The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03

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| gained porceptibly on Cornell. "Pennsy'' also
came nm and at the tbree-ouarter mark they
were having n royal Fight, with Courtney's crew
atm s,Iohtiv In the lead. Tho Itbacans were
now doing n little splashing, but in q moment It
dlsnpnearod and the oars resumed their smooth
dippinp with marvellous precision and time.
Cornell leads by half n length - was the
general exclamation Mt tho onc.milo point.
There WAS no doubt about their leading, but
whether H. was by half n length or a furlonR Il
was impossiblo for the newspaper men to make
out because of the cxecrable handling OF the
observation troin. which caused tho press car to
he run almost half "A milo ahead of the crews.
Later It. was seen that Columbia and Ponnsyl-
vnnia were still upon even terms, with the Quak-
ers showing signs Of rattles and doing plenty
Of splashin0. II was not 30 much rough
winter mr. swolls that caused this as
the fact that tho men wcro not rowing clearly.
They wore neOlectinp TO feather high and their
oars were cutting through tho waves on every
atroke. The Columbia's were still in good water
and were bowling along in clean fashion, al
though the speed was not what tho critics had
sxnec,od.
Cornell was rowing thirty-one strokes at tho
milo. Columbia was pulling thirty, and Pennsyl-
vonia thirtv.two. A quarter of q mile further
on Il WAS thought that the Ithacans were per-
hons N oood tbree.ouarters of a length ahead,
with Co,umbis n quarter of a length In front Of
pennsvlvania.
"Ob what n crabi. sbouted a veteran as ono
Of the p.nnsylyania oars sent up a small col.
up,n NJ water which the breeze turned into
spray and blew all over the coxswain.
There's another T. said a second veteran who
had a glass focused on the quaker snen. Inc
splashing by the fehhsyiVaniahs seenea 10 "
chronic, while the work OF tno o1nor eiRh.s wae
comparatively smooth. lhero was no aouo' pu.
| hat tho Ahell wnA VhKlnR IN WHIGI BlOWly Dub
surely, and that the coNs"@ih ieit hA' " "0'
men.
cornell Will Walk mi was inc general eon
ment when the lthacans passed tne - MIC
marx a length ahe"u II fo"ins ni' e'oA'
when were ciean' haro' aho seI Rfaooiuny
pulled. Inc Coiunoias "ere seeohu' ahu org
gliding through tho water at a oompara.'eiy
even pace. ABOUT mar q iensth aheao VI JIG
aplashing ouakers' -
Iheir smell is hiiihRl Seneo tne Fenn.yf
vania rooters' as 'ney watcheo INC . n oiue
oarsmen laooriousiy pullnR aiohs at LII s'aso'
Inc ouakers were rowing tnirty 10 'ho ninu'0
ana nearly every oar was cutting up eapoie
'feather high LOT heaven seke' eo
the coxswain as a smail ciouoourst nauo mn
gasp FOR breath. BUT inc men IN inc snen We,e
ratified beyond redemption ana were rowing II
any olo STYLE
cornell was drawing away easily no" NV
rowing a thirty-stroke TOO. IL was apparently
no effort Tor the champions 10 proper 'neir ooat
through the chops anu aRaihst inc "ihu' "n'n
was quite SUN. IN iact Inc moro Instance my
covered the less exerted they seemed 10 oe' ana
yet their smell was hyihg along ata sre@' rA'e'
AT THE HALFWAY MARK.
rood two lengths separated the leaders from
co,umbia Mt the two-mile mark. The Ithacans
were rowing Al strokes. Columbia 80. and the
or,kers werc irving tn get away with 20. The
Observation-Disclosures were hopelessly in the rear now.
boiro NJ Least four lengths behind the blue and
white
"Jpst look Mt that splashing - calculated
,undrods 40 Tho ouakera went IN hammerinp
tho winter and throwing up clouds of spray. The
I;tt,e coxsyain was yelling frantically through
his mcponhonc. but the men in front of hin
were mat IA frantic. and with every stroke they
vsro sending the water over the sides of the
shon hv tho hpcketful
.Tho hat Ia fuu NJ vater now,, was the re-
r,orL n, an eagle.eved man who had n small.
.ized Tick telescope. 1.-THE water ia up to their
knees and n ia nourinp over the washboards."
ooh 7 do homo the boys won't sink - OK.
claimed n Pennsylvania girl, MIR. So-and-So
hos nromised to take me 70 a dance tonight. and
n wopld he dreadful IL he should be drowned"
..Tbere's no danger" her escort said; eff they
.ink thew will be picked UNI"
The PENNSYLVANIA coxswain by this time was
airing in the water. The men in the body of
the boat were throwing up more spray, and the
waves we're tumbling in over the sides.
.Ston smashing and keep cool!' cried the cox
: swain. as the boat continued to fiji. Coach Ward
was watching everything from the launch Ben
u nNH 80. - 49,, ,h., 4, - 80
I FRANKLIN ana "heh ne sa" 'na'it was hopo-
less task to continue the race he blew two
ubis,,.s as n signal to sion rowing and then
; me-" - !" - 49, ahoi,
steerco the iauhch 10 shct'
!. But the Quakers, in this instance, refused to
. oh.v Ward They continued rowing with des.
. ~ ai,houeh thev we're MI seated in tho
peratlon' although the! "ero III seateu III the
water. Tho stern was practically submerged,
and it was only n question of a few moments
when the whole shell would plunge beneath the
waves.
, There she goes!" was the chorus on all
sides. but the smell aidh SINK. IL simply set
4 tied a little more as the men kept pulling their
CARA and continued their fatal snlashin1.
: 20" ~" "-N = IL ans ni,h =, ,s. ., -
8 Then came a climax ana win IL the END OF