The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01
WILL NOT Be FORGOTTEN
MAGNIFICENT BOAT RACE IN
WHICH THE EAST AND THE
WEST MET
PENNSYLVANIA THE WINNER
wisconsin Crew Pushed the East
erners to Their Limit I'm Varsity
and Carried OF First HOnOrs
in the Freshmen Event.

POUGHkEEPSlE. y. Y, June 30.-One
of the most magnificent races in the his
tory CT college aquadcs for years was the
varsity race, rowed on The Hudson
course this afternoon. Following it was
an equally exciting two-milc brush among
the freshmen crews, and then it was SO
dark that the four-cared race had to be
postponed until Monday. Here is the rec
ord:
University race, distance four miles
Contestants: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,
Cornell, Columbia and Georgetown. Con-
ditOuS: Smooth water, a rather brisk
northwest wind and a fairly strong ebb
tide; rOWed at 6:55 o clock FennSylVa-
MIA won, time 1S:44 3-5; Wisconsin sec
ond, 1876 2-5; Cornell third, 20:04 Is; Co,
lumbia fourth, 2O:O3 Is; Georgetown
fifth, 20.l9 Is In this event there was
never at any time open water between
the crews that finished first and second.
The freshmen race, distance two miles
Contestants. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,
Columbia and Cornell. Conlitions
Smooth water, little Wind and a strong
ebb tide; rOwed at p. m. Wisconsin
won, time 9:45 1-5; Pennsylvania second
1854 3-5; Cornell so close to Pennsylvania
that her time was not taken; Columbia
fourth; time nos taken.
The races SCI TO take place between 4
and o'clock had to be postponed because
of wind. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin,
during the whole four-mlle struggle, kept
their shells Tapped. and at nc time was
there clear water between them The
same was true of the Cornell. Columbia
and Georgetown crews.
AN EXCITING STRUGGLE
The fight between Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin became so exciting from the
continued uncertainty that the crowds
aboard the observation train fairly lost
themselves as the boats swept down
into the stretch and, forgetting entirely
their partisanship, they rose to their
feet and with hats, flags and handker-
chiefs waving wildly above their heads,
they screamed themselves hoarse in their
admiration of the contest.
Cornell at the head Of the trio that
followed the two leaders, worked hard as
they flew into the last quarter of a mile,
but her shell began to lose speed, and it
was soon seen that two of her men
had collapsed. She took her third place
by heroic work.
AS the Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
shells cut the finish line and began to
lose momentum, the exhausted oarsmen,
relaxing themselves from their terrible
work, shouted a pretty exchange of con-
gratulatOns, while those aboard that
part OF the observation train, opposite
them, raised their voices in a hoarse
shout Of approval.
WISCONSIN WINS.
There was more delay in getting the
freshmen off. The race was started
minute and a half after the hour. The
Wisconsin youngsters jumped into the
lead at the crack of the pistol and were
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 fur
nished plenty of spice to season with ex-
element the admiration raised by the
Wisconsin boys. As they passed under
the bridge, half way down the course,
Cornell was following the leaders very
closely, when suddenly some one shouted
a warming and the Ithican coach became
aware that Pennsylvania was squirting
and that his position was in danger. The
Cornell men responded with will to
the command of little Smith, who held the
tiHer ropes, and there began a sprint
through the last half that brought the
tired crowds to their feet AS they
dug down the stretch there We're cries
on every side of Its Cornenr' Its
Pennsylvania" and nobody knew who it
was. Slowly the Quaker eight continued
to force their boat to the front, and it
required an appeal to the judges to learn
that the Philadelphia boys had snatched
the honor of being second to the magnif-
cent eight from the West by scant
fifth OF a length.