Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-06-25
COLUMBIA WINS,
The Boat Race at POuEhl1eepsie-
RoNved in Rough Water.

The Boat Race Mt PouEhkeepsie-
Rowed I'm Rough Water.
After misfortunes and delays hard to
equal the tri-college boat race was rowed
in the twilight at Poughkeepsie N. Y, last
evening at { o'clock with rough water
Columbia won a clean and well-pulled vic
tory, with Cornell seven boat lengths 20 the
rear. Pennsylvania swamped at the end
of the third mile when nearly ten lengths
behind Columbia and four lengths to the
rear of Cornell. Time 21.25.
The race the first mile was beautifully
contested, with Pennsylvania and Columbia
fighting for the lead in the first three
quarters and the bows of the three shells
at no point ten feet apart. At the mile Co
lumbia began to draw away and was never
headed. Cornell and Pennsylvania pulled
bow and bow until the mile and half
mark was passed. Then Pennsylvania
was seen to be in trouble The rough
water had sagged the shell, already
weakened. and the outriggers of No.
and No. were dragging through the
water. sending showers of spray into
the boat This showed that the middle
of the shell had sunk from the weight
Of the crew and the water already shipped.
Cornell took the lead, and at a mile and
three-quarters had the better of Pennsyl-
vania by half length
Quakers Out of 1t.
At the two miles, covered in 10 minutes
and the Quakers in their sinking boat
were practically out of the race. When
the railroad bridge was reached and only
a mile was left Columbia showed four
lengths CT clear water to Cornell.
The New Workers were not played out
by headwind and rough water. and, al
though they had splashed all the way,
their shell rode high and buoyant. Cor
FELL sitting low in the water and the
hall n ha f1N nIkf ay,
lengths the Quakers were pulling as the
water settled over them and all alone
with the steamers sweeping by and making
the waves larger. They bent to their oars
until they found themselves clinging to
them in the tossing Hudson. The referees
boats and the tugs steamed rudely by to
see the finish, sending huge svells over the
shipwrecked crew-a disgraceful feature of
the mismanaged afternoon.
While the Quakers were being rescued
Columbia swept down the last mile after
the watches had clicked 1910 for the three,
and amid the screeching of whistles and
the cheers of thousands, the oars trailed
on the water like the wings of a wounded
bird
strokes and Cornell crossed the line twenty
five seconds later, or seven boat lengths
behind, pulling AZ with as much vim as
ever.
CornelPs Boat CoIInpses.
But the Ithaca shell had yielded to the
threshing of the waves, and the might of
shipped water and broke in two pieces en-
route to the float. Columbia alone finished
With her crew in shell, the other two
having been wrecked.
1t was suggested that Columbia had used
a pump, which the coxswain worked with
his feet.
Columbia Delighted.
Columbia men were fairly delirious, for
their university has not turned out uni
versity crew since 81. 1t is a great tri-
umph for Walter B. Poet, who has handled
this crew through the season. They rowed
a rather short stroke with a hard leg drive
and body swing back Of the perpendicular
They got more body swing than Cornell,
and in some ways resembed the Yale
stroke more than any crew that ever rowed
for Columbia.
Cornell had hard work against the head
wind with her short, high stroke, but her
men held out wonderfully well.
The long, slow stroke of the Quakers was
very effective against the wind, and her
men were rowing like winners until the
water began to splash over the wash
boards
Cornell disappointed.
The Cornell men were terribly disap-
pointed, for they had counted on certain
victory, land the oarsmen were nearly heart
broken when they reached their boathouse.
Coach White said last night that Cornell
had attempted to do too much this year
and that the strength of Columbia had
been underestimated. He regretted the ac-
cident to Pennsylvania, and that the race
had been started in such rough water He
favored postpon ement, but would not Join
Woodruff in an appeal to the umpire be-
fore the start.
THE ORIOLES WE'RE HUMBLED.
Maui Pitched Great Ball and Received
Fine SUPPORT.