The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-01

All Crews Row the American Stroke-
Anybody's Race Until the Finish-Fea-
ture of the Race the Wonderful Squirt
Made by Columbia In the Last Half Mile.
Poughkeepsie, June 3O-Cornell won
the freshman race by three-fourths of
length; Columbia second by one-third
of length over Pennsylvania. The
official time: Cornell, 9:2l is; Colun-
bia, 9:22 3-5; Pennsylvania, 9:2S 1-5
Table showing the number of strokes
to the minute:
cGsws GCrSsn Start sf 4, Z mile nj Il 4 Fin; 81
fennsypaala fei%liSia '$S $S g g g g g 81 $5 s.
Table showing the positions in the
race:
Start-Pennsylvania first, Cornell second,
Columbia third
One-eighth mile--Pennsylvania first, Co
lumbia second Cornell third.
quarter mile-Pennsylvania first, Co
lumbia second, Cornell third.
One-half mile-Pennsylvania first, Column
bia second, Cornell third.
Three-Quarter mile-Cornell first, Pennsyl-
vania second, Columbia third
| One mile-Cornell first, Pennsylvania sec
ond, Columbia third.
| One one-quarter mile-Cornell first, Penn
Sylyania second, Columbia third.
| One one-half mile-Cornell urst, Columbia
| second, Pennsylvania third.
one three-quarter mile-Cornell first, Co
lumbia second, Pennsylvania third.
| Finsh-Cornell first, Columbia second,
Pennsylvania third
The race over the two-mile course
here this afternoon between three
American crews, rowing with purely
American methods, was one of the most
remarkable in the annals of boat rae
ing in this country. 1t was great, in
spring, magnificent. 1t was unlike any
freshman race ever rowed. because the
crews worked without that erratical-
ness that usually marks those events.
The freshmen of Cornell, Columbia
and Pennsylvania rowed with their
heads as we'll as with their bodies, and
showed science that was surprising. 1t
was anybody's race, and the fact that
but two seconds divided the first and
last crews, and that the boats Tapped
over each other very nearly a half, is
evidence of the character of the strug
gle. That such a struggle was only
watched by small sized crowd is a
misfortune for those who missed see
ing 1t.
The time is not record be-
cause Yale made the same course in
minutes 1912 seconds last Wednesday,
but both Columbia, finishing second,
and Pennsylvania. finishing third made
better time than did Harvard and Cor
nell finishing in the same places last
Tuesday.
The feature of the race was the Won
derful squirt made by the Columbia
youngsters in the last half mile when
they closed UP a gap between them
selves and Cornell so fast that, had
there been another eighth of a mile to
row, they would probably have been in
first place A second feature was the
remarkable rowing Of the Pennsylvania
crew, which had been said by their
trainer to be in very bad shape. This
crew is very much inferior crew to
the Pennsylvania Varsity crew, and
the critics are wondering whether Ellis
| Ward has not got something "up his
sleeve" for Fridays race.
The race of to-day is looked upon as
one of the most credtable exhibitions
ever given. The only criticism made
tonight is that Dr. Walter Peet. the
referee, kept the crews waiting so long
at their stake boats with their oars
dipped in nervous strain.
| How the race was roWed: After Ref
cree Peet In his clumsy boat which
seemed to want the whole river to turn
in, had kept the crews waiting at their
stake boats for some five or six min
tues, the youngsters showing the strain
| he tctn ~
given and the crews were off. Penn
sylvania caught water first with a
swift, strong stroke that showed the
nose Of her boat clearly ahead of the
others Cornell and Columbia started
a trife more easily and Cornell fell
slightly to the rear of the New York
ers. All started at a thirty-six stroke,
but Cornell, true to the Courtney
training. dropped down to thirty three.
while Columbia kept it up at thirty
five, and Pennsylvania was hitting
away at thirty three. At the eighth Of
mile Pennsylvania was leading the
Columbia boat by an eighth of a length,
while Cornell was quarter of a length
behind the Columbia boat Cornell was
rowing easily, while the other two were
fighting it out for first place. But the
Cornell stroke had its effect and at the
quarter of a mile Cornell had drawn
up even with Columbia, while Penn
sylvania still had her quarter length
| lead
Down to the half this continued when
| Cornell drew UP on Pennsylvania and
away from Columbia. Viciously Penn
sylvania hit the water and the boat
seemed to fly in the effort to hold the
lead. but slowly and surely the Cornell
boat went on inch by inch, showing out
beyond the Pennsylvania. Columbia,
too. was coming along, and the Penn
sylvania lead of a quarter of length
was reduced in the next quarter to a
bare eighth. Then the Quakers did
fight for life and down to the end of the
| first mile there was terrific race for a
place So this continued for another
half mile, down to the mile and half
point First the nose of the Pennsyl-
vania boat would begin to draw away
from the Columbias and then Columbia
would draw up on Pennsylvania. En-
tering the last half of it was clearly
seen by the condition of the men in the
three boats that there would be a strug-
| gle that would be memorable. At this
point Cornell had a lead of quarter of
a length over Pennsylvania and CO.
| lumbia was an eighth of length be-
hind Pennsylvania. Columbia's stroke
| oar caught a crab at this iuncture and