The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-27

length and quarter, there being clear va.
ter between the boats. From this point OK
the battle to the finish there was little ma.
terial change, unless IL may have been 81
the mile and three-quar,ers mark. where
Cornell hit the stroke up TO ~, anu
started TO close the gap. But the Quakers:
who had been rowing from enc, one ana ,han nI hs
Ithacans all through the race. seeing that
Cornell was squirting, whipped their stroke
up to 50 and crossed the line a WIN
ner by one length and a half in IL minutes
81 seconds, according to the watches OF
several experts uron the press car MI.
Fortmeyer. the ofiicial timekeeper on the
referees boat, made il II minutes seconds.
but the nfifcial time as given out by the
college timers was II minutes IL seconds.
Cornell finished according 10 these same
figures. in II minutes IAN seconds.
Freshman Race Exciting.
The freshman race, which was started
very promptly after the four-oared finish.
was one Of the closest and most exciting
races seen on the river In years. the CO.
lumbia crew giving the Cornell crew a
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. it was seen that Cor
nell 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
each crew. Cornell was rowing a long
sweeping stroke OF "a. while Penn.
eylvania was rowing at the rate or
Is: columbia was rowing q phsnomsnailIy
OF the experts on the train. for the boat
went along almost as fast as the Cornell
boat.
COrnell Maintains the Lead
Close together the three boats hung. but
there was something about s, the way way the
water that made Columbia and Pennsyi-
vania hearts. go down. As the crews
reached the mile mark. with the Cornell
boat about half length out from the
bunch. Columbia seemed to gain and there
were shouts Of approval as the nose OF the
boat crossed up. But the old Cornell form
the 81 mark. and the speed came from In
creased power in the stroke. Columbia
was steady in its stroke also. only hitting
,, up to, t. s but the ss s saa sos s9 sas
lead OF . clear. length.
Pennsylvania Out ~ Il.
Pennsyivania was in the meantime steer
ing erratica1ly at a mile mark, going. out
Of iAs course our ns y THIS way n ssn Loaf
dropped 'f behind Badly the noss &
jSss even Vita iSe. stern Of the toi1mS.s
boat The race after the mile and ,s half all
and Cornell. with some chance for CO.
lumbia II they worked hard.
3 Just after passing the point the Penn
sylvahia boat 1eetfed Is lose power ana
dropped rapidly astern as the Columbia
stroke hit Il up to "a. in an endeavort to
close up the. gap between Cornelfs boat
and theirs. Cornell responded with a
stroke OF s.. and instead OF closing 1t up
m,fch Il was perfectly evident 10 those
who watched them there was a lot OF re-
serve force in the Cornell boat and that
they could hold the Columbia boat where
they pleased. Columbia went away from
Pennsylvania, although the latter was
rowing stroke OF 36 to the formers a.
Ithacans Cross the Line.
Amid the footing of whistles and the
cheers of the Cornell contingent. the boats
crossed the finish line, Cornell leading
with a boat and quarter length to spare,
and Pennsylvania following Columbia
three boat lengths behind
The time of Cornell was e:55 not so
good as that made by Yale in 1897 OF 9:l9.
on the same course