The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-28
SYRACUSE WINS VARSITY RACE Columbia Second With Cornell Third. AN INTERESTING REGATTA Winner Pressed Hard During the
 Last Mile. syraeuse,s Victory Was Greeted With Rear of Many Voices. shriek.
 sf whistIes and Expiod-
 ing of Bombs.
AN INTERESTING REGATTA

Poushkeepsie. N. r.. June 27--swing- ing their sweeps with powerful strokes. which carried their slender shell through the water at all but record pace. the syracuse Varsity crew won the big four mile race to- day for university eight-oared crews.
 They headed Columbia by less than one-third of a length and Cornell by . bare length at the finish line. after one of the most hotly contested and most interesting regattas in the e-ev- on years history of collegiate racing on the Hudson course. Incidentally Syracuse took from Cornell the tro- phy which is the token of victory in this race--the Varsity challenge cup, presented in 1898 by pr. Louis L. Sea- man, Cornell, to be held by the winner trophy only once before--in 1904, and Cornell has lost it only thrice on this course.
 The crew from Syracuse won by the power behind her blades and by superior watermanship. Columbia and Cornell rowed finely throughout the contest and pressed the winner hard fin the last mile. Pennsylvania's eight made the. pace for nearly three miles and then went to pieces, finishing six lengths behind Cornell.
 Wisconsin was reckoned as con tender until the three mile mark was passed at Poughkeepsie bridge, when J ". Wilse, No. ?. collapsed and put the western crew out of the contest He soon recovered and the Wisconsin men rowed bravely on. even though Wilse fell over on his oar again. He again revived sufficiently to swing an oar as the wisconsin crew swept over the finish line, more than a minute be- hind Syracupe.
 Ovation to VictoEn.
 The winner was greeted by the roar of many votces, the shrieks of whis- ties and sirens and the reports of ex- ploding bombs set off from the bridge.
 Syracuse also won the race for unf- versity four=oar shells for the Ken- nedy challenge trophy. the first race of the day. leading the Pennsylvania crew over the line by nearly two lengths Columbia crossed the line third, three lengths behind Pennsyl- vania, which had fouled the Columbia boat tn the last half mile of the con- test. The judges disqualified Pennsyl- vania and awarded Columbia place hon. ors Syracuse was the actual winner. but many felt that but for a mtshap, Cornell would have won the race. There are no coxswatnS in this race, and the shells are started by the bow oar. Cornell went wide of her course ana ran ner DoaLs sH4rp proW pAufnp into the marking buoy at the one and a quarter mile mark and the craft stuck there until help arrived. When the collision occurred, she had a lead of four lengths and was drawing rap idly away from her competitors. The record for the four-oared face Is held by the Syracuse crew of 1905, which made ths distance in ten minutes and ffteen and two-f1fths seconds Cornell carried off the two-nlile race for fresh- men eight-oared shells for the Stew ards cup in handy fashion. going over the course in nine minutes and twenty. five and three-ffths seconds, three lengths of open water ahead of Syra- cuse. Columbia was third, wisconsin fourth and Pennsylvania fifth. Wis consin won this race last year. Syracuse in 1906 and Cornell in 1905.
 The best time of the course is nine