Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-24
CORNELL THE WINNER
Ithacans Outrow Cambridge
and New Haven Men,
HARVARD FINISHES LAST
university Contest Tame. ON Account OF
corn'h's Easy Victory, but the
Free men's Race. Won by Yale,
IhrillinE to the End.
tBy Telcgraph)

NEW LONDON. conn. June 9,
ihlsf-collesiate aquatic con-
,eS,s. which for months have hean
io,N'u Onward to by thousands of col
H"utas ana their friends and for
"hich TINS historic old Whaling to,vn
n'ad" such preparations took place fo-
"aN ana the results again place, Carmel,
''l me PEDESTAL of fam. as the tb.,,,
~ university crew of America; and Ia
'ne freshmen OF Yale belongs thu. homer
~ 'u''t9S IN the triangular race with
ne youngsters of Harvard and Cornell
fy todaH'S Victories and defeats ~
i'oi'hetS are not entirely without
'l"hor fnr in the Varsity contest ~.
aesrS MINED the winner in advance IN
nv freshmen race. however, those who
Imagined themselves peculiarly cnaow
:, 49, pr"phetic gift fount. at the end
81 we ba'''r That thei.> sure. tbjny..
"a" Shh9 wong ard thar contrary =,
a'"'"S' universal expectations the. Inn,
s,'h h"Nit;itt.S We're i,t.legated To last
l'lace "i'il" IN" first year men from Ola
Yale "utdid their Varsity colleagues
ana took as pretty Il victory as ever
The two races We're strikinplv incan-
sjstcnt with each other in that the on.
St'i''dS out as II perfect antithesis of the.
'ther. The university race which was
'""ed town stream at 1880 this after
noon, WAS 4 procession of the first
lass. Whl. the freshmen contest was a
battl.. royal from the crack of the ,.s
tol to tho h,on,in. nc 49,, -, ''' -
finish line. 7"'' '' NV
Tn. first r:,c,. u,. r,;,,
Htlt 70 comedians after the first u,l:.r-
Ter III Il mile had been rowcd YALE.
secured a slight lead at the start but
point and ,,n,,r,,,,.,,.s ., - ,''.
again h.,a,l ''o'
tn. ,.i.h1 nf fair l1,r,..,r,,
in TN. r;.r. ana i.,h,,.i , " - neH''
To finish a nnn, ,hir, .1.,,.', ~, 49,.
lengths behind ,h,. ch,,,,'i,,, "e 80 ,,'n.
Workers and .a,.,, ., ,I'',
historic. ,,ld ri,.,l. ~ vi y, ~
form ana w.tnrs,i,, 49,. 80, .'el
seen i'm A,,.,;,., 49,, ,h, ,;,:.,
bv ,.,nsou ana he n .,, I'M ''.,ei
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r.d ,ni ,rbit. ,i,i,.,'., 80 y" y. rom
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sn,lrts var. ,;n,.i,, ' -, ~,
uuifnr,ulv .,,,n..r',, ,,,I , 49,. ..u
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II ,v.,s m. con,.i,;,,,, - -. r...
,,,;,,,,a ,, -, ~. ~. W !t1ii
, ..r..,,..,. ,,.,.,ri, ~ .a"ne w, ny
,hn s,.rn,,1 ','., =; ~ i"'e'
t..,iy,,;nn &c 49,, ,,,,. ~ VI .,.a 90
i,ct..1 70 ~. ,la.,dl, ,,r11,I ~. -. ~.
non The Val. si,s,, :, s,ie, 49,,
,in".,, r,,,..,, = -, -. ~, ~
.'!Ssi''' r"Weu IN good torn through
H.. .ie-i'.e' put Si.''r!s were unavail-
.tiS 'Sait'St lhe UBIQUITOUS responses
~ e"!'ihS from 'heif clever rivals OF
!, f,,,or ir ~. ,,,,,;n nj 10 ~
hrilr mo-, ,,,,l,,1 ;, ,n,,o ,,'
~ '"se "''h !'u'ied Il iohs. cieiin stroke,
~ ~, !. 1arksa nrolelnns power ana far
'her anu iarther hehlnd Jagged the
ellii ! smell until nope OF victory
N"hiSi'eo ana II became with the des-
,.'''s.'t - ~ pa ti, , merely ques-
,'o. " nov 'hucn cornell natural-
river two miles 10 1h,ir u,,,r,ers tn
Yale oursmen showed some signs of fa-
ti.ur but Cuntoin whitney vas ~,
only man Of ND ,r.w whn ,,na.,r,.a -,
approach the point of collapse The
piucky captain had all but rowed him
self out. but recovered quickly. Har-
ward finished sururisinply strong Sbn