The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-24
AGAIN CORNELL WINS.
Easily Defeats the Varsity Crews
,.A,e. Of Yale and Harvard. ,ss..S
YALE FRESHMEN VICTORIOUS.
Splendid Contest Between the Young
sters of the Three Colleges, in Which
tho Crew of Cornell Comes In Last
In Very Close Finish.


sters ofthe Three Colleges, in Which
tho Crew Of Cornell Comes In Last
In Very Close Finish.
New London, Conn, June 24.-The
great Intercollegiate aquatic contests,
which for months have been looked
forward to by thousands of college
youths and their friends. and for
which this historic old whaling town
made such preparations, took place
yesterday, and the results again place
Cornell on the pedestal Of fame AS ths
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 Cornell. In the freshmen race
those who imagined themselves pecu-
llarly endowed <vlth prophetic git
found at the end ~ the battle that their
''sure thing" had gone wrong, and that.
contrary to almost universal expecta-
tion the IthacGn noyitiates were rele-
gated to third place. while the first
year men from old Yale outdid their
varsity colleagues and took as pretty
victory as ever won.
The four mile university race, which
was rowed down stream at 1890 In the
afternoon, was procession of the
first class, while the freshmen contest
was a battle royal from the crack Of
the pistol to the booming Of the gun at
the finish line.
The first race was uninteresting, ex-
cept to Comedians. after the first quar-
-, 80 I1I hn
slight lead which Yale secured at tho
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 and
labored over the course to finish
poor third, II long boat lengths behind
the champion New Workers and seven
to the stern of her historic old rivals
Of Yale.
Prettier form and watership has
never been seen in America than that
presented by Captain Colson and his
Cornell crew throughout the four miles
OF the race. Scarcely splash was to
be seen from the red and white tipped
oars which swept through the waters
at the muscular instance of the Cayuga
ehpcilS. lHGli SIui 10 NSiS
conservative and uniformly successful.
and always with an evident reserve
strength and force. 1t was the con-
viction of every fair minded person
who witnessed the race that Cornell
might easily have won by a greater
margin.
The time of the winning crew was
23 minutes and 48 seconds, the sloWest
time made in a university race for sew
eral years, but this Is attributable to
a head wind and the fact that Cornell
was not forced. Yale crossed the fin
ish line IA seconds behind the cham
pions, while the trailing Harvard rest
ed on their oars 80 seconds later.
If the university race of the early
afternoon was tame as contest, the
two mile 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 Yala
rushed across the line winner, the
official time being 1l:22 2-5. One hun
dred yards from the end 1t was Yale,
Cornell and Harvard. and everyone
looked for finish in that order Yale
spurted and maintained her adyant-
age 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 length behind Yale. with the nose
of the shell tapping the crimson boat,
and the PROV of the Cornell shell was
opposite Harvards No. s.
1t was a royal battle from start to
finish, with Cornell leading at first.
Yale catching her at the one mile. and
Harvard making a grand rally and
beating out Cornell at the line. Con-
sidering the weather conditions, with
the wind blowing strong up stream
and the tide also running In that di-
rection. the time was fast, although
the slowest since 1892.
Every one Of the freshmen came over
the line in the very best condition.
There was no falling over by any Of
them, and it is likely that, like Cor
nell earlier in the day, they all could
have gone another mile without going
to pieces. In fact, the Yale coxswain
vas so uncertain of victory that he
carried all three crews well under the
bridge, an eighth of mile past tho
finish.
The Yale men were more pleased with
Harvard's victory over Cornell than
they were over their own over both.
and the first thing the winning crew
asked after they caught their breath
was how badly Harvard had whipped
the Ithacans.
The race was certainly surprise to
the more expert oarsmen, the thres
leading coaches included. No one
would believe that the youngsters
would do so well, and the students OF
all three of the colleges are proud Of
their freshmen eights.