The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25
WISCONSIN, PBzzLEss THEM.
Rowing Experts Cannot surmise
What the Crew May Do.

What the Crew May Do.
POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y. June "a
Four miles straightaway over the Pough-
keepsie course, with the wind and tide
assisting, Pennsylvania,s varsity eight
covered it in 10 minutes % seconds; WIS
consin varsity eight in 10 minutes Sc sec
onds. Record time. Poughkeepsie course.
10 minutes 80 seconds. Three miles on
Poughkeepsie: Wisconsin varsity
eight, Ia minutes 81 seconds; Cornell var
sity eight. Ia minutes. Sc. seconds; Penn
sylyania varsity eight Il minutes 10 Sec
onds; Columbia varsity eight. II minutes
al seconds. Two miles, on Poughkeepsie.
ccurse-CorneH varsity eight, 8 minutes
% seconds; Cornell freshmen eight. g.
minutes4a seconds; Pennsylvania. varsity
eight, 9 minutes 80 seconds: Pennsylvania
freshmen eight g. minutes IA seconds;
Columbia varsity eight, g. minutes 81
seconds; Columbia freshmen. 9 minutes
"a seconds; Wisconsin varsity eight, s.
minutes. sc. seconds.
= These are the. figures taken from. the
best time rows of the crews upon: the
Hudson river, which practically finished.
with the. exception of the Wisconsin boys,
all their hard rowing tonight. The fig
ures are taken from the time watches
OF friends of the crews who were on the
respective training launches. They are
interesting, and yet mean nothing, for
with different water and wind conditions,
and in some cases with a friendly crew
pushing the race. awhile in others the
crews, as In the case of the Wisconsin,
We're entirely alone.. wisconsin time is
taken from their first row down the riv-
er, and is exceptionally good, considering
1t was rowed in little swell in the chan
nei Their boat travels fast; although
their stroke. is by no means a clean or
pretty one, and this fact is making them
very uncertain quantity in the race of
tuesday An old college racing. expert
said today: c+s'
'"fheres will be three fast fighting beats
In the race on Tuesday, Cornell, Column
5ia and Pennsylvania but these Wiscon-
sin fellows are pusheFs.1 TO look at them
row one would say8their style would put
them out of the race, but TO see their boat
go che must admitY they are much in the
race. They are certainly, ouzzlers. >
For the first time the Wisconsin crew
got a good row on the river today and
Coach McConnVille expressed himself as
we'll pleased with tllesWater and the work
or his crew. There has been considera-
bic criticism at the various boat houses
and among the various college graduates
present over the action Of Columbia in
chasing the Wisconsin crew each time
they have been out. The Wisconsin men
have had very littles chance to get. out
OH tHe- river, ana the Impression is that
1t is hardly spertsmanlike to follow the
crew in this way Last night the Column
bial. freshmen crew rowed about them and
tried them on short dasfes This morn.
ing the crew of the Westerners had got
hardly out and down, the river a bit be-
fore the scrub eight of Columbia chased
them, and. while. Coach McConHVille was
trying to give them. Instructions rowed
alongside and pretended to race them.
ri OF hot
sylvania floats. was very pointed and Sc
we're tonight. A number of the crew of
Wisconsin said tonight:
I'VE paid no attention to them. but
it distracted our men from the coach and
was hardly the right. thing"
Coach McConnville, of the Wisconsin
crew, tonight expressed himself in strong
terms Of Misrepresentation of the action of
the Columbia crews, that tried to induce
his men to race With them.