The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-03
New Workers Finished Second, Pulling
Lengths Behind the Winners.
CONDITIONS NOT GOOD
PENNSYLVANIA COMPELLED TO RE-
TIRE FROM THE RACE EARLY.
Her Boat Washed Full of Water by
the ChOppy Waves-Fast Time
Not Possible.


the expectations of those lovers of Amer
lean sports that by establishing new rec
ords Pennsylvania and Columbia would be
entitled to demand admission into what
promises TO be- an intercollegiate rowing
combination of three colleges. Yale, Har-
ward and Cornell, have been rudely shat
tered. The contest on the Hudson this
afternoon, which had been heralded as
promising close and exciting finish, and
which each college coach declared would
be a record breaking contest, turned out
to be the merest sort of a procession and
apology for a race. 1t is true that the
water conditions were not favorable to fast
time and that men like DR.. Walter Peet
and other boating experts alleged that it
was not a proper time to start a race, but
it is also true that, once having started,
the chances were certainly equal for each
crew. The lightest crew on the river, and
the one less likely to be able to stand the
swells caused by the wind blowing against
the tide, out of the contest 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 favor. The heaviest crew in the
race to-day, Pennsylvania, POUNDS it's boat
washed full of water before the second
mile was reached, and after passing that
point was compelled to retire from the con-
test. The next heaviest crew, Columbia,
bravely heralded as a rough-water crew,
was so fearful of results from the same
cause that it lost many lengths steering in
shore.
In some respects the contest was pitiful
Cornell, the winner of the two previous
contests. the victors wore Yale and Hair
ward, had been led to believe that Pennsyl-
vania and Columbia would put up a harder
fight than her contestants in 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 a mile, in an evil
dent endeaVor to make fair time. Column
bia struggled on in the rear, losing length
by length, while rowing a much quicker
stroke than Cornell and finally, after
crossing the line, her crew found them
selves almost incapable of any further
work. AS If to exhibit her prowess and
her wonderfully husbanded strength, the
Cornell coxswain turned his boat around
and rowed up mile and a quarter above
the finish to salute defeated Pennsylvania
and then returned to the boathouse.
REALLY NOT A RACE.
There was really no race to describe at
least not after the second mile. During the
first three-quarters of a mile the contest
was rather pretty Pennsylvania took the
lumbia following and Cornell hanging TO
the rear With her slow. measured thirty
two at the quarter of a mile, Pennsylvania
had a lead of one-half length over Co
lumbia and Columbia one-half length over
Cornell; Pennsylvania was, however.
splaShing badly. AT the half mile Pennsyl-
wanna was rowing a thirty-four and CO.
lumbla thirty-three, While Cornell with
her thirty-two stroke was decreasing the
lead. At the three-quarters of a mile
Pennsylvania had three~quarters of a
length still over Cornell, who had pulled on
beyond Columbia for about half a length
1t was here that the trouble seemed to be-
gin in the Pennsylvania boat.
Just prior to the starting of the race the
steamer Tremper, of the Albany & New
burg line, came down the river as the boats
were lined up, and, although warned by the
referee and the police boats, would not
stop. The swells that she made were blown
back by the south wind and the local ref
cree, Harris S. Reynolds, started the crews
while the sWellS were running, though
Coach Ward, of Pennsylvania, protested
against starting When Cornells boat, on
the outside, hit them they were long swells
and the sharp boat cut them in two, con-
verting them into choppy sea. 1t was
here that the Cornell's clever rowing was
in evidence, for while the beautiful form
Of that crew kept the oars from touching
these swells during the feather, the Penn
sylVania oars hit them with so much force
as to throw part of them into the boat. By
the time the crews had reached the mile
and a quarter the Pennsylvania boat was
numbering along, filled almost to the gun
wales, but the men continued bravely pull
ing, although falling far behind Columbia
who, in rowing inshOre to avoid the sWells
had lost considerable distance to Cornell.
PENNSYLVANIA RETIRES.
From a mile and half down the almost
iudicrous procession began. CornePs boat
went along against the head wind as If it
had wings, while Columbias crew pulled
along violently, losing nearly a length in
every quarter mile. Pennsylvania splashed
and fused along slowly going to the rear
until the wo-mile-and-a-quarter point was
reached, when Coach Ward came around in
the Ben Franklin and took the crew aboard
From that on the race practically lost its
interest to the thousands of people along
the shore COrnells rhythmical thirty-two
swing carried the boat along at an excel
lent pace, although the shell had taken In
some water, while Columbia, rowing at
thirty-three, but with indomitable pluck
struggled along to catch her with a perth
nacity that was exasperating, The Cor
nellianS drew away from the Columbia
boat until at the bridge there was at least
ten boat lengths between them. 1t was
here that the Columbia crew made a des-
perate effort to squirt, but Cornell perceived
it. and without evidently increasing the
stroke put little more back and leg work
in and carried her boat another length and
a half ahead of the white and blue, cross
ing the line an easy winner.
TO the pitiable fzzle of the afternoon
true American sportsman spirit displayed
by Cornell On the referees boat just after
Pennsylvania was sWamped Professor
Wheeler, of Cornell. turned to Mr.. James
Bond of Pennsylvania, and said Mr..
Bond, on behalf of Cornell University / de-
sire to say that Cornelfs eight will row
Pennsylvania eight tomorrow if you will
accept the offer" Mr.. Bond replied that il
was a very courteous thing to DO but that
on behalf of Pennsylvania, he would have
TO decline TO accept the offer, and that il
would be Unsportsmanlike for Pennsylvania
to allow the Cornell crew 10 race for the
third time within eight days.
The following shows the number of
strokes:
Cornell--Start 81 quarter. 80; half. 30.
mile So: mile and a half 30; two miles 80:
two miles and a half. 80; three. miles 80:
three miles and half. 90: four miles 80
Colgmba--Start 80: quarter, 81; half 80:
mile 49, mile and half, 80 two miles 20
two miles and half. 80; three miles 80;
three miles and q half 80; four miles 81
Pennsylyana-Start "a; quarter 80; half
81 mile 80; mile and a half, 80; two
miles, 49,
Oficial Time-Cornell. 2O;47 40; Columbia,
2l:20 20.
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