The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-03
C0RNELLS CHAMPION CREW.
COLUMBIA AND PENNSYLVANIA OUT
CLAsSED.

ish and Pennsylvania Gives Up the
Race After Covering Two and a
Half MiIes-The Boats In Constant
Danger of Being Swamped.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. July 2.--The second
varsity race upon the four-mile course;
The nts-Eight-oared crews from
Cornell, Columbia and Pennsylvania.
The peetations-Breaking of records
and close and exciting contest.
The Result--A fzzle and procession.
Cornell won. with Columbia second,
about eleven lengths and half to the
rear. Pennsylvania foundered just after
passing the two-mile mark.
The official time is; Cornell, 20 minutes
AZ As seconds; Columbia. 2l minutes 20 2-5
seconds.
The time by miles for Cornell is; First
fourth mile. 2O:47 As.
Position of Crews-Start, Pennsylvania
first, Columbia half length in front OF
Cornell, third.
At the Quarter-Pennsylvania half
length In The lead; Columbia half length
in front. Cornell third
AT the Half-Pennsylvania quarter OF
a length in the lead, Columbia second, a
quarter of a length in front of Cornell
third.
At the Mile-Cornell in the lead by a
half length, with Pennsylvania second by
one length, and Columbia third
AT the Mile and Half-Cornell was in
the lead by one and one-fourth lengths,
with Pennsylvania second. a half length in
front of Columbia, third.
Two Miles-Cornell led BY two lengths,
with Columbia second, one length in front
of Pennsyivania, third.
Two and a Half Miles-Cornell led by
four lengths. with Cornell second. Penn
sylvania quit.
Three Miles-Cornell in the lead by six
lengths.
Three and Half Mles-Cornell was in
theA lead by eight lengths.
Four Miles-Cornell eleven lengths
ahead.
All of the expectations of those lovers OF
American sports that by esta blishing new
records, Pennsylvania and Columbia,
would be entitled to demand admission into
what promises to be an intercollegiate
rowing combination of three colleges, Yale,
Harvard and Cornell have been rudely
shattered. The contest on the Hudson
this afternoon, which had been heraided
as promising close and exciting finish,
and which each college coach declared
would be a record breaking contest, turn
ed out to be the merest sort of process
sion and an apology for a race.
1t Is true that the water conditions were
not favorable to fast time and that men
like DR.. Walter Peel and other boating ex-
perts alleged that it was not a proper time
to start race but it is also true that
once having started the chances were GER
tainly equal for each crew. The llghtest
crew on the river and the one less likely
to be able to stand the swells caused by
the wind blowing against the tide, came
out of the contest an easy winner and
only slightly behind the record Of Yale
last week. The heaviest crew in the race
to-day, Pennsylvania found it's boat wash
ed fun of water before the second mile
was reached and after passing that point
was compelled to retire from the contest.
The next heaviest crew, Columbia, brave
ly heralded as a rough water crew, was so
fearful Of results from the same cause
that 1t lost many lengths steering In shore.
In some respects the contest was pitiful.
Cornell, the winner of the two previous
contests, the victors over Yale and Har-
ward, had been led 10 believe that Penn
sylvania and Columbia would put up a
harder fight than her contestants in the
other races. On the contrary the Cor
nell crew rowed over the course in the
easiest kind OF fashion, only hitting up
the stroke in the last three-duarters of a
mile, In an endeavor to make fair time.
Columbia struggled in the rear, losing
length by length, while rowing a much
quicker stroke than Cornell, and finally,
after crossing the line, her crew found
themselves almost incapable Of any
further work. As II to exhibit her Prov
ess and her wonderfully husbanded
strength the Cornell coxswain turned his
boat around and rowed up q mile and
quarter above the finish to salute defeated
Pennsylvania, and then returned to the
boat house.
There was really no race to describe,
at least not after the second mile. Dur
ing the first three-quarters of a mile the
contest was rather pretty, Pennsylvania
took the water first with a quick, jerky
stroke, Columbia following and Cornell
hanging 70 the rear.
Al the quarter Of q mile Pennsylvania
had a lead Of one-half OF a length over
Columbia. and Columbia one-half a length
over Cornell. Pennsylvania was, however,
splashing, No z. particularly hitting the
water every time on his feather.
AZ the three-quarters OF a mile, Penn
sylvanla had three-fourths Of length
stll over Cornell, who had pulled on be-
yond Columbia for about a half a length
II was here that the trouble seemed 70
begin IN the Pennsylvania boat. Just
prior to the starting Of the race. the steam
er Tremper Of the Albany and Newburgh
Line, came down the river as the boats
were lined up. and although warned by the
referee and police boats would not stop.
The swellH that she made were blown
back by the southwind and the local refe-
rec. Harris s. Reynolds. started the crews
while the swells were running. thought
Coach Warde OF Pennsylvania protested
against starting. When Cornells boat, on
the outside. hit them they were long
sweils and the sharp boat cut them IN two,
converting them into "A SLOPPY sea, 30 that
when they hit Pennsylvania shell they
washed over the side. II was here that
Cornel's clever rowing was In evidence,
for while the beautiful form or that crew
kept the oars from touching these sweils
during the feather the Pennsylvania oars
hit them with 70 much force as 10 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 10 the
gunwalea, bat the men continued bravciy