The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-01
TquatisS.
PRETTIEST N YEARS
Pennsy Won intercollegiate
Race in a Close Finish.
WISCONSIN WAS SECOND
HUSKY YOUNG BADGER FRESH
MEN WIN THE RACE.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, June 3O-OnA ot
the most magnificent races in the his
tory OF college aquatics in years was
The varsity race rowed on the Hudson
course this afternoon. Following If
was an equally exciting two-miie brush
among the freshmen crews, and then
1t was so dark that the four-oared race
iiao to be postponed until Monday Hero
is the record:
university race, four miles. contest
ants: pennsylvania, Wisconsin Cor
nell columbia and Georgetown. Penn
savanna won in 1874 as; Wisconsin
second Cornell third, Columbia fourth,
georgetown fifth. In this event there
was never at any time open water be-
seconds - - 'NiiN
Freshmen race, distance two miles
contestants: Pennsylvania. Wisconsin,
Columbla and Cornell Wisconsin won
IN S:4o l-5; Pennsylvania second, Cor
nell third, Columbia fourth.
Inc races set to rake place between
ana O'CLOCK had to be postponed be-
cause of lack of wind
pennsylvania and Wisconsin. dur
ing the whole four miles through
out the race, kept the shells
tapped and at no time was there clear
water between them. The same was
true OF the Cornell, Columbia and
georgetown crews The fight between
pennsylvania and Wisconsin became so
exciting from the continued uncertainty
that the crowds aboard the obserya
ton train fairly lost themselves as
the boats swept down into the stretch
ana, forgetting entirely their PARTISAN
snip, they rose to their feet, and with
mats, hags and handkerchiefs waving
wildly about their heeds. Screamed
themselves hoarse in their admiration
OF the contest. Cornell. at the head of
the trio that followed the two leaders.
worked so hard that as they flew into
the last quarter of a mile her shell be-
gan to lose speed, and it was seen that
two of her men had collapsed. She took
her third place by heroic work
The Freshman Race.
There was more delay in getting the
freshmen off. The race was started a
minute and a half after the hour. The
wisconsin youngsters jumped into the
lead at the crack of the pistol, and We're
never headed. They had a springy
movement to their bodies which made
their rowing look confident and easy
and they worked their sweeps as
though they were out for a pleasure
spin. But Cornell and Pennsylvania
furnished plenty of spice to season with
excitement the admiration raised BY
the Wisconsin boys.
In the varsity race Cornell and
Pennsylvania caught the water first.
and got off together, with Georgetown
and Wisconsin following them closely,
while Columbia from the first stroke
dropped to the rear, never changing
her position during the entire race
Before the first four crews had gone
ter lengths, Cornell had pulled her
shells nose out of the bunch.
ct the third mark Cornell
had an advantage of about a third of
a length over Wiscon, who had man
aged to get their shell just ahead of
the Pennsylvania shell. Georgetown
was hanging on to Pennsylvania in
a desperate manner, but it was perfect
~ evident that she could not last Just
as they approached the mile mark.
Pennsylvania SpVrted. Wisconsin an
sWered the squirt, and in fighting each
other both passed Cornell.
Fighting For Place.
When the mile mark was reached
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania were neck
and neck, with Cornell about half a
length behind. Behind the one and
one and a half mile Cornell answered
the squirt and came up with the lead
ers. The noses of the three shells
crossed the one and half mile abso-
lutely even. Wisconsin, however
pulled out just after that point. and
showed her coXsWain even up with the
other two crews stroke oars, and then
they began zig-Zagging for first place.
AT the three and a half mile point
Pennsylvania had half length lead
Cornell was fighting desperately TO stay
in with the leaders. and was only the
fraction of length behind the Wis
cOnsln boat, and suddenly it seemed as
II all her men lost their strength to-
gether, for the boat almost ceased its
momentum and then went on very
slowly toward the finishing line. AS
they went through the last quarter of
mile Wisconsin tried desperately to
take the lead away from Pennsylvania
and two or three times the nose of the
shell ran uD almost even with that of
her opponent. But it was too close to
the finish line, and PENNSYLVANIA re-
sponded every time until the line was
crossed IN 10 minutes A As seconds
while Wisconsin finished less than
three-quarters Of length behind. Cor
nell finished five and a half boat
lengths in the rear, with Columbia very
close to them because of the formers
collapse, and Georgetown four lengths
to the rear Of Columbia,