The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-24
WISCONSIN IS SECOND.
Columbia Comes third in This Hard
Fought Race
THE FRESHMAN AND FOUR DARED RACES.
In these, Too, Cornell Wins, Taking all THREE
Events on the Inter Collegiate Regatta.
Interesting Story Of the
Struggle
(By the Associated Press.)


nell won all three of the events in the
Inter Collegiate Amateur Association
regatta today. The four-oared race was
a bit of easy work for her, but in botl
the freshman and varsity Fights she
was so closely pressed that she had tt
win them in the last half mile by dis
play of reserve force which none of the
other crews could bring to bear. The
summary follows:
Four-oared race. two miles-Cornell
first five lengths; time 1O:43 3-5
Pennsylvania second by three and 8
half lengths: time 1854 4-5.
Columbia third. Time 1:0S.
Freshman eight-oared race, two miles
Cornell first by two and three-quartel
lengths. Time 9:34 As.
Wisconsin, second by two and hall
lengths. Time 9:42 As.
Columbia third by one and a hall
lengths. Time 9:49.
Syracuse fourth by four lengths. Time
9:53.
Pennsylvania fifth. Time 1905.
Cornell first by three lengths. Time
1906 3-5.
Wisconsin second by one and half
length. Time 1913 3-5.
Columbia third by one and three-quar-
ter lengths. Time 1918 3-5.
Pennsylvania fourth by three quarter
length. Time 1926
Syracuse fifth by two feet. Time
1881 rs.
Georgetown sixth. Time 1882.
Cornell this afternoon won the great
est triumph of her history in boating.
The Ithacans literally swept the Hud-
son, winning all three events in the in
Intercollegiate regattas, the varsity, the
freshman and the four-oared races. In
each race the crews, coached by Charles
Gourmet, had to fight all the way from
start to finish for victory. In only one
of the three races did the Ithacans dare
at any time to let down on their speed.
The Wisconsin boys won the second
honors of the day and to them belongs
great credit for the splendid fights which
they made in the Varsity and freshman
races, in both of which events they fin
ished strong second to the Ithacans. In
all three races Columbia finished third.
In none of the races were the records
touched, but in all three events the times
were not far above the fastest that have
been made on this course.
Despite the clouds and rain a big
crowd came to see the races. All
through the morning it seemed as
though postponements would be neces-
sary, but as the hour for the first race
of the day came the wind died away
and gradually the sun fought it's way
through nasty gray sky.
The races were ell rowed under splen-
did conditions, the crews had a fair wind
with them. Courtney says that his var
slty eight had power enough to have
i. lowered the record of 1858 1-5 seconds.
made by Cornell last year, if his crew
had only been harder pressed. The Itha-
cans now make public the fact that a
week ago they came within four seconds
OF the record, and that they are sure
they would have done better this after
noon If they had to fight little more on
the last mile.
Inc story of the big Varsity race is
the record of hard struggle for all six
crews for four long miles. For almost
a mile the long graceful shells were
Tapped in the struggle. Over the second
mile Cornell began to gather her lead.
but Columbia hung to Wisconsin for sec.
ond place with deadly grip while
Georgetown was almost nose and nose
with the New Workers and with Pennsyl-
vania and Syracuse only few feet be-
hind This was the order of the boats
right up to the last half mile where
pennsylvania spurted and finally SYRIA
cuse jumped ahead of Georgetown only
few yards from the finish.
Over the last two miles of the race
Cornell widened the gap between her
and Wisconsin little by little, but twice
the boys from Wisconsin spurted and
pulled the Ithacans back Columbia hung
to Wisconsin up to the three mile flag
and even at the beginning of the last
half mile Wisconsin was leading the
New York boat by only a length and a
half. Georgetown held fourth place in
The race up to the last half mile when
Pennsylvania pulled away. The Wash
ington boys struggled hard, but finally
fell back to sixth and last place in the
struggle.
All six, crews in the Varsity race got
away in good style but the Cornell boat
soon began to get ahead. At the end of
the quarter mile the Ithacans had their
shells a good quarter of boat length
ahead of the Badgers. 1t was race
to warm up the most cold blooded. From
the long observation train cheers broke
the stiffness of the Hudson. Cornell
and Wisconsin were wild with excite
ment while Columbia was delighted with
the way in which her crew was fighting
for the lead
At the end Of the first mile Wisconsin
had cut down Cornell's lead by half a
length and the Ithacans were about a
quarter of length in the lead. Column
bia had fallen back a half length more
behind Wisconsin. Georgetown was now
a quarter of length behind Columbia
with Pennsylvania ten feet behind and