The sun., 1901-07-03

moment ths. bow Of the Blue and White hoss
showed TO THO fore there .was . Wild dspon-
and White nsEs were aloit a. far ss the eys
back from the green hills Without iss up.
In fact, Columbia was so much in evidence
that the other universities seemed 70 be
SSasr ~ snsA tSs better :S"V q
With Cornell Q stpilar distance behind, George
town was fourth, Sbout three length, baok,
With syracuse and psnn,sylyani. q Tar bshind
AT the half mile Columbia was rowing ss.
Wisconsin IS and Cornell They were
bunShed 50 closely sE, together that the crowd
crew, The crews were 10 the same, relative
positions at three quarters OF 4 mile. after
Ghieh CSrnell began . 70 spqrt with IS stroke :,
the front and a. n,. mile they had wrestsd
co5nes turn e yeil and e as1nt tn: Red
out Of sight Cornells lead was but quarter
Of a length at this point. while Wisconsin
9sd rushed up on even terms n. WITH CoiHmb's. ,,n
game but hopeless race, Glanoing back
from the press car. as the train sped around
curve opposite the 4 was
cuse was just in sight. They were at least
twenty y-fvs lengths back then. which showed
what fast work the The leaders we're doing
length in front at the mile and half The
lthacsns were rowing q to the minute and
srs Ssns to Sa shs2 aG' she'll % hsS bod; & .wnS wss
And forth were handled with artistic sril.
Columbia snd Wisconsin w we're bow s and bow
degrees. a. .,,.,,,. . a.. MAJ
& SGeui p Go % ss m md Sssss
Cornell had half length over Columbia 81
that junctpre. with Hanlan's men . auaIter
was ea tSs sssa .%d e a ns .vasns then
would 60 by. the board.
bia was pullins i US IS 40 eiec.ivsiy that coTneIs
lead had been reduced TO nothing by Hanlan's
men. The Columbia crew was making fine
oa as eoo
was leading again by iifth Of q length iust
after are passing the twS-nils CI.,, marx: BYs IN IA
Ss yh 5ups
ana Kept . close to their rival. that I ~;
peared possible for them to pass them At
Columbia was rowing .ss 70 the minute .S
the two and Qne.half mie mark. but Gor9eu
SR Srsn 81 na sss E nA h SscF
the Badgers working diligently With IS.
Columbia. still determined TO show the
people that there was phenomenal u speed
raised 10 80 This effort was OF
sufflclent power 70 bring the New Yorf n boat "a
crews being length ahead OF Wisconsin The
pace was beginning TO tell ON the Badgers
but they hung on gamely They had never
rowed 40 fast before In their lives.
As the crews swept down TO the three mtls
mark at the bridge, all spsrtsd. Cornell
was only five feet in front oi Columbia es
they passed under the lofty structure Col
umba was two-thirds Of length better
than Wisconsin, with Georgetown Ave lengths
behind and the others out OF sight and OUT OF
mind
Fr m the moment the crews got clear Of the
brids a desperate struggle began. Colum.
bla again squirting, passed the lthaoans and
/. at three and u quarter miles by 4 thlrd OF
Columbia men everywhere believed that
Hanlans men were about TO do the tiox
and win glorious victory. But the hehs
creased the number Of strokes u thirty-slx
a minute aud also put enough power into
their oars to overhaul the game New orkors,
Fr4t Columbia led by a hall dozen feet.
Then Cornell took the lead with an advantage
of Ave feet They ser-saved down to the
three and One-hall mile flag where there
was not foot's difference between the bows
Of the two shells Wisconsin, outrOwed. MAS
full length behind them 50 that anybody
have to fght 1t out to the last boats length
Of the race lhs excitement was iht-nse
Men and women shrleked words oi adNI'e
and encouragement to tho two crews They
flags and handkerChiefs. The cannon doomed
and the whistles screamed, but the men IN
the flying shells were heodless OF the sur
roundtugS They were pulling for dear life
and that was enough Aquartsr of u mile from
houe IL was still an even thing
Then slowly the lthacnns drew away ~
was superior strength and perhaps better
condition thar was winning the day for them
Columbia gave dying gasp, a game, noble
effort to snatch victory from the IRE. Out II
was too much Of = task Nature would not
have II. SO the gallant Cornell crew, tho fast
es, that America has ever seen, darted across
the finish line clear length IN front. ia
1853 l-J Columbia did not quit but the
men puoklly mad" their craft bound home
IN isss Wisconsin followed in i90e As, the
Badgers showing unnstakabl" signs OF
weariness The Georgetown crew finished
in good style. but the others struggled home
n best they could There was another great
demonstration IA honor OF bQth victor and
vanquiShed and then the crowd hurried
away To talk over what was most sensa-
tional afternoons sport
OF the work OF the Varsity eight Coach
Courtney said he could not adequately express
his grtihcaton Il will say" he added
that il Is the finest Cornell crew that ever
sat in a boat, and doubt II ever better crew
row-d in "A race We were all confident that
the freshmen would win. and that they lost
the race BY an accident was a dissppoultInen
10 us. although 4 was no fa,llt OF the boys
The oarlock OF NO spread on account of
the Jolt IL gOt from a steamers swells and
finally broke on and the oar went overheard. "
While on the subject of swrlls Courtney
criticised vigorously the manner in whioh
steamboats, rushed up and down the river
keeping the water In a turmoil The referees
boat he included in the list of offenders. lie
declared positively that II Cornell IL TO row
here next wear dnertnl arrangements VIII
have % be made
bia launch got on a centre " hich caused it
10 drift down on COrnell's stakob boat at the
start. Fortunately, CornelTs shell was not
damaged. The stakeboat was set adrift
and on account OF the strong tide could not
Francis s. Bangs Of Columbia was much
pleased with Colunbia's game showing lie
said
We have put Colninbia back TO tho point
she occupied up 10 1853 In those days when
Columbia entered u race II was known that
she would either win or the winning crew
would have to break u record. That was
the ease to-day II would have been "Xtraor,, Z,
dinarv II Haulan ~ one yeAr had produced
Il winning crew "" are satisfied that Column
bia has faced many disbursements and We
think that the showing the varsity made
to-day will strengthen aqudtics az the uni
versity" The DISCRIMINATION in the Colum-
bia freshman eight. lllnlqn said was due 10
No. jumping his slid" which lost ths crew
length and half at the start.
The splendid showing made by George
town was "A source of much plea sure to Capt
Zappone. who said q feel satisfied. II wa +.
IA pretty piece Of work On the subject oi
tho swell, Of steamers, Coach Smallvood
uf Syracuse said he preferred not 10 be quoted
a. he WAS afraid hi- language would b" too
strong for print The men OF the Varsity
eight scored the rrlerce.s boat severely.
After pas.ing the hTllge the wash from the
Referees boat filed the Syrnclse shell half
fun of water The zen had 20 stop three
swapping Tho crew was only four or
five lengths behind GcorgetoHn at the finish
A startling, report II true. was circul lated
to-day that an attempt had been made TO
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