Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-26
Beats Harvard Varsity
Eight in Grand Race
Ideal Rowing by Two Carefully
Trained and Balanced Crews.
CorneII's Time I0.4I 3-5; HarVard's 1852
The Other Races.

Boston. May 21.-ln llagnlllt'Ht
race Inch WIS fought desperately inch
by invIi from start to finish and which
WIS roWcd under favorable condltI"hS
both as To the wind and water tn"
Cornell Varsity CiGht-uHrcd crew de-
fcatvd the Harvard Varsity eight on
the Charles river this afternoon by
thrr, length The event, which WAS
tn, concluding feature Of an interesting
regatta was termed by rowing experts
as a splendid exhibition of ideal racing
by two carefully trained and finely
ba Iauccd sets Of oarsmen, taking int"
consideration the adverse conditions ot
w;tc,. ana a hld swell left by pleasure
boats which the police had failed to
clear from the course. Corncll'S official
tim. over the course of tx miles was 10
Minis. tI:;-5 secs, while Harvard crossed
the finish in 10 min. and - seconds tlat.
Tic VARSITY race was preceded ny
an eight -uarcd race between clEhtS
from the Cascadilla preparatory Sch""l
nj Ithaca. \. Y. and the stone IRE
paratory school of this city, an event
which WIS won Ivy the former crew III
| : MINIS. H. Ia secs. The course was
15-l6 miles ana CaScadi'la won by wv"
| lnIcthS after an exciting struggle. An
! ,t her event WAS the single Scull con-
| tryt omen to Harvard men. competing
| for the Carroll cup ana this WAS won
by L r. Smith of the Law School Wh"
| also vaS tn" victor i'll the laSt year ,
contest for the Carroll trophy
| TIL" hig event of the day was VII
messed Nv several thousand people VINO
assembled at points of vantage ON haf-
| yard bridge under which the "arSlnth
| r,,y,d. on the Boston SEA wall and al
=. Large grand stand al the Union ti"a'
C'yub where the Varsity race finished.
An carly mornings placid river
changed in the afternoon to rough
surface. kicked up by an caSt'rlA
brcrzn which ran up the river against
the ,bb idle The officials dccid"d !"
run off the Varsity event. however,
which WAS started about 80 L. VI.
The coursc WAS down stream with the
tide and against the Wlld. me crew >
vcrn given a nying start and both
"ights caught the water ~ pf'i'''ta''S
thc same. moment. Both Harvard ANA
Cornell showed skill in getting away
ruIljug Il slow quarter stroke thoh !
half and then u thrcc-quartcr ui'li
the broad fun stroke VA" rrach'd
stcaiIv ana pnWcrfullN. Then C"rh"ll
! hit n stroke Of &c at once while liar
ward followed with -. The shells were
very close together. almost WITHIN
striking di5tanc" il seemed. f"f"fc'
T. = Bangs of New York m"Gaphnh'"
tn, Cornell cnXaW"in who had ~" m
SID, course to v""r off, AMI til" danger
of AN accident WAS nvcrtrd. TIA" crews
hrId even until tn" quarter milo. IN,
CORNELL forged slightly in til" lead u't-
til she WAS Il fun half length t" the
good At iha time both shells Wcr'
! moving easily without the slightest
hang. aud both boats were wei space"
Al the half when Cornell was roWinl
20 tud Harvard : strokes faster I" the
3. minute The Tthacans had Increased
their Head to one length. At this p"in
: both crews began 10 feet th" rough
water. While tlr swell from the spec
ltator's crafts h"gHn 10 bother ~" oars
! mon hndlv. Harvard being nearer tn
middle Of the river, got Il littl" th'
worst of the chnppy water "Hd th'
y wake left nv III" pl"IelT" boats. N"N'
orthcIrss tho Cambridge oarsm"u pull
cd a strong distances killing $trnk"
WYtchiug the race from the lnuncl
| ,Inll tIiTtiil D'dil ''itH Jfi'i
Wr,v of the Harvard eight SAW Will
immense satisfaction that his pupil
v.r.. tracticinj: the quick catch If th
water as tn" m"n pushed TN" b''h'
IN. \ feat fur which Ii" had been labor
I Ing from tile first moment Of hi
,n,chiug. There was Il snap at the h."
giuuiuE Of tn" sir"E" WhIl" ~" IN
WAS steady ana sure. For her par
Cornell exhibited Coach Courtney
SLOW steady stroke which with IL
\ eighth nlrsIuou working III perfect har
J uouv. caused the Cornell shell fairl
e to bound through tn" water.
Thr Cornell method proved itself
b thing of value. for at the thrcc-quartc
milo the IthncHuS We're on" and on"
r1ai-trr lengths ahead Of tn" Ilarvar
rowcr;. cornell did this with he
.trnkc of 80 when Harvard was row
e inc at ~ tirnduIlIy til" gain Was IN
y creased ana at the mil" flag fornc
led by a length and y half After thi
rnultnry'S mon began to squirt. I'll
stroke. was pushed Up to ,: and 50
was held to the very finish. CoXsWai
T:lacd.u Of Harvard took his cue frnl
his Cornell competitor aud incrcas"
the cri,nsons stroke To So.
i The Harvard eight responded mar
~ fully ana after leaving the one and
ot half mill. station where the IthacaI
lcd bv two ana half lengths. striN
az hard as she could Cornell could ne
increase her lead by more than half
boat length. Enthusiastic cheers WEI
m from Ill side as the two shells fash
- ed down to the finish line and thel
= was a great demonstration as the Coz
ncu oarsmen speeded past the viii
flag. the victors in a thrilling race. al
after a desperate finish by thr'
lengths Of their shell. The Harvar
men were given an ovation as the
rowed by the finish flag. still in goo
form. Aid apparently ready for a
- other contest.
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