Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-06-29

CORNELL is
THE VICTOR.
Varsity Eight CARED Event Fea.
ture Of the Regatta at
POughkeepsie.
SYRACUSE SECOND.
SECOND.

P~OUGHKEEPSIE, n. Y, June 29.-
Cornell r~cjolces in an aquatic paradise
regained, for over the beautiful four
mile Poughkeepsie- Highland course,
stretching smoothly down between the
rolling hills of the Hudson and before
thousands of Ithaca's faithful, Charles
C0urtney's crack varsity eight dis
tanced the strong crews of Syracuse,
Columbia, Pennsylvania and Wiscon-
sin.
The varsity was the feature of the
regatta and was won by Cornell in 20
minutes 20 90 seconds.
Syracuse was second, more than one
minute back of the speedy lthacans,
with Georgetown third. close behind.
Columbia, Pennsylvania and Wiscon-
sin trailed in the order named, the lat
ter crew finishing in - minutes & 10
seconds.
AS mad been predicted by rowing ex-
perts, the crews fell behind the record
Of Is minutes 80 20 seconds made over
The course in 1901 by the Cornell crew,
NItnOuSn lit NiCtJIb vi lnC iatC nati
covered the distance this year in prac-
lice i'll IS minutes "a seconds fiat.
That no record would be broken was
predicted for the reason that at )
O'clock, the hour the race was rowed,
the tide was slack.
Cornell won by about twelve lengths.
Her crew early took a commanding
dead, which they not only maintained
all the way, but which they steadily
increased. Rowing about thirty-five
strokes to the minute, the speedy eight
never seemed to tire, and their work
seemed to grow easier as they sped
down the river.
The river banks were lined by thou
sands, who cheered the victors on to
their finish flag. Excursion craft of all
sorts were stationed in the stream and
crowded to the last bit of standing
room. while the big observation train,
with its twoscore cars, stretched along
the west bank,
The race was rowed under ideal con-
ditions.'
The race started at 4:49 o'clock.
Cornell caught first water and led at
a hundred feet, with Pennsylvania Sec
ond, Georgetown and Syracuse, side by
side, third. Columbia was last.
Georgetown soon gained ON Cornell,
while Columbia seemed almost out of
the race, her men splashing as they APP
preached the mile mark.
Syracuse spurted and caught up with
the first three crews. At the two mile
mark Cornell had a good lead, with
Syracuse and Georgetown side by side.
Cornell led about -four boat lengths.
At the three mile mark Cornell in
creased her lead by a length, driving
the shell through the water with ease,
rowing thirty-ive strokes to the min
ute.
Half a mile from the finish Cornell
led by eight lengths. pulling away with
every stroke. She increased this lead
to twelve lengths and won easily. with
Syracuse second and Georgetown,
which %overhauled Columbia, third.
Cornell won the freshman race for
eight Dared shells, again having SYRIA
cuse as her nearest competitor. The
order of the finish in last years fresh
man race was just the reverse. SYRIA
Gus having won and having been con-
sidered a strong factor in the two mile
sprint.
In the four cared varsity race SYRIA
cuse won, with Cornell second, Cornell
and Syracuse thus dividing the honors
of the day, the former getting two
firsts and a second and the latter one
first and two seconds. Wisconsin fur
nished a big surprise by finishing alb
solutely last.