Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-27
ROWING HONORS
WON BY CORNELL
lthacans Squirt at the Right Mo-
ment and Beat Columbia
by Inches.

POUGHKEEPSIE. N Y. June 27.-Cor-
nell maintained her prestige on the inter-
collegiate course yesterday by winning the
varsity eight-oared race. but she did 1t
only after the most desperate struggle of
her boating career.
From start to finish it was Columbia
that rowed SO game race that there was
never half length between the men of
Cayuga and the men of Morningside. 1t
was Columbia that led Cornell over the
first two miles, then lost the speed by a
fraction of q length. and in the final mile
recovered the loss. the two crews fighting
an almost neck to neck race down to
the finish line. where Cornell, by a SUI
preme effort put forth in the last 200
yards, forced the nose of the Ithaca shell
across the line. with the point Of the Co.
llmbia boat so close behind that 1t appeared
from the observation train to be abreast of
Cornells bow oar.
The Naval Academy crew finished a good
third after lively race with Pennsylvania
for that position. The Philadelphia oars
with Wisconsin fifth. Georgetown was near
ly full mile behind. but was given sixth
position. because Syracuse. which had
rowed good race over the first three miles,
failed to finish.
OF the earlier honors of the day, SYRIA
cuse won the university four-oar event,
beating Cornell by a length and half. with
Pennsylvania two lengths behind Cornell
and Columbia two and q half lengths be-
hind Pennsylvania.
Badger Freshmen Win.
Victory in the freshman eight-oar race
fell to Wisconsin. in one of the prettiest
contests between frst-year oarsmen ever
seen on the course. The Badgers led SYRIA
cuse by about length and a quarter, but
the feature Of this race, aside from the ex-
cellent wore Of the men from the Badger
state was the close finish between Syracuse
and Pennsylvania. the Onondaga oarsmen
leading the Quakers by only one second.
Columbia was fourth In the freshman race,
and Cornell, for the first time since 1897,
when her freshmen competed with those of
Yale and Harvard, could win nothing better
than last place.
In the freshman race the Columbia boat
took in almost enough water to swamp her.
Her stroke-R. X. Murphy-said the rough
water had split the shell near the stern,
and they had to row the final mile ankle
deep in water. Up to that point the CO.
lumbia freshmen had surprised their best
friends by their clean and efficient work.
Indeed. college oarsmen are all agreed
that Jim" c. Rice. the Columbia coach,
has demonstrated that he Is force to be
reckoned with on the river hereafter. This
is his first year as a coach and trainer for
Columbia. and he has fairly covered him
self with glory. In the varsity eight he
had the lightest crew in point of weight
of the seven contestants, except that Of
Georgetown. The Columbia crew averaged
166 pounds, and in age was Of the
youngest crews in the race Cornell, on the
other hand. averaged 174N pounds to the
man, and they were older men. In the CO.
1umbia boat were only two men who had
rowed in the varsity race last year.
Despite these drawbacks, Rice had
whipped his crew into such superb shape
that they led Courtney's finished experts
over half the course and lost the race by
barely ten feet.
Syracuse Heavily Swamped.
Rough wster In the varsity eight-oar race
practically swamped the Syracuse boat and
they dropped out of the race near the
bridge.
Georgetown. though she managed to fin
ish, was also unfortunate in shipping so
much water that she had barely passed
,Sder- the bridge when Cornell and Column
bia shot over the line. When that hap
pened the big race had been so long post