The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-24
FINE ROWING BY FRESHMEN.
YALE BEATS HARVARD AND cor
NELL All POUGHKEEPsIE.

The Time of the VictOrs For the Two
Miles Nine Minutes and 1912 Sec
OndS-HRrvnrd Two Lengths he
hind Yale and Cornell "A Length he
hind Harvard-Every Crew In the
Race Beats the Best Previous Rec
Ord-KnOwinG Ones Now Look FOr
Harvard 10 Win the Varsity Race.
Poughkeepse. N. Y, June 23.-Three
crews of freshmen on the Hudson this eve
ming smashed to smithereens all previous
records for freshmen on two-mile course,
and put up one of the hottest inter-col-
legiate races ever witnessed In this coun-
try
A crew of sturdy Yale freshmen rowed
the two-mile course in minutes, 1915 Sec
onds.
A trihe lighter crew of Harvard fresh
men fought them every inch of the way
and finished trihe over two lengths be-
hind them in 9:261s, and the Cornell fresh
men, whose college record is that none of
its freshmen crew have ever been beaten
before, finished a length behind Harvard
in 9:29h.
The best previous record for two miles
was s:4l made by the Columbia freshmen
crew of 1894 at New London in 1891.
While the conditions here are better for
fast time than they are upon the Thames,
and while, therefore, some allowance
should be made for the much
better exhibition to-day, to-day's race was
a very remarkable one, all three of the
crews having lowered theTecord. the last
crew in the merchandising so by 11ls
seconds.
All three of the crews used every pound
of power in their boats at every stage of
the two miles and each crew, at some pc
riod of the race, was in the lead.
The victory of to-day Is looked upon by
the crowd here tonight as being In some
measure indicative of the result of Fri
days big varsity race. 1t is not contended
that the order of the finish will be the
same, for MIR. Lehman of Harvard has all
along said that his freshmen had been
badly neglected and could not be looked
upon as a representative freshmen crew
On the contrary, the Yale crew of young
sters has been said to be more sure of
winning than their varsity, while Mr.
Courtney's Cornell crews have had equal
attention paid to them The chances,
the order OF Fridays finish is likely to be
Harvard, Yale. Cornell.
owing to the roughness of the water, the
race was not started until 7 o'clock. Har-
ward got the best clip on the water, and
IN few strokes drew to the front, close
ly followed by the Cornell crew, with Yale
almost quarter length to the rear Har-
ward and Cornell started at IS strokes to
the minute, and Yale at a sweeping stroke
of a.
At the eighth mile Yale, finding that she
was trailing behind, increased her stroke
to 49, and began to draw up while Har-
vard and Cornell dropped down to "a
each.
At the quarter Yale was stiIl behind, but
seemed to be rowing easily, while Har-
ward and Cornell we're working hard. Cor
nell drawing up upon the Harvards' lead.
Yale was easing up her stroke, and within
the next half mile brought 1t down to 80
and a. but even then she seemed to gain.
and there was a perceptible dash TO the
boat that seemed lacking In the others
There was little or no hang, while the Har-
ward boat seemed to go hard and the
Cornell boys did not seem to be able TO
keep up to the mark, acting as though
they had been too finely trained
At the three-quarter mark Yale was
coming up rapidly upon Harvard and
Cornell rowing 80 to the minute, while
Harvard and Cornell, evidently feeling
the effect OF the pace. bad dropped to "a
each. 1t was here that Il became appar-
ent that the heavier weight IN the Yale
boat was going to prove troublesome 10
the lighter youngsters in the Harvard
boat, and the still lighter ones In the Cor
nell shell.
just crossing the mile line, Yale had
pulled her boat up even with that OF Har-
ward, and was showing Its nose forward a
few inches with each stroke. Cornell was
llH Hres l.e. IL.
a rapid S6 stroke to Harvards 35 and
Yale's steady 80.
From that point on to the finish Yale
rowed steadily at 80 and "a, quickenlng 10
36 several lengths from the finish In an
endeavor to make the breach between her
Old enemy Harvard and herself tride
wider.
Although Harvard picked her stroke
up to SO after passing the mile and held It
there until the finish It lacked power. and
the boat dropped gradually behind, cross
ing the line trihe over two lengths be-
hind the Yale boat.
When Yale passed both the Harvard and
Cornell crews just beyond the mile mark
Cornell, who had pulled their boat on
to even terms and perhaps, as seen from
the observation train, slightly In advance
or Harvard, made a desperate effort TO
keep Yale from gaining, but Il was Of
less avail even than Harvard's effort
and at the mile and half there was clear
water between Cornell and Harvard
From there on TO the finish Cornell
whooped II up 20 80 per minute and closed
the gap slightly. finishing just about an
even length in Barvards rear.
None OF the crews seemed distressed
when they finished, but Yale was decidedly
the freshest Of the three When the men
OF Yale turned their boats nose toward
their own house, there was a tornado OF
shrieklng whistles. horns and hoarse
shouts.
There was not very much denomination
In the city tonight, because the rooters
and members Of the crews themselves
were too anxiously awaiting the event OF
Friday.
It Is not believed that very much money
changed hands, because freshmen races
are 50 uncertain.