The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-25
COLUMBIA oUTRoWS CORNELL
PENNSYLVANIA BOAT SINKS A
- MILE PROM THE FINISH.


tors Cover the DisfRnce in II Min
utes and - Seconds.
Poughkeepsie. n. Y. June 2i-Almost
In the face of a sunish wind, and in wa
ter SO rough that the boats OF her two
opponents filled and swamped. one before
and the other after the finish line was
passed. Columbia rowed steadily on 10
victory this evening in the fast time OF
p minutes and 25 seconds. Cornell was
second. seven lengths back. Her time
was q minutes and as 2-5 seconds. Penn
sylvania's evil luck lasted TO the end. Her
SHE'LL smashed by the waves from Gov.
Mortons tug last Friday and patched up
till it was practically as good as new,
went down over a mile from the finish.
The Cornell boat was swamped just be-
low her own boat house. after the race
was over, by swells from the steamboats,
and was fairly broken in two.
To-day's race, like Fridays fiasco. was
started under threatening skies. which
gave forth torrents of rain from time to
time. In the morning the day promised
to be cloudless. 1t began hot and clear.
and it was not until the middle OF the at-
ternoon that the sky commenced to
cloud up.
1t looked i'm the morning as though very
few OF the enthusiasts who were disap-
pointed on Friday intended to come back
to-day. Up to noon only a handful OF
rooters were in evidence. The town was
comparatively deserted. and the prospect
was that the race would be rowed under
perfect conditions but without the pres
ence OF large crowd, After noon, how
ever. things began to llven up. Special
trains on both sides Of the river poured
their crowds into Poughkeepsie and High
land continuously
There seemed to be much less betting
before the crowd moved across to the west
shore, than on Friday. The odds showed
some changes. The Cornell men, instead
OF giving four and fve to one against CO.
lumbia, offered two and one, which was
eagerly accepted. The Columbia men had
more money than any one else here and
snapped up everything that was offered
The members of the crew staked an
amount aggregating fully 5000 at aver
age odds of to /. Cornell was 70
favorite over the field to-day. on Colum-
bia against Pennsylvania the betting was
even. Scarcely any bets between Cornell
and Pennsylvania were recorded.
Rain began at o'clock and lasted half
an hour. nearly breaking up the race, but
after 1t ceased the preparations were com
pleted and at 6:45 o'clock the starting shot
was fired and the boats got off on the
instant on even terms.
The Pennsylvania crew pulled with more
vim than either Cornell or Columbia and
set the pace for the quarter mile. They
forged ahead a couple Of feet in the first
half adozen strokes, while Columbia in
the center and Cornell on the outside
were rowing exactly even. Cornell was
pulling fOrty-four strokes while Columbia
with her long easy swing kept her place
with thritysix strokes. Pennsylvania
rowed from thirty-six to thirty-eight
strokes at the start.
At the half mile the University Of Penn
sylvania's boat led by a quarter OF a
length while the bow OF Coraell's boat
was a foot in advance of Columbia's. Then
the shells began to strike rougher water
than they found at the start. The Cor
nell crew on the outside got the worst Of
it, but Pennsylvania on the inside, took 1t
In the poorest shape. The other boats
gradually drew up on Pennsylvania and
then II was noticed that the long easy
stroke of the Columbia crew was gradual
ly moving their boat to the front Penn
sylvania dropped back to the rear at the
hree-fourth-mile and was not In the race
thereafter although her men pulled pluck
lily on.
The first mile was made in five minutes
and eleven seconds. Columbia had
good half length the best Of II, and Cornell
| led Pennsylvania by six feet
At the mile and a half point Cornell
was showing signs of weakness, and while
her stroke had increased to a. Columbia.
with Is strokes, was slowly moving ahead,
while Pennsylvania was nearly abeam.
At the mile and three-quarters there
was clear water between the boats OF the
blue and white and red and white, while
the red and blue of Pennsylvania was half
a length TO the rear.
At the two mile mark, with half the
course yet before them, Columbia had a
lead of two lengths. Cornell was splash
| ing badly, but had added half a length TO
her lead over Pennsylvania. The two
miles were made in 1882, quick time con-
sdering the water, which was growing
| rougher every minute.
At the two and a half miles Columbia
was stlll forging ahead and had two
| lengths and half 10 the good. Pennsyl-
vapia was splashing so badly that her
shell was beginning to settle In the water
Cornell kept her quiet stroke, doing
| 46 minute, and her friends
hoped every minute TO see her close up
the gap and show in front. But Columbia
clearly outrowed her opponents and
showed no signs of weariness.
At the three miles point II was Co
lumblas race, barring accidents. Her
boat led by four lengths. Cornell was
! pulling gamely on. but the Pennsylvania
boat was getting deeper and deeper in
the water, and just after passing under
the bridge the crew stopped rowing. The
men were sitting In water and their boat
was sinking. Their launch, which had
! noticed their condition some time preyi-
ously, and had kept close to the crew.
was quickly along side and took the men
| aboard.
From three mile point to the end of
the race was a procession. Columbia.
seeing that they had the race well In
hand, eased down a little as the water
was rough, and Capt Pickney wanted TO
take no chances. The long telling stroke
was kept up down the line of screeeh-
! ing tugs and badly tilted excursion boats
TO the finish 1t was 7l5;25 when the
| Columbia boat crossed the line. They
had made the four miles In A minutes
and Is seconds, beating Cornell seven
lengths Cornelps time was q :B rs. The
Carnellians started TO row to their boat