Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24
CORNELL s CREW
CROSSES FIRST
WINS THE COLLEGE AQUATIC
EVENT
Pennsylvania Is Second With syra.
cuse In Third Place-Winners
Never Threatened Dur
Ing Race
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated PreS3.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, June 23.-
Cornell again won the honors i'll the
annual regatta of the intercollegiate
Rowing association held here today
over the four mile course on the Hud-
son river.
The red and white crews were first
in the varsity eight-the open intercol
legiate championship of the year and
the varsity fours, Syracuse won the
eight-oared event for freshmen crews,
Cornell being second. The races We're
decided between thunderstormS, par
ticularly heavy one occurring just be-
fore the varsity eight race.
At the starting the shells of several
crews were so filled with water that it
was necessary to have them pumped
out, and delayed the sendaway until
6:19 o'clock.
Exactly 10 minutes Sc AS seconds
later the sturdy Cornell crew raced by
the judges boat a winner by nearly
two lengths. Almost bow to bow and
stroke for stroke the crews of Pennsyl-
vania and Syracuse were fighting it out
for second position.
Pretty Struggle
1t was the prettiest struggle seer
here for years and almost in the last
sweep of the oars Pennsylvania forged
few feet ahead Syracuse was ten
lengths in front of Wisconsin,, with
Columbia four lengths further back
and Georgetown bringing up the rear.
Between Cornell, Syracuse and Penn
sylvania the race was stiff throughout.
After two of the four miles of the
course had been covered Syracuse
spurted to almost even terms with Cor
nell. Doggedly they tried to hold level
with the Ithacans, and it was this early
struggle that caused them to fail just
at the last moment when Pennsylvania
challenged.
In the four-oared race, won by Cor
nell, Syracuse was second, Columbia
third and Pennsylvania last.
The downpour of rain which preceded
the first race drenched the 10000 per-
sons gathered along the shores, from
the river and on the observation train.
But the sun shone as the crews lined
up for the start. The great four-mile
race for the varsity eights aroused
wonderful enthusiasm. Columbia,
Syracuse and Wisconsin were first
away, with the others tagging behind
by only q few feet.
After half a mile had been rowed
Syracuse was showing a good length
in the lead with Columbia second, Wis
COuSlll lIiiIds SOliCll lOol III, Siiioyi-
vania fifth and Georgetown sixth.
Soon after this the Georgetown boat
spurted into fourth place, but fell
away again quickly and was never
again a factor.
Columbia and Wisconsin found the
pace too fast at the end of the mile.
Cornell swept into the lead at the mile
and a half mark, Pennsylvania had
raced up to second place and Syracuse
was third. Then came a magnificent
squirt by the Syracuse men.
Pennsy overhauIed
They rapidly overhauled Pennsyl-
vania and closed the gap of nearly two
lengths which had separated them from
Cornell. The latter crew was rowing
at 80, while Syracuse went to 35. The
race was so hard that several of the
men collapsed. They were quickly re-
vived, however, and each crew was able
to row to it's boat house.
Official time: Cornell, 1926 Is; Syra-
cuse, 1O:4S 2-5; Columbia, 10:55 2-5;
Pennsylvania, HOG As.