The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-27
CORNELL WINS AGAIN
Broke the Record in the Boat
Race on the Hudson.
HARVARD WAS SECOND
-Four Miles in 19 Minutes and
20. Seconds.
ITS COMPETITORS oUTCLAssEO
Cornell Rowed What is Conceded to be
One of the Most Notable Races
in the Whole Annals Of
Boating.


ward, Cornell, Columbia, Pennsylvania
four mile straight-away boat race on
the Hudson to-day was won by Cor
nell's eight in the phenomenal time OF
19 minutes and 30 seconds. Harvard
second; Pennsylvania third, and Co
lumbia fourth.
Cornell won the Freshman race two
days ago, in which the order Of finish
ing was strangely the same.
The race was a hard one for two
miles, burt after that Cornell had it
their own way. Harvard tried their
old scheme of tiring out Cornell at the
start, but it failed. Cornell rowed a
clean race, and without a break of any
kind.
Pennsylvania splashed and rowed
badly, and Columbia, for some UNI
known reason, was notin 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 undisturb-
ing, and the ebb tide in favor of very
good time. The four crews lined up for
positions about $50 o'clock.
After some delay the referee took a
then sent them off with the pistol. All
struck the water together, but Column
bia only got a half stroke. Cornell
and Harvard were both fully prepared
and got the advantage of a long sweep,
Harvard began it's old tactics of a
quick stroke to tire its opponents, and
for a while it seemed to work well.
Harvard's boat poked it's nose ahead
- - -, hol 10 md "a
ers 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. lt
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, and gradually Cornell began to
regain their lost ground.
Harvard tried desperately to hold the
lead, but as the two boats flashed by
the two-mile mark, Cornell had showed
herself forward on even terms and was
stin going. Pennsylvania was splash
ing on at 81 stroke gait, three lengths
behind Harvard and Columbia, was
hopelessly beaten. So they went down
to the third mile, Harvard pulling des-
perately and somewhat prettily, but
Cornell was putting an inch of distance
at every stroke between the boats.
Cornell, at the three and a half mile
mark, had increased her lead to about
four boat lengths, and Pennsylvania
was clearing up some of the water be-
tween them and Harvard in such a clip
ping manner that the crimson adher-
ents feared for their crews hold on the
second place.
The last half mile was uneyentfnl.
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 %
seconds, and not man in her boat
showed distress. Pennsylvania crawl
ed in at a good pace about four boat
lengths behind Harvard, and Columbia
padded in at least twenty lengths in
the rear There were four men in the
Harvard boat who showed signs of dis
tTess, but in the other boats there was
no trouble.
1T was conceded on all sides that
Cornell had rowed a remarkable race.
and ont that. from a scientific stand
point, was notable in the annals Of
boating.
The Cornell Varsity eight tonight
elected S. E. O. Spillman, who pulled
No 6 to-day as Captain of '97's Var
sity. Pennsylvania eight reelected
A. Boyle.
Capt. Boyle, '9S law. is a native of
Virginia and the only man in the
crew who has had any amount Of eX-
perience in rowing. He was stroke
and Captain of the Columbia Athletic
Club eight at Washington last year
and played left end on the Varsity
football team.