The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-01

shells with life and the strength of lions. 1t
swelled the hearts OF the unlocking thousands
with hope and fear. 1t sent a shock into the
away on their Journey, there was a reverberat-
The sturdy Pennsylvanians for once did not
emulate the usual Philadelphia By getting
water like lightning. and with three or four
powerful strokes drove the nose OF their shell to
the front; They pulled thirty,f9ur strokes dur
manned in front. close observers saw that good
form was lacking, and the men were rowing in
The cheers for Columbia were deafening as the
Blue and White oersmen got away second and
alignment. The men were rowing thirty-three
TO the minute and were q few feet ahead OF tho
Cornell freshmen. who, though last to leave the
thirty-two to the minute.
The crews were punched as they neared the
lie that a heartbreaking race was in store for
them: The Pennsylvanians wero still holding a
ing. strongly and. steadily a few feet
SShlnd SO the close SeW together HSrt th siFhifii m Tnf ' hsRs
been possible to cover them with the mainsail of
one OF the big schooner yachts In the river. The
In the race. and the. oars were being pulled
through the water with more. real power and
grit than the men had ever before exerted In
practice.
PENNSYLVANIA SHOWS SPEED.
Pennsylvania still leads!" shrieked the
Quaker contingent wildly, as the crews con-
I Phiisdel Ihsne sfhP ad a BBssss t dHwe fe s.te the best h1 of
it, with Columbia pulling evenly and clearly
one.quarter OF a length ahead OF the Cornell
Ellis Ward told me Pennsylvania would
on. and i wouldn't bet On tho crew rev at that.
Now I'm a dead one. sure!""
know all about it."
oh. Penn oh. Penn!
oh, Penn.sylvaniai
rang out from the little Quaker band of ~rooters
e their crew. still pulling desperately, but with
half-mile mark, still about q yard ahead. Close
were rowing thirty.two evenly balanced strokes.
shell. But they were not drawing away from
Cornell at all for the Ithecans. also with a
on an even keel. there being practically no hang
"Coqrtney has been foolipe people with that
I crew." remarked n man on tho train. who looked
AS IL at one time he might have pulled an orr.
Why. it is hard to believe that those men in
unanimously defeated by Harvard and Yale last
week. Courtney Is foxy, and I'd like to bet that
You can be acconmodated!" retorted n wild
eyed Columbia man, but the crowd didn't watch
for the posting, OF money. for there was too
Pennsylvania maintained her small lead of a
yard when the three-quarter mark was APP
h's% 'n on like q" bS lHi@s"D'A The S1' o @Siasr.
began to splash, while the blades In some
Instances were not dipped deep enough into
the water. The men seemed to be under a great
strain, for they appeared to be pulling the oars
with no reserve strength. and veteran critics
began TO watch more carefully the movements
of the other crews.
"They are rowing beautifully was the almost
unanimous comment as the Cornell and Column
bia Fights passed muster. Every stroke by these
crews was powerfully executed, and the smooth
moss OF their work was In striking contrast with
tho performance OF the Pennsylvanians.
Cornell! Cornell T. was the wild cry from
hundreds OF Courtney worshippers as tho red
and white capped coxswain began to urge tho
Ithacans To show their real worth. Instead of
raising the stroke and pounding the water In a
desperate squirt which might have quickly. ex'
hausted them. the Cornell men lowered their
stroke to thirty-one TO the minute and at the
8ame time began to show what remarkable
speed they could produce.
"LOok at Cornell! She's passing ~Columbia!"
Inch by inch tho Ithaca representatives were
cutting down that quarter OF a length which
Columbia had been holding from the start, and
as the shells divided tho wavelots into swirlin9
foam on their speedy way to the bridge the
the blue and white oarsmen.
columbia is beaten!" was the wall from the
followers OF that crew. but they should not have
accepted defeat 30 soon, for the battle was by
no means over. "
"Pennsylyania 10 spurtingI' was another OK.
clamation. and Cornell is ahead of C~olumbiai"
| In this statement the facts were truthfullY con.