Evening journal., 1895-06-25
COLUMBIA'S CREW WON
First In the Great Triangular
Boat Race on the Hudson.
CORNELL SIX LENGTHS BEHIND.
Fhe University OF Pennsylvania Shell Was
swampcd Mile From the Finish The
Race Was Poorly Managed, but Magnin-
Gently Rowed-A Late Start.

four mile stretch Of Hudson river water
opposite Poughkeepsie has been christened
MS an intercollegiate course by the contest
which was won by Columbia's eight over
those Of Cornell and Pennsylvania.
Cornell was beaten by about six boat
lengths, and while the victory was being
won Pennsylvania men, swamped within
three-quarters OF a mile of the finish, were
sitting in their she'll waist deep in the
water, waiting to be rescued BY an ap-
preaching tug.
Three distinctive forms Of applying
strength to the sweeps Of the shell were |
observed during this contest. Cornell in
her work wns sharp, crisp, rapid in move
ment; Columbia had the broad reach,
thorough finish, with beef at the start Of
the stroke and swapping power at the fin
ish.
Pennsylvania rowed the heavy, labori
GUS stroke Of the early times Of aquatic /
contests, gained slightly at the sendotf, |
held her own well on toward the second |
mile and then lost until the finish.
The appearance OF Cornells men in the |
struggle was to the others as that Of a |
springing sprinter Of the running turf to |
the long reach and steady, powerful gait |
OF the thoroughbred trotter, as represented |
by Columbia. Pennsylvania, while row.
ing with greater exertion than either,
made less headway because Of faulty style
and method.
AS against the forms Of the other two
crews, Pennsylvania was like the draft
| horse Of undoubted integrity but slower
accomplishment
Pennsylvania In Bad Form.
Whether or not the men Of Pennsylya-
mia were so trained is not known, though
the assumption must be that the style
was acquired under coaching. The back
work of the crew, measured against the
standards Of what is today regarded as
clean form in boating was uncouth. Hv-
/ cry man in the shell, with a slow reach
and a tardy grip on tho water, failed then
at the finish Of the stroke to yanlS through
the oar to it's ultimate possibilities Every
man in the shell, in the technical terms Of
boating, seemed "buckng' his oar. Bent
bodies and bumped shoulders were OBJ
served and remarked by spectators of
| critical character
It is scarcely fair to say that either crew
| was outclassed by the other, unless IL be
that Cornell in her light snappy form,
was not the level antagonist Of SO power
ful and steady a crew as Columbia. Penn
sylyania in the personnel Of her crew phys
ically, under q different method and in
Different form, might have appeared to
better advantage against each Of the 9th
ers.
or the course as q waterway for a shell
race it may be said that when taken at its
best and when used in its fairer moods
there could be none more desirable or sat
isfactory.
This statement leads the way to anoth-
err which is that the Poughkeepsie course
was exceedingly patient and oomplacent
Of official mismanagement Of the event
rowed of on its surface. Although the
the race had been publicly announced to
be rowed at 4;80, il transpires that those
in charge had at no time any notion Of
starting the race at that hour The early
arrival Of steam and sailing craft to be
anchored along the course was sought by
this early announcement, the real design
being thus to gain an hour over those who
are always tardy and to bring the event
! of at about $3.50.
squau Came Up.
When that time was finally reached
, there came the storm. a squall from the
4 northwest and one from the southeast met
I near the head Of the course, and, joining
issue, shook out deluge of rain and kicked
up whitecaps near the starting line. The
Cornell and Pennsylvania crews put in
shore while the storm lasted, and Colum-
q bia, from her boathouse watched the
o scene
Z Whom thU rain ahatod, Cornell came up
Il on the starting line, and Columbia in her
Il shell. FIVE minutes later ruwed out from
: the wooded cove whore her boathouse IS
I. and pulled 86 stroke up TO the starting
& line At @ o'clock Cornell embarked in
n her shell from the launch that had towed
"a it up and while SO doing the Pennsylva
4 mia men in their she'll, they having entered
q It in cove after tho storm, appeared
around the point Of Krum Elbow Mean
u timo the swift flowing tide had ripped th'
n stakcboats loose from their moorings, anS
Il from that time on until 6.45 Referee Rob
n ert p Perkins was busy trying TO get th
~ boats anchored, from which the boat
should be held TO make their start. III
failcd at last in doing So, and finally linei
the men up and at B.53 a sharp yoic
ns rang out over the water, Gentlemen, az
I'D you ready
th Twenty-four backs iii the three shell
ID were bent and waiting to catch the waite
ae 1T the scndofl Each crew wore Sleeveless
in shirts, and each little cockswain had boun
es about his temples the colors Of his crew.
60 coop shot forth the command from tn
as referee.
"A yen went up from the crowds on II
hllsides and from the moving observe
tion train, whose wheels began rumblir
To- as the crews began their four mile stru,
~ gle The race was finally stated AZ 6'5
Ich which might have been started at 4:8
his and which was designed to have bes
81 started at $50.
ca, How the Race Was Won.
Inc The race was started by the word fro
ing the referee at 6.58 p M Cornell got q
aiy | water first with a crisp three strokes, b
Is lost it almost before 81 could be detect
hts by spectators Columbia who had taxi
mo the water second with surging strokes
AZ, pulled her nose to the fore, PonnsylH
mia and Cornell rowing nose and no.
This order was maintained until near
~. - the half mile Cornell at one time ran =
W. w. stroke up to l5, while Columbia, neS
'. ''ao losing "a foot Of gain, was digging 3S ho
80 "a minute ia the river
w Pennsylvania coming down the emit
- first mile rowed a laboring heavy stro
49, 49, Of 8i To 86 The first mile was finished
tNaA 4 Vifr1tfaa qf fr1e and ia the first gtrqf