Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-06
CORNELL THE WINNER
Beats Pennsylvania Sturdy Son,
By Half a Length.
WONDERFUL Squirt AT FINISH

SJNs"es SheWS however, war
Successful in the Freshmen Race Al
though corneIl's Team Led at the
Start and Showed Great Form.
Poushkeepsie. N. Y, July 3.-Cor
nell's four Dared crew, In a magnlficeni
squirt at the mile and a half mark
passed the Pennsylvania crew and won
the race in 1L39 35 by half length
Columbia was a length behind Penn
sylVania. Penn had the lead by s
length until oyertaken at the half. and
rowed steady race. but could not hold
out against the snappy recovery OF
Courtney's pupils in the grinding An
fish,
In the eight cared freshmen race
the Pennsylvania crew won easily al
though 1t was claimed that a Cornell
freshmen had broken his oar In the
last quarter mile. Cornell was second !:
Columbia third, with Syracuse way il
the rear.
In the long race the competing crews
were Pennsylvania, Columbia and Cor
nell. AT the report of the referees pis
tol Pensylvania's four caught the wa
ter first but they were quickly followed
by Cornell and Columbia Nearing tbs
quarter mile mark Pennsylvania In
creased her lead to a quarter length
and there was open water between Cor
mel and Columbia. When the three
crews approached the bridge Cornell,
tok swerve to the eastward of her
course but the bowman quickly regain
ed his former position and there was
brave fight for the lead. At the one
mile mark Pennsylvania stin retain
ed the lead by half length and Co
lumbia was half length ahead of Coz
nell. Cornell was slowly decreasin,
Colunbia's lead and all three boau
were holding their course In a beau
ful manner. Nearing the last quarter
Cornell spurted and again decreased
Pennsylvania lead, and when near
the finish, closed the gap between the
two shells and took the lead over Penn
syIvania, winning the race by length
and a half. The of1cial time was: Cor
nell, 1888 IS: Pennsylvania, II: AS IS:
Columbia, Isl 3-5.
The freshman race was a beautiful
struggle from start to finish. The
crews got away at 4:19: so and all but
Syracuse seemed to catch the water at
the same time After the nrst ten
strokes Cornell and Pennsylvania tooB
slight lead over the other crews and
at the end of the first quarter Cornell
was leading by q length with Penn
syivania second and Columbia an h
Syracuse almost on q line for third
place. When the crews went under the
bridge Cornell had increased her lead
q quarter OF a length over Pennsyl
Van4a boat and Columbia was but al
length over the Pennsylvania boat,
while Syracuse had dropped back. put.
ting her two lengths to the bad. Enter.
Ing the last half mile Pennsylvania
oarsmen hit up their stroke and made
desperate effort TO overcome Cor
nell's lead. Stroke Pepper of the Penn.
sylvania crew again lifted the stroke
to "a and then TO SO, to try and over
come Cornell's lead and the gap was
gradually closed up, the Pennsylvania
freshies capturing the lead from. the
lthacans. Cornell began splashins
badly at this time and 1t was discover
ed that Torney, at No 8, had brokenI
his oar lock. The Cornell eight were
unable after that to regain the lead
and Pennsylvania won out by half al
length. The official time was: Penn
Columbia, 1913 1-5; Syracuse, 1914.