Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-24
BATTLES ON WATER.
INTERCOLLEGIATE CONTESTS AZ
NEW LONDON, C0SN.
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sNELL WINS AGAIN.
The American stroke Estabsfshsd
beyond Reasonable contenties ~
the pe..-rhe Freshman Race wos
by yaIe--Attcndancc, 5000.

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NEW LONDON, CONN, June Emo
great intercollegiate aquatic contests
which for months have been looked Tor
ward to by thousands Of college youths
| and their friends. and for which thiE MS
toric old whaling town made such pre-
parations, took place to-day, and the re-
suits again place Cornell on the pedestai
| OF fame as the champion university crew
of America, while to the Freshmen OK
| Yale belongs the honor Of success In the
| triangular race with the youngsters OF
Harvard and Cornell.
AS regards to-day's victories and de-
feats, the prophets are not entirely Win
out honor, for in the Varsity contest the
seers named the winner in advance. In
the Freshman race, however. those VINO
imagined themselves peculiarly endowed
with prophetic gift found at the end OK
the battle that their sure thing had
gone wrong. and that. contrary to almost
universal expectation, the ithacan young
sters were relegated 20 tnird place. while
the nrst-year men from old Yale outdid
pretty victory as ever was won.
The two races were strikingly incon-
sstent with each other, i'm that the Ole
stands out as a perfect antithesis of the
other. The University race, which was
rowed downstream at 1890 this AFTER
noon, was procession OF the nrst Glass;
while the Freshman contest was battle-
royal from the crack of the pistol TO tho
booming of the gun at the finish line.
The first race was uninteresting, excepe
to Comedians, after the first quarter Oh
a mile had been rowed. Yale secured O.
slight lead at the start, but 1t was taken.
away by Cornell at this point, and Court
ney's men were not again headed. The
eight CT Fair Harvard were never IN the
race. and labored over the course to hnish
q poor third, eleven lengths behind mo
champion New Workers and seven behind
her historic old rivals Of Yale.
AMERICAN FORM BEAUTIFUL.
Prettier form and Workmanship has
never been seen In America than that pre-
scented by Captain Colson and his Corneii
crew throughout the four miles or the
race. Scarcely a splash was TO be seen
from the red-and- whIte-tipped oars which
swept through the waters at the muscu-
lar instance of the Cayuga experts. Ineir
spurts were timely. CONSERVATIVE, ana
uniformly successful, and always with an
evident reserve strength and force. IL
was the conviction of every fair-minded
person who witnessed the race that Cor
nell might easily have won by a greater
margin. rta5. fl4gi
The work of Yale the second crew, Is
capable of characterization as frst-class
when not subjected to the deadly parallel
with Cornell.
The Yale eight rowed I'm good form
throughout the race, but spurts were UNI
availing against the ubiquitous responses
forthcoming from their clever rivals OF
Upper New York. Harvard was never
a factor in the running. The Cambridge
men pulled a long, clean stroke. but IL
licked propelling power. and further and
further behind Jagged the crimson shell.
until hope of victory vanished. and 1t
became with the respondent sympathlzers
merely question of how much"
Cornell naturally finished In superb
style, and after the race rowed matesti-
cally up the river two miles TO their
quarters The Yale oarsmen showed
some signs OF fatigue. but Captain Whit
ney was the only man OF the crew VINO
appeared to approach the point OF col
lapse The plucky captain had all nut
rowed himself out but recovered quickly.
Harvard finished surprisingly strong. she
afforded the rather unusual spectacle or
a crew looking into the jaws OF over
whelming defeat, and still pulling freshly
and vigorously across the finish line OF tho
contest.
THE "a ALL FIT"
The twenty-four men were all In good
physical condition, with CornelPs eight
a trife the fttest and Yale's the worst
OF in this respect.
The strokes rowed seemed 10 establish
that N
Courtney goes the palm. Bob cook'n
ideas certainly seem superior to those
taught by Mr.. Lehman Harvard's Eng
llsh coach and Il Is tonight predicted
that next year will witness the adapta-
ton by both Yale and Harvard OF strokes
more nearly approaching the purely
American evolution of Cornells trium.
plant Instructor.
The time Of the winning crew. as given
by the race officials. was q minutes and
as seconds. the slowest time made In n
university race for several years. but this
is attributable to a head wind and tho
fact that Cornell was not forced.
Yale crossed the line Ii seconds be-
hind the champions, while the trailing
Harvard eight rested on their oars 80
seconds later.
FRESH" RACE THRILLING.
II the University race of the early after
noon was tame as a contest. however the
Freshman race, which was started at sos.
was thrilling to the last degree. Every
ward OF the course was fought vigorously,
and the result was In doubt until Yale
rushed across the line the winner in the
official time Of li:22 2-5. One hundred
yards from the end Il was Yale Cornell,
and Harvard, and every one looked for a
finish in that order. Yale spurted how
ever. and maintained her advantage.
while Cornell was not equal TO the strain.
and at the last moment Harvard, In
desperate effort, shot ahead of the Cor
nell Youngsters. and crossed half length
behind Yale, with the nose Of the Ithacan
shell tapping the crimson boat.
or the spectators much or little may
be said The disagreeabie weather. which
rIined the pleasure OF the thousands
who came TO witness the Varsity race
yesterday, so dampened their enthusiasm
that the Varsity race to-day was viewed
by hundreds less than were present yes
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