New-York tribune., 1905-06-29
TRIUMPH FOR CORNELL.
WINS BY MANY LENGTHS.
Other Crezcs Far Back an varsity
Eight-Oored Shell Race.
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Poughkeepsie, n. Y, June 2S-Twenty-five
thousand persons this afternoon saw Cornell re-
gain her lost title of Queen of the River In
the four-mile varsity race, the principal race OF
the intercollegiate regatta, the Ithacans won
with an ease which was all but ridiculous draw
ing serenely away as soon as the six crews had
settled into their strokes and being never IN
the least danger of defeat. AT the half-mie 1t
was a certainty; at the mile it was a walkover;
at two miles it a procession; at three a
farce and at the finish mere nonsense. From
the two-mile mark Courtney's pupils were
anywhere from ten to twenty-five lengths IN
the lead, and when the final gun flashed and
doomed fully a quarter of mile of open
water divided Cornelrs shell from that of Syra-
cuse, her nearest rival
If the Ithacans in need of balm for the
defeat inflicted upon them a year ago, they got
IT in plenty No such overwhelming defeat has
ever been inflicted upon five eights in the his
tory of Poughkeepsie racing the Ithaca men
furnished to-day upon the young giants from
Syracuse. Georgetown, Columbia. Pennsylvania
and wisconsin. The time of the winners,
20:29 2-5, is no true measure of their supe-
riority True it is that this is far behind the
record of 1888 1-5, made by the phenomenal
Cornell eight of 1901. But there is no telling how
much the triumphant boatoad of Drawn that
this afternoon left the five other shells all but
hull down. might have bettered the time made
had there been the river capable of
putting up a respectable fight. AS 1t was, Cor
nell was first and the rest nowhere.
Cornell all but made clean sweep of the
river Her freshmen made the youngsters from
Pennsylvania Columbia and Syracuse look al
most as foolish as her varsity eight made its so
called rivals appear Taking the lead at the
crack of the referees pistol. the crew from Lake
Cayuga forged at to the lead and drew
steadily away, winning at the end with ease by
four clean lengths from the Syracusans. who
had a length the better of Columbia, Pennsyl-
vania being bad last.
MIX-UP IN FOUR DARED RACE.
The four Dared contest resulted in a mix-up
that has never had a parallel, and which 1t was
difficult to understand. Apparently F. r. Fort
meyer the Judge at the finish, was unable to tell
Syracuse from Cornell. It was plain to the
watchers on the observation train that Syracuse
had after a hard fight, managed to get over the
line about three-quarters OF length in front or
the Cornell boat. There was no doubt in the
mind of anybody not on board the judges boat
that this was the result of the race.
But vastly to the general amazement, word
came to the crowd that Cornell had been an
nounced the winner. The official flags that were
slung from the big bridge thus proclaimed the
result and the unexpected joy was almost too
much for the Cornell partisans. At once the de-
duction was made that Syracuse had been dis
qualified for fouling. Color was given to this
oDinion by the fact that from the western shore
II appeared during the final stages of the
struggle as if the Syracuse boat had swung over
upon the Cornell course and the 1tnacans were
forced to take some rough water that dld not
rightly belong to them.
The fact was, however. that the judge at the
finish had actually mistaken Cornell for SYRIA
cuse How such a mistake could possibly have
occurred is a conundrum that will not be cor
rectlv answered here. Suffice it TO say that it
aid occur All sorts of stories current as
TO the state of confusion on the judges boat
One warn was TO the effect that one of the
officials thought Columbia which finished bad
last had won.
However that may be. there appears to have
been aboard the boat enough eyes not trouoieo
,i+b strabismus to inform their possessors of
the fact that was plain enough to everybody
else--nameIy, that Syracuse was the winner.
There followed much argument with the hniSh
i,dee. who saw Cornell first The result was
that the original judgment was reversed ana
Syracuse very properly placed first a position
TO win which the four representing the rowing
principles of Ten Eyck had established new
record OF 1915 2-5. Meantime, Cornells friends
ashore had almost cheered themselves speech
less for nothing at all. To revenge themselves
they declared that they would have won any
how If Syracuse had kept to her own course
The results of the afternoons races exactly
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