The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-27
PENNSY and CORNELL
CARRIED OFF THE HONORS I'm THE
BOAT RACES AT POUGH-
KEEPsIE, N. Y.
FRESHMAN RACE EXCITING

Four-Oared Event Was Too Easy
for Pennsylvania to Make 1t as
Interesting as the Freshm a m
Event PrOved-Time Made In the
Events Not RecOrd-BreakinG,b but
Good, Considering circumstances
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, June 26.-The
four-oared race over the two-mile course
today was won by Pennsylvania. Time,
ll:l2. Cornell second. time II IA 3-5 Time
OF iirst mile: Pennsylvania. 500 3-5; Cor
nell. 5:33 Strokes. half mile, Cornell IS;
pennsylvania "a; mile, Cornell IS; Penn
sylvania "a; mile and half, Cornell 80:
Pennsylvania 81: second mile, PennsyI-
yania SO; Cornell 3d.
The freshman eight-oared race between
Pennsylvania, Cornell and Columbia over
the two-mile course, was won by Cor
nell. Time. 9:55; Columbia second. one
and quarter boat lengths behind Cor
nell. Time. 10 minutes Pennsylvania
third, three and a quarter boat lengths
behind Columbia Time. 1910. Strokes,
half mile, Cornell 34 Columbia 50; Penn
sylyania IS; mile, Cornell "a; Columbia
50; Pennsylvania "a; one mile and a half,
Cornell IS; Columbia 80; Pennsylvania 81:
Two miles. Cornell SO; Columbia a. Penn
Sylvania &C.
AT the crack of the pistol the four oar
ed crews of Cornell and Pennsylvania.
took the water together, but the Penn
sylVania stroke started at 80 while the
Cornell stroke was only SO. The Pennsyl-
Vania stroke, while not as pretty as Cor
nell, had much more go in 1t, and be-
lore the boats had gone ten lengths the
Quakers had showed their boats nose
ahead Of the Ithacans. Cornell had drop
ped down to the Courtney stroke of SO to
the minute, and although inch by inch
the Quakers' boat showed to the front.
they never increased during the mile The
enthusiastic rooters on the train kept
hoping the Comedians would let out the
stroke as they neared the end and shake
the Quakers up, but the latter gained by
inches, and the Pennsylvania boat had
gained nearly foot by the time the mile
was reached. Cornell endeavored to re-
duce the lead, but every time the Quak-
ers responded and maintained the lead of
boats length, which they had when
they reached the bridge.
ACCIDENT AVERTED.
1t was here that a collision was immi-
nent. Both crews had steered badly at
the start, angling in toward the shore but
mad Strengthened out and gave promise
OF running straight course Just as
they reached the shadow Of the bridge,
and when Pennsylvania had secured a
lead OF almost length, the ferry boat
crossed the river and left a heavy swell.
The Pennsylvania bow oarsman, who was
doing the steering, either turned towards
center or lost his bearings, for that shelf
turned almost directly towards Cornell
and to avoid seemingly probable COLI
sion the Cornell boat was turned aWay.
AS quick as a flash Pennsylvania straight
eneC out again, and when they cleared
the great abutment it was seen they had
lead over Cornell of fully one and a.
quarter lengths, there being clear water
between the boats.
From this point to the finish there was
little material change, unless it may have
been near the end, when Cornell hit the
stroke up to sc and proceeded to close up
the gap. But the Quakers, who had been
rowing one and half to two strokes per
minute faster than the Ithacans all
through. seeing the Cornell men were
sprlntlng, increased the stroke to So and
crossed the line winner by one and a half
lengths. in HOS 40, according to the
watches of the several experts upon the
press ear. Mr.. Fortmeyer, the official
t11nekeeper on the referees boat, made Ii
II 09 but the official time as given out by
the college regents was 11:12 Cornell fin
ished, according to the same officials. in
lila 3-5.
FRESHMAN RACE EXCITING.
The freshman race, which was started
very promptly after the four-oared fin
ished, was one of the closest and most
exciting seen on the river for years. the
Columbia crew giving the Cornell crew
sharp and pretty fight for first place.
and making phenomenal time, CONSIDERING
the sloWness Of their stroke. At the
sound of the pistol the crews got away
In a bunch, but ct the settling down Of
the stroke to the crews usual style, il
was seen that Cornell had poked the
point of the nose Of her shell few inches
in front. For the first half mile the
struggle was so exciting that spectators
rose on the press car and in the observa.
ton train and cheered for each crew
Cornell was rowing a long, sweeping
stroke Of thirty-four, while PENNSYLVANIA
was rowing thirty-fve Columbia was
rowing phenomenally long stroke, thir.
ty-two, the wonder of all the experts on
the race, for the boat went along almost
as fast as the Cornell boat Close to.
gether the three boats hung, but there
was something about the way the Cornell
DOdt seemed TO S1lQe over the water that
made Pennsylvania and Columbia hang
heads down
When the boats reached the half mile
Cornell was half length out of the
bunch. Columbia set out to gain and
there was cheering when the nose of the
boat crept up. But the Cornell crew in
creased it's stroke to thirty-four. Column
bia also hit it's up to thirty-three, but the
boat began to lose after the mile was
passed and soon after Cornell had a lead
Of a clear length. Pennsylvania, in the
meantime, steering cratic at the mile
mark, went out of the course In this
way she lost ground, and then the crew
pulled a strong stroke and did it cleanIv
yet they dropped behind rapidly, the nose
of their boat being a boat length behind
The race, after the middle point, was
between Cornell and Columbia, with some
chance for Columbia if they worked hard
Just after crossing that point the Penn,
sylvania boat seemed to lose power. and
dropped rapidly astern as the Columbia
stroke hit 1T up to thirty-four In an en-.
deavor to close the gap between Cornell
and their boat. Cornell responded with
stroke of thirty-six, and instead of clos.
ing it up much it was perfectly evident
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