Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-24
RACE OF FRESHMEN.
The Hottest intercollegiate Contest
Seen In this Country.
ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS BEATEN.
Vale Rows Two Miles In 9:I9 2 and
~ the Other Crews Finish in
Good Time.

PouoBKREPsIE, N. Y, June ga
Three crews Of freshmen on the Hui
ann this evening smashed to emither-
Gems all previous records for freshmen
on q two.mile coulse, nnd put up one
Of the hottest Intercollegiate races
ever Witnessed in this country.
A crew Of sturdy men OF Yale rowed
the courae In 0 minutes 19Ls seconds;
a,rifi. lighter crew OF Harvard fresh.
men fought them every inch OF the
way and finished trifle over two
Ieue,hs behind them, and the Cornell
he,hmep, whose college record lie that
none OF Its freshmen crews has ever
beep beaten before, finished length
bshind Harvard. Tins hert previous
record for two miles was 9.4l, made by
tbu Columbia fresh men crew OF '94 at
New London in 1881.
While the copditlJ ms here are better
for fast tirne than upon the Thames.
and while, therefore. some allowances
should be- made Tor the much better
exhibition today. the days race was n
we're creditEble one, ali three OF thu
cfuys having lowered the record, the
Lea, crew in the race (Corneli) doing so
by ia seconds. All tlree OF the
crews used every pound Uf power III
their boats nj every stage Of the two
miles, anu each crew at some period
Of the race was In the lead.
The victory OF today 10 looked upon
BIZ Inc crowns here tonight as being iu
some measure indicative OF the result
Of Friuay,s big varsity race. 1t IL not
euntepued that the order OF finish will
be- the same, for Mr.. Lshmnn Of Hai-
ward has all along said that his fresu-
men had been badly neglected ana
@ .uld not bo looked upon rs repre-
tentative freshmen crew. On the con-
irary, the Yale crew OF youngsters hap
been Grid 10 be more eui. OF WANING
than their variety, while Mr.. COURT
ney's Cornell crews have had equal
attention paid to them. The chances,
therefore, are that the oroef OF IT,
uay's finish is likely to be Harvard,
Ysle, Cornell.
Harvard got the beat clip on tho
water, and In a few strokes drew to
the front, closely followed by the Cor.
nell crew, with Y ale almost q quarter
length to the rear.
Harvard anu Cornell started at 80
strokes to the minute and Yale NJ ID
stroke OF 81. AT the one.eighth mile,
Yale, finding that ebe was trailing be.
hind, increased her stroke to 81 and be-.
gun 10 draw up, while Harvard and
Cornell cropped down to "a each. A!
the quarter Yale was still behind, but
seemed to be rowing easily, while
Harvard anu Cornell were working
ha.d, Cornell drawing up on the Har-
ward lead. Yale was easing her stroke,
aud within the next half mile brought
IL Jown TO 33 and 81, but even then
esmed to gain, and there was n per.
ceptible dash 10 the boat that seemeu
Licking In the Othere.
Juet crossing the mile line, Yale hnd
picked her boat up even with that OF
Harvard and was showing It's nose for.
ward q few inches. Cornell was labor
ing q length behind Harvard, rowi ng
n rapid SO stroke to Harvard's 35 anu
Yale's stea5y 33. From that point on
10 the fnish Yrle rowed steasily at 39
aud "a, quiokening to 38 several
lengths from the finish In an endeavor
I, make the breach between her old
enemy, Harvard, and herself n trfie
wider.
When Yale passed both the Harvard
and Cornell crews, Just beyond the
mile MARI, Cornell, who had pulled
their boat ON to even terms, made Q
desperate effort to keep Yale from
gaining, but 1t was OF less avail even
than Hsrvard's, and OF the mile anu Q
half there was clear water between
Cornell and Harvard. From there on
TO the finish Cornell whooped up to et
per minute,a and closed the gap slightly,
flashing lust about an even length III
forwards rear.