The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-06-28

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onto her and Columbia THIRD. dropp,n,
astern.
FIRST HALF MILE.
When the first half mdls was rnaon-
ed 80 fast was the Wisconsin boat ro-
ng that Il had taken tie whole length
ahead Of tho Pennsylvania boat ana was
half length ahead Of the Cornell boat
on the extreme east. Columbia vac COM
ng with the nose Of her boat just overlap.
ping Pennsylvania- Franticaliy tho
Pennsylvania rootegs yelled at thsr crew,
End the Quakers seemed to respond. as N
few minutes they shot their biat up
! @ ZEN with the Cornell boat. I3ut to catch
| Wisconsin was ont 80 easy On per-
! .octly even keel. with the bodies go-
/ ng we'll back together and thehesds seem
Ing az IL they would swing off the should
| era, a feature that seemed TO m IKE this
critics believe that they would GO 10
pieces after the first mile. the wlscon-
5n crew hew on. When the mile was
reached the Wisconsin boat had a lead
/ Of a clear length over Pernayivania.
| while Cornell nd Pennsylvania vera see
saving for second place The Wisconsin
crew had settled down to a stroke Of q
60 minute. the boat never checking be-
| tween the strokes. and the bia les cutting
n a
recovery and the slow stroke hal behlrd
ID a wonderful power. and the Wisconsin
boat never checked or stopped as Il ent
toward the second mile.
In the meantime Pc lsylvanla AID Cor
ncl ere having ss pr lty I ngat for Soc
oud place ss ever has neen seen on the
course. Time and time y'un tn corns.
crew put little more back in the stroke
and sent the nose OF their boat svea witls
that OF the Quakera. But IL was quite pp-
parent that there little chance Of their
holding % there Wards men were rowing
N magnificent form, while Cornell was yet
rowing with the usual Cornel reserve
force Their ork was being done spsA-
medically and they seemingly made a
desperate effort TO get 70 the front nnd
aia5 there long enough to dlshearten their
opponents.
WISCONSIN LEADS
When the Wisconsin crew had reached
the mile and a quarter point they easel
Off trHe Ia their stroke, rowing for
Two or three minutes al n.
At the sams time Cornell picked up
their stroke and showed their boats nose
slightly ahead OF Pennsylvania and
overaped the stern Of the Wisconsin
shell Cornell I Yell came from th7us-
ANA tha hope arose that the Cornell was
going to the front But with apparent
ease. the Wisconsin stroke went back
10 It's regular 30 and the roat shot ahead
aga,n "a good half length. At the sine
time Pcnnsylvnias boat which had been
tagging "a half length behind Cornell.
shot up level with the Cornell boat.
while Columbia. making a desperate effort.
placed the nose of its shell near Pennsyi-
Vanias stern. AZ this point a. was cns
of ,ha most beautiful races imaginable,
the four creWs rowing with great regular
ltv and an Of the mwlth a clean, neat
stroke Again. az they ueared the nile
and half point. Cornels boat came up ey-
eu with the Pennsylvania shell, but was
| unable 60 catch Wisconsin. which now
haa "a lea dover the to crews OF three
quarters OF "a length and was stlll 30 ng.
| From this point on TO the two mile point
tho Wisconsin seemed to fairly hy. Penn.
-ylyania was putting more strength in
the oar but instead OF catching the
Badgors tho Westerners boat drew away
| from chem with ease. AS they passed the
| two-mno mark there was a quarter OF
length OF clear Weater between the nose
of tho Pennsylvania shell and the stem
OF the Wisconsin shell. and then for the
|
appreciate that Wisconsin as not a one
mile crew and that having pulled through
the first two hard miles at such a splen-
iid pace they were liable to make trouble
lt the finish
PENNSYLVANIA HITS A GAIT
Passing the three mile and a quarter
point Pennsylvania hit the stroke up to IS
3ud there began one Of the most exciting
contests ever seen. Slowly the bowman
1f tho Pennsylvania boat lined up with
the coxswain in the Wisconsin boat, but
usta he mad come on q line with HIM
| the Wisconsin crew responded 10 the spurt
and again drew their boat away. II was
lt This point that Wisconsin was sean 10
swccve badly toards the western shore
ana. to the surprise OF everybody, main
tained this course although II tokk .heTn
inside "a number small pleasure boats
and fully 500 yards, II they maintained
tholr angle out Of their course Al thu
finish NATURALLY the Pennsylvania boat
pulled desperately by the QuaEers. game Il
upon the Wisconsin boat, and as they
passed into th elast quarter the noses OF
tho shells were on a line. The Pennsy =
vauia contingent on tn etrain were sror'io
5 with Joy and standing up. gave vent 20
their feelings with yelis to the Grey to
| win the Idtt Inc WISCONSIN bodts nrNble
20 turn back into is lane, had found dead
water in tho lane, which they had sought
near the shore, and pull as they would and
a= desperately as they aid. tho nose et The
Pennsylvania shell came out inch by inch
uutl 30 crossed the line a scan half
Iongth ahead Of the Badgers boat Il was
. "a finish thatset wild with delight every
- lover Of good sport. The Cornell b9at
was fully three lengths 70 the rea- Of the
Wisconsin boat while tho C0umbss nm
isled gaucy then stern chase almost
2 four lengths behind Cornell. The Asso-
ciated Press time was 20 minutes 3-e sec
onds while the official time given from
the referees boat was 20 minutes and Z
seconds
Nouo on the crews was IN what could
DE called bad condition when hey ln'sh'
b, 3D.
dl WISCONSIN NOT DICONCERTED.
d Right after crossing tie line the ganh
g tr0m Wisconsin paused a moment q taxi
e n their surroundings md then wNmtS
10 their way out from among he maze q
Fl The .aast symptoms ~ c0llapss ana thel
d Immediately rowed ncress the giyer u
their boat house Rnicn os situate
u. r1w boats. and sinai gachis that hne'
ths course Not mau 20 me cien' sho"e'
about opposite the nulsh mark
AS soon ~ the boat was housed th'
Badgers formed a group about Captain
suthcrland and shook his band, and thsf
They fairly hugged each other Their en-