The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-24
CORNELL WAS THE WINNER
BEAT YALE AND HARVARD IN
THE BIG BOAT RACE


One-HaIf Lengths OF, While Har-
ward Was a Poor Third--An Ex-
citing Contest at the Finish
Yale Freshmen Defeated the Cor
| nell and Harvard Crews.
| NEW LONDON, Conn.,, June 23.-The
! great intercollegiate aquatic contests,
which for months have been looked for
ward to by thousands of college youths
and their friends, took place today and
the results again place Cornell on the
pedestal of fame as the champion uni
versity crew of America, and to the
freshmen of Yale belongs the honor Of
success in the triangular race with the
youngsters of Harvard and Cornell. By
| today'S victories and defeats the proph-
/ cts are not entirely without honor
| for in the varsity contest the seers
I-amed the winner in advance. In the
| freshman race, however, the sure
| thing" went wrong. and. contrary to al
| most universal expectation, the Ithacan
i novitiates were relegated 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 two races were strlkingly incon-
sistent with each other in that one
stands out as a perfect antithesis of
the other. The university race. which
was rowed down stream at 1880 this
afternoon, was procession of the first
class, while the freshman contest was
| a battle royal.
THE START.
Cornell was first Of the three crews
to appear on the water today for the
great race Shortly after IL o'clock
the Ithacans" left their quarters, two
miles down the river, and proceeded
le1surely in their steam launch, and
got into their shell at Red Top. The
Harvard crew led slowly across the
river to the start. 1t was 1920 before
| Yale put in an appearance.
| Referee Meikleham shouted his final
| instructions to the waiting crews and
gave the order, "get ready" An in
slant of suspense, puff Of smoke, a
| report, and the boats were off.
Effective spurts were made by all of
| the crews. II there was any advantage
it belonged to Yale, the nose of her
shell jumped to the fore, with Cornell
viciously hugging it, and Harvard's
Prov few short feet to the rear. Yale
was the first to settle down to the
racing stroke of thirty-four to the min
ute. Cornell was seen doing the same,
and few minutes later their long
Tipped blades were dipping in the water
thirty-four times to the minute
CORNELL'S STRONG STROKE.
The long. sweeping Cook stroke sent
| Yale to the front to the extent of a
quarter Of a length, where it hung for
t perhaps a half a mile. The start Of
Harvard was fairly good, but during
the first quarter the Crimson fell to
the rear slowly but surely, and after
| that was behind nearly a length. From
there CornelPs strong stroke began to
assert itself. A little squirt brought
! Cornelps she'll even with Yale, and
little later Yale was second in the race.
AIT the half Cornell led Yale by half a
| length and Harvard one and one-half
| lengths behind the leaders. From this
point Yale and Cornell rowed prettily,
but the latter had the better of 1t, and
when the mile flag was passed Court
ney's men were rapidly reaching
point where clear water could be seen
| between Capt. Colson and the prov of
/ Yale's shell. Once more Cornell squirt
ed just to show that the race had not
| told on them. $50 ga {.
| When the mile and a half flag was
reached Harvard was evidently destin-
! ed to cross the finish line poor third.
| Cornell continued to- gain and at the
! end of the second mile plenty of blue
|
nell and Yale boats. From this point
on Cornell gave an exhibition of row.
| ing never paralleled on the American
Thames She lowered her stroke and
| pulled a measured thirty to the minute
YALE WORKS DESPERATELY
| AS Cornell and Yale approached the
| two and half mile flag, the latter
sent their stroke up three points and
began to close up the gap. Cornell
did not undertake to respond to the
rowing was as clean as a whistle Dur
! ing the Yale squirt, the Blues lost
| something Of their finish and in the
waist Of the boat there was a splash
| ing. The three mile flag showed Cor
nell the leader by over two lengths,
with Yale and Cornell both sending
| their strokes up.
! The last mile was rowed superbly by
Cornell, while Yale began to show signs
| of distress. Still ELS sons fought on
pluckily and did succeed in crawling
up little. Cornell. however had evil
IDENTIFY been waiting for the stretch and
during the last half mile, while Har-
vard was toiling along nearly ten
le1&ths behind, the booming Of the gun
on~the judges boat announced that
Cornell had crossed the line a winner.
Fourteen seconds later another report
told that Yale had finished, and way
back came Harvard.
| Cornell won the race by three and
one-half lengths over Yale and nearly
eleven lengths separated her and Har-
ward. Time 23:4S.
The Cornell men were apparently
fresh and strong at the finish In the
| Yale boat Capt. Payne Whitney was
| apparently exhausted. Harvard's men
were not done" and all kept their seats
until their launch came alongside and
! took them aboard
| Official time: Cornell first, 23:4S; Yale.
second, 24:O2; Harvard, third, 2435
YALE FRESHMEN WON.
| The three freshmen crews Of Yale.
Harvard and Cornell rowed one of the
best races ever seen on the Thames this
afternoon. Yale won, but Harvard
spurted at the finish and was so close
a second that only few feet separated
the two crews. while the bow of the
! Cornell shell was opposite No. of the
Harvard crew. 1t was q royal battle
from start to finish with Cornell lead
ing at first, Yale catching her at the
! one mile and Harvard making a grand
rally and beating out Cornell at the
line.
| Considering the weather conditions