The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-03

Start-PennSylvania first, ColumDla sec ond, Cornell third.
 One-quarter mile--Pennsylyania first, Co lumba second, Cornell third.
 One-half mile-Pennsylvani first, Colum- bia second, Cornell third.
 Mie-Cornell first Pennsylvania second, Columbia third.
 One one-half mile--Cornell first, Pennsyl- vania second, Columbia third.
 Second mile-Cornell first, Columbia sec ond, Pennsylvania third.
 Two one-half mile-Cornell first, Colum- bia second.
 Three one-half miles-Cornell first, Co.,
 Four miles Cornell first, Columbia sec ond.
 All of the expectations of those lovers of American sports that by establish ing new records, Pennsylvania and Co., lumbia would be entitled to demand ad- mission into what promises to be an in tercollegiate rowing combination of three colleges, Yale, Harvard and Cor nell, have been rudely shattered The contest on the Hudson this afternoon which had been heralded as promising close and exciting finish was disap- pointment.
 It Is true that the water conditions were UUI ldVOIdDtc u 4dSL llllAC ellio that men like pr. Walter Peet and other boating experts alleged that it was not a proper time to start race, but 1t also was true that once started the chances were certainly about equal for each crew. The lightest crew on the river and the one less likely to be able to stand the swells caused by the wind blowing against the tide came out of the contest an easy winner and only slightly behind the record of Yale last week, when she finished second The heaviest crew in the race to-day, Pennsylvania, found It's boat washed full of water before the second mile
 was reached and after passing that point was compelled to retire from the contest The next heaviest crew, Co., lumbia, bravely heralded as rough water crew. was so fearful of results from the same cause that 1t lost many lengths steering inshore. In some re- spects the contest was pitiful Cornell, the winner of two previous contests, the victors over Yale and liar yard, had been led to believe that Penn- sylvania and Columbia would put up a harder fight than it's contestants in the other races. To the contrary, the Cornell crew rowed over the course in the easiest kind of a fashion. Columbia struggled on in the rear losing length by length while rowing much quicker stroke than Cornell and finally after crossing the line found themselves all
 most incapable of any further work. As if to exhibit her prowess and her wonderful husbanded strength the Cor nell coxswain turned his boat around and rowed up a mile and a quarter above the finish and then returned to the boat house. There was really no race to describe, at least not after the second mile.
 During the first three-quarters of
 mile the contest was rather pretty. Pennsylvania took the water first with quick, jerky stroke, Columbia follow ing and Cornell hanging to the rear. At the quarter Pennsylvania had lead of half a length over Columbia, and Columbia one-half of length over Cor nell. Pennsylvania was, however, splashing badly. No. in particular | At the half mile Pennsylvania was rowing thirty-four and Columbia thir- | ty-three, while Cornell with her thirty two stroke was decreasing the lead. At
 the quarters of a mile Pennsylva- mia had three-quarters of length over | Cornell, who had pulled on beyond Co.,
 lumbia for about half a length. It was here that trouble seemed to begin in the Pennsylvania boat. Just prior to | the starting of the race the steamer | Trempre of the Albany and Newburg | line came down the river as the boats
 were lined up, and although warned by | the referee and police boats, would not stop.
 The swells that she made were blown l back against the shells When Cor | nell. on the outside, hit the swells the sharp boat cut them in two, converting ! them into a choppy sea, so that when
 they hit Pennsylvania's shell they | swashed over the side. It was here
 that Cornell's clever rowing was in ev- | idence for while the beautiful form of that crew kept the oars from touching
 those swells during the feather the | Pennsylvania oars hit them with so | much force as to throw part of them
 into the boat. By the time the crews
 had reached the mile and a quarter the | Pennsylvania boat was numbering i along. filled almost to the gunwales, put the men continued bravely pulling.
 although falling far behind Columbia. | Who in rowing inshore to avoid the 1 swells had lost considerable distance | to Cornell.
 From mile and a half down the al- 1 most ludicrous procession began, Cor
 nelFs boat went along against the head wind as if it had wings, while Colum- bias crew pulled along very evenly. | losing nearly length in every quarter
 mile. Pennsylvania splashed along. | slowly going to the rear until the two-
 mile-and-a-q a-quarter-point was reached, ] when Coach Ward came around into