New-York tribune., 1902-06-22
CORNELL SWEEPS RIVER.
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and getting the correct response fired the pis-
| tol. Forty-eight oars caught the water so near
| " together that there little to choose, but
| Cornell got away little the quickest using
! short dip and catch apparently designed 10
| accomplish that object. Pennsylvania, however,
started off at a tremendous gait, with a %
stroke h ana @ ISf sew Sc Sro back and was
| soon in the second division. where she remained
consistently thereafter
CORNELLS EARLY LEAD.
| At the end of the first hall mile the bow OF
the Ithacans shell was half a length ahead.
| Columbia was in second place but only held il
| from Wisconsin by narrow margin Wiscon-
| sin was a length before Pennsylvania, while
| Syracuse and Georgetown We're racing length
| for length. There open water to be
seen between the first and the last boat Cor
nell. at the start, settled down to the steady
thirty-two strike. from which she varied only
once during the whole four miles Columbia
was at thirty-seven. Wisconsin at thrty-siX and
the two rearguard crews at thirty-four each
The end of the first mile saw Cornell still half
length to the good. but Wisconsin had taken
| second place from Columbia. and Georgetown.
by squirting, had got half length the better
of Pennsylvania. AT mile and half Corners
| lead was a length Wisconsin and Columbia
were having a hot battle for second honors, with
the Badgers half a length ahead and the three three
| rear crews almost together. CorneliS
stroke still stood al thirty-tWo, ana her Wdte,
manship simply perfect Whitney Merrlli'
| who rowed No. in the Cornell crew, was not
| pretty to look at he bumped his back with
| every stroke. but was apparently fun OF
| power and vim. and the rest of the crew were
| in admirable form
| The end Of the first two miles saw the begin
| ming OF the end for, although Columbia ana
| Wisconsin made heroic efforts to get up: the
| leader continued to gain. and when haII the
| journey over, her lead was a length ana
| quarter. II was two lengths. a length of clear
| water at the bridge and increasing with every
| stroke despite an obvious squirt on the part or
| the two nearest pursrers. Pennsylvania. George
| town and Syracuse We're by this time clearly out
of it, but they toiled on perseveTingiy IN the eI,
fort to beat each other pennsylvania having
! bit the best of the argument .
Between the bridge and the three and half
| mile flag the Badgers made final effort to
I get within striking distance Of Cornell, mttlnS
| the stroke up TO a 80 and picking up half a
! length of the lost distance. but Cornell putting
! a little more power into her stroke, drew away
| without any great effort and certainly without
increasing the rate of her stroke at all. AS the
! last half mile entered upon, the whistles
and bells Of the yachts surrounding the finish
line began their upToar and they continued II
| until the last crew had struggled across the line
It plain half mile away that Cornell could
| not be caught It was doubtful if Columbia
| could nose Wisconsin out Of second place. The
| New Workers made a gallant effort to do the
| trick and certainly made up lost ground in
| rapid style so that the Western crew was bare
| " length before Columbia at the end. Pennsyl-
| vania managed to lead the second division. two
| lengths behind Columbia and about fifteen feet
| ahead Of Syracuse, who just did beat George
| ia
| crews follows:
| Cornell. 1905 80: Wisconsin 1913 3-5: Co
| Iurnbia 10: Is So; Pennsylvania, 1926; SYRIA
cuse. 1881 %: Georgetown 1882.
The conditions favored fast time. as the water
was smooth the tide ebbing and gentle breeze
followed the crews down the river
The winning Cornell crews were thus COM
| posed:
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CORNELL FoUR-oARED
| No 2-P F Bainger. stroke--C. A. Lyford.
CoIunbia's crew was much lighter than last
years. and their good fight and clean waterman
ship won them many congratulations, wiscon-
sins workmanship was not so good, especially
| in the last mile and it was only the power of
their stroke that placed them so we'll at the
finish. Pennsylvania's bad showing was great
| disappointment
THE FRESHMAN RACE.
In the freshman race Cornell got the lead at
the start. and never once lost it. For the first
half mile Syracuse made a splendid fight for
| Wisconsin had pulled up. Syracuse was in
fourth place and Columbia fifth. All five boats
were Tapped. and IT was not until the last half
mile of the race that there open water be-
| tween any of the shells. Over the last mile Cor
nell and Wisconsin fought ii out for first place
but the Ithacans gradually pulled away from
the Badgers Columbia jumped up Syracuse
on the last half mile and beat out the Syracuse
boys by length and d half for third place
The Quakers remained in fifth place from be-
ginning 10 end in this race and at the finish
were four lengths behind Syracuse. The time
was: Cornell, 9:34 40; Wisconsin. 9;45 IA; CO.
lumbia. 9:49 Syracuse, $50: Pennsylvania
1905
THE FOUR-OAR.
In the varsity four-oared race Pennsylvania
took the lead at the start. with Cornell close
second and Columbia in third place The
1thacans gradually pulled up even with the
Quakers, and at the half mile were leading by
two boat lengths, with Columbia length and
half behind the QuakeTs. Columbia spurted but
soon fell back, and the Ithacans jumped ahead
length by length until they five lengths
ahead at the finish. There were three and half
lengths between Pennsylvania and Columbia
The time was: Cornell 10: 43 3-5; Pennsylvania