The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-28
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 every lover of good sport. The Cornell boat was fully three lengths to the rear of the Wisconsin boat while the Colum- | bias finished gamely their stern chase | almost four lengths behind Cornell. The | Associated Press time, as taken very ac- curately, was twenty minutes one and | three ffths seconds, while the official | time given from the referees boat was 20:04. None of the crews was in bad condition when they finished.
 After crossing the finish line the Wis consin crew roWed across the river to their boat house. When their boat was housed, the badgers formed group about Captain Sutherland and shook hands and then they fairly hugged each other Their enthusiasm was un- bounded, although they were very much disappointed at not finishing first. The eight was unanimous, however, in re- lieving their coxswain from all blame for steering them out of their course.
 Defends Hts Action
 The steersman himself, J. G. Dillen, felt much depressed, although he made a good defense for his action. Just as we were passing under the bridge" he said, 1T noticed large berry crate floating right ahead of me- In a few seconds we would have struck it, and in order to avoid disastrous collision veered sharply toward the shore, going so far out of our course that I realized that If I were to attempt to get back again the movement would probably cost us the half length that we were then in the lead of Pennsylvania. See ing what I thought chance to pass among the small boats and reach the finish line I resolved to keep the shell as she was then headed"
 Pennsylvania's time was 20:04, Wis consin 20:O5 1-2, Cornell 20:13, Columbia 20:20. The record for this course is 1929. The miles were made by the leading crew which, at every mile point except the finish was Wisconsin, are as follows: First mile, 4;52 1-5; second mile, 5:O6; third, 4:55. The normal stroke of each crew for the entire race was: Pennsyl- vania 34, Wisconsin 32, Cornell 33, Co., lumbia 33. The highest stroke was Pennsylvania at the finisf-36. At the time the race was started there was barely ripple on the water. About $3O, ,O00 changed hands on the result.
 After the race Ellis Ward, the coach of the victorious Pennsylvanias, said: q told my men to pay no attention to any crew but Cornell. They obeyed their in structions implicitly and with almost fatal result, Had We known that we were going to have such crew to race with as Wisconsin proved to be we would have kept with them all the way and come very near smashing the rec ord. I am satisfied with the result"
 Coach Courtney of Cornell said: 1T have no excuses to offer; my men sinl- ply rowed the best they could and were fairly and squarely defeated. l only wish to repeat what I said three weeks ago that the crew were in a condition to row a winning race.
 pr. Peet, the Columbia coach took the defeat of his crew very much to heart, although he said: "They were defeated fairly and squarely." .......,.
 The Pennsylvania varsity crew to- night elected J. B. Shower 1900, who row ed No this year, captain of. next years varsity. Columbia reelected J. w. Mackay 1900 captain, Cornell and Wisconsin held no election.