The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-22
|CORNELL'S BIG DAY
a.cANs SWEPT THE HUDSON
YESTERDAY.
WON ALL THREE EVENTS.
WISCONSIN BOYS WON SECOND
HONORS.

M
Yesterday Great Triumph for
corneH - Victory in FOur-oared
Race Was Easy, But 1t Required
work to Win the other Two-A
Made in Eight-oared Race When
wisconsin Was Pushing Hard-CO-
lumbia Came in Third.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, June 21.-Cor-
neil won all three of the events in the
81 Intercollegiate amateur association
II regatta to-day. The four-oared race
. was a bit of easy work for her, but
in both the Freshman and Varsity
Fights she was so closely pressed that
she had to win them in the last half
mile by a displGS of reserve force
which none of the other crews could
bring to bear. The summary follows:
Il Four-Oared Race, Two Miles-Cor-
nell first by five lengths; time,
1O:43 3-5; Pennsylvania second by
three and a half lengths; time,
1854 As; Columbia, third; time 11:O8.
Freshman Eight-Oared Race, Two
MiIes-CorneIl first by two and three
quarter lengths; time, 9:34 As; Wis
consin second by two and a half
lengths; time, 9:42 As; Columbia,
third by one and one-half lengths;
time, 9:49; Syracuse fourth by four
lengths; time, 1858; Pennsylvania fifth;
time, 1906.
Varsity Eight-Oared Race, Four
. Nv
time. 1906 3-5; Wisconsin second by
one and a half lengths; time, 1918 3-5;
Columbia third by one and three
fourths lengths; time, 1918 3-5; Penn
sylvania fourth by three-fourths of
length; time, 1926; Syracuse fifth by
two feet time 1891 2-5; Georgetown
sixth: time 1892.
Cornell won the greatest triumph of
her history in boating. The Ithacans
literally swept the Hudson, winning
all three events in the intercollegiate
regatta, the Varsity, the Freshman
and the foar-oared races. In each race
the crews, coached by Charles Court
ney, had to fight all the way from
start to finish for victory. In only
one of tive three race did the Ithacans
dare at any time to let down on their
speed The Wisconsin boys won the
them belongs great credit for the
splendid fights which they made in
the Varsity and Freshman races, in
both of which events they finished
strong second to Cornell. 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 post
ponements would be necessary, but as
the hour for the first race of the day
came the wind died away and gradu-
ally the sun fought it's way through a
nasty gray sky.
Could Have Lowered Record.
The races were all rowed under
splendid conditions, the crews had
fair wind with them. Courtney says
that his Varsity eight had power
enough to have lowered the record of
1853 Is seconds, made by Cornell last
year if his crew had only been hard
er pressed. The Ithacans now make
public the fact that week ago they
came within four seconds of the rec
ord and that they are sure they would
have done better this afternoon If they
had had to fight little more on the
last mile.
The story of the big Varsity race is
that of a hard struggle for all six
crews for four long miles. For almost
mile the long graceful shells were
tapped in the struggle. Over the Sec
end mile Cornell began to gather her
lead, but Columbia hung to Wisconsin
for second place with a deadly grip,
N.h al and
nose with the New Workers, and with
Pennsylvania 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 few yards from the
finish.
over the last two miles or 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-m
flag and even at the beginning of the
last half Wisconsin was leading the
New York boat by only a length and
half. Georgetown held fourth place in
the race UP to the last half-mile,
when Pennsylvania pulled away. The
Washington boys struggled hard, but
finally fell back to sixth and last
place in the struggle.
How the Race Was Rum.
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 9
boat length ahead of the Badgers. L
was race to warm VI
the most cold blooded. From the Ions
observation train cheers broke thu
stiffness of the Hudson. Cornell and
Wisconsin were wild with excitement
while Columbia was delighted will
the way in which her crew was fight
ing for the lead.
At the end of the first mile Wisconsin
mad cut down Cornell's lead by hal
a length and the Ithicans were abou
quarter of a length in the lead Co
Iumbia had fallen back half lengl
more behind Wisconsin, Georgetown
was now quarter of a length behint
Columbia, with Pennsylvania ten fee
oehlnd and Syracuse a half length
PACK. The Ithacans had plainly set
yea INTO their pace and were rowing a
thlrty-two.
over the next half mile Cornell be
81 10 make up what she had lost. Lit
xe by little the Ithacans pulled ava,
rom Wisconsin until they were lead
ing by a full length. The Badger
we're stlll ready to bet that they woul'
WIN the race, and their hopes leape'
~ again as their crew, rowing at tw,
POINTS lower per minute. passed tn
e~o-mlle flag with Cornell about sew
en.eghts Of a length to the good.
~ the three-mile flag the race seem
co to be over. for Cornell was nov
Two lengths ahcdd. But the Badger
IRE not yet whipped. once NOR