Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28


green and red lights and disentangled
itself. Two professions formed, one
going up and one going down stream,
The ferry TO Poughkeepsie raced back
ana forth with its double load OF
human freight In front of the hotels
little red fire fiared up, BY and by,
however, the lights died down, the
"hows" and the why's" and the next
years droned a nlonotonous hahhle,
The Poughkeepsie races We're 8 thing
of yesterday,
Badgers outcIassed.
Wisconsin was outclassed--that
tells the main facts of the story, But
beneath the generalization lies the
more direct reason for defeat-the
shifting of the men during the last
week. Hines injury was d bitter
piece of luck. With him out the
boat Jagged, the machine clogged
ever so little O'Dea knew it, and the
latter experiments were tried solely to
remedy the hitch Obviously the
crew never got back to the form it
displayed on its first trial spin after
! its arrival in the east.
Coupled with this serious impedi-
ment was the lack of suitable coach.
ing boat, For two days O'Dea had
to depend upon the courtesy of his
rivals When his launch did arrive,
it baked 1t never ran fast enough
TO keep up with the crews, and trial
spin against time left O'Dea far in the
rear. 1t was CALLING just at the
crucial time to be handicapped, but
lack of funds made any other course
impossible.
A third reason lay in the long trip
half across the continent. 1t tired
the men, and 1t left them in a new
section of the country. The change
may not have been a decided draw
back, but it achieved no benefit
Wisconsin's best trial Was some
thing over 20 minutes for the four
nile course. Pennsylvania did 1t in
1859. Syracuse made it somewhere
around 10. Cornell persisted in trying
under the most unfavorable condi-
lions, and in one instance took close
to q minutes.
Western Stock Down.
Wisconsin stock went down steadily
during the week preceding the race.
ODea quite appreciated the fact that
his chances of landing the big race
grew less each day, and his disap-
pointment was clear.
A great deal of absurd stuff has
been written about the varying
strokes of the crew AS a matter OF
fact all hinged in the same idea--a
Two or three times Wisconsin swoTe
by the long, slow stroke and the leis
ure recovery. Cornell won races
with it. Then came the Syracuse
victory, with the snappy recovery
with a stroke of SO or better Court
ney of Cornell is not too old TO learn,
he acknowledged its superiority over
the slow recovery. So did the other
coaches, and yesterday in the races
the strokes varied very little, all be
ing based on the idea of the one right
style--the quick, snappy recoverythat
gives some SO properly executed
strokes to the minute instead of the
old % ponderous pulls.
Beautiful Cornell Crew
In spite of the predictions of d com
paratively weak crew, Cornelps prac
tice was a thing of beauty the las
day or two before the race Coacf
Courtney is something Of wizard il
the mastery Of rowing craft, His
hair is little gray but his eyes are
still bright with the twinkle that has
always baffled over-anxious reporters
looking for predictions. His crew
worship him, as well they may. This
years varsity was good to look upon
A little over the ideal average Of 40
172, there was not an ounce OF fat OF
any man, Foote, stroker, was the
highest man in the boat at 165. Blu
he was also the strongest A little
Nv n w al u III GpBNtAl aAitSt iS sum wa
master of his position as was perhaps
no other stroke on the rival crews
His cool, steady sweep of the oal
never varied His eyes never lief
the boat. His arms and his rhyth
mical slide backward and forwarC
were beautiful bits OF art.
Here in Pougkeepsie it is the gen
eral opinion that Wisconsin's eastern
rowing days are a thing of the past
Beaten but not disgraced, the Badge
crews will be missed in years to some
Their grit and their bull dog courage
will be discussed next year and again
the following. even If the westernerI
are not here themselves. II is wei
TO win If one may, but II is good also
to drop out leaving behind a recort
that for fair craftsmanship and tll'