The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-27
CORNELL WINS AGAIN !.
In the Eight CARED Race Against
Columbia and Pennsylvania.
PENNSYLVANIA WINS FIRST RACE

From the keystone state Defeated
cor,eI,s Four bv Length and a Half.
r,,r,h,. seoo,d =, Freshman Race.
foughkeepsle' June Co.. -lla ne 4ou'
Dared race over the TWO miie coulse
yesterday was won py rehhSyiFahia'
Time, HE. Cornell was second; tims,
1l:l4 3-5. Time OF nrst mile; fehh-
sylvania, b:29 3-5; Cornell, 5:o3.
The freshmen eight cared race De-
tween pennsylvania, Columpla ana
Cornell over the two mile course was
won by Cornell; time, 800 Columoia
was second. one and a quarter boat
lengths behind Cornell; time, 10:
Pennsylvania third. three and a fourth
lanotbs beh,nd Columbia. time. 10: 10.
AZ tho crocL ~ tho nistol the two
sa @ os NV a.aua ,.on. ror,au .n6
Io"i oa'eu 'ie"s ,io" oo'AeA
fehhsylVahia LOOK 'ne "atei 'ose'n.
but the pennsylvania stroke starteo
at 36. while the Cornell stroke was
only "a. The Pennsylvania stroke,
while not as prettily rowed as Cor
nells had much more 90 In 1t, and
,,orora ~. ho.t. b.d oora ton ,anpth.
~ ~ o,a,,..a M ~ haa shovad tho,r boat,a
'A' ~u"No,' n... I1,s. ~.
hose aheau " 'ne Ano.a
mere gain OF lnches IN the Ars' naii
mile the gain OF the pennsylvania BOAT
became one of feet as they neared the
mile mark. Twice the Comedians
tried to reduce the lead, but each time
Tho ouaters resnonded and ma,ntain-
"a ~. ,a,a ~ oro larotb which thew
=, 49, - a..,,s,. ~. h,,ao. Il
'"u Wn'n .ne' s'i ~ ,,. .n' -,
was mere tnat coiiisioh seeiheu a.
most imminent, owing 10 the swe,l
created by lerrypoat. IL was averteu,
however, and "hen tney cleared the
great aDutments 1t was seen tnat tne
Pennsylvanlans had ieaa over Cor
nell OF fully a length ana a quartsr.
FROM .nls poih' " 'he uaslie .n'
nnlsn there was httie material cnanso'
fehnsylVanla crossing Inc ,s lihe WIN
ner ny lengtn anu nail a..
ne freshmen iaee was one " no Smo
ciosest anu @ ihos' y, ea.a ea.'I r. % ~a,un,h;a n
Oh tne river IN years, .ne ooiuo" nnan's
crew giving ehe oorlei. ~ eIew 49, sng a
ana pretty hgnt lof nis' plaes - ana
making phehoh.enai tino' ~,
the s,owness Oh tnsir ~ s.iohe. NJ. n. .mo
souhu ol .he pis.oi 'ie 'n.'e 80 ~.
gov away III ounen' w. o. VI.
tnhg down oi the stloAo " .ne s,,
usual style !, was seen lna. o'n. snn
naa pokea tne PoLn.eu hos1 " ~ ~.
smell le" ieet aneao VI .uo - iln1. ~. ~,
the nrst hall Miie INC SUISSE "aa
SO excltihg that the spec.atoS @ aios'
on the press ca, ana II. .ne uose.sa a,
tion tralh anu cneerea loi eaon NV.
Corneil was rowing ionk, sWsoplns
stroKe Oh "a, "hlle rehnss vans i "as
rowing at the rate Oh 90. Soiunpm
was rowing phenomehaiiy uns
stroke, ~. the Wohoer ol ail VI .ne
experts on the traln' ior the ooas wen,
along almost az last as inc oorne'l
boat. =
AS the crews reached the mile marx.
with the Cornell boat about a nait
length out from the bunch. Colum0Ia
seemed to gain, and there were snouts
of approval as the nose OF the bo&t
crept up. But the old Cornell form
was there. Never did the stroke 60
above the "a mark. and the speed came
from increased power in the stroke.
Columbia was steady In its stroke also.
only hitting it up to 33. but the Doae
began to lose after the mile was pass
ed. and soon Cornell had lead OF Is
clear length. Pennsylvania was In the
meantime steering erraticaily. espe-
nj " al tho DntIo rnlrk HntnR nl1t Of fR9
course badly. In this way she lost
some speed, and although the crew
pulled a stout stroke, and did 1t clean
ly, they dropped behind rapidly, the
nose Of their boat as they came under
the bridge being Just even with tho
stern of the Columbia boat.
The race after The mile and half
point was passed was between Co.
lumbia and Cornell Just after pass
ing that point the Pennsylvania boat
seemed to lose power and dropped rap
idly astern as the Columbia stroke hit
1t up to 81 in an endeavor to close up
the gap between Cornell's boat and
theirs. Cornell responded with stroke
of SO, and instead of closing it up much
It was perfectly evident to those who
watched that there was q lot OF rs-
serve force on the Cornell boat, and
that they could hold the Columbia
boat where they pleased. Columbia
went away from Pennsylvania, al.
though the latter were rowing stroke
of SO to the formers "a. Amid the
footing of whistles and the cheers Of
the Cornell contingent the boat cross
ed the finish line with a quarter of
length to spare, and Pennsylvania fol-
lowing Columbia three boat lengths
behind,
The scene at Cornell's quarters after
the freshmen race was an inspiring
one. The boys crowded about Court
ney, cheering frantically.
"Charley, you're the stuff" they
cried. They banged him upon tho
back, threw their arms about him and