The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-27

Varsity four-oared race. two uiles-Cor-
nell first. Time. 1884 third Of length over
Pennsylvania, second. Time. 1895 As sec
onds. Wisconsin third. Time, 1855 3-5 sec
onds. Columbia fourth. Time. 1l:l4 seconds
Best time in four-oared race, 10 minutes
81 l-5 seconds. made by Pennsylvania in
1900
Freshman race. eight cared. two miles
Cornell first. Time. s:ls Syracuse. second.
Tine. seq is seconds. Wisconsin third
Time, s:S2. Columbia fourth. Time. e:4l.
Pennsylvania fifth. Time, Gas. Best pre-
vious time, $780,. made by Yale in 1897.
Varsity race. four miles. eight cared
Cornell first. Time. IS minutes 5. seconds
Georgetown second. Time, ~ minutes q
seconds. Wisconsin third. Time. 10 m,nu-
utes % 25 seconds. Pennsylvania fourth.
Time, ls minutes IS 3-5 seconds. Syracuse
fifth. Time. 10 mbinu;es 36 % seconds. CO.
lumbia sixth. Time. 10 minutes 81 Is Sec
onds. Best previous time, is minutes So rs
seconds. made by Cornell in 1901.
Poushkeepsie, n. Y, June cs-For the first
time in years there were distinct surprises
in the Intercollegiate races here to-day. Two
crews OF practically unknown quantities
and whose coaches had not predicted or had
not hoped for them any better than fourth
Q. fifth places in their respective races. each
finished second in the two most important
races of the day.
The Syracuse University crew took such
close second honors in the freshman race
that for the last half-mile 1t was a serious
question whether her boys would not pull
to victory.
Georgetown University. in the varsity
race while finishing a very bad second to
the phenomenal crew put in the race by
Cornell University, walked away from the
other four crews in the race, old-tImers
with the exception of syracuse in man
her that mace the rowing sharps simply
throw up their hats for joy.
COLUMBIA'S POOR SHOWING.
The Columbia University crews, from
which much had been promised, finished in
the worst possible shape. although in the
betting in the general PFC dictons, and in
the representations If her coach, Column
ba was supposed to have an excellent
cnance in oVIn the four-oared ana VARSITY
races.
As it was. she finished last in the four
Dared race. being beaten out even by Wis
consin. which university had put --eea
crew in the iielu in shell borrowed IRON.
Columbia
In the freshman race she was the fourth
crew. and very poor fourth: Wisconsin
was third with Pennsylvania. from whom
! haG been materially changed in the last few
Gays a close fifth.
In the 'rarsity race, Columbia hnisned
Syracuse, the fifth crew in the race, and at
least four out of her eight men colapsing
| in the boat as the finish zine was crossed
1t was, as II mas been now for the last
two years, Cornell day As in last year S
regatta Cornell won all three races, and
while only one record was broken. II Is the
consensus of opinion tonight that, had TIE
Cornell varsity crew been pressed, the
record would nave been broken even in
that race.
WALKOyER FOR CORNELL.
The varsity race. a matter OF fact.
was miserable walkover, Cornell taking
the lead before the mile point had been
reached and rowing away from her COM
petitors 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 thirty-one to thirty-three
strokes per minute, she held tweuty-eight
clip almost to the finish. crossing the line
at not over thirty strokes per minute and
fully nine lengths ahead of all competitors.
i As has been indicated. the work Of
Georgetown in the varsity race was great
surprise Her crew. instead OF being as in
previous years here. vacillating in stroke
and form, was in both respects extremely
steady. At the second mile, when II was
supp, sed that both Georgetown ard SYRIA
cuSe Woutd nave peen practically finished
for any place except fifth or sixth. this re-
markable crew. with slight increase OF
stroke. pulled steadily out of the bunch
and. while absolutely unable to reduce the
enormous lead Of Cornell. showed heir SUI
periority over all the other crews in the
race.
PENNSYLVANIA DISAPPOINTMENT.
Prior to the race the four-oared event was
practically conceded to be Pennsylvania
| because her four was known to have had
| more practice than the others, and to have
shown better form, but Cornell beat her
out by third of a length, the most of
the Pennsylvania shell being on a line with
the bow oar of Cornell's shell as the flag
fell. Wisconsin was poor third. almost
twenty seconds, or six lengths. behind Penn
sylvania. The curious thing about this was
that she was fully nineteen seconds. or six
lengths. ahead of Columbia, from whom she
borrowed her she'll
The freshman eight-oared event was one
of the great surprises of the day While
Cornell was the favorite for il. Columbia
II was thought. would give the Ithacans a
hard rub for first place, and would certainly
finish second. Pennsylvania. because of the
many changes In her crew. was not ex-
Dected to Go anything. Syracuse was given