The herald., 1896-06-27
Cornell Wins the intercollegiate
Rowing Match
ALL THE RECORDS BROKEN
The Entries Close for the Regatta al
HenIey.on-Thames
n.mbers Of the Yale Crew Practice Diligently
and Show Steady Improvement In
Both Style and Speed
Associated Press Special Wire.

sylvania, four miles straight away on
the Hudson today was won by Cornell
in the phenomenal time of - minutes
90 seconds. Harvard was second, Penn
sylvania third, and Columbia fourth.
Cornell won the Freshman race two
days ago, in which the order of finishing
was, strangely, the same. The race was
a hard one for two miles, but after that
Cornell had it their own way. Their old
scheme of firing out Cornell at the start
was tried but it failed. Cornell rowed
g. strong race without a break of any
kind. Pennsylvania splashed and rowed
badly, but Columbia, for some unknown
reason, was not in the race after the first
mile. The Harvard crew rowed pluclxily
but was outclassed. The conditions
were favorable. The water was smooth,
the wind not disturbing, and being in
favor of very good time. The four crews
were lined up for position about $3.50
o'clock.
All struck the water together, but Co
lumbia only got half stroke. Cornell
and Harvard were both fully prepared
and got the advantage of a long sweep.
Harvard began its old tactics of quick
stroke to tire it's opponents, and for
while it seemed to work well. All had
started with a forty stroke, which Harv-
ard tempered down to thirtynine at the
first quarter, while Cornell had come
down to thirty-eight. Columbia SEEM
ed to have leaden weight on its boat
and it hung in the water as if it was not
intending to keep with the others. Penn
sylvania was rowing thirty-nine to the
minute, but it was ragged stroke that
pulled the boat far over and stopped it.
Both Harvard and Cornell had settled
down to work in methodical way, and
both were pulling thirty eight stroke,
and were working with will. Harv-
ards boat poked its nose ahead Of Cor
nell at the half mile and the roouers
yelled with appreciation.
Then slowly, inch by inch, the Harvard
boat crept by the Cornell boat until her
| stern just Tapped the latter's nose. 1t
was noticeable that the Cornell men
never changed their stroke but worked
steadily at SO and 81 strokes, with good
| back work and beautiful clean blade
action, and as they neared the two-mile
mark this work was noticeable in its
effect. Harvard's men had put all their
hard work in their arms and legs and it
was beginning to tell for they could
not get the stern of their boat away from
Cornells and gradually Cornell, with
their backs working from the sliding
seat to the back of their necks and with
q rythmical motion beautiful to see,
began to gain their long end. Har-
! ward tried desperately to hold the lead,
| but as the two boats flashed by the two
mo orlr lod ch
| forward on even terms and was still
| gaining. Then No. 2 man in Harvard's
| boat was splashing and then stroke wav-
| cred a little, but with bulldog grit they
| stuck to their work. But that steady 81
| stroke to the minute swing, with the
| stronger stroke and the neat clean blade
work was telling and inch by inch the
| bow of the Cornell boat went forward
| from the bow of the Harvard bat
Pennsylvania was splashing on at
| 81 stroke gait, three lengths behind Har-
| ward, and Columbia was hopelessly beat
| en-. So they went down on the third
mile. Harvard pulling desperately and
| somewhat prettily, but Cornell putting
| an inch of distance with every stroke be-
| tween the boats. The long stroke and
| the clever back work of Cornell was
counting. 1t was evident that Harvard
| was beaten, for at the third mile there
| was an evident plenty of reserve force
| in the Cornell boat. Her men We're using
every bit of strength in their endeavor
| to make a good showing. Getting into
| the last mile Cornell was still pulling
| at a 81 stroke without a splash or quiv-
| er, their boat fairly shooting along, while
| Harvards men looked as if some of
| them would fall out of the boat. Cor
nell at the three and half mile had in
| creased her lead to about four boat
| lengths and Pennsylvania was clearing
| up some of the water between them
and Harvard in such a clipping manner
that the crimson's adherents feared for
their crews hold on second place. The
| last half mile was uneventful. Cornell
| crossed the line at the pace she had
set at the start, winner by five lengths
| over Harvard, in the record breaking
time of 10 minutes and 29 seconds and not
man in her boat showed signs of dis
| tress. Pennsylvania crawled in at a
| good pace about four boat lengths be-
| hind Harvard and Columbia padded in
| at least twenty lengths in the rear.
The record breaking time of the race
| was in a measure due to the ebb tide
| that was quite effective, but it is be-
| lieved that the time-keepers, unable to
see any flag at the finish, have made an
error. The watches in the express car
on the observation train made the time
between 1854 and 20:04 and the watches
| on the Associated Press loop at the end
of each mile stopped by electrical con-
nection made the time similar to this.
No watch can be found that tallies with
the official time. This does not detract
from Cornells victory, as she has, with
| any Of the times taken, broken the rec
ord. The official time, as given, is:
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| f1dTNdIu IL SZ
| pennsylvania '..................... 70 IL
| OOiuiipid Il 30
] Pennsylvania men tonight say that