New-York tribune., 1908-06-28
IBy Telegraph TO The Trihune.l

Poughkeepsie. n. 7, June 27.-In a brilliant
and breathless finish Syracuse swept over the
line here to-day scant half length in front OF
Columbia and thereby won one Of the greatest
eigft-oared varsity struggles in the history or
the intercollegiate Rowing Association with
the bow Of its shell not far enough behind 1or
omen water to show, still in perfect time and
holding on desperately after a fierce sprint was
Cornell beaten again after three victorious years
Then came Pennsylvania, and finally Wisconsin
Fifty thousand persons the race
The winners time was 10 minutes "a 10 sec
onds lust IL seconds behind the record maze
by Cornell on July ?. 1901. The cup won pS
Syracuse to-day presented IN 1875 Dy III
Touis 7. Seaman, Of Cornell. To show what
. wonderful race it was and how well matched
it is interesting to note that only 70 90 secohos
senarated the first and last Shells
columbia and Syracuse own Poughkeepsie to-
;h+ Syracuse has more to be enthusiastic
about hut Columbia has more men to be enthu-
- and q mighty good crew to cheer. Few
=. .t. coI1epians have left town, and there are
= .s of n Iull in the storm of noise before
morning. -: ,,,,,
lot or betting was done by the Columbia
mon AGAINST the Pennsylvanians on the PROPOSE
+ion that the New Workers would make oe'.'i
-,ouInp in the three races. ana tIlls gives .iie
C-o1,r,,lia men an opportunity 10 celebrate WITH
81, ,iped pockets They lost little on the var
sity race. a for two
Never was a f1ercer race ro"ed' diiu i
and q half miles there was no opei &c
between the five shells IN INC i"-
Is,,scb the Oldest man in the race, rowing NO
- WISCONSIN shell, collapsed. Wisconsin
- eoeo,d at the time but before Iakisch De-
r again her shell was five ienstns W
80 oil Then Pennsylvania winch liAi
= g., to miles dropped back. and the stlus
-. 1oy betueen Syracuse and Colurnola
CORNELL, FRESHMEN WIN.
,, <-ssbroen saved Courtney from
lle ,,r, winning their race .galiantly from the
-o,,,,,bia Cubs while only series % ip
e,.c,,se the four-oared race. SpeCte"u
,soad was the struggle between the ioui .
-, 4o the mile mark, under the oriuse' III
-, ..,e,,t with lengths of open water Jew
-, steI1 and Syracuse 1heh d H d,
- below the bridge Cornell WIN 0out a..
.asbad headIong into the ouoy ma ~.
"-a ,,,-ocl.ing the shell and putting '4e i
- out of the race. moment iN 80.
,,nia follled Columbia. anu g.
- erished after COLUMBIA hao s"pp
. tAD, strokes, the Quakers were 4si.,an. for
- ,,,ore never more perfect conoioohs 10
lie -, prevailed to-day Not orea'n
.,ed tT,e thousands of hass cliiisis =.
Oh GA and even on the stakeboaus' III
l~1
'iie-- !za1a of the stream, the little nasS "e0
m IN scarcely a ripple stirred the ""-
H. river could not have oeeh oettei ~
,n- II was hot--it always Is on 'le iiuu
,,o+ t,o much SO for comfort and for once
- dron of rain marred the pleasure Oh .,i'
-,N.-.,,de who lost their voices cheerlhs 'No
crews -. .ta races
The brilIiancy of tho scene during inc iao1 80
-, ,,,orthv of that fierce struggle IL the 'ai
-. race AS many yachts as In previous s,
= hero IN form half mile line at the llii'i
", .he bie excursion boats, steaming up Ho
81 81 york, arrived Just before the four-oare'
,-oaan on one came the delegates ga,h-
, a. New York for the Phi Gamma DeH'
CIV -. and on others came hosts from
C"rnen, columbia and Pennsylvania, unable 'o
-. an the observation train and preferrins
ee' 81 -, decks of the big steamers
COLUMBIA CoLoRs EVERYWHERE
,,. and white flashed every"here-on Inc
p"0 ,t. river all over the observation train
. ON yachts and boats canoes anu every
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