Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-27
ITHACANS FLAUNT THE RED
Freshmen Grew Of Cornell Reaches Goal
Over Length Ahead
oUAKtRS CoNSoltD IN foUR.oAHto RACE
In that Event PcnnsyI,anIR takes
Lead from the start aud Crosse.
Line safe Distance In
Front of Cornell.

'FRONT.' ot cornell.
PouGHKEEPSlE, ~ Y. June 2s.-Thc
! iour-oarcd race over the two.milc course
today was wtn by Pennsylvania Time
! lll2. Cornell was second. Time ll:143-5
Timc-First mile, Pennsylvania, > 90 3-5,
Cornell 5:33. Strokes: one-half mile
Pennsylvania, 80; Cornell. "A. One mile
| pennsylvania 80; Cornell, 49, Mile and one.
| half-Pennsylvania, a. Cornell 33 Second
| mile-Pennsylvania, SO; Cornell a.
The freshmen eight-oarcd race between
! pennsylvania, Columbia and Cornell over
the two-fnile course was won by Cornell
| Time: 9;55. Columbia was second one and
one-quarter boat lengths behind Cornell
| Time: 1000. Pennsylvania was third three
| and one-fourth boat lengths behind Colum-
| bia. Time 1910 Strokes. One half mile
| Cornell, S4 Columbia, 80; Pennsylvania, So.
| Mile-Cornell, "a; Columbia 80; Pcnnsyl-
vania, "a. One mile and one -half-Cornell,
| 30; Columbia, 33; Pennsylvania "a Two
miles-Cornell 36 Columbia, "a; Pennsyl-
| vania. 80.
Al the crack of the pistol the two four
| cared crews from Cornell and PENNSYLVANIA
| took the water together, but the Pennsyl-
| Nanta stroke started at 3S, while the Cor
nen stroke was only "a. The PENNSYLVANIA
stroke, while not as prettily rowed as Cor
nells, had much more go in It and before
the boats had gone ten lengths the Quakers
had showed their boats nose ahead of the
1thacans. Cornell had dropped down to the
Courtney stroke of 33 to the minute and
although inch by inch the Quakers' boat was
showed to the front they never increased
during the mile.
Gap Is Not Dccrensed.
The enthusiastic rooters on the train kept
predicting that the Comedians would let
out the stroke as they neared the finish and
simply eat the Quakers up, but from a mere
gain of inches in the first half mile the gain
Of the Pennsylvania boat became one Of
feet as they neared the mile mark. Twice
the Comedians tried to reduce the read, but
each time the Quakers responded and main
tanned the lead of one length which they
had when they struck the bridge.
1t here that collision seemed al
most imminent. Both crews had steered
rather badly at the start, angling in toward
the shore, but had Strengthened out at the
first quarter and given promise of running
a very straight course. Just as they got
under the shadow of the great bridge and
when Pennsylvania had succeeded in OBJ
tanning lead Of almost she'll length the
ferry boat crossed the river and threw a
heavy swell 1t was either because the
Pennsylvania bow oar who did the steering
felt the effect of the swell and turned toward
the contour, or else lost his bearing that
the shell turned almost directly toward
Cornell, and to avoid seemingly probable
collision the Cornell boat was turned away
also.
ened out again and when they cleared the
great abutments it was seen they had lead
over Cornell Of fully a length and a quar-
ter, 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 mile and
three quarters mark where Cornell hit the
stroke UP to "a and started TO close up the
gap.
Qunkers Respond Calamity.
But the ouakers. 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 Sc and
crossed the line winner by one length
and a. half in II minutes As seconds. ac
cording to several experts the press car.
Mr.. Fortmeyer. the official timekeeper on
the referees boat, made it II minutes Q
seconds, but the official time is given out
by the college timers II minutes 12
seconds. Cornell finished, according to
these figures. in II minutes IA 35 seconds.
The freshman race. which started
very promptly after the four-oared finish
was one of the closest and most exciting
races seen on the river for 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. |
hut at the settling down OF the stroke to
the crews usual style 1t was seen that
Cornell rad poked the pointed nose OF its
shell a few feet ahead of the line. For the
first balf-mile the struggle was so exciting |
that the spectators arose on the press car |
and in the observation train and cheered |
for each crew. Cornell was rowing a long, !
sweeping stroke Of 36. while Penn /
sylvania was rowing at the rate OF
35, Columbia was rowing a phenomenal |
long stroke, 80, the wonder of all !
the experts on the train. for the boat went !
along almost as fast as the Cornell boat.
Boats Cling Together.
Close together the three boats hung but |
there something about the way the |
Cornell boat seemed to glide over the water !
hat made Columbia and Pennsylvania hearts.
go UOWH' AS lHe crews Tedcned tne mlle
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 crept up. |
But the old Cornell form was there. Never
lid the stroke go above the "a mark and |
he speed came from increased power in the
stroke.
Columbia was steady in Its stroke, only
biting it up TO 80. but the boat |
began to lose after the mile was passed
and soon Cornell had a lead OF a clear
ength. Pennsylvania was in the meantime
steering erratically at the mile mark going
out of the course badly. This way 1t lost
speed and although the crew pulled stout
itroke and did it cleanly, they dropped
Dehind rapidly, the nose OF their boat as
hey came under the bridge being just even
with the stern of the Columbia. boat The
ace after the mile and a half point was
passed was between Columbia and Cornell.
With some chance for Columbia IL they
worked hard
QuaLcrs FaII 10 Rear.
Just after passing that point the Penn
ylyania boat seemed to lose power and
lropped rapidly astern as the Columbia
troke hit II up TO "a In an en-
eavor to close up the gap between Cornells
'oat and theirs. Cornell responded with a