Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
CORNELL TAKES ALL.
Wins the Four-0ared, Fresh
men and Varsity Races.
An Unexpected Result Of the Great
Event at Poughkeepsie.
Three Great Contests, With Varsity
Won in Walk.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, June 2G.-For
the first time In years there were dis
tinct surprises in the Intercollegiate
races here, today. Two crews of prac-
tica1ly unknown quantities and whose
coaches had not predicted or had
not hoped for anything better than
fourth or 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 it was
serious question whether her boys
would not pull to victory. Georgetown
University in the Varsity, while finish
ing very bad second to the phenome-
nal crew put in the water by Cornell
University, walked away from the other
four crews in the race, old timers with
the exception of Syracuse, in n man.
ner that made the rowing sharps sim
ply throw up their hats for joy. Sum-
mary:
Varsity four-oar race, two miles
Cornell first, time, 10 minutes, "a sec
onds; third of n length over Pennsyl-
vania. second. time. 1925 As; third,
Wisconsin, time, 10.55A seconds;
fourth, Columbia, time, lila. Best pre-
vious time in four Dared race, 1871 1-5,
made by Pennsylvania in 1900.
Freshman race, eight-oared, two
miles-Cornel, first. time, minutes.
IS seconds; Syracuse, second, time, 9
minutes. 90 1-5 seconds; Wisconsin,
third, time, minutes, 80 seconds; Col
lumbia, fourth, time, minutes, Al sec
onds; Pennsylvania. fifth, time, Q min
utes, As seconds. Best previous time,
9.10h, made by Yale in 1897
Varsity race four miles. eight -oared
Cornell, first, time, 8 minutes, 81 sec
onds; Georgetown. second. time. l? min
utes. 81 seconds; Wisconsin. third, time,
time. 10 minutes, 20 2-5 seconds; Penn
sylvania, fourth time 10 minutes. 33 -35
seconds; Syracuse fifth, time. 10 min
utes. SO 2-5 seconds; Columbia. sixth
time. 10 minutes, "a 1-5 seconds. Best
previous time, IS minutes, 53 Is sec
onds. made by Cornell in 1901.
1t was az it has been now for the past
two years, Cornell day. AS in last
wears races Cornell won all three races,
and while only one record was broken,
It Ia the general concensus 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 Il miserable walkovcr, Cor
mel, taking the lead before the mile
point had been reached and rowing
away from her competitors in man
ner go easy that at no time was She
ever pressed for the first place. She
held 2S clip almost to the finish,
Of 20
per minute and fully nine lengths
ahead of all competitors
Prior to the races the four-oarcd
event was practically conceded to be
Pcnnsylvania's because her four was
known to have had more practice than
the others and to have shown better
form, but Cornell beat her by third
of a length. the nose of the Pennsyl-
vania shell being on a line with the
bow oar of Cornelrs shell as the flag
fell.
The freshman eight-oared event was
one of the great surprises of the day.
While Cornell was the favorite for it,
Columbia 1t was thought would give
the champions a hard rub. The Itha-
cans finished first, breaking the inter-
collegiate record by q second and a
from last place. awarded them by pub
lie opinion. to a good second place, los
ing the race only in the last quarter OF
Il mile upon a terrific squirt by Cornei
and beating her nearest competitor
wisconsin, by fully two lengths Co
lumbia finished a poor fourth. while
Pennsylvania simply walloped behind
For the Varsity eight-oared race
Co., 20 h,rt
with water conditions better than they
have been for years, because of very
strong current, coupled with high wa
ter, she failed to break the record, be
cause at no time after the first mile
was she pressed by any crew in the
race.
During the first half of the race. secon
and third places were contested for b
the crews-Correll safely In first place.
two divisions. Georgetown. wisconsin an
Columbia for second. and Pennsylvani
and Syracuse fighting gamely for third.
First Syracuse and then Pennsylvani
passed Columbia whose squirt at the ont
set had taken all they had, and whlc
even finally dropped far to the rear.
The brilliant feature of the race wa
the contest for fourth place which p,
wisconsin upon her pest EFFORTS even
defend third. Down the last mile the
came in bunch. amid the roaring
cheers the deafening din of the whistle
Cornell leading by good 10 lengths, cas-
Nv pulling n stroke not exceeding 10
the minute. Georgetown safely sec"n'
wisconsin third by the output OF h'
best. and Pennsylvania and Syracuse a
but in n dead heat for fourth place.
lumbia hopelessly in the rear. And :
they finished.
There was very large crowd, not le
than 1000 on the observation train al
6OO0 or 6000 upon the shores and blur
along the course. The enthusiasm W;
confined largely to Cornell. whose adhe
ents kept up an unbroken stream
cheers and songs.
The monks of the ChartreuSc. who ha'
,.ao, oxnallad from Fra under the T.