Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-07-18
They're Off


the navy and Columbia shot out in
the lead with Cornell second and the
,others grouped close together. Co
lumbia quickly took a slight lead oy-
err the navy, which, in turn, fell be-
hind Cornell The Columbia boys
rowed a steady, even stroke, averag-
ing for the first mile 81 to the min
ute. Cornell rowed "a strokes to the
minute while the Navy was hitting
up 40 stroke.
Out from under the Poughkeepsie
bridge Cornell increased her stroke
and squirting, took the lead from CO.
lumbia. Columbia held to her 80
stroke and then Coxswain Winslow,
seeing the Cornell shell slowly forg-
ing ahead, yelled to the stroke to in
crease the pace. The big form of
Stroke Corussi bent further forward,
and with deeper and quicker strokes,
followed by the crew behind him, the
Columbia shell cut down the lead of
cDI neil W d COuDle UliASSI' ! ht lCdu-
ers were now within half a mile Of
the finish line. The annapolis crew
increased their stroke to 40 and OPP
ened up two lengths of open water
between their shell and Pennsylvania,
which was fourth. Syracuse was
fifth, Wisconsin sixth and George
town seventh.
Columbia Held
Columbia held the terrific sprint
and when her bow nosed out ahead
of Cornell the cheers from the CO.
lumbia men were deafening. Column
bia and Cornell were within one
hundred yards of the finish when
Cornell made the final effort. Cor
nell's steady, low stroke shot the
nose of her shell five feet ahead of
Columbia as they came in the rays
Of the searchlight Columbia tried
yainly to cut down the slight lead,
but could not, and Cornell slipped
over the line winner by about five
feet,
The Navy came over the line
third two lengths behind Columbia.
Pennsylvania was two lengths be-
hind the Navy, taking fourth posi-
ton. Four lengths behind the Penn
sylvania crew was Wisconsin, cross
ing the line fifth, and far behind was
Georgetown, the sixth to finish. Sy-
racuse shell began to fill within half
a mile of the finish and would have
sunk had not the crew jumped over
foard. They were picked up by pass
ing launches. Cornell's crew seemed
in good condition after the race.
The official finish with times, eX-
cept the times of Wisconsin, SYRIA
cuse and Georgetown, which were
not taken, was as follows:
Cornell, 20:O2 %; Columbia,
20:04; Navy, 2O:13 40; Pennsylva-
MIA, 20:33 2-5.
Four-0ared Varsity
There was slight swell in the
Hudson when the crews padded out
to the start of the varsity four-oared
race and the rain was falling slight
iy.
Columbia got away first, pulling a
Sc stroke, followed by Syracuse Cor
nell and Pennsylvania Columbia
soon relinquished the lead to SYRIA
'use, which was hard pressed by Cor
nell. The half mile found Cornell
md Columbia even. Cornell was puT-
ing a 80 stroke. Syracuse spurted
1t the mile and although the crew
iplashed considerably by sheer
'trength rather than by rowing
form, they opened up lead on Cor
iell at the mile. Pennsylvania was
bird and Columbia. fourth. Cornell |
increased the stroke to "a, but SYRIA !
use had the power, and, nearing the |
inish, shot out far ahead of Cornell
md won by two lengths. Cornell J.
vas second, one length ahead of