The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-24
CORNELL WON THE
GREAT RACE
Result oil the Contest Again Puts the
IthaCanS on
THE PEDESTAL OF FAME
To the Freshmen Of Yale Belongs the
Honor Of Success.
IN THE TRIANGULAR CONTEST
With the Youngsters of Harvard and Cornell
The Result of the Varsity Race Caus-
ed Little Surprise Among tx-
perts-Haryard Not In It.

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 today, and the result
again places Cornell on the pedestal of
fame as the champion university crew of
America, and to the freshmen of Yale be-
longs the honor of success in the triangular
race with the youngsters of Harvard and
Cornell. By today's victories and defeats
the prophets are not entirely without honor,
as for the varsity contest the wiseacres
named the winners in advance The fresh
men race, however the "sure thing went
wrong, and contrary to almost universal
expectation, the Ithaca novtiates were rel
egated to last place, while the first-year
men from old Yale outdid their varsity
colleagues and took as pretty a victory as
ever was won.
The races were strikingly inconsistent
with each other, in that one stands out as
a perfect antipodes of the other. The uni
yersity race, which was rowed down stream
at 1890 this afternoon, was a procession of
the frst-class, while the freshmen contest
was battle royal. The first race was un
interesting except to Comedians 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.
Harvard Not In 1t.
The eight of the fair Harvard was never
in the race. Prettier form and waters
have never been seen in America than was
presented by Colson and his Cornell crew
throughout the four miles. The work of
Yale, the second crew, is capable of char
acterization first-class, when not sub
jected to the deadly parallel with Cornell.
Harvard was never a factor in the rum
ming. The Cambridge men pulled long,
clean stroke but it lacked propelling pow
er and farther and farther behind Jagged
the crimson shell until hope of victory van
ished. Cornell naturally finished in su-
perb style and after the race rowed ma
jestically up the river two miles to their
quarters
The fwenty-four men were all in good
physfeal condition, with Cornels eight a
tribe the fittest and Yale the worst off in
this respect. The time of the winning
crew as given by the race officials was 23
minutes As seconds, the slowest time made
in university for several years, but this
is attributable to head wind and the fact
that Cornell was not forced. Yale crossed
the finish line fourteen seconds behind the
champions, while the trailing Harvard. eight
rested on their oars thirty-three seconds
later.
If the university race of the early after
noon tame as contest the freshmen
race, which was started at 5:03 was thrill
ing to the last degree. Every yard of the
course was fought viciously and the re-
suit was in doubt until the second Yale
rushed across the line the winner in the
official time of 1:22 2-5. One hundred yards
from the end it was Yale, Cornell and Har-
ward and every one looked for 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
Ithacan shell tapping the crimson boat.