The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-28

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ing for two or three minutes at 81. AZ
the same time Cornell picked up their
stroke and showed their boats nose
slightly ahead of Pennsylvania and
overlapping the stern Of the Wisconsin,
shell. But with apparent ease tho
Wisconsin stroke went back to its
regular 80. and the boat shot ahead
again good half length. At the Same
time Pennsylvania boat. which had
been tagging a half length behind Cor
nell, shot up level with the Cornell
boat, while Columbia, making des-
perate effort, placed the nose Of it's
shell near Pennsylvania stern. At
this point It was one of the most bea}l-
tiful races imaginable.
Again, as they neared the mile and
a half point, Corneil's boat came up
even with the Pennsylvania shell. but
was unable to catch Wisconsin, which
now had lead over the two crews Of
three-quarters of 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
instead of catching the badgers the
westerners' boat kept away from them
with ease
After passing the two stroke mark
the race was entirely between Wis.
consin and Pennsylvania, with the
westerners defeating every attempt to
| head them. Passing the three mile
and quarter point, Pennsylvania hit
the stroke up to 35, and there began
one Of the most exciting contests ever
seen in boat racing. Slowly the bow :
man of the Pennsylvania lined up with
the coxswain in the Wisconsin boat.
but Just as he came ON line with
him the Wisconsin crew responded to
the spurt and again drew their boat
away. 1t was at this point that Wis
consin was seen to swerve badly to-
ward the western shore, and to the
surprise of everybody maintained this
course, although 1t took them inside OF
number of small pleasure boats and
fully 500 yards, If they maintained
their angle, out of their course at the
finish.
Pennsylvania to the Fore.
Naturally the Pennsylvania boat,
pulled desperately by the .Quakers.
gained upon the Wisconsin boat, and
as they passed into the last quarter
the noses of the shells were on line.
The Pennsylvania contingent on the
train were frantic with joy. and, stand
ing up, gave vent to their feelings with
yells to the crew to win the race. The
Wisconsin boat, unable to turn back
into its lane, had found dead water In
the new lane which they had sought
near the shore. and, pull as they
would, and as desperately as they did,
the nose of Pennsylvania came out
inch by inch, until 1t crossed the line
scant half length ahead of the
badgers boat. 1t was finish that ses
wild with delight every lover of good
sport. The Cornell boat was fully
three lengths to the rear Of the Wis
consin boat, while the Columbia's fin
ished gamely their stern chase almost
four lengths behind Cornell. None Of
the crews were in what could be called
bad condition when they finished.
Official summary: Pennsylvania
time, 20:04; Wisconsin, 2O:051s; Cor
nell, 20:13; Columbia, 20:20. The rec
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Right after crossing the line the
giants from Wisconsin paused a mo-
ment to take in their surroundings
and then wormed their way out from
among the maze of rowboats and small
yachts that lined the course on Its
shore side. They were in the pink of
condition, not man in the eight show
ing the least symptom Of collapse, and
Immediately rowed across the river to
their boathouse. which esls situated
about opposite the finish mark.
AS soon as their boat was housed
the badgers formed group about Cap
tain Sutherland and shook his hand,
and then they fairly hugged each other
Their enthusiasm was unbounded, al
though they were very much disap-
pointed at not finishing first. The
eight were unanimous. however, in re-
lieving their coxswain from all blame
for steering them out of their course.
Coxswain DiIlen Explains.
The little steersman himself, J. G.
Dillen by name, felt very much de-
pressed over the matter, although hs
made a good defense for his action.
"Just as we were passing the big
BRIDGE he said. II noticed a large
berry crate floating right ahead Of us.
hard on our port bow. In few SEQ
onds we would have struck it, and In
order to avert a disastrous collision
veered sharply toward the shore, go
ing so far out of our course that / re-
allied that II were to attempt to
get back again the movement would
probably cost us the half length that
we were then In the lead Of Penn
sylvania, and looking down among the
small boats inside of the course and
seeing what l thought chance to
pass among them and reach the finish
line, resolved to keep the shell as
she was then headed and take tho
chance. OF course the maneuver cost
us the race. but am sure that l did
the best'that was to be done under tho
circumstances"