Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-24
CORNELL WINS TWO RACES
Ithaca 0arsmsn Take the Varsity Eight
and -Four Rowing Matches.
Pennsylvania EIGHT FINISHES SECOND
syrncuse Wins Freshman Race,
with Cornell Second-Contests
Rowed Between Thun-
derstOrms.

POUGHkEEPsIE y. T.. June 3 Cor
nell again won the honors IN the annual
regatta Of jhe intercollegiate Rowing as
sociatton held here today over the four
mile course ON the Hudson river. The red
and white crews were first in the varsity
elght-the open intercollegiate champion
shin Of the year-and the varsity fours.
sarycuse won the eght-oared event for
freshmen crews, Cornell being second
The races were decided between thunder
storms a particularly heavy one occurring
lust before the varsity eights race. The
shells Of several Of the crews were so filed
with, water that f was necessary to have
them pumped out and this delayed ,he
send-away until 6l9 O'Clock Exactly ~
minutes and 36ts seconds later the sturdy
Cornell crew raced by the judges boat
winner by nearly two lengths. Almost bow
TO how and stroke for stroke the crews Of
Pennsylvania and Syracuse were fighting
IL out for second position. II was the
prsttest struggle. seen nere for years and
almost In the last sweep Of the oars, Penn
sylvania forged a. few feet ahead SYRIA
cuse was ten lengths in front ofs Wiscon-
sin. with Columbia four lengths further
hack and Georgetown bringing up in the
rear,
Between Cornell. Syracuse and Pennsyl
wanna the race was stif throughout After
TWO Of the four miles Of the course had
been covered Syracuse spurted to almost
even terms with. Cornell Ooggedly they
tried 10 hold level with the Ithacans and IL
was this early struggle that caused them
tn fail Just at the moment when Pennsyl-
vania challenged,
ithaca wins .Four-Oared Race.
In the -four cared race, won by Cornell,
Syracuse was second, Columbia third aud
Pennsylvania last. In the freshman race
Syracuse was followed across the line by
Cornell. Wisconsin, Columbia and Pennsyl-
vania Again IN the latter contest the fight
for second place was the real struggle Of
the race Wisconsin came within. an ace Of
Bippgng Cornell in the last few yards.
The downpour OF rain which preceded the
varsity race drenched the 10000 persons
gathered along the shores OF the river and
on the observation train. But the sun
shone az the crews. lined up for the start
A rainbow appeared and while the race was
on the picture was one OF the rarest beauty.
The surface Of the Hudson running be-
tween great hills OF green had been beaten
nat By the rain and was as placid as a
mill pond. The" course was lined with
yachts bedecked from stem to stern.
Everywhere there was color and life.
The first race Of the afternoon was for
VARSITY four-oared shells at stwo miles,
This race was won last year by Syracuse,
with Cornell second Today II was simply
= question as to the distance by which the
Ithacans would win. They crossed the
line with FIVE lengths to spare. Syracuse
was three. lengths before Columbia, which.
in'turn. was four lengths in front OF Penn
sylvahia. 2 .ghs
The second, race was for freshmen
Fights. 1t was won ny Syracuse by a
length and half from Cornell, the latter
being less than quarter Of "a boats length
IN front OF Wisconsin.
. The western shell. was swept by the
wash -of a towboat -inr the last half nliIe
and this inteffered materially with its
chances. Columbia and PENNSYLVANIA.
which finished. fourth and NTH were not
more than six lengths behindrth winners.
II. Varsity Race Begins.
The great, GOur-mile race OF the varsity
Fights aroused wonderfur enthusiasm in
the wet and bedraggled crowd, Columbia
syria ouse and Wisconsin were first away
with the others laggards by only few
feet When a half mile had been rowed
Syracuse was showing a good length ir
the lead, with Columbia second, Wiscon,
sin third Cornell fourth Pennsylvania
NTH and Georgetown sixth Soon after
this. the Georgetown boat spurted into
fourth place but fell away again quickly
ana was never again a factor Columbis
and Wisconsin found the pace too fas
at the end of, the mile. Cornell swept int
the lead at the mile and ? half mark
Pennsylvania had raced up to second plac,
and Syracuse was third Then came a mag