The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-06-27
CORNELL WINS
THE GREAT RACE
Harvard Goes DOWn in Defeat In the
POur-mile StraightaWay on
the Hudson.
IT WAS BEAUTIFULLY WON
Harvard Tried nsr Old Tricks but They Did
N9t Work Columbia and rennsyi-
yanis Forgot They Nere in
the Race.

Poughkeepsie. y. Y, June 26-The
Harvard. Cornell. Columbia, and Penn
sylvania four mile straightaway on
the Hudson today was won by Cornell
in the phenomenal time OF 1923. Har-
ward was second. Pennsylvania 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 the Cornell
men had It their own way Harvard
tried their old scheme Of firing out
Cornell at the start. but II failed.
Cornell rowed clean race, without
a break OF any kind. Pennsylvania
splashed and rowed badly. and Column
bla, for some unknown reason. was not
In the race after the first quarter Of
a mile. Harvard rowed pluckily, but
was outclassed.
The conditions were favorable. The
water was smooth. the wind not dis
turbing. and being in favor Of good
time. The four crews were lined up
for position about $3.50 o'clock. All
struck water together. but Columbia
only got half a stroke. Cornell and
Harvard We're both fully prepared and
got the advantage OF a long sweep.
Harvard began its old tactics Of quick
stroke to tire its opponents, and for a
while II seemed 10 work well. All had
started with 20 stroke. which Harvard
tempered down to 80 at the first quar-
ter, while Cornell had come down 10 IS.
Columbia seemed to have a lesden
weight on its boat and It hung in the
water as II it was not intending to
keep with the others.
Pennsylvania was rowing 80 to the
minute. but II was a ragged stroke that
pulled the boat far over and stopped it.
Harvard and Cornell had settled down
TO work in a methodical way, and. both
pulling a 3S stroke. were working with
win. Harvard's boat poked its nose
ahead OF Cornell at the half mile and
the rooters yelled with appreciation.
Then slowly, inch by inch. the Har-
ward boat crept by the Cornell boat
until her stern just Tapped the latter's
nose. 1t was noticeable that the Cor
nell men never changed their stroke.
but worked steadily at IS and 81
strokes, with good back work and a
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
Cornell's and gradually the Cornell
men, with their backs working from
the sliding seat to the back of their
necks and with a rythmetical motion
that was beautiful TO see. began to
gain their long end. Harvard tried
desperately to hold the lead, but as
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mark Cornell had showed herself for
ward on even terms and was still go
ing. The No. man in Harvard's boat
was splashing and then the stroke wa
vered little, but with bulldog grip
they stuck to their work. But that
steady 81 TO the minute stroke swung
stronger and the clean blade work was
telling Inch by inch the bow of the
Cornell boat went forward from the
bow of the Harvard boat, and they
We're never headed.
Pennsylvania was splashing on at a
81 stroke gait, three lengths behind
Harvard, and Columbia was hopelessly