The record-union., 1899-06-27
Pennsylvania Wins II From Cor
nell.
Beat the Ithacans by a Length and 4
Half.

Tables In the Eight.Oared Race,
Beating Columbia a Length and
a Quarter, While Pennsylvania
Was Three Lengths Behind
Columbia.
POUGHKEEPSIE IN. ", June 26-
The four-oared race over the two-mile
course to-day was won by Pennsylya-
mia, time IL minutes and II seconds;
Cornell second, time IL minutes and
II SO seconds.
The freshmen eight -oared race be-
tween Pennsylvania, Columbia and Cor
nell, over the two-mile course, was
won by Cornell, time 8 minutes and 80
seconds; Columbia second, one and
quarter boat lengths behind Cornell,
time 10 minutes; Pennsylvania three
and three-quarter boat lengths behind
Columbia, time 10 minutes and 10 sec
onds
AT the crack of the pistol the two
four-oared crews from Cornell and
pennsylvania took the water together,
but the Pennsylvania stroke started at
30, while the Cornell stroke was only "a
The pennsylvania stroke while not as
| p1ettlly rowed as Cornells had much
more go in 1t, and before the boats had
gone ten lengths the Quakers had SHOW
ed their boats nose ahead of the Itha-
cans. Cornell had dropped down to the
Courtney stroke of 33 to the minute,
and, although inch by inch the Quak-
ers' boat showed to the front, they never
| increased during the mile. The enthu-
| siastic rooters on the train kept pre-
Licting 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 more as they neared the mile.
Twice the Comedians tried to reduce the
| lead, but the Quakers responded and
maintained the lead of one length at the
bridge.
1t was here that a collision seemed
| almost imminent. Both crews had
steered rather badly at the start, ang-
ling in toward the shore, but had
Strengthened out at the first quarter
| and given promise of running very
straight course. Just as they got under
the shadow of the bridge and when
pennsylvania had succeeded in obtain
ing a lead of almost a shell length the
ferry boat crossed the river and threw
a. heavy swell. 1t was either because the
Pennsylvania oar who did the steering
felt the swell and leaned toward its
center, or else lost his bearings, that the
shell turned almost directly toward Cor
nell and to avoid a seemingly probable
collision the Cornell boat was turned
away also. Quick as a flash Pennsyl-
vania Strengthened out again and when
they cleared the great abutmentsj it was
seen that Pennsylvania had a lead over
Cornell Of fully a length and 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
mile and three-quarters mark. where
Cornell hit the stroke up to "a and
started to close the gap. But the Quak-
ers, who had been rowing from one and
half to two strokes per minute faster
| than the Ithacans all through the race
seeing that Cornell was squirting. whip
ped their stroke up to So and crossed
the line winner by one length and
half in II minutes S:s4 seconds. accord
| ing to the watches of several experts
upon the press car. Mr.. Fortmeyer, the
| official timekeeper on the referees boat.
made 1t IL minutes and 8 seconds, hut
the official time as given out by the col
fege timers was II minutes and IL Sec
onds. Cornell finished, according to
| these same figures in IL minutes and
j IA 3-5 seconds.
| The freshmen's races which was
| started very promptly after the four
cared finish, was one of the closest and
most exciting races seen on the river
in years, the Columbia crew giving the
Cornell crew a sharp and pretty fight
for first place and making phenomenal
time, considering the sowness of their
| stroke. At the sound of the pistol the
crews got away in a bunch, but at the
settling down of the stroke to the
crews usual style it was seen THAI Cor
nen had poked the pointed nose of her
shell a few feet ahead OF the line. For
the first half mile the struggle was so
! exciting that the spectators arose on
| the press car and in the observation
train and cheered for each crew. Cor
nell was rowing long. sweeping stroke
of "a, while Pennsylvania was rowing
at the rate of 30. Columbia was rowing
phenomenally long stroke. 30. 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 10 glide over
the water that made Columbia and
| Pennsylvania hearts go down. AS the
crews reached the mile mark, with the
Cornell boat 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 did the
stroke go above the 81 mark and the
speed came from increased power in the
stroke. Columbia was steady in its
stroke also, only hitting it up 20 30, but
the boat began to lose after the mile
was passed and soon Cornell had a lead
of a clear length. Pennsylvania was,
| in the meantime, steering erratically at
| the mile mark, going out of the course
badly. In this way she lost speed, and
although the crew pulled stout stroke
and did 1t cleanly, they dropped behind
badly, the nose of their boat as they
| came under the bridge being just even
with the stern of the Columbia boat
The race after tha mile and a half point
was passed was between Columbia and
Cornell. with some chance for Columbia
Eff they worked hard
/ Just after passing the point the Penn
sylvania boat seemed 90 lose power and
dropped rapidly astern as the Column