New-York tribune., 1903-06-27
CORNELL SWEEPS RIVER.
WINS TRIPLE VICTORY.
First an VARSITY Without Struggle
GeOrgetO7Cn Second.
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Poughkeepsie N Y, June 26.-The Hudson
swept clean again to-day Having observed
how thoroughly Yale attended yesterday to her
annual housekeeping job on the Thames, Cor
nell made up her mind to emulate the example
of the New-Haven colegians The result was
triple victory for the Ithacans whose sturdy
Courtney-taught crews bore off the palms OF
victory in the varsity. four oar and freshman
races, and all with consummate ease.
Cornell, in view of her record and the fact
that she was understood to have one of the
best eights in her history this year, was
strong favorite to win the varsity contest, but
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Columbia were
thought to hold strong hands for four oar ana
freshman honors. When it came to racing
however, there just one crew on the river
and that was Cornell. The only time she was
hard pressed was in the four oar race Here
Pennsylvania gave her a gruelling contest ana
the Ithacans were out to the last ounce 10 WIN
by a scant half length.
Cornelrs victory in the varsity struggle was
about the hollowest thing seen on the river
Columbia's crew, by an hysterical effort man
aged to poke their shell into a microscopic lead
at the end of the first quarter mile, but Cornei
picked them up at will, took the van at the hrst
haIf-me mark. and after that threw water at
all the other five crews she pleased. Had
the race been twenty miles instead of four. Cor
nell would have been hull down on the horizon
at the finish. AS 1t was, the winners were easily
eight lengths ahead of the second boat at the
end
GEORGETOWN FIGHTS FOR SECOND.
Georgetown of whom little expected,
made hot fight for second honOrs, and just
managed to get the place from Wisconsin, who
beat out Pennsylvania another dark horse, by
the narrow margin of three-q quarters of a length
for third place Pennsylvania only just did get
home before Syracuse. and last of all came Co
lumbia's highly tried eight.
There was much mourning and some gnashing
Of teeth in the Columbia camp for the crew had
worked well and seemed strong that the
friends of the New York collegians felt war
ranted in prophesying that the varsity eight
would be well up in the forefront at the finish.
But alas and alack! Columbia finished dead last
in all save the freshman There they
fourth out of five
On the other hand, two crews of whom little
was expected by the collegiate and boating
world did vaiantly. Georgetown got second
honors somewhat barren though they were. in
the big scramble, and Syracuse pressed Cornell
tolerably close at the wind up of the freshman
race But there is little to remember, when all
is said and one except the overwhelming
character of Cornelrs triumph.
One feature of the winning crews race simply
aStOunded the rowing critics This was the low
stroke Cornell adopted and stuck to- After the
first mile of the varsity race Cornell never got
above a 80 stroke and several times dropped as
low as 2S She rowing 80 clip when she
crossed the line, the easiest winner that ever
bore off palms Of victory at Poughkeepsie.
WINNING VARSITY NOT PRESSED.
What Cornell might have done in the way of
record breaking will be known. for the
hat Gha IaI to har
could not get reasonably good pacemaker
out of the five opposed to her The last
two miles of the four merely practice
padding for her, and her crew scarcely knew
there had been a race. In view of this fact
CornelTs time-1S.r-is little short of marvel
lous. Only eight has beaten IT on the
Hudson, and that was the Cornell crew of two
ago, which covered the distance hard
pressed by Columbia in 1888 1-5.
The triple triumph was another big white
mark for Courtney. to whom so much of Cor
nells aquatic prestige is due. The ''od man.
himself was on the river yesterday. viewing the
races from the launch Cornell This in itself in
dicated that he had great confidence in the re-
suit, for Courtney has made it rule for many
years not TO see the races. but to shut himself
up somewhere far from the shouts of the CON
tending clans until the struggle Is over and the
victory won or lost
Nature smiled on the river yesterday for the
first time in many days. Folks who got up early
in order 10 determine whether it was to be a fit
day for excursion up the river found the first
sure enough sunny day within the recollection
of the oldest inhabitant. In consequence of this
there a tremendous outpouring up the
rive
IMMENSE CROWD SEES RACE.
1t is a notoriously difficult thing to estimate
the attendance at a boat race. but oldtimers who
have been doing II for years expressed the belief
that not far from forty thousand spectators saw
Yesterdays races. They came in special and reg
uar trains both sides Of the river ali night and
through the day up to few minutes before the
first race started. Most OF Poughkeepsie that
did not cross the river viewed the spectacle
from the high bluffs that overlook the Hudson.
Several huge excursion steamers crept up from
New York loaded to the waters edge with hun
dreds OF excursionsts. The entire course was
lined with pedestrians. while the observation
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