Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
lElNlsA' POINT of'IHg AnERlcAN
--HENuY--

the favorite for this event. but it soon fell
back to last place The Pennsylvania and
Harvard freshmen tried hard to hold on to
the Yale juniors. but they were unequal to
the task and Yale soon had a lead of five
lengths. which 1t kept without exertion. The
fight then settled down to a struggle be-
tween the Harvard and Pennsylvania fresh
men, with Harvard winning.
Prophets Went Wrong.
AS soon the race was finished the Yale
men caused it to be announced that they
would row again and try to defeat the Cor
nell juniors. This was the last race on the
program and gave Yale an hour and half
to rest. But Cornell was already a strong
favorite, the belief prevailing that the Itha-
cans could beat the Ellis under any condi-
tons. Here was where the prophets went
wrong The Yale men evidently were not
bothered in the slightest by their first vic
tory, for they came to the starting line for
the junior race in tip-top condition. The Cor
nell crew led for the first 200 yards, but
then the Ellis moved up on even terms, and
at a third of the distance managed to push
the nose of their Shell ahead of the Itha-
cans. The Comedians did not try hard to
hold Yale. apparently thinking that the Ellis
would soon row themselves out. But here
they calculated wrong. The Ellis kept right
on at their terrific speed, and in the last
half mile the IthacanS had to squirt all the
way to keep the Yale men from opening up
a big gap. Cornell made last desperate eff
fort in the final 700 yards, but could not get
nearer than half a length to the Yale men.
In the meantime Pennsylvania and
Georgetown were hopelessly beaten. The
Quakers were six lengths back of Cornell,
while Georgetown was similar distance
behind Pennsylvania.
The summaries follow:
First pair-oared shells-Won by Metropolitan
Rowing Club of New York, w J. Dunn and F. F.
Furre; second University Barge Club; philadel
Time, $50 %
First eight-oared race-Won by New York A. C.;
second, Bachelor B. c., Phladelphia: third, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania varsity. Time. 6.35k:
Second single seusawen by Durando Miller Miller;
B. C.; third. Joseph DAILY, Potomac b. c. Wash
crs sf0H lDunkie. Sow; Mayer = BsSeock, 3; Rob.
bins, i; Peyton. 5; Cooley. Q; Miller, q Girls.
void, stroke; Holmes, coxswain); second; Harvard
Wyman, 4; Deming, 5; Colt, 6; lowering q; Nor.
gan, stroke; King. coxswain); third, University OF
.; Stoever, 8; Braddock. 4; Crooks. s.; Hoffman,
6; Ferguson. Z; Gawthrop stroke; Pinckney, cox
aim Time, 6.54 40
c.. Philadelphia; second, Franklin A. G. Time.
interscholastic eightoare race-Won by Central
third. Central Manual, Philadelphia. Time 90.
First double sculls-Won by New York A. c. &C.
6 W' Frech and G. Clayton; third, West Phiia-
delphia B. c. Time, 1856 As.
First four sculls-Won by Philadelphia B. g;
7.22 anu 'ne 'H''ne .. w.
First single sculls-Won by Freas. West Phila
delphia b. C.. second. Williams Philadelphia B.
First four-oared shells-Won by Bachelor B. G.,
Philadelphia second. Staten Island Time, 1917.
Junior collegiate eight oared race-WOn by Yale;
second Cornell: third Pennsylvania; fourth,
Georgetown. Time, 7.SG.