The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-06-28
PENNSYLVANIA WON
Thousands witness the Great
Boat Race.

Poughkeepsie, N u, June 21-Twent.
thasand people today saw one u the mos
exciting four mile boat races ever wtntss
u IN the history OF colege rowing Flv
thousand people on the observation .raif
| yelled themselves hoarse ln frantic az
peais TO their various college crews O.
do their best ana with tie other l5.0s
they saw the red and biuc carried over thl
line winner b. q short half lenEth irom
the Wisconsins. VINO lost u tnc last .lO
yards by very bad stzeung Cor
nell the victor OF former years pulled si-
t,r, ful four lengths iu tho rear. aud
Columbia. never tn the fight after Au cad
OF the hrat mile ualcd u good moe
lengths behind the Cornell boat
| It was The kind of "a race that makes
the blood tingle and was made % by
the crew that came over "a thousand mIcs
20 meet former vctors Tor without the
| gallant Wisconsins iu the race. lt would
have been "a doleful procession aftar the
| sec3nd mile was entered 10 say there
| was surprise on tbo observation ttaIu
and amid the great crowds upon the bank
when tho Wisconsin swept mile atteI mh
Of the course until the l8at half was
reached with a clear lead over au Tho
crew puts fl mildly. Wneu tho people On
the bank. unadhle TO place the stranger
crew, looked toward tho observation tr3iu
inQmungly and were told ,hat t was
vas Wisconsin, they were almost iumb
with amszen.ent and when those on hs
train saw the gallant struggle milo after
mile they dropped their appeals for neir
own crews and yelled Ina friendly man
ner for the boys from the West.
The alleged ragged stroke, ana badly
keeled coat the too long reach. au were
forgotten aa the last moving shell Eept
its sharp no1e to the fore. aud then tie
people saw the leaders turn out toward
the shore az the finish aud .ose tile race ,o
the men from Pennsylvania by % alult
half length. Well did the penusyyaa.9us
obey the Injunction of Eml ward 90 lot
lose their heads From lne urlt eighth of
mile they rowed a hard stern chase. at
one time being astern of both cornell aud
Wisconsin, but their pluck aud eudur-
Gnce sont them over the line first 10
good time and 10y such smul margin That
the glory Is greater For Cornell .uhe
winner Of many battles THE contest Prov
ed to be q race only In two miles. For
those two miles she did gallant work. but
she was struggling against evidently
better crews aad it was ou!y by exs.tlou
OF a phenomenal nature thu; She managed
20 keep the nose of the boat ahead uf
Pennsylvania Tor "a brief time uahs stc-
und mile OF Columbia &c may bc said
that she was outclassod from tha start
and, barring an accident. thera never
was time when she stood p chance OF
winning the race She went to the rear
in the first quarter of mile. although
she made a good start ANA stayed dlere
all through the race
THE STARTING
About siN O'Clock the Pennsylvania
crews arrived at the starting point.
where tho observation train already was.
and then was a long wait because the
Columbia launch. while towing the shell
up the river, had broken down. 10 was
q 43 when the referee boat signal "a 10
Cornell and Wisconsin, both crews being
at the Cornell noat JUST above the start-
ing point, TO come out. because Columbia
| had Just rowed into sight Precisely sev-
en minutes later the four crews were IA
| line and ALI had answered the referees
| query, Are you rcady2f ln the affirm
| ative. Cornell had the channel courso
| whore the advantage Is said 10 lie. wiii
Columbia next TO her. ANA then camt
Il Pennsylvania, with Wisconsin close tu.t
l sheer. It was rather p.tiful 60 hear ld.
/ three Eastern crews SET cheer after cheer
( and the Western crew not any plDuat
keep quiet observation trdu.' called
the referee. and then there WJa QuiD
enough SO the referees voice could ba
plainly heard saIn care y1u re1IF1'
Yes came back the answer u3m 1H
the cocxswains Then tho pistol nasucd
ana the four crews seemed 90 take thp
water together Hardly had tho crow
| rowcd four lengths before II was seen hat
number TWO Of the Wisconsin crew had
Jumped his seat and the coNsw8u tulcu
up his hands appealing for "a new .pr
which he had a right 20 90 inside of Jhrtl
seconds.
1he referees boa, w1aueJ tho crew.
back and the fact tah, Cornell bp>
was furtherest down Jha rvsr SO th,
time raised Cornells lopae
p A second time the crews were lined uI
4 ana another start was made For s3m
reason or other come one Zoo Coumb a
l boat raised h.s hand as IL lu trouble. lt'
. for a second time the bouts were called
! back TO tho start It was five milutc
, after seven when the th.d start u1
/ given. and this time tha crews got a~al
| without accident This start ass beau
/ tiful one. tho four boats noses scem1.
{ 20 hang together for the nrat two strokes
> As they settled lu the suoak tauFu
d them by the various coach W.cJu'I
T seemed 20 be rowing the ea auunO
70 Of strokes per minute Of any nj ne crows
> but her boat was going faster than 'nF o
4 the others Wisconsin r0wed 81 Puuay
& vanit a. Cornell 20 andC0'umb.a r..
fore the fret eighth OF "a mile wac Bn ah
al ed the Wisconsin boat bad fh0 Q O.