made For sDme reason o. other
some one in Columbia's bo,t raised his
hand Hs II In trouble and S0r second
time the boats were called oask 60 5ne'
start. Ii was .05 % clock when the third
start was given and this tame the crews
got away without accident .Ehie start
was n beautiful one. thu four DO sts noses
seeming to hang together for the first two
strDkea As they settled down TO the
tr5ke taught them by the various
reaches, Wisconsin, seemed TO bs rowing
the lowest number Of strokes,per minute
OF any OF the crews, hut her boat was
going faster than any OF the Others Wis
cousin rowed 30, Pennsylvania "a, Cor
nell "a ana Columbia 80. Before TIA, nrst
eighth of a nile was finished the WAscon'
sin boat had showed its moss anead or the
others, with Cornell second, Pennsy Iva
min hanging well to her and ColuIi bia
fourth, dropping astern.
when the first half mile was reached, so
FAST WAS THE WISCONSIN
boat going that 10 had taken its whole
length ahead of the Pennsylvania boass
and half length ahead of the Cornelh
roat. Columbia was rowing with the
noss Of her boat just overlapping Penn
sylvania's. Frautically the Pennsylyania
rooters on the train yelled at their crew
and the broad, brown backs OF the
Quakers seemed to respond. as In few
minutes they. shot their boat mp even
Hss ~ catch the Wisconsin boat was
NOS so easy. On q perfectly even keel
with the bodies going well back together
and the heads seeming as II they would
swing of the shoulders, the Wisconsin
Grew few on. When the mile was reached
the Wisconsin boat had q CHAR lead Of
length over Pennsly vania, while Cornell
and Pennsylvania were see-sawing Tor
second place. The WISCONSIN crew had
settled down to a stroke of S2 to the
minute. the boat never checking between
the strokes and the blades QUITTING J the
water rs keenly as knife. Wisconsin
stock went up for little while.
s"They never can keep IL up. !" shouted
the rooters for the other colleges, and the
orcakers, but the allow recovery and the
slow stroke had behind them wonderful
power and the wisconsin boat never
checked orsstopped as IL went toward the
second mile mark. In the meantime
Pennsylvania and Cornell were having as
pretty Tight for second place as has ever
been seen on the course. Time and time
again, the Cornell crew put little more
back In the stroke and sent the nose OF
their boat even with that Of the Quakers.
But IL was apparent that there was but
little chance OF their holding 10 there.
Wards men were rowing In magnificent
form while Cornell was not yet rowing
win the usual Cornell reserve force.
Ths Oornell mems work was being done
spaslnodically. Columbia was rowing
on behind, couple of lengths When
the Wisconsin Grew had reached the mile
and quarter point they eased on . trifie
In their stroke, rowing for three minutes
at 81. At the same tune the Cornell men
picksd up their stroke and showed their
boats nose slightly ahead OF Pennsylya-
niasand overlapping the stern of the Wis
ounsin she'll
CORNELL, /, YELL"
came from thousands of threats on the
observation train. But with apparent
ease, the Wisconsin stroke went back TO
its regular SO and the boat shot ahead
again good half length At the same
time. Pennsylvania boat which had
been tagging half length behind Cor
nell's, shot up level with the Cornell
beat while the Columbia's making a
desperate effort placed the nose of their
shell near Pennsylvania stern. At this
point IL was one OF the most beautiful
races imaginable, the four crews rowing
with great regularity and all OF their
with a clean neat stroke. Again, as they
neared the mile and half point, Cor
nelrs boat came up even with the Penn
sylyania shell, tut was unakle to catch
Wisconsin which now had lead over the
two crews of three quarters of a length
and was still going. From this point on
to the two mile point, the Wisconsin boat
seemed to fairly fly. Pennsylvania was
putting more strength in the oar, but the
westerner's boat drew away with ease.
As they passed the two mile mark, there
was a quarter Of length Of clear water
between the nose of the Pennsylvania
shell and the stern OF the Wisconsin shell.
Cornell was even with Pennsylvania at
the mark and the two crews stayed on
even terms until the Ia mile point was
reached Then the eee-sawing began
again, Cornell and Penpsylvanta alter
nHtely forging ahead OF eacn other while
the western crew kept their shsn boat
length In the van. Columbia struggled
on. three boat lengths behind, rowing
with all the power that there was In the
boat. At the 3-4 mile point. Cornell
bsgan to draw hack little In spite Of the
frantic injunctions of the cozswain while
Pennsylvania spurted ahead httle. and
finally Tapped the Wisconsin shell, while
she had fair length Of advantage over
Cornell Going the last quarter of the
third nile, where the river runs under
the great bridge Pennsylvania and Wis
censin struggled almost ike demons, the
enc 70 keep the advantage and the other
20 gain t.
but Wisconsin was rowing better than
Pennsylvania. The Quakers made vari-
GUS spurts, while the badgers rowed
steadily at 80. Ashley passed under the
bridge, Wisconsin had a lengths lead on
Pennsylvania and one and q half on Cor
nell. just after they passed the bridge
Pennsylvania succeeded In tapping her
boat over the Badgers stern but the
westerners Immediately responded, in
creasing their stroke slightly. Cornell
had evidently lost abilicy to put any
more power In tae stroke and could not
keep up the pace set by the two crews
ahead. Her boat was fully 1-2 lengths
behind Pennsylvania, while Columbia
was still Struggling on, three lengths to
the rear of Cornell. Passing the . Ia
mile point Pen nsylvania hit the stroke up
TO 50 ana there began one Of the most
excitingfc contests ever seen In boat rao-
ing. Slowly. the ibow man of the Penn