Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-28
BADGER BOYS LEAD TO LAST RElF-MlLE
Quaker bow Stern Chass ant Win
Through Pluuk and Brains
CORNELL ONLY LASTS FOR FIRST TWO MILES
Columbin 10 in Too Rapid Company
md LnEs in Renr-.Immense rovd
of Adbercnt. Eoilovs Iur-
tune, of Ench Crew.

tune. of Ench crew.
POUGHkEEPSIE X y. june - Twenty
thousand people today saw OuF of the most
exciting four-inus boat races ever Witnessed
IN rnlleUp racing -Four thousand people
on the uhrervstiuu rrain yeHed themselves
hDErse IN frantic appeals 10 Their various
colleges 10 do their best and sHw he red
md blue carried over he linz winner by
G short haIf length from the Wisrnnsius.
who lost IN The last 2pn yards hy bad steer-
tnE. Cornell the victur o. former years
pulled after, fun four lenEt hT in me rear.
and Columbia. never in the fight after The
end uf the frs; miles traled good length
from The stern uf tho Cornell boat.
IL was the kind o. d race thar mikes Inc
blood tirEis and was MADE 50 hv the crew
that came over thousand miles tu meet
FORMER yir;urE, for without The gallant Wis
CunBinR in the race b. would have been
4 dulefu procession after the second mile
was entered To say there was surprise on
the uhservHtiun train and amid rhe EreHr
crowds upon The banks when tne Wisconsin
Fhell swept mile after mile cf the course
until the las; was reached with Z clear leud
over all the crews, rs putting II mildly.
When the people or the bEuk. unable 70
place the strange crew, looked toward the
Observation train inuutrinEly and we're told
that IL Wisconsin. they were almos;
dumb with HmEzsment and when these Oh
the train saw the gallant struggle mile after
mile they dropped their appeals fur their
own crews and yelled in Il friendly manner
for The bovs from Ibe west.
All Rye. ON Wiaconsin.
The alleged ragged stroke, the badly
keeied boat. the 100 iunr reach. all were for
g.-
sharp nose 70 the fore and then The people
snw the leaders turn out toward the shore
q, The finish and lose ths race 70 the men
from Pennsylvania by shurt half length.
Well did lhe PsnnEylvRniRns obey The in
Junction OF Ellis Ward not 10 lose their
heads From The first eighth Of mile they
had a stern hard chHse at one time being
Rstern Of both Cornell End WISCONSIN hul
their pluck and endurance sent hem over
the line first in rnod time and 10y such q
H1nsH rrsrgin tina fhn glory rs create.
For Cornell, The winner Of many battles
the contest proved to be race only in TWO
miles. For those FIRST two miles il did
gallant work but II was struggling against
evidently better crews and il only bv
exe~tions Of a phenomenal nature that il
managed 10 keep The nuss Of the boat ahead
OF Pennsylvania for brIsf time IN ths sec
pnd mile
OF Columbia II may he said that il was
uut-clRssed from the start and barring an
accident there never was time when it
stood chance Of winning the race. il went
10 the rsar in ths first quarter Ot mile
although il MADE a good start. ana stayed
there all through the race.
Delay al the start.
About uClock The Pennsylvania crew ar
rived n the starting poini where ne ubser-
walton train elready wEs and there was q
)nnE wait because the Columbia launch
while towing the shell became disabled.
j was $50 when the referee bDat SIX
nailed 70 Cornell and Wisconsin. polh crews
being sJ the Cornell float, jus, above the
Starting point TO come DuJ because CulUU-
biG had just rowsd into sight Precisely
seven minutes later the crews were in line
and all mad answered the referee S query.
Are you ready" in the affirmative
Cornell had the channel course, where
the advantage is said 10 lie with Columbia
directly nexg and then came Pennsylvania.
with Wisconsin close into shore i was
raJhsr piJIful 70 hear the three eastern
crews get cheer after cheer ana The western
crew not any.
Please keep quiet observation train. -
called The referee, and then there was
quiejness enough SO thai the referee r voice
could plainly be heard saying
Are ynu al ready
Yes, came back the answer from al the
ouXEwHinE.
AZ hfty-fuur minutes and thirty seconds
After o'riocE the pistol flashed aud INT
-four crswe seemed 70 take the water To-
Esther. Hardly had The rrewE rowed FIVE
Lengths before il was seen thHI No Of tht
Wisconsin crew hsd jumped his seat and IN,
coxswEIn threw up ms hHuds appealing for 4
new HtUrt which he mad Z right 10 do M
fue Of thiryy seconds
TfF referee boat whistled The crews
hack and The fact 1hHt CurneIrE hnar was
furthest down the river al the time ralseC
CurnslIs hopes.
second time the crews were lined VI
and az fifry-seyen minutes and ffgy SECONDS
after 6 @ clock another start was mace Fo'
some reason or uIher some on tht
ColumhHF beat raised ms hand as If il
Irnubis and ior second time lne nnalF wer,
called hack 70 me start.
They GeI AwHy.
j wRs five minutes Ef,er when thl
third start was given. and this time uhf
crews EU away without accident. This
star was q hsHutifu one the four poars
moses seeming 10 hang tuSe,n ner for the frs
Two strokes as they settled n the s-rosE
taught them ny The various coaches WiEcuu-
sin seemed 70 hV rowing the least uumhp'
o. srrDEes per minute O., Huv ~ the crews
hu, itE bnEt was going faster lhEu any ni
the Others Wisconsin rUved tnirry-tWu
Pennsylvania th.~y four Cornell thirty
four and Columbia thirry-rnree
Before ne frs, eighth nile was finished
ths Wisconsin bOEt hAu showed irE most
ahead o. 1he other crews win Cornell ser
und Pennsylvania hanging vel on aut
Columbia third dropping BErerH. When Tht
frsi hRlf mile was raI ched So faE- -hl
Wisconsin pace thar 3, had taken ms Whuit
leGlgth ahead n the Pennsylvania huHr ant
was hRh q length ahead Of me Cornell h1H
on the extreme east Columbia was coming
win the noss m l-s boat just overlapping
Psunsy lvRniE-
Frauvicaay The PENNSYLVANIA rOuterE m
the train yene1 a. thUir crew and thi
QuHkers seemed 20 respond IS IN 3 fFv
minutes thev shot their boat M even wa
ths Cornell hnat FU tu catch Nisuaus