New-York tribune., 1905-06-29
"Are you ready. all?'

"Are you ready. all?"
Crec;SI goes the referees pistol. At the same
instant forty-eight blades flash in the late after
noon sunshine. six shells leap from inertia INTO
life; the still water is chruned into foanl' Whhe
the rocks of the mountains that line the river
hurl far out across the stream a roar such as
is heard there but once yese, and Always OIL
a June afternoon.
Apparently every one of those forty-elght
blades strikes the water at the same instant.
At any rate not the sharpest eye ABOARD the
observation train can award the advantage, II
II exists For the first few strokes all SIX crews
hang together. There is no percepuple diner
ence.
The next few moments really the most
thrilling of the entire day, for In them the
hopes and fears of many weeks training actual
IL have an end. 1t is rarely that the winner OF
a big boat race is not known after the IA ST
threa or four moments of the contest To-day,
however. it takes trife longer.
strokes-all of them rowing a thirty SIX, save
Cornell, whom a thirty-four satisfes-Syracuse
begins to creep away from her rivals lhcn ny
inIh the deed is done until, a quarter OF
mile from the pistols crack, she mas her hoSe sS
a quarter of a length ahead. At the naif nlIe
she has made it half a length and the Syracus-
ans aboard the rafting train are WHO win So So,
Wisconsin Georgetown and Columbia are close
upon her, though, so close as to threaten nel
supremacy momentarily, while behind Seofs
town, a length away, follows CorHeu' JUS
ginning to settle into that remorseiess stTaoe OIL
hers Pennsylvania is already bad last
But now something happens-just as the tne mos tqe
IMAGINATIVE OF the Syracusans nave ooIe Inc
race UP in neat brown paper parcei. Feau! toi
shipnent home Away over there on the OUTSIDE
Cornell begins to creep up like magic no" !.
is done perhaps Courtney may tell. Certalty
nobody else is likely to do SO. AT any rate, tle
magic works amazingly The lthacans nave $50 sat
down to row their terrible thtrty-two, and, STICK
ing easily to it, they race with incredible speed
past Columbia past Pennsylvania, past George
town past Wisconsin. and, yes, past syracuss ys1a
too and when only three quarters OF Iliie
has been rowed actually length 20 me
good The next quarter of a mile is one or the
most phenomenal bits of rowing ever seen. lts
at mile mark. Cornell no less
than six marvellous lengths in front OK SyTa-
cuse which is hard pressed to keep a mlsefaDie
quarter OF 6 length before Wisconsin. Half
length behind her cones Georgetown, three
lengths before Pennsylvania. Poor Columbia, In
last place. looks at this point hopelessly beaten
CoRNELL'S VICTORY EARLY WON.
From this point on the only way to derive any
entertainment from what goes on upon the river
is to forget Cornell entirely. On she goes. gain
ing steadily all the time. until at last she Is SO
far ahead that it is easy to put her out OF ones
mind
Then the race becomes interesting more
for Syracuse is hard pressed by Georgetown and
Pennsylvania and there is never open water be-
tween them in the first two and half miles
Suddenly cry goes up all along the line
Look at Colunbia."
And indeed the New-Yorkers are we'll worth
looking at, for from what seemed badly beaten
crew they are developing into possibly danger
Gus rival for second honors- Up they come,
rowing for the most part steady thirty-hve,
until they have passed Wisconsin, which has
suddenly collapsed and falls back. Steadily
. hey gain on Pennsylvania, which fights pluclSfly
losing battle, until at the bridge the New
Workers have wrested fourth place from the
Ouakers by the margin Of quarter Of boat
length and are going after Georgetown and
Syracuse.
PRETTY FINISH BETWEEN THE LOSERS
From the bridge down along that last weary
mile it is pretty fight among the three. Cor
nell has gone beyond ken. Nobody pays
much attention TO the winners, but back there
among the beaten there is fight worth seeing.
Half a mile from the end 1t looks IS if George
town would catch the Syracusans. who have a
lead Of only half a boats length. Ten Eyck's
men have last link to let out, however. and
they unkink it. Result they draw slowly away
Up to the Washingtonians then move the New
YorkerS, growing stronger with every stroke
and with the knowledge that they have made a
fine Fl ght But Georgetown too, has a last link,
and lets il out. Inch by inch, though, Columbia
gains.
But the finish line approaches fast-alI too
fast for Columbia. At last II is here and 1t has
saved third place for Georgetown by not more
than one-eighth of a length. Behind gallant Co
lur1bia, three lengths away, struggles Pennsyl-
vania- Beaten off. far away, still plods Wiscon-
sin in the wake of everybody else. Long, long
ago Cornell has finished, and the annual shrek
and roar Of steam and boom of cannon have
greeted the yictors. All the same. the real race
was among the losers. even though the coveted
challenge cup presented by DR.. Seaman, is not
for them.
The statistics and personnel of the winning Cor
nell varsity crew follows:
Pos snd Class Age. Height Weight
N.