The sun., 1908-06-28

o1nctty evcn tarraB, All told, the Columbia
shell was fifteen feet back Of Syracuse,
ave feet wide to get the four in. Cor nell
was tagging back. three-quaxtere Of length
behind the Wioonsin men.
THE Er0HT TO TEE BRrDoH.
Down TO tho bridge they swept, fighting
tooth and nail, This was the place where the
story was to he all told. and here was whore
the three mile crows and tho four mile
bridge they did separate for the rest OF that
contest, which was DO CLOSELY fought that the
best a man could do was to cit and hold
on tight to the rail before him for fear that
When they passed In one aldo Of the bridge
buttrees Columbia was few feet back OF
Syracuse. and Cornell. squirting suddenly.
was catching Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
When they came out { n the other side Cor
nell was third: Going under that bridge
boat, struck himself In the stomach with his
oar handle and he collapsed. Down fat he
fell, the blow driving the air from his lungs
and leaving him gasping., As he fell the
arst two miles did for the Quakers. and
although they kept on, the best they could
do was to hold fourth place.
Lakkisch, game as q pebble. was rowing
too much for him. He fell again. and wis
consin. wallowing in the way OF the referee,
almost was swamped.
Columbia crossed under the bridge out
Of it's own water. and 30 did Syracuse
and those deepised Ithacans were ea ting
up distance like good fellows.
Stroke for stroke Columbia and SYRIA
ouse rushed down that stretch Of honor.
The Columbia boat was always at No As
seat on tho Syracuse shell, and the re Ii
stuck. Every turn in the shore line gave
to the excited viewers on the observ alton
train new angle to the race and there
were cries: -Colurnbia's gaining!' Cor
nells coming up!" Syracuse is drooping!'
when in all truth there was no change
They pounded along down the ,glittering
water, every man filed with tho awful
eagerness to stop that comes to the tired
athlete and yet the knowledge that to quit
is to be dsgraoed. Every muscle astrnin
they tugged at the oars like good fellows,
fighting every inch Of that water space.
with the knowledge that there was only
When they passed the Cornell boathouse
could see his boys, and it looked ss IL the
, moment that his eyes lighted on them
that they had an inspiration. That Cornell
shell fairly danced along. every swiah
Of the oars bringing them nearer and nearer
the fieeting Columbia boat
NEAhlSo FtNISh
Syracuse and Columbia at that moment
entered the top Of the line of boats and the
first roar of the cannon marked the bogin-
ming Of the end. Every fash and crash
was answered by a stroke of the oars and
every one brought Syracuse nearer to that
victory. The Syracuse men were rowing
for all they were worth and there was nothing
that could touch them. All that last quarter
mile they hung so. the same old difference
Of fifteen feet between the Syracuse and
Columbia shells and never change Stroke
after stroke and each advance OF one shell
was measured alike by the other And so
they came down to the line and 30 they
crossed It, still with those fifteen feet be-
tween Columbia and victory and Syracuse
the winner in the great race by as much.
Cornell was less than a length back, a gal
LIANT third.
When the Wisconsin mon got back to
quarters Ie.kkisch had to be carried into the
place and dressed. He was taken to the
house up on the Highlands Hill in wagon
and late this evening he was far from having
recovered from his hurts. There was talk
that he had injured himself internally.
The time Of the varsity race was not near
the record. although excellent conditions
prevailed. 1t was q bitter disappointment
to Ellis Ward, whose crew several days ago
covered the course under less favorable
conditions in 10 minutes AZ seconds. Co
lumbia had gone under the record and so
had Wisconsin. Syracuse did not make
u 1aSt Gln6 CT1al, HelIn0f ma SOTuol, 50
that it was all the more oreditable to both
THE FOUR DARED RACE.
The four cared race the first OF the day,
start the boy holding the Pennsylvania
boat to tho stake pulled out the rudder pin
and the steering gear was left hanging.
Syracuse. the favorite, dashed out in the
Syracuse That was q surprise, but worse
ono was coming for Syracuse. Once iii
front the Ithacans ran right away. They
went under the bridge two open lengths In
the lead and apparently had things we'll in
hand Syracuse vas having a great time
just barely holding them OF. At about a
quarter mile below the bridge the committee
this year established platforms with red
mark bnoys to show the course limits.
There was a gnsp as the Cornell crow dashed
head on into this and . distressing incident
was that the members Of the Pennsylvania
party In their car on the train applauded the
mishap. Later they smoothed the things
over with irate Comedians by cheering for
the crew. The others kept on. Columbia
but at one mile and half the disabled
and unmanageable Pennsylvania boat
bumped the New Workers. and they had 70
stop. =.
went on and finished easily ahead Of Penn
sylvania. which afterward was disqualified
THE FRESHMAN RACE
Columbia was late getting down to the
start for the freshman race and the crew
was scolded by the officials. When they did
get into line Cornell dashed away IN front
and never was headed. Il was a tight
race at that, because Columbia and SYRIA
cuse pressed hard for the first mile and
made the Cornell lead a matter Of feet and
inches, They all rowed an exceedingly
high stroke. even Pennsylvania which was
far back from the start. At the half dis
tance Columbia made bid to get ahead.
but Cornell staved of the Tush and had a
half length on the New Yorkers. From
the bridge down there was small question
that Cornell would win. Tho race was
between Columbia and Syracuse, but the
up-Staters won. They finished ength
and q half Of open water behind Cornell
and three-quarters Of q length ahead Of
Columbia. Wisconsin was two open lengths
behind Columbia. The Pennsylvania fresh
men stopped b-fore they got to the finish
and drifted across.
The statistics Of the crews follow:
varsity Fights.
Position Name. Age. Height. Weight
Bow. #. n. snevly. y...."...a 81 lSz
2.....C. 2: Jordan ........"1 5n iSsH