The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-22
CORNELL WINS
GREAT TRIUMPH
intercollegiate Regatta a Series
of Successes For 1t.
ALL THREE RACES THEIRS
NOTABLE AQUATIC EVENTS AT
POUGHKEEPSIE.
n OUGHKEEPsIE. \. y. June u

Dared race was a bit Of easy work Tor
her but in both the freshmen and var
/ sity Fights she was 50 closely pressed
that she really had to win them in the
last half By a display of reserve force,
which none of the other crews could
bring to bear. Summary:
Four-oared race. two miles-Cornell
won by five lengths Time-l0:43 3-5.
Pennsylvania second. by three and
! half lengths Tlme-10:54 4-5; Columbia
| third. Time-11:0S.
Freshman eight-oared race. two miles
Cornell won by two and three-quar-
ter lengths Time-g:34 As: Wisconsin
second by two and a half lengths Time
By 2-5; Columbia third, by one and "a
half lengths. Time-9:49; Syracuse
fourth, by four lengths. Time-9.53;
pennsylvania fifth. Time-l0.0j.
Varsity eight-oared' race, four miles
cornell won by three lengths. Time
1905 30; Wisconsin second. by one and
7 half lengths. Time-19:13 3-5: COlum-
bia third, by one and three-quarter
lengths. Time-19.1S 3-5; Pennsylvania
fourth. By -three-quarters of a length.
Ilme-l9:2S: Syracuse fifth, by two feet.
Iime-l9;3l 2-5; Georgetown sixth. Time
-19:32
CorneIIs Greatest Triumph.
Cornell won the greatest triumph of
/ her history in boating. The Ithacans
literally swept the Hudson. In each
race the crews, coached by Charles
Courtney. 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
| freshmen races, in both of which events
they finished a strong second to the
lthacans. In all three races Columbia
| finished third. In the fOur-Oared Penn
| sylVania was second; but in the var
sity race the Quakers finished in fourth
/ place, and in the freshmen race they
were fifth. The University Of Syracuse
1 beat the Quakers for fourth place i'm the
] freshmen event, and in the varsity
Syracuse fought Georgetown cut In the
/ last few lengths. beating the boys from
Washington by less than yard at the
/ hnlsh lire. In none of the races were
/ the records touched, but i'm all three
events the times were not far from the
fastest that have been made in this
course
Despite the clouds and rain big
! crowd came 10 see the races. All
through the morning it seemed as
/ though pOstpOnement would be neces-
sary. but as the hour for the first race
or the day drew near the wind died
away, and gradually the sun fought its
way through a nasty gray sky.
The races We're all rOwed under spIen-
| did conditions. The crews had a fair
[ wind with them and a ripping tide to
! help them on. Courtney says that his
/ varsity eight had power enough to
I have lowered the record of 1S:551-5.
made by Cornell a year ago. if the
| crew had only been harder pressed.
The lthacans now make public the fact
{ mat week ago they came within four
| seconds Of the record, and that they
are sure they would have done even
better this afternoon if they had had
/ 10 night little harder on the last
mile They admit that the freshman
race was surprise but they say they
I were confident of winning the four
/ Dared events.
Fight All the Way.
The story Of the big varsity race is
I the record of a hard struggle for all
I six crews for four long miles. For AL
most mile the long. graceful shells
/ were tapped in the struggle. Over the
second mile Cornell began to gather
Z her lead, but Columbia hung 20 Wiscon-
( sin Tor second place with a deadly grin
/ Whue Georgetown was almost nose and
nose with the New Workers. with Penn
/ sylvania and Syracuse only q few feet
I behind. This was the order of the
boats right up to the last half mile
/ where Pennsylvania spurted. and final
/ ~ Syracuse jumped ahead of George
l town only few yards from the finish.
! over the last two miles of the race
I Cornell Widened the gap between her
/ and the Badgers little by little but
l twice the boys from Wisconsin spurted
/ and pulled the Ithacans back. ColJm-
I bia hung to Wisconsin up to the three
mile flag and even at the beginning OF
/ the last half mile Wisconsin was lead
\ ing the New York boat 10y only
/ length and a half. Georgetown held
4 fourth place up TO the last 7alf mile
{ when the Quakers pulled away. The
/ Washington boys struggled hard. but
! finally dropped back to sixth and last
/ place in the struggle.
II was almost o'clock when Referee
John Eustis asked the varsity men IL
/ they were ready. and fired his pistol.
! All six crews got away in good STYLE.
| but the Cornell boat soon began to
/ creep ahead At the end of the first
i eiEhth of a mile Cornell had a lead of
/ ten feet over Wisconsin, ynile tire
/ other four shells were zig Tagging
/ alongside of the Badgers cOXsVaiu.
/ At the end OF the quarter mile the
/ lthaCanS had their she'll a good QUAR-
! ter of q boat length ahead OF tn Bad
+. gers.
At the end of the first half mile the
six shells had begun to assume fraI
/ relative positions in the ace. which
! could now be easily. measured of. Cor
/ nell was leading by a three-quarters
! boat length over Wisconsin, while CO.
I lumbia was a bare quarter of a beat
I length behind the Badgers George
. town. Pennsylvania and Syracuse. were
pulling i'm the order named. with only
. a few feet separating the noses OF their
/ shells.
Wisconsin's Gallant Struggle.
Al the end OF the first mile Wiscon-
sin had cut down CornelIs lead bv
half a length and the IthaCanS were
barely a quarter Of a length IN the
lead. Columbia had dropped back hsIf
q length more behind Wisconsin.
Georgetown was now q quarter Of 4
length behind Columbia. with PennsvI-
I vania ter feet in the rear and SYRIA
/ cuse a half length behind.
/ over the next half mile Cornell began
to make up what she had lost. Little
by little the ItheCanS pulled away
/ from the Badgers, until they We're lead
ing by a fun length. Columbia chung
to Wisconsin without losing a foot.
! while Georgetown. Pennsylvania and
! Syracuse were once more almost even.
The Badgers were still ready to bet
that they would win the race. and their
hopes leaped up again as their crew.
( rowing at two points lower per min
ute passes the twO-mile flag. with Cor
nell barely seven-eighths OF a length
to the good. The same distance sen