The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-27
ALL THE RACES
WON BY CORNELL.
Varsity Event Was WaIkOver, but the
Freshmen Eight.Oar Was Surprise.
Syracuse Made Good Showing.

Poughkeepsie, n. Y, June 27.-'Varsity
tour-oared race two miles-Cornell first,
time 10 minutes. "a seconds. third OF a
length over Pennsylvania, second. time
lo:354-5: third. Wisconsin. time l0:55&
fourth. Columbia, time 1l:h. Best prev
sous time I'm four-oared race 1881 l-5,
made by Pennsylvania in 1900.
Freshman race. eight-oared. two miles
Cornell, first, time 3 minutes IS sec
onds; Syracuse second, time minutes
% Is seconds; Wisconsin third. time 3
minutes. 30 seconds: Columbia fourth.
time minutes, Al seconds; Pennsylvania
nfth. time minutes, As seconds. Best
previous time s:lsh. made by Yale in
1897.
Varsity race, four miles, eight-oared-
Cornell. first. time is minutes 81 seconds;
Georgetown second. 10 minutes q sec
onds; Wisconsin third. 10 minutes % 2-b
seconds; Pennsylvania fourth. tine 10
minutes 3s s-5 seconds; Syracuse fifth,
time 10 minutes 3s 2-5 seconds; Columbia
sixth time 10 minutes "a is seconds.
Best previous time Is minutes So Is Sec
onds made by Cornell I'm 1901.
TWO SURPRISES.
For the first time in years there were
distinct surprises in the intercolleg ate
races here yesterday Two crews of
practically unknown quantities, whose
coaches had not predicted or had not
hoped for anything better than fourth
Oh fifth place in their respective races.
each finished second in the two most inn
portant races of the day. The Syracuse
IL
honors in the Freshman race that for
the last half-m1le II was a serious ques-
tion whether her boys would not pun
10 victory Georgetown university In
the Varsity race. while finishing very
bad second to the phenomenal crew put
in the race by Cornell university, walk
ed away from the other four crews In
the race, old-timers. with the exception
of Syracuse, in manner that made the
rowing sharps simply throw up Their hats
for JOY.
VARSITY RACE a wALKovER.
II was. as IL has been now FOR the past
two years, Cornell day. As In last years
races. Cornell won all three races. and
while only one record was broken IL Is
the general consensus OF opinion tonight
that had the Cornell Varsity crew been
pressed the record would have been
broken even in that race. The varsity
race, as a matter OF fact. was a misera-
BILE walkover, Cornell taking the lead be-
fore the mile point hae been reached ana
rowing away from her competitors In
manner so easy that at no time was she
ever pressed for the first place.
The result was that In the last mile,
where. II pushed, she would have rowed
from 81 to 33 strokes per minute, she held
a 2s clip almost 10 the finish, crossing the
line at not over 80 strokes per minute
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petitors.
THE FoUR-OARED EVENT. r
Prior to the races the four-oared event
was practically conceded to be Pennsyl-
vania's because her four was known TO /
have had more practice than the others
and to have shown better form. but Cor
nell beat her by n third OF n length. the |
nose of the Pennsylvania shell being on /
A line with the bow oar OF Cornelrs shell
rs the flag fell wisconsin was poor
third. almost six lengths behind Penn
eylvania.
ONE OF THE SURPRISES.
The Freshman elght-oared event was
one of the great surprises OF the day.
While Cornell was the favorite for II. Co
lumbia. II was thought. would give the
champions a hard rub for first place and
would certainly finish second.
Syracuse was given last place and
Wisconsin was looked upon as an un-
known proposition. Cornell did not disap-
point her adherents The Ithacans finish
ed FIRST, breaking the intercollegiate rec
ord by a second and half. while the
6yracusans jumped from last place.
awarded them by public opinion. 10
good second place losing the race only
in the last quarter OF mile upon a ter
rife squirt by Cornell, and beating her
nearest competitor, Wisconsin. by fully
two lengths. Columbia finished a poor
fourth. while Pennsylvania simply wal
lowed behind.
THE VARSITY EIGHT.
( For the varsity eight-oared race Cor
nell was a decided favorite, but with
water conditions better than they have
been for years. because OF a very strong
current coupled with nigh water. she
failed TO break the record because at no
time after the first mile was she pressed
by~&ny crew In the race. Her time was
4-5 seconds slower than that OF the Cor
nell crew OF 1901.
Near the first half OF the race second
and third places were contested for by
the crews-Cornell safely in first place
IN two divisions. Georgetown, Wisconsin
and Columbia for second, and Pennsyl-
third
Just before the bridge. however. the
spell was broken and the long pull be
gan 10 sort out the superior mettle The
rear eights crowded upon Columbia
which was falling behind First Syracuse
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