The sun., 1899-06-27
Ithaca'S Freshmen Win in Handy
Fashion.
C0LUMBIA'S CREW SECOND.
QnakGrS Finish Third, but Their Four
EGatS COurtAey'S.

smooth Water, Beautiful Weather, and Two
splendid Boat Races Provide an Enjoy.
able Outing for a Big Crowd at Pough-
kscpsie .- Pennsylvania's Four Dared
Crew Rows Away from CorneIl's Repre-
sentatives In thr First Event, hut in the
second the Youngsters from Up the state
Lead Practically from start to Finish
Columbias Make n Good Showing After
n Hard Fight with tho Philndelphians.
PoCGHKEErsIE. June 28.-The universities OF
Pennsylvania and Cornell shared aquatic hon
ors on the beautiful Hudson River course this
afternoon in two intercollegiate races that
were looked at by thousands OF enthusiastic
followers. The four-oared crew Of Old Penn
defeated Cornell's four in Impressive style over
a two-mile course as a sort OF preliminary.
while the freshman eight Of Cornell rowed
away from the youngsters OF Columbia and
Pennsylvania in their annual struggle over a
similar distance. The weather conditions
were perfect. the water was all that could be
desired. and both races were maGnifcently
contested.
The four-oared event was the first OF ito
kind in some years. and while it did not create
much speculation or excitement beforehand.
it served to work up the crowds on the observa-
'lon 'falh' on the river banks ana on the neet
oi yach's ana small craft anchored near the
hhihh. 10 h'eh pHch oi enthusiasm. Inc re-
suit OF thls ihatch was surprise IN that 1t had
bech reported that the iennsylvania tour was
inaue up oi almost green material Whlch had
useh rather haphazafoly moulded into form by
toach EIlls "ard In the last two weeks. The
lact that coNswains were not used created the
bellel mat each crew had an equal chance as
10 straight steering. out cornell was generally
regarded as the proDaDle winner because OF
rApeileuce anu the carelui instruction OF ooach
NIiaF"s Courtney IL was oh'y d lew moments
aver 'he start, however "heh the rowing ex-
nerts appreciated the TACT that the Quakers had
the STUN IN them 10 pun out a victory. ana
"heh 'hey TOOK .ne ieao before hundred
yarus OF water had been covered It was aliover
out the shouting True 1t Is that Cornells four
were game 10 'he marrow ana rowed superoly
against "nat was ine'itaDie oeieat' barring
acc'oeh's, out the fhiaoeiPhia crew working
me "e"'olleu ihachine' swept on 10 the mn
'en ana won hS lchgth anu quarter IN IL
minutes l. SECONDS.
me victory o' the 'ornen freshmen was
eiua'y IMPRESSIVE me stroke oihploYeo "
'hem was the same 'ha' courtney crews nave
always Sho"h' ~ was Shooth' we'' 'iineu ana
powerful 'he she' 'os'hg no hean"ay pet"een
puis anu the w"termahshlp oeihg as clean
CUT as any cr't'e eou,o wisn 10 see Almost
,i'''' ~ 7'a'' VI NON ''u 'e"" 'ns' couiu nv.
90 oEeIcoihe' anu the l'nacahs heiu u so wen
IN n, iahu 'hat they were never IN rea! danger.
i"e' "'u very '''''e squirting ahu se'uom ra'sea
an"lr e'ioN' "ooNe .hir'S-'our 10 'ne minute.
i"'S "r'o enal' ''"st' anu nni' dnea" a.
.,'o n,'" "u" "ote er ''es" ,"". ,"e' 'ui"eu
t'is'i sho'' "oo"' "e'''y "nu irocee"eu pui'e
uls'ah'e hoine""ru oe'ore " 'auhch pickeo
'nein up'
nv p"'''e "e'"ee" '"'""'nia ana iehns''-
'",'" 'or seeo"u pace was o, 'he mar raising
"luer un',I leSS thah hI'e vi the i'hlsh.
""en '"e w" i"'htis' III 'ai'ah' ehort 10
oN''"au' '"e oV'ne'i"hs' u'e away anu haa
ond NJ t,r NOVA ,b,n hoI, tho disto,,.
after Referee Armstrong OF Yale fred
the starting gun the two crews fought
desperately for second honors. There
was hardly any difference between them,
first one having a slight advantage. then the
other The physical condition Of the Penn.
syIyanians though was what told in the last
rush and AS they were outcassed in this re-
spert by the Blue and White there was moth
ing left for them but the tail end Columbia
rowed finely. seldom losing thought of the
coaching OF Dr. Waiter Poet and always game
SO much dependence had been placed upon
the crew that quite bit OF money was dropped
bv tho Columbia adherents. who snapped
up almost every proposition by the Ithacnn
bcttors There was no financial backing be-
hind tho Quaker four or eight, most Of the
Philadelphia money being reserved for
to- morrow's varsity race The manage
ment OF both races was perfect. and. az
it turned out the handling Of the OBJ.
seryation train was satisfactory although
at one time there was nothing but protests
from the sightseers because the train was run
several miles up ths road above tho start In
order to let a through passenger train come
down. Lack Of hukss and accidents provided
a real test of the merits OF the crews, and that
was to the liking of those who came here TO
see the sport
wr,ruvp ANN warm rvprvcr
lher" was onIy Que source VI worry among