New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-03
steady c,ock.like swing began to tell.

rSorr.,,.s steady clock-like swing began to TELL
and her oarsnen showed the nose OF her Sne
Quarter Of n length to the front fennsyivun.e
hung on to the second place with deter' nssors
bit she was not a quarter OF iehetn oe,os
(,cirmbia who was rowing in better FORM tnan
her Philadelphia rival. PennsylvaMa we
splashing badly, and although she neio ner P,ase
she was doing II with an apparent eHort' 'iC
this point on Cornell increased her ieeo CU
lun,bia began to draw up OH fennsy!vania' sun sun
rowing In good FORM. and at the eno OF q NM
aud half the New-York boys had a go os aeaS
for second place, and they were not yet oistanceo
by Cornell.
PENNSYLVANIA MlsEAP.
AZ this time II became apparent to everybody
that there was serious trouble in the Pennsyl-
vania boat The men were rowing in terribly
| bad form No two Of them were together; they
threw quantities of water, and were evidently
struggling with desperation to keep the smell
mc,irg. At the two-mie mark tie coxswah
was hidden in the clouds OF spray the oars OF MS
men threw up. and the boat looked as II II were
full Of water. -, !.
The Pennsylvania launch. seeing the plight Of
the crew, steamed up behind. ready to-take them
off IL necessary, and an eighth of a mile further
the crew stopped rowing. They were III immi-
nent peril Of being swamped and WARD look
them off on the launch.
Cornells lead at this time was so great tnat "
was apparent that. barring accident. she would
win easily and from this on II was merely
question Of how great would be the winning
margin. Below the br1Qge the crews Stuch
smoother water and Cornell hit up the stroke
bit and Increased her lead. AS she passed the
steam yachts near the finish line there was a
bowling salute of whistles and cannon Wnen IN
the flag fell she was about nine lengths ahead OF
Columbia, who was squirting and SIN holding 70
her smooth form.
Both crews finished in good form. and Cornell
turned around and, followed by her launch. with
Courtney waving his delight to them from the
bow, shot up half a mile toward the pridge anu
down to their boathouse under the brow OF me
S;l Tk oiol IL, An
time was q 20 %.
after the race Ellis Ward, coach of the Penn
syivania crew. said that the disaster tnat over
took his crew was due to the fact that tney
rowed in a paper shell and not In cedar boat
He chose the paper shell. he said. because ne
was assured that the race would be rowed IN
smooth water. But to an unpre1udiced observer
1t looked as II the Pennsylvania boys swamped
the shell with the water they threw into II WIN
their own oars. At any rate. 1t was q sad COL
lapse. cro,v
The Cornell crew got warm welcome at their
boathouse.
Professor Benjamin Ide Wheeler offered on
behalf of Cornell to row Pennsylvania again TO-
day, but the offer declined with thanks
The Comedians and Courtney will return TO
Ithaca to-day,
At the Columbia quarters there was plenty
Of 10Y and plenty OF Pennsylvania money CO.
lumbians now declare that they did not nope 10
beat Cornell but they did hope to beat Penn
sylvania and they are satisfied. The crew chose
Orleans LonEacre captain for next year
There was thick gloom at Pennsylvania,s quar-;
ters bat for all that the crew cheered Ward
when he appeared at dinner. and they declare
that the days misfortune would only make
them work the harder next year. They re-elect-
cd Captain Boyle.
There was little betting against Cornell. and
what there was was done at odds of to s..
There were O number Of freak bets, one OF them
being $50 to $50 that the winning crew would
beat Columbia by four lengths.