The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-24
CORNELL WON RACE
RED AND WHITE TAKES EIGHT
 OAR.
Was Perhaps Most HotIy Contested Affair Ever Seen in Classic Course --Pennsylvania and Syracuse
 Show Form.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. June 23.-Cor- nell again won the honors in the ans nual regatta of the intercollegiate row ing association. held here today over the historic four mile course on the Hudson river.
 The red and white crews were first in the varsity eight. the open intercoi- legiate championship of the year of the varsity fours. Syracuse won the eight pared event for freshmen crews, Cornell being second. The races were dcided between thunderstorms, par ticularly heavy one occurring just be- fore the varsity eights were scheduled to start. The racing shells of several of the crews were so filled with water that 1t was necessary to have them pumped out and thls delayed the send away until 6:1g o'clock in the evening.
 Exactly nineteen minutes and 86 4-b seconds later the study Cornell crew raced by tho judges boat. winner @y nearly two lengths. Almost bow to bow and stroke for stroke. the crews of the Pennsylvania and Syracuse were fighting 1t out for aeo0nd place. 1t was the prettiest struggle seen here for years and almost in the last sweep of the oars Pennsylvania forged q few feet ahead. Syracuse was ten lenRths in front of Wisconsin. with Columbia four lengths further back ahd George town bringing up the rear.
 Tn the four pared race. won by Cornell Syracuse was second. Colum- bia third and Pennsylvania last. Tn the freshman race Syracuse was fol- lowed across the line by Cornell. Wis consin. Columbia and Pennsylvania. Again in the latter contest the fight for second position was the real strug- gle of the race. Wisconsin came with in the heel of nipping Cornell in the last few days of the race.
 The downpour of rain which preced- ed the varsity race drenched the twen- ty thousand persons gathered along the shores of the river and on board the observation train. At last the shower ended and the sun shone forth as the crews were lined up for the start of the big race A rain bow arch appeared and while the Taes was one was of tbe R@ rarsst rrs besuty beauty The course was lined with yachts be- decked from stem to stern in their finest dressing of flags Everywhere there was color and life where few minutes before all had been hidden in the grayness of the storm. The great four miles race for the varsity eiGhts with It's contestlng crews aroused wonderful enthusiasm in the wet and bedraggled crowd which lined the course Columbia. Syracuse, and Wis consin were first away from the star. Ing boats. with Pennsylvania, Cornell and Georgetown laggards by only a few feet
 when a half a mile had been rowed. Syracuse was showing a good length in the lead, with Columbia second, Wis consin third Cornell fourth, Pennsylva- mia fifth and Georgetown sixth. Soon after this the Georgetown boat spurt- cd into fourth place. but fell away again very quickly and was never again A factor Columbia anud Wisconsin found the pace too fast at the end oi the mile and the race soon developed into one of two decisions. Cornell swept into the lead st the mile end half mark, Pennsylvanl. had raced to second