The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-01
WON BY CORNELL BOYS
ANOTHER AQUATIC VICTORY ADDED
no THEIR PREVIOUS LAURELS.
TwO-MiIe Freshman Boat Race Cap
tured by the Ithaca Crew, Column
bia Second, Pennsylvania Third.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, June SO, Cor
nell won by three-fourths of length; Co
lumbia second by one-third of a length
over Pennsylvania. The official time: Cor
nell minutes 21 1-5 seconds; Columbia, 8
minutes, q 3-5 seconds; Pennsylvania, 8
minutes, % 1-5 seconds.
The freshman race over the two-mile
course here this afternoon between three
American crews, rowing with purely Amer
lean methods, was one of the most re-
markable in the annals of boat racing in
this country. The freshmen of Cornell, CO.
lumbia and Pennsylvania rowed with their
heads as well as with their bodies and
showed science that was surprising. The
time is not record breaking because Yale
made the same course in minutes 1872
seconds last Wednesday, but both Colums
bia, finishing second, and Pennsylvania,
finishing third, made better time than did
Harvard and Corpasl finishing in the same
places last "Wednesday. The feature of the
race was the wonderful squirt made by the
Columbia youngsters in the last half mile,
when they closed up a gap between them
selves and Cornell s. fast tn had there
been another eighth of a mile to go they
would have been in first place. A second
feature was the remarkable rowing of the
Pennsylvania crew which had been said
by its trainer 70 hv n very bad shape.
When the pistol 5 fired Pennsylvania
caught tho water first ii: swift stroke
that showed the nose = aer boat clearly
ahead of the others Soy ell and Columbia
started a trifle .0", silly and Cornell fell
slightly tc' the rear of the New Workers.
All started at a thirty-siX stroke, but Cor
nell dropped down to thirty-three, while
thlrtN-flEG
Pennsylvania vsas hitting away at thirty
three. At the eig 9TH of a mile Pennsylvania
was leading thS Columbia boat by an eighth
OF d length, while Cornell was a quarter
of a length behind the Columbia boat Cor
nell was rowing easily, while the other two
were fighting 1T out for first place. But
the Cornell stroke had effect and at the
quarter of mile Cornell had drawn up
even with Columbia, while Pennsylvania
still had her quarter length lead Down to
the half this continued, when Cornell drew
up on Pennsylvania and away from CO.
lumbia. Columbia, too, was coming alon
and the Pennsylvania lead OF a quarter of
a length was reduced TO a bare eighth.
Then the Quakers did fight for life, and
down to the end of the first mile there
was a terrific race for a place.
Entering the last half it was clearly seen
by the condition of the men in the three
boats that there would be a memorable
struggle. At this point Cornell had lead
of a quarter of a length over PennsylVa-
MIA and Columbia'S s stroke oar caught a
crab at this juncture and lost about 1, fO lr
strokes but quickly fell in. Columbia then
hit up the stroke from the first thirty-flve
they had been rowing to raster thirty
six. Cornell had made the lead three-quar-
ters of a length and was, still going when
that squirt started and when 1t was fairly
under way had a length the advantage.
Then the boat of Columbia seemed to fairly
lift itself out of the water. Pennsylvania
responded with a thirty-hve stroke but the
long shell Of the New Workers fairly lifted
itself along and went by the Pennsylvania
boat and after the Cornell shell like a
thing bewitched. On it went, the bow lap
ping the rudder post of the Cornell boat,
and creeping up towards the stroke oar.
Frantically did the little sixteen-year-old
coxswain call to the crew, and well did
they respond but just as the nose of the
boat lined even with the stroke oar of the
Cornell crew the two boats crossed the
line and Cornell was a winner by three
fourths of a length. Pennsylvania, whipped
on the last five or six strokes, and finished
only half a length behind Not a man in
any boat was distressed after this remark
able exhibition.
The first official time was given out 8
minutes, p seconds. and the corrected time
given out this evening was minutes Il 10
10