The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-28

go to pieces after the first mile, the
Wisconsin crew flew on. When the
mile was reached the Wisconsin boat
had lead of a clear length over Penn
sylvania, while Cornell and Pennsylva-
MIA were seesawing for second place.
The Wisconsin crew had settled down
to stroke of 80 to the minute, the boat
never checking between the strokes.
and the blades cutting the water as
keenly as knife. The slow recovery
and the slow stroke had behind it a
wonderful power, and the Wisconsin
boat never checked or stopped as it
went toward the second mile.
In the meantime, Pennsylvania and
Cornell We're having as pretty a fight
for the second place as ever has 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 it was quite apparent
that there was little chance of their
holding it there. Wards men We're
rowing in magnificent form, while Cor
nell was yet rowing with the usual Cor
nell reserve force. Their work was be-
ing done spasmodically and they seem
ingly made a desperate effort to get to
the front and stay there long enough to
Gishearten their opponents.
When Wisconsin had reached the mile
and a quarter point they eased off
trit1e in their stroke, rowing for two
or three minutes at 81
A Fight for Place.
At the same time Cornell picked up
their stroke and showed their boats
nose slightly ahead of Pennsylvania
and overlapping the stern of the Wis
consin shell. Cornell" came from
thousands of throats on the observation
train and the hope arose that Cornell
was going to the front in their usual
style. But with apparent ease the Wis
consin stroke went back to its regular
81, and the boat shot ahead again a
good half length. At the same time
Pennsylvanfa's crew, which had been
tagging half length behind Cornell,
shot up level with the Cornell boat,
while Columbia, making desperate ef-
fort, placed the nose of the shell near
Pennsylvania's stern.
At this point it was one of the most
beautiful races imaginable, the four
crews rowing with great regularity
and all of them with clean, neat
stroke. Again as they neared the mile
and half point, Cornell's boat came
up even with the Pennsylvania shell,
but was unable to catch Wisconsin,
which now had a lead over the two
crews of three-quarters of length and
was still going. From this point to the
two-mile point the Wisconsin boat
seemed to fairly fly. Pennsylvania was
putting more strength in the oar, but
instead of catching the Badgers, the
western boat drew away from them
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, and then for
the first time those on the train began
to appreciate that Wisconsin was not
a one-mile crew. Cornell was even
with Pennsylvania at the mark and the
two crews stayed on even terms until
the two mile and a quarter point was
reached. Then the see-SaWing began
again; Cornell and Pennsylvania al
ternately forging the nose of their
boats ahead of each other in a des-
perate effort to maintain the second
place, while. the wonderful western
crew with the indescribable stroke
with the much criticised form, kept
their shell a boat length in the van.
Poor Columbia struggled three boat
lengths behind, rowing with all the
power that was in the boat, which they
| must have known was the losing race.
At the two and three-quarte nile
post, Cornell began to drop back a lit
tie in spite of the injunctions of the
coxswain, who was frantically appeal
ing to his men, while Pennsylvania 4
Tapped the Wisconsin shell. while she
had a fair length of advantage over
| Cornell In the last quarter of the sec
| ond mile, where the race goes under
| the great Poughkeepsie bridge, the
| crews of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
struggled almost like demons. But
| Wisconsin was rowing better than
| pennsylvania. The Quaker's temper
| was erratic, as they made various
| spurts in their endeavor to overtake
| Wisconsin, while the latter were row.
| ing steadily at 50. their backs going
backward and forward In absolutely
perfect rythm.
| As they passed under the bridge,
| Wisconsin had a length ON Pennsyl-
| vania and one and a half on Cornell.
Just after they passed the bridge, Penn
| sylvania made another endeaVor to
close up the gap and did succeed in
| tapping their boat over the Badgers
| stern, but the Westerners Immediately
| responded, increasing their stroke
| slightly at this time. Cornell had evil
| IDENTIFY host it's ability to put any more
| power in the stroke and could not keer
| up the pace set by the two crews ahead
4 Cornells boat was fully two and hall
| lengths behind Pennsylvania, while Co
| lumbia was still struggling on, three
| lengths to the stern of the Cornell boat
| Passing the three mile and a quarter
| point, Pennsylvania hit the stroke up tc
| Is and there began one of the most ex-
| citing contests ever seen in boat rae
| ing. Slowly the bowman of the Penn
| sylvania boat lined up with the cox
| swain in the Wisconsin's boat, but just
| as he had come on a line with him the
wisconsin crew responded to the spurt
and again drew their boat away. II
was at this point that Wisconsin was
| seen to swerve badly toward the west.
| ern shore and to the surprise of every
| body, maintained this course, although
| it took them inside of a number oi
| small pleasure boats and for fully SOC
yards they maintained their angle, out
| of their course, to the finish. Naturally
| the Pennsylvania boat, pulled desper-
ately by the Quakers, gained upon the
| Wisconsin boat and as they passed intc
| the last quarter the noses of the shells
were on a line The Pennsylvania con