The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-07-03
DEAD EASY FOR CORNELL
Columbia and Pennsylvania Far
in the Rear.
THE RIVER is VERY ROUGH
Pennsylvania Ships Lot of Water and
Quits-Columbia Makes Desper-
ate Effort But No Avail
Course in Fine Trim,

Poushkeepsie. July An exppecta-
tions of lovers of American sports that
by establishing new records the Penn
sylvania and Columbia crews would he
entitled to demand admission tn what
promises to he an intercollegiate row.
ing combination OF three colleges. Yale.
Harvard and Cornell. have been rudely
shattered The contest on the Hudson
this afternoon which had been heralded
as promising close and exciting race.
over which each college coach declared
would be record-breaking contest.
turned out to be the merest sort Of
procession and an apology for race.
The lightest crew on the river and the
one less likely 10 be able To stand the
swells caused by the wind blowing
against the tide came out of the con-
test an easy winner. and only slightly
behind the record Of Yale last week.
when she finished second In the varsity
race with all the conditions in her IA
yor. The heaviest crew In the race to-
day. Pennsylvania, found its boat was
headful 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 "A rough
water crew. was so fearful of the same
cause that she lost many lengths steer
ing in toward shore
In some respects the contest was pitt
full. Cornell. the winner Of the two pre-
vious contests. the victor over Yale and
Harvard had been led To believe that
Pennsylvania and Columbia would put
up a harder fight than her contestants
i'm the other races On the contrary. the
Cornell crew rowed over the course In
the easiest kind Of fashion. only hitting
up the stroke In the last three-quarters
Of Il mile In an evident eudeavor to
make fair time. Columbia struggled
in the rear. losing length by length
while rowing much quicker stroke
than Cornell. and finally, after crossing
the line. her crew found themselves al
most incapable Of any further work.
As II to exhibit her prowess. and her
wonderfully husbanded strength. the
Cornell cOxswain turned his boat
around and rowed back up a mile and
quarter above the finish To salute the
Pennsylvania and then returned. There
was really no race to describe. al least
not after the Second mile. During the
first three-quarters OF mile the con-
test was rather pretty. Pennsylvania
took the water first with a quick jerky
hanging to the rear. with her slow.
measured 32. AT the quarter of mile,
Pennsylvania had a lead of one-half
length and Columbia one-half a length
over Cornell.
BY the time the crews had reached
the mile and a quarter the Pennsylva-
mia boat was numbering along filled al
most to the gunwales. but the men con-
tinued To bravely pull. although falling
far behind Columbia. who, In rowing In
shore to av,ei swells. had widened the
distance to Cornell From the mile and
half down the almost ludicrous pro-
cession began. Cornelrs boat went
along against the head wind as II II
had wings, while Columbia's crew
pulled along violently. losing nearly a
length in every quarter mile. Pennsyl-
vania splashed and fused along. slowly
falling To the rear until the two mile
and a quarter was reached. when Coach
Ward came around In the Franklin and
took the crew aboard. From that time
ON the race practically lost its interest
to the thousands of spectators along
the shore. Cornelrs rowing carried the
beat along at an excellent pace, al
though the shell had taken In some
water, while Columbia. with indomii
able pluck, struggled along tn catch
her with a pertlnacity that was exas-
perating The Cornell drew away from
Columbia until at the bridge there was
at least 10 boat lengths between them.
II was here that the Columbia crew
made a desperate effort to squirt, but
Cornell perceived IL and without evil
IDENTIFY increasing her stroke put a lit
tie more back and leg work and carried
her boat another length and half
ahead of the white and blue, crossing
the line an easy winner.
Official time; Cornell. 2o:iI 4-5; CO.
lumbia. q go 2-5. Cornell offers to row
the race over with Pennsylvania tomor-
row, but Pennsylvania's representa-
tives say the distance is too long TO row
again and respectfully decline.