The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-24
CORNELL IS CHAMPION
YALE AND HARVARD BEATEN In
TRIANGULAR VARSITY BOAT RACE.
Freshmen's Contest Was Exciting
by the Young Sons of Eli.

NEW LONDON. Conn.,. June 23-The
great intercollegiate aquatic contests,
which for months have been looked forward
to by thousands of college youths and their
friends. took place to-day, and the results
again place Cornell on the pedestal of fame
as the champion university crew of Amer
lea, and to the freshmen of Yale belongs the
honor of success in the triangular race with
the youngsters of Harvard and Cornell. BY
to-day's victories and defeat the prophets
are not entirely without honor, for in the
varsity contest the seers named the winner
in advance. In the freshmen race, however,
1.-The sure thing went wrong. and contrary
to almost universal expectation the Itha-
can novitiates were relegated to last place.
while the first-year men from old Yale out
did their varsity colleagues and took as
pretty victory as ever was won.
The two races were strikingly inconsistent
with each other in that the one stands out
as a perfect antithess of the other. The
university race, which was rowed down
stream at 1890 this afternoon, was pro-
cession of the first class. while the fresh
men contest was a great battle. The first
race was uninteresting. except to Cornell
ians, after the first quarter of a mile had
been rowed. The slight lead, which Yale
secured at the start was taken away by
Cornell at this point and Courtney's men
were not again headed. The eight of fair
Harvard was never in the race. Prettier
form and watership have never been seen
in America than that presented by Captain
Colson and his Cornell crew throughout the
four miles of the race. The work of Yale
is capable of characterization as first class,
when not subjected to the deadly parallel
with Cornell. Harvard was never a factor
in the running. \The Cambridge men pulled
long, clean stroke, but 1t lacked propelling
power, and farther and farther behind
Jagged the crimson shell, until hope of vic
tory vanished. Cornell naturally finished
in superb style, and after the race rowed
majestically up the river two miles to their
quarters.
The twenty-four men were all in good
physical condition. with Cornell's eight a
trife the fittest and Yale the worst off in
this respect. The time of the winning crew,
as given by the race officials. was % min
utes and As seconds the slowest time made
this is attributable to a head wind and the
fact that Cornell was not forced. Yale
crossed the finish line fourteen seconds be-
hind the champions, while the trailing Har-
ward eight rested on their oars thirty three
seconds later. est =
If the university race of the early after
noon was tame as a contest, the freshmen
race, which was started at SOB, was thrilling
to the last degree. Every yard of the course
was fought viciously and the result was in
doubt until the second Yale crew rushed
across the line the winner in the official
time of II 20 2-5 One hundred yards from
the end it was Yale, Cornell and Har-
ward, and every one looked for a finish in
that order Yale spurted and maintained
her advantage, but Cornell was not equal
to the strain, and at the last moment Har-
ward, in a desperate effort, shot ahead of
the Cornell youngsters and crossed half a
length behind Yale, with the nose of the
lthacan she'll tapping the crimson boat.