New-York tribune., 1902-06-22
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| Poughkeepsie. y. Y. June 2l.-Cornell swept
| the river Indeed the Hudson was never so
we'll swept before. and if it gets dusty before
| next June why the fault will not be Cornelrs
| The Ithacans won every solitary event OF the
annual regatta rowed here this afternoon In
the presence of many thousands Of spectators
Four-oared. freshman and varsity crews were
all the same to them Come one. come all. IL
made no difference to the Ithacans. and the car
dinsl triumphed over all rivals and Cornell is
mistress Of the Hudson.
Cornelrs victories in the four-oared and fresh
man races were exceedingly easy. and in the big
event of the day. the varsity race she beat the
best of her five rivals with two open lengths
of water to spare but she had to let her strength
out a bit to do the trick Wisconsin was second
at the finish of that long, heart-breaking strug-
gle, and Columbia third. only half a length
behind the badgers" after making game
and almost successful attempt 10 finish in sec
ond place. Pennsylvania. Syracuse and George
town We're badly beaten. the Pennsylvanians
managing to creep into fourth place two lengths
and more behind Columbia. while Syracuse beat
Georgetown about ten feet in the struggle to
keep out cf last place
The time made by the winning crew was
1905 So, against the 1872 ID made last
year by CornelTs record breaking crew. Court
ney is confident, and so are the members of the
crew, that the record established last June could
have been broken yesterday had there been
crew the river capable of making the Itha-
cans do their best. AS it was, Cornell never
gave her partsans any uneasiness worth men
tioning after the first half mile had been rowed.
The crew never had to squirt. and pulled practi-
cally the same stroke from beginning to end,
keeping it up to 80 TO the minute, with only
brief period when 1t fell TO 81 Before the race
Courtney said that he had only an average Cor
nell crew. but it turned out to be better than
that Just how much better circumstances did
not permit the spectators to find out.
The result of the big race no surprise.
as most good judges Of rowing prophesied that
the cardinal would win. There considerable
speculation about the freshman race, however,
and the Badgers" believed they had good
chance to win. They had complaint to make
after the race, they finished a good second.
as they did in the varsity race. Columbia fin
ished third in each. and disappointed about
the result of the four cared contest, in which
it was thought that she had a good chance to be
first. Her four performed in Unexpectedly bad
fashion Columbias scrub four rowed mile
on Friday in 5:O5 while Pennsylvania had to
the two miles yesterday in only 1O54 4-5
to beat Columbia three and a half lengths.
CREWS IN TWO CLASSES.
result of the race. and that that the
engaged in yesterdays varsity struggle were
divided into two distinct and separate classes
After the first mile had been covered Cornell
Wisconsin and Columbia went ahead, and
Pennsylvania, Georgetown and Syracuse dropped
back by thems5I Ives and there were two divisions
in the race thereafter of the members of
either division any time threatening to get
into the other.
The races were rowed under circumstances
that were nearly ideal for the oarsmen, and
rather trying for the spectators. The day
opened under most discouraging auspices, the
rain falling in torrents and the wind ruff1ing
the bosom of the river dangerously. Along tow
ard noon however, the rain ceased and the wind
died away although the clouds still hung dark
and threatening. The weather doubtless had a
strong effect the attendance. for Poughkeep-
sic was not as lively usual in the hours just
before the races and the morning trains did not
bring the customary crowds up from New York.
The afternoon trains up from the city on the
West Shore road well patroniZed, however
and when the appointed hour drew the
ancient Brinckerhoff groaned across the river