The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-29

bow bore his crew right into their water.
Across the stem Of the New Workers. craft
the Onondagas ran their boat, and In their
en filter ter and p'e ease s up What small chancs
Columbia had was gone, for they lost
half dozen sturdy strokes and fell way
back AT the half mile Columbia was last.
a half length behind Wisconsin. Syracuse
who had twice as much on the Quakers.
Serenely unhecdinyg, Syracuse kept on
and moved across alongside Cornell. But
the lthacans could not be caught as was
Columbia. Courtney's lads hit. it up
notch, going about 35 to the minute, and
At the mile mark Cornell led by quarter
of a length of open water. Syracuse had
half length on the Pennsylvanians, OF
whom mucn was expected. Columbia had
crawed up and was fighting on even terms
with Wisconsin.
But Syracuse, once freed. was not to be
denied, Little by little the Ten Eyck oars
men came up, and every yard advance
cut down Cornell's advantage. This ad-
Vantage was less than a length half mile
from home, and with quarter OF mile
to go Syracuse was on even terms: Cor
nell fought hard, but was fairly rowed down.
Rapid, jerky strokes. 80 to the minute,
carried the Onondagas over the line hrst
by thrce-quarters Of ength. Pennsyi-,
van;n was third, three lengths back. and
whose men had the satisfaction 81 trim
ming the Wis nsin crew:
-Wow tha''s one. Now for three
straight, vel lod ey Itant Syracuse. "Don't
be in such hurry cried the Cornell men.
-iou haven't won this race yet. Even as
they spoke dow! iiutered the flags showing
the finish from tie bridge. At the top WAS
Cornell, with pennsylvania second ald
Columbia th!r'! ;,.i Syracuse fourth.
e., tu,'a sy. was the disrnayed Syrsc
ouorv.
"Diip,mlifed and put behind the crew
int fered With" was the reply. But the
flags care up suddenly and were let doTn
with the order the same az that in which tho
crews finished originally. The Syrscu'
bet cls bieathad easier. but it was only for
4 minute. For the third time the Tags we're
,ho- IN AMI back, and it was indicated that
Cornell was placed first with syria ou-e
second. Later it came to light that SYRIA
Cuse was decided on as the winner OF the
four oar. The final decision of the officials
was syracuse first. Cornell second. Penn
sylyania third, Columbia fourth Wisconsin
fifth.
The time Of 10 minutes Is % seconds
made new record for the course, dis
placing the figures of 10 minutes 81 10
seconds made by Pennsylvania in 1901.
Two anyhow for us now cried the Cor
nellians. as the train pulled back to the two
milo mark, to wait for the freshman race
Pennsylvania was the hot tipin this race.
The Quaker freshies were known to have
beaten their varsity eight time and again
in two mile rails and even to have defeated
them in Il four mile race. The Syracuse
-oldsters" were fancied great deal, mainly
because Of their age and consequent haral-
hood and incidentally because it was known
that they could row fast.
The way in which Cornell's four had sue
cumhed to the finishing sprint of the SYRIA
ctl-e boat also taught the lthacans' adj
herent3 that their neighbors up the State
were to he feared. Cornell's 'os boat,
made up of a game, fighting lot OF sturdy
lads. depending not so much on age ana
maturity as on splendid style and clear
clean grit, were unawed 10y the past per-
formances of their rivals.
Very deliberately the Ithaca youngsters
pulled into line with their three rivals.
They were furthest from the west shore,
with, Columbia, Syracuse and pennsyivtania anna
glided up just behind the Syracuse fresh
men, while Mr.. Eustis cautioned the oars
men against a repetition OF the performance
of the four. Then the pistol cracked, and
the second race was on.
True to their supposed strength. the
Pennsvlvanians lost no time III going TO
the front. All the boats rowed terrlnc
stroke the Qtakers' 80 to the minute being
only one notch higher than the other three.
Cornell and Syracuse were in close at
tendance. but Columbia was a little behind.
ever in its position as pacemaker AS soon
az the sta ting squirt had died down, Penn
svlvania and Syracuse relaxed their stroke,
but Cornell and Columbia kept II up. At
the half mile the Ithaca freshmen showed
in the lead by half length.
Tapped on the Cornell craft was the
pride of the Ononda gas who at that juno
t,,re we're in difficulties to maintain five
foot vantage over the Quakers. Opposite
the Cornell coxswain sat the descendant
of race of fighters, Chris Cox, and he was
driving his classmates at pace that signl-
fed that ither his boat or the other must
soon give mp. 1t was the other that could
not stand the strain. Back and forth with
n hammering persistent Cox swung,
striking 81 to each minute, which brought
the race nearer and nearer to an end, with
syracuse reapng the discontinue.
At mile it was Cornell by a length.
half mile further on there was a good bit
of open water between the shells. In the
in,t quarter Of milo the Syranise rnntars
fondly hoped that their freshmen would
squirt and win, as their varsity had done.
But it was not to be. Fighting Cox
saw to it hat two lengths worth of daylight
separated his boat from that of the len
Eyck contingent when the line was crossed
n nd the winning had been done. Columbia
despite n bad start, had pulled up well
and finished third, a length of open water
behind Syracuse and twice that much ahead
of Pennsylvania
The makeup Of the crews follows: