The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-24
A GOOD AUGURY FOR YALE
HER FRESH MEN WIN IN .f MAGNIFI- CENT STRUGGLE ON THE HUDSON.

Poughkeepsie N. r., June 2S,-Three crews of "Freshies" on the Hudson this evening at ten minutes past seven o'clock smashed to smithereens all past records for freshmen on a two mile course and put up one of the hottest races ever witnessed in intercollegiate racing in this country. A sturdy crew of Yale freshmen rowed the two mile course in 9:191a, a trifle lighter crew ot Harvard freshmen fought them every inch of the way and finished little over two lengths behind them in 9:261a, and the Cornell freshmen, whose col lege record is that none of it's freshmen crews has ever been beaten before, t1n- ished a length behind Harvard in 9:291a.
 The best previous record for two miles was made by the Columbia fresh man crew of '94 at New London, in 1891, in 9:41. While the conditions here are better for fast time than they are upon the Thames and while. therefore, some allowance should be made for the much better exhibition to-day, it is nevertheless considered that to-day's race was a remarkable one. all three of the crews having lowered the record. The last crew in the race-Cornell, do- ing to by 111a seconds. All three of the crews used every pound of power in their boats at every stage of the two miles and each crew at some period of the race was in the lead.
 | The victory of to-day is looked upon | by the crowds here tonight as being in some measure indicative of the re- suit of Fridays big Varsity race. It
 is not contended that the order of finish will be the same, for MT. Lehman of Harvard has all along said that his freshmen had been badly neglected, and could not be looked upon as a repre- sentative freshmen crew. On the con- trary, the Yale crew of youngsters has been said to be more sure of winning than their Varsity, while MT. Court ney's Cornell crews have had equal at tention paid to them. The chances, therefore, are picked out tonight are that the order of Fridays finish is lia- ble to be Harvard, Yale and Cornell.
 When the hour of 4:30 arrived the ob- servation train moved down very slow ly to the start, stopping just opposite the stake boats. The referees boat was jumping about the river, going first to one quarter and then to the other. The heavy wind had dropped down, and the river surface was less
 troubled than earlier in the day, and everybody was looking expectantly for the belated start, when the referees boat came down and announced post | nf ha orI h oI come down to the float at the start by
 this time and Yale could be seen com
 ing slowly down the river, but there
 was not a move in the Cornell quar-
 ters.
 The referee announced a postpone
 ment until 6:30 o'clock and when his
 boat came around again about that
 hour the crowd said "Ah," with great
 expectancy. But again there was a
 disappointment for the referee megra- phoned the crews that the race had
 again been postponed until o'clock because of rough water above the
 bridge"
 At o'clock he concluded to let the
 race go and at 10 minutes after
 the crews having lined up and answer
 ed individually that they were ready l to TOW, were SlNeu- tle WOIu ana lIlt ! pistol shot. Harvard got the best clil
 upon the water and in a few strokes drew to the front, closely followed bS the Cornell crew, with Yale almost { quarter length to the rear. Harvard
 and Cornell started at 35 strokes to tn, } minute, and Yale, at a sweeping strok' of 34. At the eighth mile, Yale finding that she was trailing behind increased her stroke to 36 and began to draw up while Harvard and Cornell dropped ,, down to 34 each. At the quarter Yal / was still behind, but seemed to be row
 ing easily, while Harvard and Cornel
 were working hard, Cornell drawing
 up upon the Harvard lead.
 Yale was easing up her stroke an within the next half mile brought i down to 8 and 34, but even then sh seemed to gain, and there was a per 9 ceptible dash to the boat that scene l lacking in the others. There was littl
 or no hang while the Harvard boa
 seemed to go hard and the Cornell boy 9 did not seem to be able to keep up y the mark, acting as though they ha f been finely trained. At the three-quar f ter mark Yale was coming up rapidl l upon Harvard and Cornell rowing ,
 to the minute, while Harvard and Cor e nell evidently feeling the effect of tn [. pace in the first mile, had dropped t S 34 each.
 | It was here that it became apparen l. that the heavier weight in the Val = boat was going to prove troublesom q to the lighter youngsters in the Hal t yard boat and the still lighter ones i Il the Cornell shell. Just crossing tn
 mile line, Yale had pulled her boat U
 even with that of Harvard, and wa
 showing it's nose forward a few inche
 with each stroke. Cornell was laborin :. length behind Harvard, rowing
 rapid 36-stroke to Harvards 35 an = Yale's steady 23
 d From that point on to the finish. YaI |, rowed steadily at B and 34 quicker
 ing to 36 several lengths from the finis l. in an endeavor to make the breach bt e tween her old enemy, Harvard. an y herself a trifle wider And aIthoug 0 Harvard picked her stroke up to 36 a
 ter passing the mile and held it thel is until the finish, it lacked power an y the boat dropped gradually behin n crossing the line tritle over tV l. lengths behind the Yale boat. Whe n Yale passed both the Harvard and Go, n nell crews, just beyond the mile mar IS Cornell. who had pulled their boat c g to even terms and perhaps, as see ! +I,-