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vantage to half length. Pennsylvania,
rowing IS to the minute, held Cornell to
half length, while the Quakers were
stu four lengths ahead of Columbia.
The next half mile saw Cornell creeping
gradually on Harvard and pressing
them closely, only an eighth of length
part a length divided Cornell from
Pennsyixania. and Columbia was hang
ing on four lengths behind the Pennsyl-
vanians. At this point Cornell began to
make her effort and when the two-mile
mark was passed they were only an
eighth of a length behind Harvard.
and length in front of Pennsylvania.
Even up, Cornell and Harvard, was the
order of the two-mile flag. Cornell was
still a length ahead of Pennsylvania.
the Cornell's stroke was steady at IS and
Pennsylvania at 80. A quarter of a mile
further on saw Cornell wrest the yam
guard position from Harvard, despite
the latter's. desperate resistance, and
Pennsylvania was three lengths behind
the crimson.
Then Cornell began to show the effect
of Courtneys ideas imbibed in England
last year With long sweeping strokes
the Ithacans held their she'll a length
ahead of Harvard, who was in turn four
lengths in front of Pennsylvania. The
Columbians had been utterly forgotten
the crowd watching the close struggle
of the leaders. The New Workers were
splashing. badly eight or ten yengths to
the rear. and could scarcely keep their
boat on an even keel.
AT three miles Cornell led by a length
and a half, but Pennsylvania had dimin-
ished Harvard's lead for second place by
a length. Half mile from the finish
the order was. Cornell FIRST. by two and
half lengths Harvard second, by three
lengths. while Pennsylvania was about
fifteen lengths in front of Columbia.
A tremendous amount of noise greeted
the 1thacans as they entered the last
quarter mile of their trying journey,
three lengths in front of Harvard. on
whom Pennsylvania was creeping up
FAST two lengths dividing the pair. Cor
nell hit the stroke up to thirty-seven for
the final burst and crossed the line win
ner by about four lengths. Pennsylvania
also Increased their speed in the last
quarter, and Harvard only got home
length and quarter In front of Penn
sylvania. The three leading crews had
got their shells In tow when Columbia
came struggling home one minute and
fifty-four seconds after Cornell and Penn
sylvania. The official time was returned
as follows: Cornell, 1929; Harvard 1892;
Pennsylvania. POLL.
This time. If correct, establishes a new
American record, as the best previous
time was 2O:10, by Yale at New London.
THERE'S a serious discrepancy somewhere
in the official time as given from the
referees boat. Between three and three
and a halt seconds are generally allotted
to a length, and the Cornells defeated
Harvard by fully four lengths, or roughly
speaking by fourteen seconds; whereas
the difference In time shows a defeat for
Harvard by three seconds, or say, three
quarters of length. None of the timers
nor the referee could be found up to a
late hour tonight, so that 1t was impossi-
BILE to find out how the matter will be
managed.
After crossing the finish line three
members of the Harvard crew dropped
on their oars but quickly recovered and
rowed over to the float and got into the
launch. The Columbia men were pretty
well done up, but there were no serious
collapses. Pennsylvania finished the
freshest of all.
The Cornell boys owned the town to-
night. Street parades were formed, giant
firecrackers exploded and the college cry,
Cornell, yell, yell, Cornell" mingled
with cheers for the Harvard crew made
sleep impossible. Men from Columbia
and Harvard mingled with the Ithacans
and the best Of good feeling was dis
played. The Nelson house bar and sey
eral others were closed early in the even
ing, and the demonstrations were less
violent than last year when Columbia