Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-03
CORNELL WINS AGAIN
suE EASILY DEFEATS pENNsyLvA-
MA AND COLUMBIA.
THE RACE A MERE PROCESSION.
Great Disappointment-Th Key
.tonc state Crew Breaks DOWN
,,,,cous Generously oncr TO Give
II Another Chance.

second varsity race upV" N'S A0~' "''''
course:
Contestants. eieht-oared crews from
,-.~,eu Columbia. and Pennsylvania.
.rse expectations, breaking OF re-
cords and a close and exciting contest.
Tho result. a fasco and a procession.
Cornell won; Columbia was second,
about il lengths and a half to the rear;
PENNSYLVANIA foundered just after pass
ine two-mile mark.
Tho official time: Cornell. 2OA7 As;
columbia, 21:20 2-5
The time by miles for Cornell: First
nile. 504 2-5. second mile. 1881; third
mile. 1916: fourth mile. 2O;f7 4-5
Position Of crews Pennsylvania first;
columbia second: Cornell third.
Ono-quarter mile: Pennsylvania first.
tv hall length; Columbia second, half
q length: Cornell third
raif-mne: Pennsylvania first, IL
,cneth; Columbia second. Ia length;
Cornell.
ono mile: Cornell first, 1-2 length;
Pennsylvania second. length; Columbia.
One-half mile: Cornell first. IA length;
pennsylvania second, II length; Column
b.a
TWO miles: Cornell first. lengths;
Columbia. second. length; Pennsylvania.
Two and one-half miles: Cornell first.
Z lengths: Columbia.
Three miles: Cornell. lengths; Coum-
ba.
Three and half miles: Cornell,
lengths; Columbia.
-Four miles: Cornell, II lengths;
Columbia
HOPES SHATTERED.
All Of the expectations Of lovers of Amer
ican sport that by establishing new records
Pennsylvania and Columbia would be
entitled TO demand admission into what
promised 10 be an intercollegiate row.
ing combination of three colleges-Yale,
Harvard. and Cornell-have been rudely
shattered. The contest on the Hudson
this afternoon, which had been heralded
as promising a close ana exciting finish
and which each college coach declared
would be recOrd-breaking contest,
turned out to be the merest sort OF
procession, and an apology for d race.
It Is true that the water conditions Wer>
not favorable to fast time. and mat
men like Or. Walter Peet and other boat
ing experts alleged that ii was not
"a proper time TO start race but II
is also true that once having started,
the chances We're equal for all The
llghtest crew on the river, and the one
least 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 re-
cord of Yale last week. The heaviest
crew. Pennsylvania, found its boa
washed full Of water before the second
mile was reached, and after passing
that point was compelled to retire from
tho contest. The next heaviest crew.
Columbia. bravely heralded as a rough
water crew. was so fearful of results
from the same cause that 1t lost many
lengths steering in-shore.
OH. IT WAS PITIFULl
In same respects, the contest was pitt
ful Cornell the winner of the two pre-
vious contests. the victor over Yale and
Harvard had been led to believe that
PENNSYLVANIA 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
Of q mile. I'm an evident endeaVor to
make fair time. Columbia struggled on
in the rear. losing length by length while
rowing a much quicker stroke than Cor
nell and finally after crossing the line,
her crew found themselves almost in
capable of any further work As if to
exhibit her prOWess and her wonderfully
husbanded strength, the Cornell cox
swain turned his boat around, and row
ed up a mile and a quarter above the
finish, TO salute the defeated Pennsyl-
vania crew, and then returned 10 the
bOat-house.
There was really no race TO describe.
40 least not after the second mile. Du-
ring the nrst three quarters of mile
Tie contest was rather pretty Pennsyl-
vania took the water first with a quick,
ierky stroke. Columbia following, and
cornell hanging 10 the rear At the
quarter OF a mile Pennsylvania had a
lead of one half a length over Columbia,
and Columbia one of one half length
ever Cornell Pennsylvania was, how
cyer splashing badly, No. Z, in particu-
5r hitting the water every time on his
feather At the half mile Pennsylvania
Was rowing a - and Columbia 80
stroke. while Cornell with her S2 stroke
was decreasing the lead. AT the three
quarters Of a mile Pennsylvania had
three quarters OF a length still over Cor
nell who had pulled on beyond Columbia
Ter about half a length.
PENNSY'S TROUBLE.
II was here that the trouble seemed
10 begin in the Pennsylvania boat Just
prior 10 the starting of the race, the
steamer Tremper OF the Albany ana
Newburg 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 she
made were blown back by the south
wind. and the local referee, Harris >
Reynolds started the crews while ths
sUells were running, though Coach W ara
ot Pennsylvania. protested against start
lug When Cornelrs boat, on the out
side hit them, they were long s"elis'
and the sharp boat cut them IN TWO
converting them into a choppy sea- so
That when they hit Pennsylvania sheIl
they swashed over the side III was mere
that Cornelrs clever rowing was IN eVi-
Cepce for while the beautful iorn OF
that crew kept the oars from touching
the swells during the feather the Penn
sylNauia 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
10 the gunwales but the men continued
bravCly pulling. although falling far De-
hind Columbia who in rowing IN
shore 10 avoid the swells. had lost consi-
derablc distance 20 Cornell. From mile
and q half down, an almost ludicrous pro-