The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-24
Cornell Wen the Great
College Boat Race.
1T WAS A PROCESSION
Yale Made a Plucky Fight but Har-
vard Was Not In II.
MALE WON THE FRESHMAN RACE

New LONDON. June 24-The great In
eercollegiate aquatic contest. which for
months had been looked forward to by
thousands OF college youths and their
friends, and for which thish historic town
made such preparations. took place
yesterday. and the results again place
Cornell on the pedestal Of fame as the
champion university crew OF America,
and to the freshmen OF Yale belongs the
honor OF success In the triangular race
with the youngsters OF Harvard and
Cornelk In the varsity contest the
prophets named the winner In advance.
IN the freshmen race, however, they
! found at the end OF the battle that their
{ p'sure thing had gone wrong nj that,
'eontrary to almost universal expecta-
HONS. the Ithacan novitiates were rele-
7 gated to third place, while h FIRST year
1men from old Yale outdid their varsity
colleagues and took as pretty q victory
ms was ever won. This university race,
which was rowed down stream. was q
procession Of the first class: the fresh
men contest was q battle royal from the
crack Of the pistol TO the booming OF the
gun at the finish line
The frst race was uninteresting. ex-
eept to Comedians. after the frst quar-
ter OF q mile had been rowed. A slight
( lead which Yale secured at the start
y MAS taken away by Cornell at this point.
bnd Courtney's men were not again
headed. The eight Of Harvard were
mnnxraw Ix A. -o-~ anA Ik>~.J 49,. 49,
krourse to the finish q poor third, n boat
|Qengths behind the champion New York
<rs and seven TO the stern Of the historic
rivals OF Yale.
Prettier form and workmanship have
never been seen In America than tina
presented by Captain Colson and his
Cornell crew throughout the four miles
~ the race. Scarcely a splash was to
be seen frcms thefred and white tipped
pars which swept through the water at
4he muscular instance OF the Cayuga
experts. Their spurts were timely, con
nervative and uniformly successful, and
always with an evident reserve strength
and force. 1t was the conviction OF the
1air-mInde1 persons who witnessed the
race that Cornell might easily have won
by q greater margin.
The work OF Yale. the second crew. 10
capable Of Characterization as frst-cIass
when not subjected to the deadly paraI-
eel with Cornell. The Yale eight, a splen-
old o~ontingent, rowed In good form
&~hroughout the race. but spurts were
unavatling against the responses forth
coming from their clever New York
rivals. The Cambridge men pulled a
long. clean stroke, but II lacked pro-
pelltnt power. and farther and farther
behind IagGed the crimson shell, until
bope Of victory vanished and 1t became
with the respondent sympathizers mere
Iva question Of how much"
The Cornell men finished In superb
style, n after the race rowed majes-
kically up the river two miles to their
quarters. The Yale oarsmen showed
ueme signs offatigue. but Captain Whit
ney va the only man Of the crew who
appeared TO approa; IN the point OF COL
Lapse. The plucky captain had all but
gowed himself out, but recovered quick
". The Harvards finished surprisingly
strong. They afforded the rather un-
usual spectacle OF a crew looking into
khe Jaws Of overwhelming defeat and
stin pulling freshly and vigorously
ACROSS the last line OF ths contest.
TO Fred Colson. the Cornell coxswain.
mustbe given the palm for clever steer
Ing. Ya1e's rudderman stuck to his
course admirably and made no mistakes.
The Harvard helmsman. however.
pwerved badly 81 the lower turn and lost
probably q FUN length AZ a result of II.
The ~ men were all In good condition.
with Ccrneii's eight q tribe the. nttest
end Yale the worst on In this respect.
The strokes rowed seemed 20 establish
Beyond . reasonable contention that to
Courtney goes h palm. Bob Cooks
edeas certainly seem superior to those
Taught by Mr. Lehman. Harvard's Eng
u'sh coach. and IL is predicted that nexS
year Will witness adaptations by both
Tale and Harvard OF strokes more near
" approaching the purely American eyo-
Tuition OF Cornelrs Instructor.
The time OF the winning crew an given
by the race officials was es:4s. the slow
fet time made In q university race for
several years, but this is attributable
20 q head wind M the fact that Cornell
was not forced. Yale crossed the finish
line II seconds behind the champions.
while the trailing Harvard eight rested
On their oars 80 seconds later.
The disaereeabie weather which ruined
the pleasure OF the thousands who came
20 wltness the varsity race wednesdav
% dsmpened their enthusiasm that The
race Ihursdsy was viewed by hundreds
lees than were present the day before.