The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-27

OARSMEN WIN
FROM CORNELL
ViCtors in the Four
Dared Race.
ROW WITH FASTER STROKE
BEAT THE ITHICANs ALMOST
FROM THE START.
In the Freshmen Eight-Oared Event
Cornell's Crew Finishes in
Front With Plenty to
Spare.
ROW WITH FASTER STROKE
BEAT THE ITHICANS ALMOST
FROM THE START.
Special Dispatch TO The Call.

POCGHKEEPSlE. y. Y. June 26.-The
four-oared race over the two-mile course
to-day was won by Pennsylvania. Time
II minutes and IL seconds. Cornell was
second. Time, II minutes IA 3-5 seconds.
The freshman eight-oared race between
Pennsylvania, Columbia and Cornell over
the two-mile course was won by Cornell.
Time . minutes 55 seconds Columbia was
second, one and one-Quarter boat lengths
behind Cornell Time. 10 minutes. Penn
sylvania was third. three boat lengths be
hind Columbia. Time. 1910.
At the crack of the pistol the two four
cared crews from Cornell and Pennsylva-
MIA took the water together. but the Penn
ssyivania stroke started at 36; while the
cornell stroke was only "a. The Pennsyl-
vania stroke. while not as prettily rowed
as Cornel's. had much more go in it, and
before the boats had gone ten lengths the
ahead of the Ithacans. Cornell had
dropped down to the Courtney stroke of
50 to the minute. and although inch by
inch the Quakers' boat showed to the
front, they never increased during the
mile.
At the bridge a collision seemed almost
imminent Both crews had steered rather
badly at the start. angling in toward the
shore. Just as they got under the shadow
OF the great bridge and when Pennsyl-
vania had succeeded in obtaining a lead Of
almost a shell length. the ferry boat
crossed the river and threw a heavy
swell. Either because the Pennsylvania
oar who did the steering felt the effect of
the swell and turned toward its center, or
else lost his bearings. the shell turned al
most directly toward Cornell. and to
avoid a seemingly probable collision the
C Gornel boat vas turned II, away V also.
ened out again, and when they cleared
the great abuttments it was seen that
Pennsylvania had lead over Cornell of
fully a length and a quarter there being
clear water between the boats. From
this point of the battle to the finish there
was little material change, unless it may
have been at the ri and three quarters
"a and started to close up the gap. The
Quakers. who had been rowing from one
and a half to two strokes per minute
faster than the Ithacans all through the
race. seeing that Cornell was squirting.
whipped their stroke to &c and crossed
the line a winner by one length and
half.
The freshmen's race which was started
very promptly after the four oaTed finish,
was one of the closest and most exciting
races seen on the river in years the Co
lumbia 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
bunch but at the settling down of the
stroke TO the crews usual style 1t was
seen that Cornell had pOked the pointed
nose of her shell few feet ahead of the
line For the first half mile the struggle
was SO exciting that the spectators arose
on the press car ana IN the OBSERVATION
train and cheered for each crew. Cor
nell was rowing a long. sweeping stroke
of "a while PENNSYLVANIA was rowing al
the rate of 80. Columbia was rowing
phenomenally long strohe-32-the wonder
of all the experts on the train, for the
boat went along almost as fast as the
Cornell boat.
Close together the three boats hung. but
there was something about the way the
Cornell boat seemed to glide over the
water that made Columbia and Pennsyl-
vania hearts go down. AS the crews
reached the mile mark the Cornell boat
was about a half length out from the
bunch. Columbia began to lose after the
mile was passed. and soon Cornell had
a lead of clear length. Pennsylvania
was in the meantime steering erratically
at the mile mark, going out of the course
badly.
Just after passing the point the Penn
sylvania boat seemed to lose power and
dropped rapidly astern as the Columbia
stroke hit it up to "a in an endeavor to
close up the gap between Cornell's boat
and theirs. Cornell responded with a
stroke of SO.
When the boats crossed the finish line
Cornell led with a boat and a quarter
length to spare and Pennsylvania was
three boat lengths behind Columbia. The
time of Cornell was 9:55 not so good as
that made by Yale in 1S97-9:19-on the
same course.