The Washington times., 1894-06-17
CORNELL BY FIVE LENGTHS
Ithicans Defeated the Sons Of Penn
in Their Annual Race.
SKILL TRIUMPHED OVER BRAWN
Pennsylvania Was the Superior in Muscular
Strength, but Cornell Excelled in Water
manship and Won Easily at tho End.
Rowing Of the Quakers Lacked Eveness.

PHILADELPHIA, June 16.-It was just
o'clock this evening when the Cornell crew
| glided smoothly over the line which marked
the finishing point Of the race between the
| Cornell and University OF Pennsylvania
crews. Five lengths in the rear came the
vanquished oarsmen of the rcd and blue.
Cornell's time was 21:1211, and the Univers-
| ity's time q 34A.
| The Ithicans won, and won easily. 1t was
not the lack of training that caused the down.
fall of the Pennsylvania boys, for even the
| Comedians admitted that the University oi
Pennsylvania crew was their superior In
muscular strength. but it was case OF skill
against Drawn and muscle. and skill, as
usual, won. The rowing of the sons of Penn
lacked that rythmatic precision which char
acterized that of the Cornell boys. The row-
ing of Cornell was beautiful to behold.
The work of Pennsylvania was just the op-
posite. The weak point OF their rowing was
their blade work, which was particularly
ragged.
Cornell was first to appear. 1t was 6.25
when their crew climbed down the side Of
their steam launch Gladys into their shell.
Four minutes later the Pennsylvania crew
appeared at the end OF the old pier opposite
Beverly. n. j. They crawled into their cedar
shell and pulled leisurely down to the stake
boat Woodruff won the toss. and the Penn
sylvania crew chose the western course,
which lies in shore. 1t was decided TO give
the crews a flying start. and Referee Hunter
after signalling for ready dropped his hat
for the star at 6.57 4-5. Pennsylvania at the
time was nearly a boat length to the good.
Cnrpall tnply the wafer first and at the end of
the first quarter of Il mile had made up the
lost ground and was abreast with the red and
blue.
At the start Cornell was pulling a3S-stroke,
while the Pennsylvania was pulling but a
fraction over "a. At the half-mile buoy Cor
nell was leading by good half length and
was still pulling a 36-stroke. while Pennsyl-
yania had increased to 35. From this point
to the finish the race was a procession, Cor
nell gained steadily. At the mile buoy Cornell
was leading 10y length and a half and had
increased her stroke TO 81. the highest point
they reached. Pennsylvania had also in
creased their stroke to &C. In the next mile
Cornelrs stroke dropped to &c and Pennsyl-
vania to 81. At this point the Comedians
were leading by two lengths and rowing as
finely as is possible for crew TO row.
After passing the three-mile barrel Cox
swain Perkins called on Pennsylvania for a
spurt. They responded gamely. but were
not able to lessen the daylight between their
shell and that OF the Cornell crew. The latter
pulling as steadily when they had left the
stakeboat glided over the line as gracefully
as a swan at 7.19, amid the whistling of
steamers and tugboats and the familiar cry
of Cornell Yell, Yell, Yell. Cornelli' Five
lengths away came the vanquished sons of
PENNSYLVANIA, hut there were no cheers for
them. The Cornell crew rowed to the shore,
carried their shell to the bank, and returned
PENNSYLVANIA BOYS followed in their shell.
Less than 900 persons witnessed the finish
OF the race and there were not more than a
dozen boats following the crews.
A representative of the Associated Press
saw Coacher George Woodruff, of the Penn
sylyania crew. an6 Charles J. Courtney. of
the Cornell crew, at their respective quarters
after the race.
Il have no excuse to offer for our defeat, "
said Coach Woodruff. I'VE were fairly
beaten. have but one complaint. and that
is OF the steam launch Yankee Doodle. This
boat was fifteen lengths in front of US at the
start. and kept from three to five lengths in
front of us the entire distance. We got her
wash all the way. l don say we could have
won, but We could have been closer at the
finish had this boat kept in the rear"
In speaking of the respective strokes. Mr..
Woodruff said: This race proves to me that
our stroke is superior TO that OF Cornell. and
when the boys become perfect in it we will be
hard to beat. The crew was in fine physical
condition but needed about one month s more
practice with the stroke to make them per-
feet. The crew rowed over this course few
days ago in a0:52, So you see that they did
not row up to their true form to-day
Coach Courtney said: "0ur crew did splen-
didly. and never saw a lot of men do such
perfect rowing We could have beaten
twenty-one had it not been for the Yankee
Doodle. which was in our lead from start to
finish When the crew reached ut the finish
there were four inches OF water in their boat ,
showing the extent we were interierei
with The crew was not called upon to exert
themselves or they could have won by a
greater margin. They struck 34-stroke and
only on one occasion did they increase, and
it was only to 81.
ITHICA WILD WITH JOY.
ITHICA, n. Y. June 16.-The news Of Cor
nelrs victory over the University of Pennsyl-
vania was received here with the widest en-
thusiasm. Bands of students and town boys
paraded the streets. blowing tin pipes and
giving the Cornell yell. Several fraternity
houses were abIaze with fireworks. and at the
foot OF State street hill huge bonfire was
kindled and lklnosmonium reigned through
out the city. The Cornell men are making
extensive preparations to give their victorious
crew an ovation OIL its return.
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