The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-28

opened up q clean length on Cornell and made
the pace e t At; that the Ithsoans Were I'M
III wasn't case OF being com pletoly tagged
vigorous bursts Of speed IN which the West
sStS S..t St Ur sR later
9aaisr who now hit The strSts to thirty 4
o9gFf%ss S S,fS s'sa enn.y =.
Tootsf nD v Is1% % 2n Old quaker:
town, and see how the leaders tre% BE ,.. .,
IN. Sa. s' Sa 9' By sSs
Wards pFote ees. Cornell knew what was in
Tor IL was a desperate situation now and the
Ithecans began to realize that they we're I'M
On In front the big Badgers were rowing as
within hundred niles Of them Mn, Thar hsapf 9T51
S odt'i Wien al hn@ Of the strength the had
using this stamina Of theirs, to q limit ever
| since they left the referees han ds; At two
miles the, Wisconsin, eight had length to
| that the experts began to believe that Coach
on Cornell at this stage. and the Ithacans
were ready to squirt one, more II was , a. Try, try.
went t a. the Job With ali their heart and soul II
was enoug III Tor them to hink Of Cornell's proud
record Of the past defeat by two srewsb one
that spurred Courtney's men to supreme
effort To the cries OF announcement from
their coxswain Ithaca's sons spurted, and
their shell began to gain on the Quakers.
60 it Cornell; Keep 1t up!' the rooters
and a faintness in their hearts which mad 1t a
big effort to shout these words OF encourage
IRA pbiIedaInhia continpsnt WINS n game q
it's crew. and even with the Badgers in possess
sion Of such a big lead. there were many offers
At the two and. -half-mile mark Wisconsin
had length advantage. with the tuakers
The %en whom Soarner haS drilled With
such painstaking care were beaten here; and
the crowd began to see it In the proper light.
WHAT SCARED THE BADGER CoXswA1N.
Look at that box floating in the water"
yelled man with glasses. he pointed 70 2
black object that was directly in the path q
the Wisconsin crew. Il looked as II It would
eo1swan W seered WIDE OF it and O
by within foot or SO of the tips OF the sweeps.
that was blamed later by the coxswain for
losing his course but at that particular period
in The race II ala not seem seriously 3S interfere
toward the bridge, which marked the, begin
ming OF the last mile. with that same cid length
separating them from the Quakers. The latter
had opened upa big gap between their boat
and Cornell while Columbia was away behind.
with WI Wsconsn and Old Penn, and the real race
Of the day began. With a stroke that was fault
less the Phadephians set out to catch the NY
ing Western men in this last mile. II possi-
BILE. 1t looked ike hard task. Tor the Bad
gers were pulling away with their former
victory In store for them But when the bridge
had been passed and the crews had gone per-
haps an eighth of mile further Pennsylvania
began to show the fruits OF spurt that was Of
such proportions that the onlookers danced for
Joy ponsr,,,rio .ha oro,.
crowd roared. but the Westerners did not hear
the cutlery. for they were haSing troubles OF
shell completely out Of the line to be fol:
lowed by the crews to the finish, and
in order to keep out Of thu, way Of a numbe Of
to follow line that carried, the Badgers to
fifty yards. When this mistake was noticed
the crowd tried in vain to tell the coxswain
S f9 made hs
Over in the regular lane between the
Quakers were rowing thirty six strokes to
the minute, They saw victory n plain
w and h 9nGh e 70 e be- re1ed and
the Wisconsin men had about three,quarters
Of length still. The Badgers hit their stroke
which denoted their fear OF trouble at the end
Their shell fairly danced over the little wave
,hht Ss
be able to hold their advantage.
But the Philadelphia crew was at its best
gcncy. They never faitered but rowed With
Precision and smoothness. at the same time
increasing their speed at every yard
wIscoNsIN's LOSS OF FORM.
Suddenly those who were Watching the Wis
consin shell cried out In surprise. No. and
No 3 were seen TO catch crabs and the water
splashed Aye feet in the air These crabs
ming gear Tor the moment but the Radgers
pulled Themselves together and got back into
the old swS ya bh
drifting iftn ' into their course Hnothsr Stroke
n me 'h s Ths @ as R aa cut ths
lead down to a bare half length and were going
consn shell caught the time-honored crabs
and again there was silght confusion among
ing point in the dash to the finish, for, before
regular order could be restored in the Western
she the Quakers had shot ahead and were
perhaps ten feet TO the good.
Down TO the finish the crews rushed. Penn
syysnia on the Paope ,p course Gnd Misconsin
e eV ly The guns were booming. the the
crowd was screaming and the flags were futter-
ing. But nobody, except those who were very
ahead. From tho train it looked like a dead
heat. The Quakers shot over the finish line
The Badgers. however. were urged ahead and
continued through the maze Of rowboats at
least lDb yar1S Iuftntr De1Ore thcy stopped.
Cornell. still game hut beaten. crossed the
line third. at least three ami half lengths
back. while Columbia brought NJ the tail end
OF the procession.
There was confusion and noise enough to
distract the attention OF the most cold FLOODED
individual alive. The crowd leaped of the
observation train and Joined the multitude on
the bank.
WHO won? Who won?" was the cry all
along the line, some said Pennsylvania and
others were willing 20 swear that Wisconsin
got to the limo first. Everybody was in doubt
The referee had tire" guns fred which, ac-
cording to the official programme. meant that II
was Pennsylvania's victory The crowd was
slow 10 understand, but when thousands
Joined In Pennsylvania songs and cheers
there was no longer any doubt. The
crews were all ch"ered from ashore
and afoat as they padded about and
whom they went back to the quarters
there was not n man or woman in the throng
that was hustng homeward who regretted the
visit to this old town.
The crews were made up as follows:
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
u, " IN NJ,