The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-24
DOUBLE VICTORY
FOR |THACANS
Cornell Takes Varsity FourS
and Eight in Annual Regatta
at Poughkeepsie.
SYRACUSE FRESHMEN
WIN ElGHT-0AR EVENT
Twenty Thousand Spectators
Who Gathered to See Races
Are 0renChed.

POUGHkEEPS1E, N. Y, June Is
Cornell again won tho honors in tho
annual regatta OF the Intercollegiate
Rowing association. held here today,
over the four-milc course on the Hud-
son river. The red and white crews
were first in the varsity eight-the
open intercollegiate championship of
the year-and the varsity fours. Syra-
cuse won the eight-oared event for
freshmen crews, Cornell being second.
The races were decided between thun-
derstorms, a particularly heavy one o.
curing just before the varsity eight
race. AT the starting the shells OF Sow
eral OF the crews were 80 filled with
water that 1T was necessary to have
them pumped out. and this delayed
the sendaway until 6;19 o'clock.
Cornell Wins by Two Lengths.
Exactly 19 minutes SO As seconds
later the sturdy Cornell crew raced by
the judges boat a winner by nearly
two lengths. Almost bow TO bow ana
stroke for stroke the crews OF Penn
sylvanla and Syracuse were fighting it
out for second position. 1T was tho
prettiest struggle seen hero for years
and almost In the last sweep OF the
oars Pennsylvania forged a 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 he
course had been covered Syracuse
spurted TO almost even terms with
Cornell Doggedly they tried to hold
! level with the Ithacans, and IL was this
| early struggle that caused them TO fall
| Just at the last moment when Penn.
| eylvania challenged.
Results In Other Contests.
In the four-oared race, won by Cor
| nell, Syracuse was second, Columbia
third and Pennsylvania last In the
| freshman race, Syracuse was followed
across the line by Cornell, Wisconsin,
| Columbia and Pennsylvania. Again
| in the latter contest the fight for sec
| ond place was the real struggle Of the
| race. Wisconsin came within nn ace
| OF nipping Cornell In the last few
| yards.
The downpour OF rain which pre-
ceded the varsity race drenched the
| 20, 600 persons gathered along the
shores OF the river and on the obser-
walton train. But the sun shone as
| the crews lined I'D for tho start.
| The first race Of the afternoon was
! for varsity four-oared shells at two
| miles 1t was simply a question as TO
| the distance by which the Ithacans
| five lengths to spare. Syracuse was
| three lengths before Columbia. which
| In turn was four lengths in front of
| Pennsylvania
Syracuse Freshmen Win.
The second race was for freshman
eights. 1t was won by Syracuse by g
length and a half from Cornell. the
| latter being less than a quarter OF a
! boats length In front OF Wisconsin.
| Columbia and Pennsylvania which f1n-
| ished fourth and fifth. were not more
than six lengths behind the winners.
The great four-mile race for the
| varsity eights aroused wonderful en-
| thusiasm. Columbia. Syracuse and
Wisconsin were hrst away with tho
| others laggards by only q few feet
| When q half mile had been rowed Sy-
racuse was showing a good length In
the lead. with Columbia second. Wis
consin third, Cornell fourth. Pennsyl-
| Vania fifth and Georgetown sixth.
spurted into fourth place, but fell
away again quickly and was never
| again a factor Columbia and Wis
consin found the pace too fast at the
end Of 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 magnificent spurt by the SYRIA
cuse men. They rapidly overhauled
Pennsylvania and closed the gap OF
nearly two lengths which had sepa-
| rated them from Cornell. The latter
crew was rowing at 80. while SYRIA
cuse went TO IS.
Men Collapse After Race.
| When the orange boat pushed along
| side the red and white shell the cox
swain In the latter called for a squirt
and the Cornell boat slipped into the
lead again. Time after time, with bril-
liant bursts OF speed. Syracuse strug-
| gled to overhaul the leaders and II was
not until the last mile OF the journey
that Cornell could show clear water
| Then Syracuse had shot her bolt, and
the Pennsylvania crew, pulling with
grim determination, snatched away the
honor OF second place by inches.
| The race was so hard that several of
the men collapsed. They were quickly
revived, however, and each crew was
! able to row to its boathouse.
| Varsity fours, two miles, for the Ken
nody challenge trophy: Cornell Won
| Time-10: IS 1-6. Syracuse second. Time
-10:434-5. Columbia third. Time
10; 65 3-5. Pennsylvania fourth, Time
| Freshman. eight-oared shells. two
miles, for the Stewards cup; Syracuse
won. Time-s:51 3-5, Cornell second,
! Time-9:55- Wisconsin third. Time
| 9:55 S-5. Columbia fourth Time
1o;07 1-6. Pennsylvania fifth. Time
| 1913 1-5.
University eight-onred shells. four
miles, for the Varsity challenge cup:
Cornell won. Time-19 Sc As. PennsyI-
vania second. Tfme-1s;43 As. SYRIA
cuse third. Time--1s:45 1-5. Wisconsin
| fourth. Time-20.13 40. Columbia
| fifth. Time-20:15 3-5. Georgetown
sixth. Time-20: 36.
| Members OF winning crew: W. g.
Newman, bow. r. c. Barton, Q. w.
| Stowell. 8: J, A. Dodds. 4; L. A. Cav
EFT. 8; c. P: Cox, 6; w. l. Lee, Z; E. T.
| Foote, stroke.