Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-09-13
HARVARD DEF EEATGD
IN BIC BOAT race.
siSAMBRIDe-s CREW SHOWS WAY
OVER LINE. TO AMERICAN
oARsMEN.
3RITISHERS HAVE q
SLiGHT.A ADVANTAGE

VIII 700 anu LOHOOSe ;Wlno.SneItere0S
Side Of Course-Gr lnterna-
tionaI Contest Takes Place at put
ney, England.
Putney, England. Sept. 10y the
decisive distance of two lengths Cam
bridge won the great international
boat race Saturday, stalling off by a
steady, powerful stroke all Haryard's
desperate. spurts.. The official times
were as follows: 6s#
Craven Steps, 2 minutes 10 sec
onds; Mile Post, 4 minutes Z seconds;
hammersmith bridge, Z minutes -13
seconds; Chiswick church, IL minutes
50 seconds; Barnes bridge, s16 min:
#utes seconds; winning post, 10 min.
utes is seconds &Sa&6
The record for. the course is Is
minutes AZ seconds, made by Oxford
/. in 1898. .tg p. Ri ST.
Cambridge Has Advantages.
The light blues had the advantage
of the choice of stations, which gave
them at least a length to the good,
in consequence of the wind sheltered
water on the Surrey side of the river.
They got away ahead at the start,
and were enabled to maintain their
lead, and even increase it as soon
as they reached the wind roughened
water at Chiswick Eyot. 1t; was a
pretty race, throughout.
There wasYa moment of intense ex-
aoectancy as the two crews backed
their craft to the stake boats, and
then leaned far forward, awaiting the
signal. The pistol shot broke stha
spoil, and both crews got away from
the mark boat clearly, amid deaf
eningf roar from the multitude. The
start was perfect, both crews taking
The water at the same instant. Neither
splashed, but with swift, steady preci-
sion the Cambridge men drove the
bow Of their boat half length ahead
within the first two boats lengths
Us the English boat shot ahead a
Wild yell went up from the patriotic
= masses. - s.-.>~- IS y .,==.~1-
Cambridge went at tremendous
race, AZ strokes to the minute, at the
start, gradually reducing this rate,
While the Harvard men hardly rowed
above IS. The light blues gained
stroke by stroke, until by the time
Craven Steps were reached daylight
showed between the Shells. Then the
Z crowds went mad, and it was 100 to
that Cambridge would be the winner.
~ Weather Is Ideal. -
The weather conditions were ideal
when the two crews turned out early
IN the day for a few brief practice
starts, their final appearance before
he great boat race which has caused
the greatest excitement ever aroused
in Great Britain by any contest over
the historic championship course from
2utney to- Mortlake. The sky was
cloudless, a light, Indian summer haze
hanging over the river. The breeze
was from the southwest, and although
against the racers, it was very light in
the early hours of the day. Il
The excitement over the interna-
tional contest pervaded all London,
all the provincial centers and even
most of the sporting communities on
the continent, jud ging from the tele-
grams asking for early and full sto-
ries of the race. The business cen
ters OF the city were gay with the
stars and stripes and Harvard Grim
son. which were conspicuous every
where. The crowds began moving
towards the course early in the day
the railroads running special trains,
and every available line being taxed
to it's utmost capacity Early in the
afternoon the green banks of the river
were lined with people to an extent
which promised the greatest pouring
out Of people ever witnessed at a. boat
race here. Although, naturally, the
light blue colors sof Cambridge pre-
dominated, the Harvard crimson ran
them close up, while numerous con-
tingent of rowing enthusiasts unable
to make up their minds as to which
would win, had donned rosettes Of
ribbon combining the blue Of Cam
bridge and Harvard crimson.
The members Of the American col
ony in London and hosts of American
visitors to the city were early in the
field, taking up points Of vantage
from which to enliven the American
crew with Harvard's college yell. In
fact, the enthusiasts from across the
Atlantic were SO. numerous that when
the Harvard men turned out for their
practice in the morning they might,
Judging from the cheering and Ame,,-
lean college yells, have almost imag
ined themselves in home waters.
The majority Of the expert opinion
gave the final verdict in favor Of Cam
bridge, but Vivian Nickalls, the old
Oxford oarsman, and quite a number
Of other past masters in the art. Of
rowing, bet heavily on Harvard.
Explosion at Powder Works. 5
Pllefeld, w Va, Sept 1O.-An ok
plasic On at the Dupont powder works
at Nfmours, Va, eight miles west OF
shesa killed G. D. Clark and fatally
injured four others The ca1lse Of the
explosion was not made known.