New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-22
PENNSYLVANIA.

UArtveu the regular Yalo No. 4. suffering
from stomach trouble, and Newell took his place.
II was a few scconds before ocock when ths
referee gave the word TO start Both sets OF oaS
seemed to catch tho water about tho same time. but
tho paeo Of the PhAdslphans soon forced tho bow Of
tboIr shell 10 tho front Twenty lengths from the
start this Advantage became moro apparent ard by
the tme the qusrter-mle was raored tho
Yalo shon Was over half a length behind. This
bad no ofect, however, on tho NevJiavcn oars
mon whose drokn starting at th,rty-vo. stayed rre
the men bonding forward and backward with the great
est ooOlncn and precision Their stroke was =
winning ono 10 tho long run. and they DID not worry
over tho lead tholr opponents wcrc winning on thS
first mile. Tho P"nnUlvauian' wcrr rowing about
thirty six strokes 10 tho minute, and at times thoy
spurtod up 10 thirty They spla'hcd littlr
and their form lackNi tho grsce and hnsh Of that In
the Yale boat
Tho haltmie was made IN minutes and 40 soc
onfs for Pennsylvania, Yale passing tho nag four
seconds lstcr about boatlcnsth behind Tho course
now took both crows toward tho eaStery hall OF
the river and Pennsylvania lost utlt ground by
irregular Steering =" far not cf"r Of any
kind had been heard. ard the race was
being followed with br-atblcss Interest Would laio
havn spurtI and how long could tie PhilAdcphians
hold out their present pAoeI These wero the
questions everybody was asking. The mile nag
showed Yslc sun half 4 length or moro in tho rear
The Pennsylvania boat crossed tho linn In " ninut"S
. seconds, with Yalo IL seconds behind
The New. Haven men were steadily creeping up. and
inch by ncn their she'll gained ground once or twice
the stroke seemed 10 go To u,irty-four. or oven
thlriy-s but the movement vas As smooth ana
regular as at rtytwo The next half milo ato up the
nsylvanians lead, and tho two shells passed tho
mlle and q half flag with noses even. Tho tune was
eight minutes, 40 IL seconds TOR each
The Ponnxylvanla stroke WAS SIN kept up
To thirty and thlryoght, and tho coNsWAln could
10 heard shouting encouragement to his eight 81
every rse and fall OF tho oars peyerthetsss The Yale
she'll drew tribe away. A, tho two,nHle haS It's up
was h isPs ahead w OF tho Hs5 Tvis boat s TO- Penn
sylTaaia following in Il o. In tho ncT, ran mllo
Tale spuroa little and snnS4 oyer aa n ,, eGe'
s SS '' 1VS sSo if' Sa scSuds
Penny lvaDians now Spured " turn and gained niue
he s 70 ,SS next bas sSSwns aAi Is ao,
10 10 soooGds. Tho Yale Grow had gone by HI ID
"AT Both crews now settled down for the last mile;
Tho sa5 ysE SS%f London G' and aG crooa
is one unfinished span, with tho crowd on tho Now.
d dSHa%a f faf Inc o. nett s ssIa %
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pretty we'll exhausted her strength and Yale squirting
b. 4: sS So Ss to sr1 wa, & ts To
sylvania :63. In minute moro Tue race S spS
iS fs 1san s soS o The II pulled
steadily on toward tho bridge, close In shore, tho
Ponusylyanisns WORKING toward tho open space
But tho only difference noticeable pow vas IN haiSs
and q hau ahoad OF Pennsy lyaniaS, in - 30, the
men at once resting upon their oars -Four more
strokes brought the PhlNiephians across also, but
NS fbc Sef0 Yale iSI, men chccrvd their plucEy
opponents aud tho rcnnsylyanIans responded 1t
Wal almost dark and fog was settling On tho river.
In Ave minutes more tho crews had disappeared up
the river tho two or ihreo hundred spectators were
hack in Now ondon aud mo raco course was de-
sorted The rIll time Of the race as already sven
uas Vale 90 80: Penn lvRnia. 81 ga.
The result OF tho race was gratifying ono on the
whole and so pretty boating contest Is not ofton
seen No one believes, OF course. }hap Yale cannot
20 Oven tho course In better time how much better
next Fridays race with Harvard Will show. Tho
form OF the Yale oarrlon would certainly DO hard TO
Inc next race on the Thames VIII be rowed on
Tuesday By tho Yale prnnsy lvau'a freshmen. Fem
sylvania II is thought now, ought TO win. Their -
some talk OF getting up an extra race for Jhhs
30, between tho Yale and Harvard freshmen was
snid today that II the Harvard youngsters beat 90
iumba next Wednesday they intend 10 challenge tho
Yale freshmen for u two-milc spin. . =,
Charles Courtney arrived IN time to-day WIN the
Cornell crew TO tho race. lie fought shy OF CIV
ing an opinion, however, on the merits OF the fohh-
gylvanians.