The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-26
VICTORIOUS CORNELL
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ribbon, 81 wore them at Henley in
49," she said, and l resolved then to
give them to the first crew that de-
feated the English"
This evening the entire Cornell ag-
was entertained on board of
j. Pierpont Ballantine's yacht Juanita,
which proved a refuge from the horde
of bowling rooters who were spreading
Vermillion over the town in celebration
of Cornelrs victory.
Tonight there is big parade of Cor
nell rooters headed by the band of Cor
nell. Nearly every man carried red
and white umbrellas, and the process
sion marched through perfect sea of
red fire and, fireworks. There is great
enthusiasm, but the crowds are orderly.
Never before did such a crowd con-
gregate to witness a struggle between
eight-oared shells. Never was there
when once begun.
Up to the hour of the referees pistol
shot, the general expectation was not
for red and white victory. From the
moment the three crews put their backs
to the sweeps expectation ceased.
Breathless hope in three different di-
rections held the packed partisans on
the observation train, numbering over
1900 persons till the race was three
quarters over. Then the blended cries
of encouragement that had spurred the
three Fights to their utmost efforts
waved and rose again, but this time 1t
was one long yell of exultation 1t
continued until it's hoarseness was lost
in the shrieks of hundreds of whistles.
Clouds of steam went upward through
the decorations that buried the top
works of the biggest gathering of pleas
ure bent river craft ever anchored at
the finish of college boat race Along
both banks of the Hudson for three
miles 10000 people had gathered. Each
way from points nearly opposite the
finish a nightly wave of sound rolled
the word Cornell on it's crest to the
uttermost limits of the waiting thou
sands.
Tonight Poughkeepsie Is upside
down The town is Illuminated with
red and white lights, and the crowds
in the open square before the Nelson
house shown but dimly through the ex-
ploding crackers. This will continue
till sunrise
A mob of young men, arm locked in
columns of dozen each, tonight pa
trolled the streets of the city in a roll
licking dance movement that kept time
to never ending Cornell, l yell, YELL
yell, Cornell"
The man in charge of the betting
booth at the Nelson house reports that
$4,000 changed hands through him to-
day. The most of the betting was be-
Valo nd To o,,j bot
nelrs followers got comparatively little
of the money.
Interviews We're given to the Asso-
ciated Press by a majority of interested
persons whose opinion would be re-
spected.
The Yale contingent left Poughkeep-
sic within two hours after the race and
so could not be seen. Here are some
of the expressions:
The first chance | had had to see
Cornell was when they got into their
boat at the float to row to the starting
point l only saw them go about a
hundred yards, but ! made up my mind
instantly that it was dollars to dough-
nuts that we would beat them, | don't
care to critiese Yale's work, however;
| have enough to do to critieise my
own men, | saw Harvard row several
days ago and after seeing them | felt
certain that we could beat them easily
have the kindliest feeling for Mr..
Lehman as he treated me very nicely
when ! was in England and | would
not care to criticlse the work of his
men now. Yale rowed a plucky, though
a losing race, fighting it out to the
very last stroke.
CHARLES f. COURTNEY"
cat the mile point we felt fairly sure
that We had the race. The boys were
rowing well together, very steadily,
and there was an entire absence of any
checking in the boat. The crew 'rowed
in grand form from the start to the
finish. We rowed off about five pounds
apiece during the race. Coxswain
Freddie Colson is the best man that
ever steered a Cornell crew. He has
an influence over the eight that is al
most hypnotic. We have all been par
ticularly wrought up since Wednesday
over certain caustic criticisms that
certain writer made of us in a New
York paper one of his statements be-
ing that We were not in the same class
with Harvard and Yale. In the race to-
day, Colson kept shouting to the crew,
remember the critic, boys, and don't
forget what Julian said He did not
count tens when he wanted us to
squirt, but simply said something about
the article and the boat Immediately
shot through the water with greatly
increased velocity.
BERNARD o. SPILLMAN,
Captain of CORNELL
1--WE got fair start, with Harvard
and Yale leading for about the first
three-quarters of mile. From that
point onward Cornell was ahead. We
rowed about thirty-six strokes at the
start and dropped down to thirty-four,
which we maintained through the rest
of the race. We made but two spurts-
one near the three-mile mark and the
other at the finish-and the boys ended