Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-07-04
Won the Varsity and Four Oar.
ed Races at Pough-
keepsie.
NEW RECORD FOR FIGHTS.
The Four Leading Boats in Varsity
Race Were Ahead OF Record Time
Wisconsin Was Third in the Con-
test-Pennsylvania Won the
Freshman Race.

Pouehkeepsie. n. Y, July 1.-The inter-
collegiate boat races over the Hudson
river course were decided to-day as fol-
lows:
Varsity eight:
Cornell first. time 1858 Is.
Columbia second, time lS.5S
" isconsin third, time 900 4-5
Georgetown -four tn, time 1924.
The hest previous record for varsity
eight WAS 1874 80
80 time was taken for Syracuse and
Pennsylvania who were many lengths be-
hind.
In the varsity four, Cornell was first,
time II 80 30.
Pennsylvania second, time lli5 20.
Columbia third. time II 81 So.
The best previous record was 1921 Ia.
In the freshmen race, Pennsylvania was
first time 1920 1-5; Cornell second, time
-; Columbia third, time 1856 Is; SYRIA
cusc. fourth. time 1914.
The previous record for freshmen eight
for this distance was 9:l9i2.
The first crews in the Varsity eight
rowcd the following strokes during the
race:
College. 1st mile I'd mile. Sd mile. 4th mile.
Cornell q. ..34 81 IS 80
Columbia 30 3S 81 81
A new record for Varsity Fights was
made on the Hudson River this evening
and what is more remarkable four leading
crews in the race each broke the old rec
ord by many seconds The Varsity eight
of Cornell University made the new record
of four miles in Is minutes. 10 and one
NTH seconds, the previous record being 10
minutes and n 3-5 seconds made by the
Pennsylvania crew last year. Columbi3
finished second making the course iii Is
minutes and IS seconds Wisconsin third,
IN, 4 = C..f,t.S rot 1u.ta fntfr ~ in v
The race was rowed in water that was
phenomenally advantageous. and while
this may have helped the time. still it did
not seem to assist the freshmen who row.
ed under almost the same conditions. The
varsity race was the most exciting of the
day although the other two with much un-
certainty over the winners caused furri.
The fact that Pennsylvania had been pick
ed as a sure winner of The four-oared
event but that Cornell beat her OUT, easily
whetted the appetite of the thousands up.
on the shore and observation train for the
other contests.
The phenomenal feature of the day Is
that had not the Cornell freshman boat
broken in the last half-mile Cornell would
tonight have three victories to her credit
Columbia is happy tonight for her oals.
mon have gone up from q very bad last
place to second place In n six-sided con
test, after giving the winners a terribly
hard fight, ana coming in but a few sec
onds behind. Georgetown, a new rival for
honors and to whom little attention had
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