Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-06-30
GAVE THEM A SCARE.
Crew of University of Wisconsin
Puts Up Great Fight
COMES OUT SECOND BEST IN RACE.
Leads Famous Onrsmen of PennsyI-
ynnia, Cornell and Columbia to the
/ Finish, But Is Beaten by the For
~ mer Through Bad Steering.

races ever Witnessed IN Lne history Oh
college rowing. Five thousand people
on the observation train yelled them
selves hoarse in frantic appeals to their
various college crews to do their best,
and with the other $4,000 they saw the
red and blue carried over the line win
ner by q short half length from the Wis
Cousins, who lost in the last 200 yards
by bad steering. Cornell, the victor of
former years, pulled after, full four
lengths in the rear, and Columbia, never
in the fight after the end of the first
mile, trailed in a good three lengths
from the stern of the Cornell boat.
A Gallant Fight.
It was the kind of race that makes
the blood tingle, and was made so by
the crew that came over thousand
miles to meet former victors, for with
out the gallant Wisconsins in the race
it would have been doleful procession
after the second mile was entered. To
say there was surprise on the observa-
ton train and amid the great crowds
upon the banks when the Wisconsin
she'll swept mile after mile of the
course, until the last half was reached,
with clear lead over all the crews, is
putting 1t mildly. When the people on
the bank, unable to place the stranger
crew, looked toward the observation
train inquiringly and were told that it
was Wisconsin they were almost dumb
with amazement, and when those on the
train saw the gallant struggle mile
after mile they dropped their appeals
for their own crews and yelled in
friendly manner for the boys from the
west.
Lost at the Finish.
The alleged ragged stroke, the badly
keeled boat, the too long reach, all were
forgotten as the fast-moving shell kept
its sharp nose to the fore, and then
the people saw the leaders turn out
towards the shore at the finish and lose
the race to the men from Pennsylvania
by short half length. Well did the
Pennsylyanians obey the injunction of
Ellis Ward to not lose their heads. From
the first eighth of mile they rowed
stern, hard chase, at one time being
astern of both Cornell and Wisconsin,
but their pluck and endurance sent
them over the line first in good time
and by such small margin that the
glory is greater. For Cornell, the win
her of many battles, the contest proved
to be race only in two miles. For
those first two miles she did gallant
work, but she was struggling against
evidently better crews, and it was only
by exertions of phenomenal nature
that she managed to keep the nose of
the boat ahead of Pennsylvania for a
brief time in the second mile.
A Beautiful start.
Two bad starts were made. It was
five minutes after seven when the third
start was given, and this time the crews
got away without accident. This start
was beautiful one, the four boats
noses seeming to hang together for the
first two strokes. AS they settled in
the stroke taught them by the various
coaches, Wisconsin seemed to be row.
Ing the least number of strokes per
minute Of any of the crews, but her
boat was going faster than any of the
others. Wisconsin rowed 80, Pennsyl-
vania 81, Cornell "a and Columbia IS.
Before the first eighth mile was finished
the Wisconsin boat had showed it's nose
ahead of the other crews, with Cornell
second, Pennsylvania hanging we'll on
to her, and Columbia third, dropping
astern. When the first half mile was
reached, so fast was the Wisconsin boat
going that it had taken its whole length
ahead of the Cornell boat Oh the ex-
IRENE east.
When the mile was reached the Wis
consin boat had lead of clear length
over Pennsylvania, while Cornell and
pennsylvania were see-sawing for sec
ond place. The Wisconsin crew had
settled down to stroke of SO to min
ute, the boat never checking between
the strokes, and the blades cutting the
water as keenly as knife. Look at
those westerners CO." shouted those on
the observation train, and Wisconsin
stock went up for little while. The
slow recovery and the slow stroke had
behind 1t wonderful power and the
Wisconsin boat never checked or
stopped as it went toward the second
mile
AS they neared the mile and a half
point, Cornells boat came up even with
the Pennsylvania shell, but was unable
to catch Wisconsin, which now had a
lead over the two crews of three-quar-
tiers of length and was still going.
From this point on to the two-mile
point the Wisconsin boat seemed to
fairly fly.
Not One.Mile Crew.
AS they passed the two-mile mark
there was quarter of length of clear
water between the nose of the Pennsyl-