Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
The Four-0arsd Race Was q Bit Of Easy
Work, but Not the Others.
GREATEST TRIUMPH IN BOATING HISTORY
Literally Swept the Hudson in Grandest
Contest Ever Seen There,
WISCONSIN BOYS TAKE SECOND HoNoRs
To Them Belongs Great Credit for
the Splendid Fight which They
Made in varsity and Fresh
man Races.

PoUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y, June 21.-Cor-
nell won all three of the events in the
intercollegiate Amateur association regatta
today The four cared race was a bit OF
easy work for 1t, but In both the fresh
man and the varsity eights It was SO
closely pressed that It really had to win
them in the half mile by a display OF re-
serve force which none Of the other crews
could bring to bear.
The summary follows:
Four-oared race, two miles: Cornell FIRST
by five lengths, time, 1O4S AS; Pennsyl-
vania second by three one-half lengths,
time, 1854 AS; Columbia third, time, 1908.
Freshman eight-oared race, two miles:
Cornell first by two and three-quarter
lengths, time. 1884 AS; Wisconsin second
by two and one-half lengths, time, 9:42 AS:
Columbia third by one and one half lengths,
time. 9:49; Syracuse fourth by four lengths,
time, 953; Pennsylvania fifth, time, 1850.
Varsity eight -oared race four miles;
Cornell first by three lengths, time,
1906 3-5; Wisconsin second by one and one
half length, time, 1913 S-5; Columbia third
by one and three quarters length, time,
1918 3-5; Pennsylvania fourth by three
quarters of length, time, 1925; Syracuse
fifth by two feet, time, 81 2-5; George
town sixth, time, 1882.
COrneIPs Greatest Triumph.
Cornell won the greatest triumph Of It's
history in boating. The Ithacans literally
swept the Hudson winning all three events
in the intercollegiate regatta the varsity,
the freshman and the four Dared races In
each race the crews, coached by Charles
Courtney, had to fight ali the way from
start to finish for victory. In only one OF
the three races did the Ithacans dare to
at any time come down on their speed.
| The Wisconsin boys won the second honors
| of the day and to them belongs great credit
| for the splendid fight which they made in
| the varsity and freshmen races, In both of
| which events they finished a strong second
to the Ithacans. In all three races Colum-
bia finished third. In the four-oared Penn
| sylvania was second, but in the varsity
| race, the Quakers finished in fourth place
and in the freshmen race they were nth.
| The University of Syracuse beat the
Quakers out for fourth place in the fresh
man event and In the varsity Syracuse
fought Georgetown out in the last few
lengths, beating the boys from Washington
| by less than a yard at the finish line. In
| none of the races were the records touched.
| but in all three events the time were not
| far above the fastest that have been made
| on this course. Despite the clouds and
rain big crowd came to see the races.
| All through the morning 1t seemed as
| though postponements would be necessary,
| but as the hour for the first race of the
| day drew near the wind died away and
I gradually the sun fought its way through
| a nasty gray sky. The races were all rowed
under splendid conditions. The boats had
tho wind with them and the tide to help
them along Courtney says his varsity
| fukt k,I
the record of 1858 2-5, made by Cornell
a year ago II his crew had only been harder
pressed
Confident They Could Do BETTER.
The Ithacans now make public the fact
that week ago they came within four Sec
onds of the record and they are sure they
| would have done even better this afternoon
If they had to fight little harder Cd the
last mile. They admit that the freshmen
race was a surprise, but they say they were
confident of winning the four-oared event.
The Badgers plucky as usual, make no COM
plant. They are satisfied that the fastest
eight won in both the varsity and the
freshmen events, while Columbia is thor
oughly satisfied with the showing made by
its light crews.
The New Workers did not expeot to win
the varsity race. they were doubtful about
the freshmen race, but did believe they
would win the four-oaTed and perhaps they
would have done so but for the breaking
OF an oarlock.
The Quakers have little to say. PennsyI-
vanias most conservative admirer did not
expect a much better result and they have
no excuses to make. The Georgetown boys
were greatly disappointed in the varsity
race, for last night they were betting that
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Was a Hard Struggle.
The story of the big varsity race 10
the story of a hard struggle for all six
crews for four long miles. The graceful
shells werefrequently Tapped In the FIRST
mile. In the second mile Cornell pulled
out and Columbia hung 10 Wisconsin for
second place with a deadly grip, while
Georgetown was almost nose and nose with
the New Workers with Pennsylvanis and
Syracuse only a few feet behind. This
was the order OF the boats right up TO the
last half mile, where Pennsylvania spurted
and finally Syracuse jumped ahead OF
Georgetown only a few ayrds from the I'm
ish. over the last two miles OF the race
Cornell widened the gap between II and the
Badgers little by little, but twice the boys
from Wisconsin spurted and pulled the
Ithaeans back. Columbia hung to Wiscon-
sin up 10 the three mile flag and even
at the beginning OF the last half mile
when the Quakers pulled away. The Wash
ington boys struggled hard, but finally
dropped back TO sixth in the struggle.
, 1t was almost 6 o'clock when Referee
John Eustis asked the varsity men II they
were ready and fired his pistol. All six
cdews got away In good style, but the Cor
nell boat soon began to creep ahead. At
the end ofthe hrst eight OF a mile Cornell
had a ten foot lead over Wisconsin, while
! the other four shells were zigzagging along
side OF the Badgers coxwain. At the end
, of the qaurter mile the Ithacans had their
shell a good quarter OF length ahead of
the Badgers. II was a race 10 warm up the
most cold blooded. From the long observa-
tion train a curious medley OF esheer broke
the stiffness OF the Hudson and reverberated
J among the hills. Cornell ana Wisconsin
! were wild with excitement, while ColumbiH
WAS delighted with the way In which IL