The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
ARE THIRD.
Cornell Wins All Three of the Boat
Races at Poughkeepsie
With Ease.
Wisconsin Gets Third Place in Au
the Events-W alkover for
Ithacans.

Poughkeepsie, N. z, June 27.-VarsitJ
four-oared races, two miles: Cornell drst
time 1924; Pennsylvania second. tinna
1875 4-5; Wisconsin third, time 1055 1851
Columbia fourth, time liza. Best previous
time in four-oared race, 1921 1-5, made
by Pennsylvania in 1900.
Freshman race, eight oared, two miles,
Cornell first, time 9:18; Syracuse second
time 9:22 1-5; Wisconsin third, time s:3zi
Columbia fourth, time 9:41; Pennsylvania
fifth, time 9:45. Best previous time,
9:19A, made by Yale In 1895.
Varsity race, four miles, eight-oared:
Cornell first. time 1857; Georgetown Sec
ond. time 1927; wisconsin third, time
1929 2-6; Pennsylvania fourth. time
1888 3-5; Syracuse fifth, time 1896 Us;
Columbia sixth. time 1854 1-5. Best
previous time. 1888 LIS, made by Cornell
in 1901.
For the first time in years there were
distinct surprises in the intercollegiate
races here yesterday. Two crews of prac-
tically 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 i'm
portant 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 serious
question whether her boys would not pull
to victory. Georgetown university, In the
varsity race, while finishing very bad
second to the phenomenal crew put in the
race by Cornell university, walked away
from the other four crews. Columbia
university crews, from which very much
had been promised, finished in the worst
possible shape. In the freshman race she
was the fourth crew and a poor fourth.
Wisconsin was third, with Pennsylvania,
from which nothing had been expected.
as her crew had been materially changed
in the last few days, close fifth.
In the varsity race Columbia finished
last, being at least six lengths behind
Syracuse, the fifth in the race, and at
least four out of her eight men collapsing
in the boat as the finish line was crossed.
It was. as it has been for the past two
years, Cornell day. AS in last years re-
gatta, Cornell won all three races, and
while only one record was broken, 1t Is
the general consensus tonight that had
the Cornell crew been pressed the record
would have been broken even in that
race.
The varsity race, as a matter Of fact,
was a miserable waIkover, 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
place.
The work Of Georgetown In the varsity
| race was great surprise. At the second
mile, when it was supposed that both
Georgetown and Syracuse would have
been practically finished for any place ex-
| cept fifth or sixth, this remarkable crew
with a slight increase of stroke pulled
steadily out Of the bunch, and while abb
solutely unable to reduce the enormous
lead of Cornell. showed its superiority
over all the other crews in the race.
One tragic incident attended the races
by which Edwin J. Myers of Brooklyn
lost his life. Myers was in the crowd that
climbed to points Of vantage on the west
bank of the river. Just after the fresh
4 man race, stone on which two men were
sitting directly above the spot where
Myers and his companion were. broke
loose and fell It struck Myers and bore
him to the ground. His neck was
broken.