The sun., 1901-07-03

later en- ooIns yndc tps betdge Cornell
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and CorHelii younsssfrs were Foxinf veil
eSSSrso;s eSS so :.sr %sx said tho sauss'o sharpe.
But stili the doughty Quaker kept plug
with with ta5 S:syS s,ofi: i:nS ins
rapidly now. was IN danger Of being over
hauled BY Syracuse
=, It vas at the mile and . .qusrte! dss that
and unsIp Ipsotsd burst q speed they travelled
| so fast that Cornell,s lead was summarily
reduced 70 one.hslf a length But the
Of thsir own "' that was Just as as sn.otiys they
! drew away again to the extent Of q length.
| Cornell at that point was rowing an easy.
fssentatives seemed to be on the point Of
isbors suddenly No. Q in the Psnnsylvsnis
IT'S all over with tho ouaksrsr screamed
the Cornell men on the moving oars. The
crew . M . hAs ,sss S.sn agS,n rS.ea ia
J . moment. but Columbia, noting the sccidspt
up, 70 q a minute For a momeht y looked
but It proved TO be but an idle dream, as the
! ouskers, with wonderful nerve and remark
able strength. spurtsd too and vent are. re.
happened near tho mile and half Gag. 60 that
| In view Of the short distance left TO 90 II was
not at all strange that tho spectators anoat
and ssh9re were dazsiod by the spectacle
Cornell Was sailing along majest.cslly
toward tho finish whom suddenly No was
to 's ug straight K f.. and d5qSs Ses
the cry ali slong tho lind The rover had
lost his oar and. OF course. could not pfg..
vSs. Th h: e.1s ss .ss ss. Ssausn % ccsSn s:tas
though the coxswain did his best to restore
order Then just as the men were getting
int a swing that might A have enabled them mt; 70
splashing through the water and he, too,
had to stop No had caught crab and
ths, meant more troqSlo e cSras,t got hi%ssif Sssa
| gave a memorable exhibition OF pluck under
| the most trying circumstances
But No; could not help catching another
| crab, and that settled II. Tor the Pennsyl-
| ysnis crew. still plugging away and incl'
| dentally running tner stroke up TO ~. ov-f-
hauled the lthscans when there were only
that shook the frames Of the young men
| until they saw the surrounding fleet whirling
before their eyes They were dizzy and
winded. all Of them. but still they rowed on
| for the sake OF alma mater As the finish
| line was reached the Pennsylvania shell
| shot forward and the Ouakers were We
nell sympat6,ers. in view Of what had hap-
pened. we're by no means ashamed OF their
freshmen Columbia was little short OF
three lengths behind ,Sl Cornell with Syracuse
| "Couftney came came very & near putting , mat A.
explanation, and he would 9 ,y have succeeded
The Pennsylvania rooters were happy.
| but they freely admitted that the victory
| OF their freshmen was II huke Columbia's ;
1 .Fa.. n laaH n
| ths accident in the early part Of the race
The observation train now hurried back
70 the starting starting PSsln, OF the VARSITY iS race on
| woman in rowboat well stocked With
jumped on the cars, ran down the
She had 100 bottles Of very warm birch beer
and for 10 cents Il bottle she disposed Of her
| cargo in less time than II takes TO tell II
she moaned rs she counted over her money,
| and II she had done SO -he would have csshed
Just the, same. The Ky ,was black with
| them up In n brilliant manner The women
| In lighs clothing and no umbrellas prayed
| for the race 10 begin. The crews. six Of them
| IN all were slowly padding up stream 20
| begin the biggest race OF the day. The
| Syracuse crew was the hrst TO get near the
dories anchored IN a row from which the
| we're light lot and were counted out OF II
| then and there by the experts soon the
| Pennsylvauians half OF them wearing hand
kerchiefs tied around their heads, rowed np
| the river with slow, steady stroke. while
! their friends cheered them ~ the echo. The
| Pennsylvania launch. Ben Franklin. with
| Nisconsin's mentor. aboard. came after the
\ shell Not many minutes afterward the
| Cornell, syracuse Georgetown and Columbia
| 'VArsities came into view, each receiving in
| turn an ovation from the train. IL was the
| OF three minutes To align t.r crews at
| their proper stake boats. II was BRA O'Clock
| the crews II they were ready when the Coz
| mmbia launch with HHulan on board hOuted
down rapidly with the tide and becoming <
| entau gled with iornell- stake boat. ripped
| II loose from its place
| The Columbia launch had no business in
| suoh "a place and there was much adverse
| criticism for Hanlnn and others who were
| held responsible for the lnlshap. OF course
there was an unavoidable delay while the
| man in the stakeboat vainlv tried 10 haul
| up his anchor and get back 10 his original
| position As this was found 10 be impossible.
| the referee decided TO allow Cornell TO take
what Is known as flying start. Everybody
| Are YOU ready" asked the referee Tho
ooIswsins all answered 10 the affirmative
The referee tried to fIc h. revolver. . but
| away from the imaginary, mark and there
| was another delay while The crowd looking
At ths lightning and the HarerIosTed ,,, clouds
| over. the pistol was fired and the race began
| In earnest
When the oars splaShtu INTO the mirror
| Ike river Cornell'~ shell was The first 10 get
| away; Columbia and Wisconsin, however.
we're almost as quick, and AZ the first quarter
| Of a mile these three crews were punched to-
| gsther, with the others struggling along
| behind them Columbia ope ned with 81
| stroke ,ornell with 49, Wisconsin. 3 Syra-
Cu-e IS Pennsylvania, "a and 'ieorsetown,
| 3d. Georgetown hHd tho extreme outside
| position, with Cornell. Wisconsin, Columbia.
| Syracuse and Pennsylvania placed side by
| side in the order named, with the QuikeTs
next TO the west bank.
| At the quarter mile Cornell was the leader
| by umrtrr OF "a length. with Columbia half
| a length In front of Wisconsin All three
| crew. were rowing with ease. and yet they
were getting great speed out or the shells
| The speed was ~ fast, Tor that matter. that
| even AZ this enrly stage ot the race the other
| crews were seen 10 have no chance Penn
| svlvania dropped back immediately IN"
| Ouakprs rowed slow, ragged stroke mat
| loft them further behind with every bout
| length syracuse was trne better than
| Penn- ylvanis but not in tho class with George
| town. the Washington crow following the
| three leaders with good. powerful stroke
| thar drew them away from the tail-enders
| with rapidty
| Columbia sprinted az the half-mile ia Z
\ was reached II was 4 splendid enort and
| sent the New York shell 10 the front The
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