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tremendous strain, but these doughty Quaker
kept at their task in a way that thrilled ever,
body who saw their finish. In sticking h
Wisconsin. and finally outstripping her. tn
Philadelphians demonstrated beyond per
adventure that the motto. Never Say Die.
has always been before their eyes. A pluckier
nsrvier act OF oarsmen never sat in q shell. ant
when the blue and red finally got there accord
ing TO the of1cialsdeoision there was happiness
in more than half OF the hearts that had beer
beating and throbbinr all the afternoon.
Coach Ward was probably the happiest OF oil
He lenpod up and down in the launch Der
Franklin, yelled at his friends on oil the boats
near by. and as n final proof Of his keen JOY
he smashed big meRaphone TO atoms on the
rail OF his launch.
Cornell bad many sym pathizars. The bulk Of
the crowd wanted Ithaca to win. and when the
crew was seen to be hopelessly out Of II there
were expressions OF pity In many mouths
Coach Courtney was disconsolate. He never
figured that Wisconsin would beat his
crack eight. although he had feared
all along that the Quakers might do
tho trick Before the race the Wscon-
Sin men had been allowed to wait with their
shell for the call to the start. at Cornel's quar-
tors While there nobody believed that tho
westerners had much OF a chance for the rea-
son that they had never shown their real form
in practice. Afterward Cornell men said that
Wisconsin had played a foxy game. which was
honorable enough. In that foxiness Is one OF
the chief characteristics Of clever college oars
men
There was really nothing the matter with
Cornells stroke. 1t was the same that Court
ney has been teaching for years. But the men
in the boat were not OF the usual Cornell stamp.
That was tho real cause for the unexpected
et-back. Courtney knew this some time ago
IFNttt Ah tn tf,Nt atn NriA de
that the crew was considerably slower than
others that ho had handled In tho past. The
Ithacans rowed an average OF thirty -four
strok es to the minute from the first half mile
to tho end. But they could not get the
speed that was developed by Pennsylva-
mia and the Badgers. That was because
they did not have the Drawn and beef In the
boat that the others did Their defeat came
hard but for the good OF the sport 1t was looked
upon as anything but calamity. inasmuch as
Ithaca has In recent years monopolized the
aquatic honors OF the country.
coLUMBIA's WEAK SHOWING.
Much adverse criticism Is being levelled at
the Columbia eight tonight. 1t Is said that
the training rules have not been rigidly lived
up to- but this is Indignantly denied. Some
Columbia men state that Coach Poet will not
have charge OF the crew again. while
others declare that the dismal showing
OF the crew was not all his fault and
that he will be allowed to 60 on an
other year. There are rumors OF trouble
in the Columbia camp. but 1t Is impossible TO
run them down. Suffice 1t to say that the crew
seldom. II ever made such an unfortunate
showing. and those who came here decked out
in blue and white took caro- to throw their
colors by the waysde before getting off the
observation train.
The official time NJ the winning crew was 20
minutes seconds: Wisronsin's was 20 min
utes 3 /. seconds: Curncll's. 30 minutes - Sec
onds. and Columbias. 20 minutes 20 seconds
By these figures it can be- readily appreciated
what might have happened had the Wisconsin
men followed the regular course and also rOwed
oleanly to the end. Old rowing men who
the finish OF this remarkable boat race unite in
saying that nothing like il has ever taken place
on this side Of the Atlantic. They doubt
whether such climax ever occurred in the
world and they are hugging themselves be-
cause they were fortunate enough to he present
The crowd hand was tn" largest that
has ever been seen here. Thousands were
foot on sailing ana steam craft. on the cars. on
the tillsides and even on top Of the lofty
bridge. The railroad accommodations for
visitors wero inadequate, especially for
those who came up from New York.
The only specials back to the metropolis
were over tho West Shore road. and they did
not leave until nearly q O'Clock. Tho Central
was overtaNed. many falling 10 get away at all
Persons who wrr" unable TO leave by train de-
nounced the managers Of the regatta for not
providing for them. hut these officials did not
look for such an Outpourng and were not
wholly to blame. beyond these unpleasant
features the management was good. although
the coaches should have been COMPELLED to
got the crews TO the starting line sooner than
they did,
The town filed up early and tn" betting be-
came lively. Cornell and the University of
Pennsylvania werC the crews most favored 1t
was even up between them and the hook
makers took in a ton Of money. There was
little or no wagering on Wisconsin. although a
few supporters got down small bets that
seemed like fortunes when they collected
over on the wee; bank o! the river there was
real excitement and activity A. the long
specials from New York rolled in and the en-
thusiast7 were dumped out onto the grimy rail-
road bed the observation train was found
standing on Il side track. A, early ms O'Clock
the train began To- H. w. although the race
was called Tor $50 or even later; as i turned
out The ferry service across TO Highland was
overloaded. D""Khan"s begged the Passengers
not to crowd too near tn" low on each "trip.
but they wcIn practically Undecided. a. the
While the observation rrnin ciow'i waited there
was plenty OF iun. and when ia" cars were
backed so that hundreds had to stand up and
be swnycd al out. there was more fun Tor
nobody was inclined 10 be- in bad humor.
1t was 90, o'cork when the tram finally
started w Ia" road There was no end VI on
thusiasm. College yrl!s. songs and savings
rang ont On ali s,drs, whr the co..
orcL strramcrs and flags IAadc prrt-
y picture. AZ tn" PENNSYLVANIA boat
house was Iusscu the Quakcrs were
seen lifting their shell Ging"riy down to the
waters edge. They were in rowing trunks
and their lOdicS wer" 30 completely burned by
the sun that they looked like band of Cuhans
The PENNSYLVANIA crowd gave rousinG cheer
and cOrnet player on ono OF the cars struck
npan air that -wcled into n song participated
in hy hundreds
The train rumhlcd on past cheering thou
sands on the river bank who had good seats
under tn" green trees and had also brought
their lunches with them, The lunch baskets
were playiulv thrown down on to the cars but
tho occupants 81 III" moving grand stands
would not reta'iat", for they were well under
way and too rreoccupird with events TO come
WAITING FOR THE CREWS.
When krum Elbow was reached the bobbing
dories that marked the starting line were no.
ticcd and the crowd settled back to wait for The
crews. hundreds Of Young men. with college
cOlors flying from their hats and canes Iumprd
from tho cars when they stopped and walk ed
upHnd down the track
ha hat inc " / .