The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-25
CORNELL THE WINNER
her Victory In the Four -COTneTed College
Boat Race Was An Easy One.
SHE CAME our -FOUR SECONDS AHEAD
The Desperate Part OF the Race wns
between Harvard nnd PcnmsyI-
Snnia for second Place The Racc
Was Won by the Rest Crcw-No
nisorderIy Demonstrations.

Poughkeepsie. n. Y, June 24-Cor-
neE's freshmen won the four cornercd
freShmen'S race LhtS afternoon defeat
| ing Harvard by a length and a uuarte
In ten minutes and eighteen seconds
Harvard was th!ee-quarters of "A length
IN 'front.' of PENNSYLVANIA. while Column
bia, which was never dangerous. was
beaten OFT ten lengths. Columbia and
Harvard got slightly the best of what
was only fair start. Cornell getting off
third, while University of PENNSYLVANIA
got away very badly. 1t only took a
Few strokes TO determine thc position OF
Columbia and the few followers OF the
blue and white on the observation tain
telt sinking feeling ut their hearts as
they saw their hopes drop In the rear
posMtion. Pennsylvania made up lceway
quickly and to the half mile mark II
was Il desperate race FOR the lead be-
tween Cornell and Harvard. with Penn
SSlVania rapidly closing the gap Nose
and nose the boats which carried the
hopes of the crimson and red and whpc
raced together, and the wet and weary
crowd on the cars forgot their discom-
fort In the excitement of the sarurule
AT the half mile Harvard boats nose
was Just in front OF the Cornell shell
pennsylvania was hanging on the stern
OF the red and white. and Columbia was
laporing in distress, q length in the lear
of the Quakers.
ltnican delegation announced that Cor
neil had shot her canvass i'm front of the
CRIMSON Steadily the hopes of rhe
supporters OF the red and white rose as
the lthicans cettled down to their work
ana forged half Il length ahead Faster
ana FASTER the Cornell shell shot through
the water as Carter ouckencd the
stroke. Nearing the bridge PennsvlyTa@ :
MA spurted. Going under she bridge the
order was Cornell. clear of Harvard $
canvas. University OF PENNSYLVANIA
Tapped on the crimson. and Columbia
toiling hopelessly four lengths as;e,n.
ihen the desperate race between the
crimson and red and blue for second
place commenced. Pennsylvania gained
IL little and Harvard put forth an extra
enort. Both boats fairly iiew through
me water and when at a mile and half
Cornell sMerved slightly towards the
center OF the stream ii looked for n mo-
,l.ht as II the two who We're lighting
between themselves might gGa upon tho
leader. Inch by inch the QuakeI,s gain
ed on Harvard until half a mile from
nome the two were level and racing after
Cornell.
Opposite Cornel's boat house the Ithi-
Iahs, were clear length in front OF
pennsylvania, and Harvard who were
rowing bow and bow i'm desperate race
me Harvard coXswain shouted AT his
men for final effort and the cr.mson's
boat was seen forging in front of the
e!uakers canvas. The steamboats, and
yachts sent up a salu.c of whistles and
cahhons ns the Cornell crew swept to-
Whfd the hn!sh line length and II quar-
Ter ahead OF Harvard VINO were three
Quarters of length in front OF the
("akers. Columbia came up completely
played out. ten lengths behind.
Time: Cornell. 1918; Harvard, 1919:
Pennsylvania, l0:26h; Columbia, 1861.
Aitsr passing the finish line Boa rdman,
The Harvard stroke. McDunie. who row
ed NO. =, and Whitbeck, No 5, dropped
on their oars, but quickly recovered.
Chae who rowed No. in the Columbia
boat. was suffering from !rfermlatent
iever This moaning, but persisted in row.
ing, AL Columbia quarters /, was said
that the race did not seem TO have
affected htm very much.
There was l!p;le excitement in the town
after tne race The Cornell men were OF
course Jubilart, buj their enthusiasm
was Kept within reasonable bounds. The
opinion was general that the best crew
won.